Selling a home for the first time is a difficult task to get exactly right. After all, nobody’s perfect, and there are so many tough decisions for sellers to make. It’s okay to make mistakes, but there are steps you can take to avoid most of them. So today, let’s take a look at seven common mistakes first-time sellers make and how you can avoid them!

  • Setting the Wrong Price for Your Atlanta Home
  • Improper Insurance
  • Not Using Listing Photos
  • Neglecting Home Staging
  • Selling Without an Atlanta Realtor
  • Becoming Too Emotional
  • Selling Your Home to Unqualified Buyers

Setting the Wrong Price For Your Atlanta Home

When selling without the help of a realtor, many sellers set the price of their home too high and discourage buyers from even making an offer. Everyone wants to get the most for their home, but overpricing your home is too common a mistake. If you’re working with an agent, they’ll help you find the right price for your home by using a comparative marketing analysis and seeing what similar homes in your area are going for. They also may use a strategic price point to make your home’s listing more eye-catching to buyers. So don’t worry if your home is set at a slightly lower price than what you’re hoping to receive. A lower price may attract multiple offers, bidding the price up to fair market value as interested buyers compete against each other for your home. And if you sell with EmpowerHome Team, Your Price is Our Promise®. We will get you 100 percent of the asking price, or we will pay you the difference. Click HERE to learn more.

Improper Insurance

You should always have the proper insurance to protect yourself if a viewer has an accident at your home and tries to sue you for any damages, resulting in unnecessary and avoidable expenses. You should also make sure to take care of obvious hazards on your property and stop an injury from happening in the first place. Make sure any cords and wires are out of the way so viewers don’t trip over them, and fix any broken steps on your porch so no one sufffers a nasty slip.

Not Using Listing Photos

Buyers nowadays usually use the internet to browse for homes, so photos of your home will be the first thing they see, and a lack of professional photos will make it harder for potential buyers to picture themselves living there. That’s why photos are one of the most necessary steps you need to take to market your home more effectively. The photos should be well-lit and clear, bringing attention to the best features of your gorgeous Atlanta home. To help you, you should look into hiring a local professional home photographer to help you with this part of the process. The extra effort will be worth it!

Neglecting Home Staging

Staging your home could earn you 6.9% more money and get your home sold 50% faster than a non-staged home, so there’s no reason why you shouldn’t take the time to stage your property! When potential buyers visit your Atlanta home, you should make sure your home is as beautiful as it can be. Before a showing, you’ll want to refine and polish your home’s interior by addressing little things like dusting your shelves and replacing any burnt-out light bulbs. You can also make some larger improvements by arranging your furniture in a way that will emphasize your home’s best features and appeal more to your buyers. As we always tell our clients: you will never get a second chance to make a first impression, so don’t waste this valuable opportunity to earn more and sell faster!

Selling Without an Atlanta Realtor

Atlanta real estate is a fluctuating and shifting market that can seem unpredictable to the untrained eye. You need an experienced and knowledgeable realtor guiding you along the way, helping you to earn top dollar for your home and handling the more stressful aspects of the process. A knowledgeable agent will always keep your best interests at heart and help determine the ideal listing price for your home, providing other much-needed advice as well. Hiring an agent is also the best way to help relieve the frustrating burdens of the selling process since they’ll deal with potential buyers and eliminate those who are just “lookers,” or people who aren’t actually interested in buying your home.

Becoming Too Emotional

Understandably, many sellers find it difficult to say goodbye to your beloved home when it comes time to sell. However, as you move through the process, it’s important to keep your emotions in check and think of yourself strictly as a business person or salesperson. If you can view the transaction in your mind as just a financial process, you can distance yourself from the difficult, negative emotions that come with selling and reduce any needless stress you may experience along the way.

Selling Your Home to Unqualified Buyers

Whenever you sell your home to someone, it’s good to make sure they’re pre-approved or have proof of funds before you hand over the keys to your largest asset. Otherwise, you run the risk of finding yourself in a tough bind and losing money. Luckily, EmpowerHome Team has a state-of-the-art database of over 14,466 pre-approved Buyers in Waiting in the Atlanta area. When you list with us, we will leverage our extensive database to get you top-dollar for your home, selling FASTER and FOR MORE

If you are considering selling your home there is no one better than EmpowerHome Team. We can help you sell FASTER and for TOP DOLLAR! Selling a home can be stressful, especially when your home sits on the market. We sell our listings 3 times faster and, on average, for more than when you work with another team by leveraging our database of OVER 14,466 qualified buyers in our Buyers in Waiting database! 

Did you know that only 48% of homes that went on the market last year sold the first time with the first agent they hired? Most sellers last year had to call a 2nd or 3rd agent to get the job done, or even worse, not sell at all. The agent you hire the first time matters! EmpowerHome Team sells 98% of our listings the first time, so when you hire us, your home is more likely to sell fast & for top dollar! To find out what we can do for you, Text or Call us at 404-301-3303!

 

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