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If you’ve never sold a house before, selling your house may seem like a highly strenuous, tedious, troublesome, and complex process. But, fret not, as we’ve got you covered! This article will guide you through the process and provide you with a few key details regarding how to go about taking the first steps.

If you want to get the best price for your property, you must avoid the frequent mistakes first-time home sellers typically make. Therefore, we have put together a quick guide to help you get the most money for your house. 

Essential People Involved in Selling Your House

Before you put your house on the market, you’ll have to do your due diligence and speak with a handful of skilled individuals. These people include your real estate agent, financial planner, accountant, or even a tax attorney. 

Suppose you don’t want to pay the extra commissions that come with hiring a real estate agent. In that case, you may also consider selling the house yourself. Selling your home without an agent would be referred to as a home “For Sale by Owner.” In that case, you will need to do all the prep work and market your house for sale to capture public interest. 

A small portion of this work includes:

  • Presenting and staging the house for sale.
  • Drawing up and filling out paperwork.
  • Promoting and advertising your own home.
  • Knowing and being aware of the A-Zs about the real estate housing market industry.
  • Many other details.

As a result, homeowners who attempt to sell their homes by themselves, even if successful, usually still need to spend and sacrifice quite a bit of their time and money.

Things To Do

Besides speaking to agents and advisors, there are many other things to keep in mind when trying to boost the value of your home. 

These include:

  • Remove personal photos placed around the house.
  • Revamp your interiors with a fresh coat of paint using neutral, pastel, and light shades and tones.
  • Replace tattered curtains and broken blinds, if any.
  • Thoroughly clean, tidy, and declutter all the rooms so that they look presentable.
  • Wash all glass surfaces such as windows.
  • Make any repairs to floors, plumbing, roof, or HVAC system. 
  • Deep clean less frequently maintained items, such as fan blades, vents, and the corners of the ceilings.
  • Remove magnets off the fridge, including the scuff marks and stains left behind by the magnets.
  • Remove toiletries from the shower area and wash off soap scum from shower stalls, walls, floors, tubs, etc.

By keeping your house immaculate and spotless, you will increase your chances of negotiating a better price compared to if your home were to appear messy and chaotic. 

Lastly, you should double-check all the documents required for the sale of your home and start the process of preparing them. 

To summarize, there are two well-known options for selling your house:

  1. Sell through a real estate agent. This option may save you time but will cost you money, as agents typically charge 6% of the house’s final sale price.
  2. Sell the house yourself. This option can save you money in the long run but will cost you tons of time and effort, especially if you are unfamiliar with how the real estate market works. 

The final option is to sell to a trustworthy real estate company that will purchase the house directly without charging any realtor commissions or requiring any repairs/cleaning.