7 Tips for Selling Your Home

First-time home seller?

Starting to sell a home for the first time can seem overwhelming until you plan and prepare to sell your home. We prepared 7 tips for first-time home sellers that will increase the chances of your home selling quickly and for more money. These tips range from hiring an experienced realtor to pricing the home correctly.

Hire a realtor that you trust

We recommend hiring a real estate agent with experience handling negotiations and logistics to sell the home for you unless you’re planning to take it yourself. Choose the realtor wisely. The realtor you choose can make all the difference in whether your deal is successful. You are more likely to maximize your return on investment by hiring an agent with plenty of experience and a long list of satisfied clients. Select a realtor who has plenty of local connections and marketing expertise.

Enlist a handyman to improve the home

For home improvement projects, have a handyman finish them before putting your home on the market. Now is the perfect time to repaint a wall with peeling paint or fix that hanging light fixture. Putting your house on the market means making sure it looks its best. Start compiling a list of projects for your handyman to take care of so you can complete the work quickly and efficiently. Painting walls, touching up paint, patching holes in walls, replacing burnt-out lightbulbs and rerouting dirty tiles are all common improvements made before putting a home on the market.

Make sure your listing photos are top-notch

Most homebuyers search for properties online. This means that your photos need to be good. The quality of your photos could determine how quickly your home will sell. In the Phuket market, some buyers will make an offer on a property just by looking at the photos and walk-through video.

The best time of day to take photos is when it is sunny outside. If the weather is overcast, try to reschedule the photoshoot for another day.

Price the home right (the first time)

You want to price your home correctly from the start to avoid price cuts later. Price cuts will result in buyers assuming that there is something wrong with the house.

Overpricing a home will prolong the time the house is on the market and will reduce the profits you expect to make when selling.

Stage the house

Buyers need to be able to visualize themselves living in a home before they buy it. A staged home usually sells faster than an empty house.

Staging a home starts with decluttering and removing personalized items where possible.

A staged home usually sells faster than an empty house. We have seen this time and time again. Less is more when it comes to staging a home.

Have freshly baked cookies put out, or add some fresh flowers when buyers come to view your home – and your home is ready to go on show.

Remain flexible with home showings

Selling a home you live in is inconvenient, but if you want to sell it, you need to be flexible when buyers book to view your house, and you will need to keep the house neat and tidy.

Know what to expect on closing day

Congratulations on your home passing the inspection, and the buyer has secured their financing. You want to ensure you know what you are signing on closing day. You can ask your realtor to provide a summary of the documents you need on closing day.

Congratulations, you have listed your home and sold it, and you are now under contract. Your home passed the inspection, and the buyer has secured their financing. You want to ensure you do your homework to know exactly what you are signing on closing day.

Consider asking your agent to provide a summary of the documents you need before closing day. You will be expected to hand the keys to the buyer once the transfer has occurred.

Ready to move?

Congrats, you are ready to move and need to plan your move.

The first step is finding a reliable, trustworthy moving company.

Best of luck and happy moving!