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 5 Major Turn-Offs For Home Buyers

6/8/2016

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5 Major Turn-Offs For DC, Maryland, & Virginia Home Buyers

Spring is here and the prime season for home sales is fast approaching. If you are planning on selling your home, here are 5 Major Turn-Offs Which Deter Home Buyers.


Have you heard of the old Realtor tip of baking cookies before a showing a home to entice potential buyers? The same is true for adverse odors.  Unpleasant smells are an instant turn off the minute a potential buyer opens the door.  Smoke, pet odor, even overwhelming perfumes or home fragrances can be immediate deal breakers for some buyers, especially those with allergies.

Clutter & Dirt
It is hard for buyers to see past piles of papers and stuff and see your house as their FUTURE HOME. Additionally, nothing turns a buyer off faster than a house that needs to be cleaned.  Dirty kitchens and bathrooms can be instant deal breakers for many potential buyers.  Before listing your home make sure to do a major purge, removing as much clutter as possible and a thorough deep cleaning.

Curb Appeal
You only get one chance to make a first impression. Curb appeal, or the lack thereof, can make or break your chance to impress a potential buyer.  If your house needs to be painted, has a small jungle growing in the front yard or there’s a stack of clutter and junk in the back yard, take the time to get these taken care of before listing your property. A well maintained yard instantly welcomes a potential buyer inside.

Conversions
Did you convert your garage into more living space, enclose the dining room into a make shift bedroom or change a bedroom into a workshop?  These changes may have fit your needs perfectly but chances are they won’t have the same appeal for most retail home buyers.  Especially if they are looking for a four bedroom home and show up to find that the space is not usable for their needs. Remember, if you want to sell your house in the shortest amount of time for the most money, you need to appeal to the widest variety of retail home buyers.

Unique or Outdated Finishes
Your daughter’s lime green and zebra stripe bedroom, the original blue tile counter-top or the giant rose wallpapered bathroom complete with green carpet may have been finishes you were happy with, but most buyers want a home that is move in ready.  Unique or outdated finishes can turn off buyers who do not want to spend time and money updating a property, particularly when just down the street there is a listing that is already updated!

This list may have you seeing dollar signs if your home, like so many, is in need of update and not quite ready for potential buyers.  Want a simpler way to sell? Call us now 240-412-2372 or Contact us to get a Free, No Obligation Cash Offer for your home.

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3 House Selling Tips In Montgomery County, Maryland

6/4/2016

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Selling your Silver Spring home is never a simple process. But it can be especially difficult if you have to sell your Montgomery County house fast. In this article, we will take a look at a few house selling tips in Chevy Chase that will allow you to get a fast sale.

Tip #1: Increase The Odds

The first thing you should do to improve your chances of selling your house fast is to “stage” your home. This is when you make your house look as attractive as possible to potential buyers.

Consider the “curb appeal” of your home by putting yourself in the shoes of your prospective buyers. What do they see when they pull up in front of your house? Consider what type of relatively inexpensive, fast improvements you can make – such as landscaping or neatening up your front lawn – that will make your house more desirable.

If you don’t have time to clean the inside of your home yourself, spend a few bucks and have a local cleaning service do it for you. Then, once it’s cleaned, keep as many areas as possible off limits so that it stays neat and tidy. You may want to eat out until your home is sold!

If you don’t have time to do home staging yourself, there are plenty of local home staging companies out there… just head to Google and type “Montgomery County home staging companies”.

Tip #2: Upgrade

Ready for more house selling tips? Obviously, if you are going to be moving out of your home you don’t want to invest a lot of money in major improvements, such as a kitchen or bathroom remodel. But there are some more affordable upgrades you can make that will increase the value of your home and make it more attractive to buyers.

For example, if you currently have an old washer and dryer, replacing these with brand-new machines will only cost you a few hundred dollars but will substantially increase your home’s potential resale value. Plus, you can usually recover the cost of these types of upgrades –with interest – when you sell your home.

It’s not always possible to make the repairs and upgrades that are needed, however. If the work is more expensive than you can afford, feel free to call us at (240) 412-2372 to get a fast-fair offer on your house, as-is.

Here at We Buy Southern MD Homes we buy local Silver Spring houses and houses all around Maryland in any condition. So give us a try! Call us today and we’ll make you a fast-fair cash offer and we’ll do all of the work! 

Tip #3: Don’t Distract

When potential buyers look at your home, they want to see it as their new place, not your existing one.

Help build this illusion by removing everything that personalizes your home, such as family pictures, personalized art, and any type of clutter.

It may be worthwhile to rent a storage unit for the time you are selling your home and move as much of your stuff as possible there to keep it out of the way.

The more open space you can create, the bigger your rooms will look.

For local storage units just head to Google and search for “Montgomery County self storage units” and you’ll find a whole bunch of them!

House Selling Tips in Silver Spring: Conclusion

If you want to avoid having to do any of that and just want a quick and effective sale so you can walk away… we can help.

Just reach out to us or fill out the form on this website so I can quickly look at your situation and make you a fast-fair cash offer on your Maryland house.



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