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SELLING YOUR HOME
If you currently own property and are thinking of placing it on the market, this site contains information about preparing your home for sale, pricing your home appropriately, marketing it effectively, going through the inspection processes, market evaluation and most importantly, selecting the right agent. When you list your property with John & Jake or Robyn, your property will be listed in
multiple MLS’s, Like New Braunfels / Canyon Lake (COMAL COUNTY), San Antonio (SABOR) and Houston (HAR) MLS’s giving your property maximum exposure. In addition to the MLS’s your property will also be prominently displayed in our Gallery of Homes located at the front of the “Super S” store in Startzville. Most locals as well as visitors to the Canyon Lake area will shop “Super S” giving your property additional exposure with colorful custom flyers with multiple pictures and details of your property information for them to take with them. Most of our listings also include a “Visual Tour ” and if requested, a toll free 24 hour recorded hotline with specific information regarding your home.Your property will also be advertised on numerous internet web sites: www.realtor.com, www.homes.com, www.msn.com, www.yourcanyonlake.com, www.aol.com, www.yahoo.com, www.move.com, www.zillo.com, www.homestore.com, www.trulia.com, www.homeseekers.com to name a few.
When considering a Realtor from San Antonio or Bulverde, ask them which MLS’s your property will be listed in. If their response is “SABOR” MLS only, you need to know that most Canyon Lake Realtors will not know that your property is even listed For Sale! Most Realtors in Canyon Lake are not members of the San Antonio (SABOR) MLS, but are members of the New Braunfels / Canyon Lake MLS. It just doesn’t make sense to hide your listing from the very Realtors who would most likely sell your property, if they knew it was FOR SALE! Another item to consider … if you were the buyer, wouldn’t you want to work with a Realtor who lives and works in the area where you are considering buying? Canyon Lake Realtors have a definite advantage by having first hand knowledge of property values here “at the lake.” The advantages as well as disadvantages of the many different subdivisions and knowledge of the property restrictions. Canyon Lake Realtors are also familiar with septic systems and water wells and the required inspections and maintenance which most San Antonio Realtors are not familiar with. John & Jake are Canyon Lake specialist.
Give us a call today, and let us help you get your property SOLD! Two full time Realtors are better than one!
STAGING YOUR HOME TO SELL
A few changes may decrease time on the market and increase sales price.You know you should clean everything and get rid of clutter. But aside from that, how do you broaden the appeal of your house? Here are a few tips:
• Walk through the house and prioritize things that, if changed, would increase the value of your home. For example,repainting a child’s bubble-gum pink bedroom may attract more buyers than something not as apparent, such as replacing an old dishwasher.
• You can direct a potential buyer’s eye away from something negative or toward something positive. Use artwork or a room’s own features,such as a fireplace, to capture a buyer’s attention. However, there’s a fine line. You want buyers to be able to appreciate the room and not just focus on the items in the room.
• Remove any furniture that tightens spaces. If a couch or chair makes you turn your body as you walk by or just makes a passage look small, get rid of it. Everybody wants more space.
• Rid the house of personal effects, and don’t forget simple things like magnets on the refrigerator. Small distractions to the buyers’ eyes will disturb their thinking, preventing them from picturing the house as theirs. And while you want the rooms to look well-decorated and spacious, avoid turning the house into a perfect home. Try to balance the brand-new look with some of its lived-in warmth.
• Potential buyers often feel uncomfortable in bedrooms and bathrooms because they are, by definition, personal and private places. To counter this reaction, make bedrooms and bathrooms look like a model home (toss the lived-in feel out the bathroom window). Clear off all surfaces of the bathroom—remove even simple things like toothpaste and soap. Put out nice, fresh towels instead. The goal is to make these rooms comfortable for buyers. When they’re comfortable, they’ll linger and picture themselves in the house.
PREPARING FOR YOUR HOME INSPECTION
Make sure the gas, water and electricity are turned on and the pilot lights are lit.
Replace all burned out light bulbs.
Test all smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. Replace the batteries if necessary.
Replace dirty air conditioning filters and make sure they fit properly.
Move wood, stored items or debris from the foundation walls.
Trim tree limbs back from the roof and shrubs away from the house.
If they are broken, damaged or missing, repair or replace doorknobs, locks, latches,
window glass and screens, anti siphon devices on exterior faucets, rain gutters and downspouts and chimney flue caps.
Make sure rain gutters are clean.
Make sure all electrical outlets in kitchen and bathrooms near water have GFI protected outlets.
Clean ashes from the fireplace.
Wash outside air conditioner evaporator coils using a garden hose to remove grass clippings.
Move cars from the garage and driveways.
| Getting Your House Ready to Sell |
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| Want to Start Off With a High Sales Price? Beware! |
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| Types of Listing Contracts |
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| Details of a Listing Contract |
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| Listing Commissions and Related Issues |
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| The Listing Agent & Marketing Your Home |
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| The Listing Agent - Marketing Your House to Other Agents |
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| The Listing Agent - Marketing Your House to Homebuyers |
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| Showing Your House to Home Buyers |
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