n years past, selling a loves everything they see in your
home was always considered home is long gone. Times have
a fairly ‘standard’ changed. Nowadays, everyone is
process. You choose a realtor, watching ‘home improvement’
the realtor shows your home to shows, and they all know that the
people, you sit back and wait for crack in your living room wall is
offers, you hope an offer comes a place they can start asking for
in that you’ll like, and if it a thousand dollars off the sale
does, you sell. That’s it – the price. Roof looking a little old?
way it’s done. That’ll be another $5k off the
price. And that cheap lino
Only, not so much anymore. flooring in the kitchen? That’ll
need replacing… there goes
Today, as with everything, there another $2k… Everyone’s an expert
are new advances that have made these days, and if you’re not an
the process different, and which expert too, then the standard
give the seller multiple options sale will mean you rely on a
when selling a property, and the realtor, who for all you knows,
smart seller will take advantage might be just as happy to make a
of them to get the best price, in quick sale and get his or her
the fastest time, with the commission check, as they are
smallest amount of money spent to holding out for a good price.
get there.
THE AUCTION: In some parts of the
THE STANDARD SALE: Forget it. world, such as Australia, real
This real estate market has estate auctions are standard
exploded in the past few years, practice, because the seller can
and the time where you could find find themselves in a bidding war
a young couple from Boston moving and get a great price above
into your neighborhood who just market rates. But in North
America, an auction generally finding that it’s much easier,
indicates you’re in a panic to faster, and less stressful to
sell for whatever you can get for sell their property – NOW – to a
the thing, which means those company that specializes in
bidding wars rarely happen. And offering fair market prices for
if the price you want isn’t hit, quick sales on properties that
you’ve got a bill to pay for the they can develop for a profit way
auctioneer’s time. down the line.
THE SALE BY OWNER: Sure, this’ll Sure, you could develop your
save you realtor fees, but are property yourself – you could
you really confident that you can bring in the roofers and
do all the paperwork yourself and carpenters and painters and
not screw something up – at a floorers and plumbers and
high price to your bank account? gardeners – if you have the money
Are you a good enough sales to pay them all while you’re
person to get the best price, or paying a mortgage. And at the end
are you going to get pressured by of it all, you might even make a
an aggressive potential buyer? profit. But there’s a lot of
When a buyer asks about local ‘what ifs’ there. What if the
zoning laws… will you have an average real estate value in your
answer for him or her, or will area drops while you’re
you shrug and not know how to developing the property? What if
respond? And what happens six the laborers screws up the job
months down the line when you and you have to have it redone?
realize you were pricing your What if your great ideas for home
property out of the local market? décor turn out to be not so
great, expensive reasons for
THE ANSWER: It might not be for people not to buy?
everyone, but a LOT of people is
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