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If you need to sell your mobile home fast and have decided to forgo an agent these steps will help you achieve your goal.
Step 1- Price
You must price the home correctly for a fast sell. Find out what other mobile homes for sale in your community are priced at. Compare those with mobile homes that have sold in the last 3 months (6 months if there are not enough comparables). If you live in a community without any recent home sales you need to find out what other mobile homes have sold for in neighboring communities. In order to derive a proper price with this method, you will need to adjust the price accordingly to account for the different rent prices, home sizes, lot sizes, home ages, home upgrades, and community amenities. Once you figure out a home price reduce it by 10% for a faster sell.
Step 2 - Home Maintenance
It is important that you repair any damaged items in the home. Fix kitchen knobs, patch holes in walls, fix doors to open properly, and touch up the paint job. If you don't plan to repair these items then expect to drop the price even more. A properly maintained home is a huge selling point for a buyer. If there is no obvious damage to the property then you will give the perception of a well kept home with little to no worries for the buyer.
Remove excessive ornaments, keepsakes, and pictures. Put all these items in boxes and into storage. An over cluttered home puts a bad taste in a buyers mouth. Also, your home will look much more spacious if you do this.
Clean your home. Clean the floor, grout, windows, toilets, sinks, kitchen, everything. If you have old bathroom towels toss them and purchase new matching ones. Make sure for home viewings that your bed is made, dishes are put away, and everything looks well kept.
Step 3 - Marketing your Home
Now that you put all the time into cleaning and fixing your home you need to take some good photos. Show off the positive attributes your home has to offer. Crop out chain link fencing, dead space, cracks in cement, etc. Make sure that your home looks the best it can.
Decide whether you have the ability to do seller carry-back financing. Seller carry-back financing is when you as the seller will hold the note of the sale. The seller can carry a percentage of the sale of the home or all of it. In this market, seller carry-back financing could drastically help your chances of a quick sale but should be considered with extreme caution. The laws of repossession of a mobile home are different in every state so you should look into the laws of your state prior to moving forward with this offer.
Once the photos and details of the sale are completed it is time to list your home. The best place to list mobile homes for sale is MHUnited.com. MHUnited.com is a specialized website for serious mobile home buyers which is the group you want your home to be seen by. Make sure when listing your home that you place it in the proper community and that the community has good photos up (this will greatly increase your success rate). Also, make sure the community has been properly reviewed by members. If not, make sure you and your neighbors do so since this will help buyers in making their decision whether a community is right for them.
If your home is under $200,000 in price list it may also be beneficial to list your home for sale on Craigslist. If you list with Craigslist it is best to do so 2 times per week to keep your ad at the top of the results. This can be time consuming but buyers that don't know about MHUnited.com can be found here. You can place a copy of the link to your home listing on MHUnited.com in your Craigslist ad.
