Teri’s Tips for Buyers AND Sellers in the Melbourne FL Market
Tips For Buying A Home
Let’s talk about Priorities. Before you instruct your REALTOR® to find exactly the right home, make sure you know what is important to you.
- Location, Location, Location (Some rules never change)
- Make sure you want to drive home to this "home" every night
- Make sure you’re proud to have your friends, family, and co–workers over for dinner.
- No "deal" on earth is worth your embarrassment or excuses over why you’re where you are. Don't settle for less — this is your home for a long time.
- The Art of Compromise
- Who really needs to compromise... Everybody.
- There is no perfect house; every house will need some change to be "just right" for you.
- Remember your basic priorities, don’t lose a great house over the details.
- Cosmetics are just cosmetics. Paint and carpet can make a whole new world!
- Surroundings
- Watch out for busy streets or highway noise that may intrude upon your peaceful enjoyment.
- Look at neighboring homes — watch for neat lawns and avoid cars "on blocks".
- Will it be easy to make a quick trip to the store or get to church or school?
- The Buck stops here
- Have your financing in order before you shop. Have your REALTOR® refer you to top lenders.
- Ask your agent to prepare a market analysis on your target home — get a recommendation for fair market value. If you negotiate toward that number you’re in good shape.
- Remember that the same house costs you more as interest rates increase.
- Don′t mess around
- Have your REALTOR® assist you in becoming educated in the market — know the areas
- After you’ve compared several homes that fit, narrow the choices to the best
- DON’T lose the best choice by procrastinating — if it's the best one for you, it’s probably the best one for a competing buyer. Avoid bidding wars.
Tips For Selling Your Home
Reality check: Before you invite potential buyers into your home take a critical look at your property. Many of the improvements you can make to get ready involve little $ and lots of elbow grease so there are no excuses!
Stick to basics and you’ll be ok. Ask your professional REALTOR® to critique your home and to help you with staging for maximum results.
- What do buyers want? Clean, bright, light, neutral !
- "de-personalize": eliminate clutter & too many family photos
- ever been in a model home? Try to look like that!
- don’t distract buyers with an overload of "stuff"
- clean windows and screens, doorways and trim
- touch up paint where needed
- Does "Curb Appeal" matter? Absolutely !
- keep your yard mowed, edged, and bushes neatly trimmed
- add fresh mulch
- move bikes, toys, and trash cans to an out–of–sight location
- keep porches & overhangs swept and clean — get rid of the spiderwebs
- Do buyers look at the garage? Afraid so...
- clean out ... throw away ... de-clutter
- wash the windows
- neatly store the boxes that you've filled from de–cluttering inside!
- organize tools etc the way you always meant to do when you moved in
- The "Inside" Tour
- scour bathrooms from top to bottom
- eliminate everything stored on top shelves and floors of closets
- clear your kitchen countertops, take magnets etc off the refrig
- check out baseboards and dust–covered paddle fans
- clean out cabinets beneath kitchen & bathroom sinks
- keep window blinds open and interior lights on during showings
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