The Unique Real Estate Blog

Selling your first home can be a nerve-wracking experience. When buying your first home, it’s normal to be a bit scared – but also excited & with plenty of plans for the future. However, when it’s time to finally sell your largest investment, many sellers are filled with questions and doubt. Will my home sell? How should I price it? What do I need to do to make sure it’s in showing condition? When it’s time to sell your largest investment, you need sound guidance & advice. Follow these tips to your first successful sale.

Many experts recommend updating your home’s exterior to improve your chances to sell. Rightfully so! Most of the fixes you can do outdoors that will pay big dividends at closing are low cost and relatively easy to accomplish with a minimum amount of tools.

If you want to sell your house quickly, keep it free of junk and don’t force your bad taste in decoration on other people.

That common sense advice works time and time again.

They say you’re removing the barriers that will stop buyers making an offer quickly.

“Home staging” was coined by Barb Schwarz back in the early ’70s, and the concept has become well known as “house fluffing,” “dressing to sell,” and “home presentation” to name a few, but the concept has not taken hold among home owners when selling a home because many people do not understand the idea or cannot create a workable plan for staging their home correctly.

Using a home equity loan or line of credit to finance renovations and improvements on a property can be profitable and quite rewarding if done properly.

When you are planning to sell a property and you do not have funds on hand to improve, repair, renovate, or rehabilitate it, then a home equity loan or line of credit can get you over this hump.

Gone are the days when homes barely lasted a day in the Orlando real estate market before being bid on multiple times and closing at or above the asking price. With the overstock of inventory available today, buyer’s have more choices and less pressure in the home buying process. Where does that leave the seller?

Whether you are selling, buying or renting a piece of property, whatever it may be, stop what you’re doing and get a real estate appraisal - it is a crucial step in every real estate transaction!

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I have been selling homes in Florida for over 20 years and this is the most controversial topic to cover.I will share my secrets with you only if you promise not to tell another sole.I have been told by many, including my wife, other agents and brokers I know very well that I am too honest to be in business. All I can say is, “I sleep well”. So enjoy the honesty and experience absolute facts. Like it or not.To begin with; Many people thought I must be rich because of the amount of homes I sold in a month. Good for image!

Believe it or not, the most stressful part of real estate investing is making a sale. During this phase of the investment there are so many things that can go wrong, and your profit depends on making a smooth and quick sale. While most sales do go through smoothly, the uncertainty and anticipation can keep you worrying late into the night. This is especially true if you choose to bypass an agent and sell your property on your own.

1) Pricing Your Property Too High