Selling a home is not for the faint of heart if done alone, more so these days when the whole world is still grappling with the threat of COVID-19. Thus, it is best to conduct your home sale the right way sans mistakes that could drive potential buyers away.
What are these mistakes that you should avoid? Here are some of them:
Not getting an agent to help you with the sale
Sure, you can take all the gains from the sale of your home by omitting a real estate agent from the entire equation. However, are you sure that you really made a good profit from your sale, or did you barely break even? How did negotiations with buyers go?
A home seller with no guidance from a real estate agent may not be able to put an appropriate price on their home. For this reason, negotiations with buyers may take too long and some may not have the time nor the patience to extend discussions. You may also be risking selling your home for too high or too low a price. Either way, you lose buyer interest.
3-D tour boo-boos
With the real estate industry moving toward the digital sphere as the global pandemic rages on, home viewings are also being done using this venue. Virtual tours are now being conducted in place of the pre-pandemic open house viewings.
But just because things are now being conducted remotely doesn’t mean you can be laxer in the way you present your home to potential buyers. Whatever flaws that will be seen in an open house will still be seen on camera. Make sure you don’t lose buyer interest with these virtual boo-boos:
- Scrimping on camera equipment. You may have the most beautiful home with breathtaking curb appeal and amenities to die for – but none of these will matter if the integrity of your camera is shot. Cameras on your mobile phone won’t have the capabilities that a good digital camera has like taking high-resolution shots and panoramic vistas, as well as making shake-free zooms.
- Not staging your home. One cannot conceal dusty surfaces or tacky furniture from a camera’s lens. In fact, it magnifies whatever undesirables you may have loosely strewn in your home. Thus, it’s more important than ever to ensure that your home is cleaned, decluttered, depersonalized, and staged in the same way that it should be if you were holding a home viewing.
- Lighting flaws. Before the pandemic hit, it was always advised to bathe your home in light when expecting potential homebuyers. Now that most home viewings are done virtually, too much light may result in washed-out images and photos. Thus, you must find a balance in the way your home is illuminated for the best virtual viewing experience. You can do so with the next tip.
- Take some test videos first. Nothing can dampen an interactive tour more than one where everything goes wrong in the middle of the actual tour. The same holds true even if you’re just recording your house tour. Thus, take some test shots first. That way, you’ll see if adjustments to the light need to be done, if certain items need to be added to or removed from a space, etc. Also, check your own camera if it’s fully charged or else, you might get cut in the middle of your video.
For more advice on selling your Colorado home the right way, the Noel Team is ready to help. Call us at 303.774.9400 or send an email to sjnoel(at)remax(dotted)net.
