Selling Your Home? Scope Out Other Homes for Sale
Comments Off Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Break through your ego and stubbornness by looking at the good deals that your neighbors are offering. “The most important thing is to really shop the competition on the market right now,” says Elizabeth Razzi, author of “The Fearless Home Buyer,” published in 2006, and of “The Fearless Home Seller.”
Put on your shopping shoes and look at everything from a buyer’s viewpoint. “Get out in the car and spend a weekend looking at everything you can,” Razzi says. “Visit some weekend open houses. Just get a feel for what your buyers are looking at.”
Visit newly built houses and find out which amenities and incentives builders are offering. Eavesdrop on other visitors to open houses to find out if there’s something in particular they’re looking for — something you should do to make your house more presentable.