The real estate market has slowed down in many areas that were booming over the last few years. Sellers in those areas got spoiled. It was only necessary to put a sign out front, and buyers came. Homes sold in a matter of days. This is no longer happening. If you want to sell your home in a slow area, what do you do?
Go Back to Marketing Basics
Whether you are selling your home yourself or working with a realtor, the answer is the same. Go back to marketing basics. Well look at things you can do for yourself if youre selling as a fsbo (for sale by owner). If youre wording with a realtor, you need to interview to find one who will do the sorts of things well talk about here.
Start with getting your home in first class shape. Then price it realistically.
Begin your marketing by putting up a for sale sign. About 10 percent of sales come from this source in a slow market. Its not like the days when one put up a sign and buyers came in droves, but it is still worth doing. Lowes and Home Depot both sell inexpensive signs. Get one and install it.
Upload your property to one or more Internet multiple listing sites for fsbo properties. Choose one that...