How To Get Your Home For Sale Off The Market Fast
Car dealers buy and sell cars every day so they usually have big lots full of vehicles at any one time
. Similarly, real estate investors have inventories full of houses like car dealerships have inventories of cars. I have met a lot of real estate investors in my area and sometimes they ask me for hot tips on buying and selling houses quickly. The following ideas are some I use to sell my house quickly when that is important to me and they may work for you, too.
My first tip is rather simple, but it's what I do and it works - just sit down without any distractions and think about your house. Before making phone calls or posting online ads or doing anything at all really, I just take a few moments to refresh my memory about why I purchased this house in the first place. Although this may sound silly, it's a very interesting exercise because it puts me back into the perfect frame of mind to write ads and talk to prospective buyers. I find that a little bit time spent thinking about my house gets the process going when I want to sell a house quickly.
My second tip is actually just more thinking, but it's the next step in the process. I begin to think about my most likely buyers instead of just posting my ads and hoping somebody comes along who might get interested. That's not an effective method to sell quickly. Here's what works - you have to see your house the way another person will see your house for the first time, and you have to compose your classified ads as though you are writing directly to that person. Mention advantages to the neighborhood as well as unique features of the house itself. Homeowners who are looking to buy your house to live in it, or real estate investors who may want it as a rental will all see it in a fresh, new way and you have to beat them to it by thinking ahead.
And the final tip may be the best one of all to get a fast sale. Although it may not bring the highest dollar for your house, it is a sure-fire method, and one I use to sell my house quickly. Local real estate investors stick signs in the yard of their houses for rent. When you're driving you'll see House For Rent signs and you may see the same phone number on several signs. That is because an investor is likely to own several houses in the same area as a practical matter, saving him time for maintenance.
Call the numbers you collect and speak to the owner, not an employee. Mention that you have a house for sale in the neighborhood and be sure to say it's not listed, if that is the case. Everybody loves to have information that other people do not have, right?. Don't leave your address or the asking price in a voice message, save that information for a phone conversation.
More than ever it takes a lot of creativity and a little skill to sell my house quickly because I buy and sell houses as a real estate investor. Sometimes I buy houses to re-sell them, sometimes to homeowners and sometimes to another investor. I offer financing to homeowners so they can move right into their new house and make their monthly payments to me.
This saves everyone time and money in the closing process which means the house can sell quickly because there is no mortgage company involved. Owner financing is a popular way for buyers to move into their new house and start making payments before they may be able to qualify for a conventional mortgage. It often works for me and for them to pay me each month for a year or two.
Arranging financing for a home with my buyers is one thing I do to sell my house quickly when it works out for a certain house. But another thing that works well is offering to help the buyers move in. Of course I'm not obligated to help them move in, but I have a moving truck available and find that is sometimes a terrific incentive to buyers. When my moving truck can be used in our local area it is a popular item and everybody loves it! I've sold more houses to friends and relatives who found out they could get a new house complete with its own moving truck, so my moving truck definitely sells houses for me!
Here's another idea that works well for me - I send invitations to renters in apartment buildings nearby when I hold an open house in their neighborhood. When my house is ready to be shown I send the mailing so the tenants and others receive it by the end of the month because they may be ready to give notice to their present landlord in order to move the following month.
It's the perfect time for them to see my house and if they like it and qualify to buy it, sometimes I even offer to pay their final month's rent in the apartment so that they can get started moving into my house right away. That is a popular offer, let me tell you! Getting buyers this way allows me to sell my house quickly and allows them to get situated quickly, too.
Years ago when I didn't know how to sell my house "by owner" I called a real estate to handle it for me, but since then I've worked out a good system that might work for you, too. I've lost track of how many people have told me that my suggestions worked well for them in the past.
My first suggestion is the real key to seeing your house in a new, fresh way, the way buyer will see it. Step outdoors and walk out of your house to the sidewalk. Turn around and then stand there for a few minutes looking carefully at your house. Try hard to see it like you saw it the very first time you drove in the driveway because your buyers will be seeing it that way now, too.
Nobody knows about the money you've spent improving the place or making repairs to maintain the house. People care about what they can see and how they feel on first impression. You may not recall the first time you saw your house, but first impressions are very important.
A buyer does not forget his or her first impression of a house, and the lingering feeling that either excites them or causes them to lose interest in your house. Right now you need to remember your own feelings when you first saw the house. Do you remember what caused that feeling? Can you re-create that feeling again for your buyers somehow?
While you're still outside thinking about creating good feelings in potential buyers, stroll on back into your house. Then stop again in the hallway and notice your first impression of the inside of your house. Take note of the sounds and smells as well as the sights. All our senses are involved when we get a first impression of a house. Right now you are so used to your house and rather numb to the impression that others form. Really pay close attention and give consideration to how your house impresses other people because that exercise will help you get it prepared to show, and for the next person to love it, too!
Making sure I think ahead and get in touch with my best prospects has produced good results for me, it's how I sell my house quickly.
by: Leo Kingston
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