Owners

Guide To Sell My House

Homesgofast.com offer some great tips and advice to help sell a house fast by owner without a realtor or an estate agent.
The first thing to do as an owner is to prepare to sell.
To increase your opportunities and to sell your house fast you will need to decide and which property websites you are going to use to reach the widest audience. Local websites and those that target international real estate buyers makes a great combination we also explain about the power of social media below.

What do I need to do to sell my home by owner?

Price the property to sell

There is nothing worse than a property priced too expensively to put buyers off. The internet is a great place to compare like for like and a home that is being offered for sale with a high price stands out like a sore thumb. Remember you are now in a competition and you need to be priced competitively. To help you get the best price calculate the usual realtors fees that you will be saving when selling a home directly without an agent and make this reflect in the price.

Find the best property websites to sell by owner

When you are selling a home and you need buyers fast, best to not put all your eggs in one basket and rely on a single website. The best places to advertise a home for sale should also offer advertising on multiple websites. The more expensive your home the smaller the potential buyers for your real estate. Luxury homes, land for sale by owner, new homes, townhouses, city apartments, mansions and country estate all benefit from international exposure.

How to use social media to sell a home

A guide and advice to selling real estate by owner when using social media.

Use Hash tags on Twitter to sell real estate

When it comes to selling a home Twitter can be extremely powerful at driving local buyers to a property.. You can use Twitter local hash tags the same way for example a Spanish property for sale in Madrid could look like this #MadridHomeSale #MadridProperty #MadridHouse #MadridRealEstateetc One tweet is enough try regular tweeting about the property different times and different days of the week. Including image makes Tweets more appealing.

Advertising homes for sale on YouTube

YouTube video are a superb way to draw attention to your property online. They can be found in Google for very targeted terms used by buyers and show buyers the property in video format.
Your marketing goal to get the most from YouTube should be to get the video to 100 views. To do this, you’ll have to market it., videos don’t attract themselves. Add keywords to your title and description and don’t forget tagging the video with terms such as “ Townhouse Florida “Condo” “For Sale By Owner” ‘Land Sale’ etc.
Try getting more views by adding the video to your real estate listing on a property website, add to social media pages on Facebook, Pinterest,. Share the video with friends and Family. Post links on Twitter add o LinkedIn. After your video has over 100 views, it will start showing up highly in Google searches. This will help your video marketing even more.

Can you sell a house on facebook?

The answer is yes it’s a powerful social media platform ideal for selling a home by owner and getting too a targated audience. When selling your house as a FSBO property,use Facebook both free and paid features will help you promote your home to a huge audience.

Facebook users love pictures so make posts very visual don’t juyst add a link. Make an impact with your image. Drone photographs and video have become a huge tool for real estate. Use a drone to show great views, or its proximity to countryside, major stations and towns.Find local Facebook selling groups join them and post photos of your home linked to your property advert. Experiment with Facebook paid advertising but be careful of your daily spend.

Best way to sell a home using Google Adwords

Adwords is the format of paid advertising to appear in the search results in Google. It’s a very effective way to drive people to your property adverts.
If you want your ad to appear at all, you have to bid against others on how much you’re willing to pay Google AdWords every time a searcher clicks on your ad.
Obviously the more you pay-per-click the more likely your ad will appear in the search results. However, the truth is that it’s not just the highest bid that is taken into account. Google also uses something called a ‘quality score’. Google looks at how relevant and useful your ad is to the searcher and the search terms they’ve used. It also looks at how many clicks your ad has received previously, also known as its click-through rate (CTR) and how relevant your landing page is.
Top tip is to use only highly targeted keywords, give the price and description in your Google advert and reduce the visibility of your ad to a specific location . These all help reduce the cost. Alternatively use a company such as Homesgofast.com that can help you run a Google Adwords campaign to help find buyers for your property

What’s the best way to take photo of the property?

You will have to prepare your house for photos, these are your shop window when selling a property online. Deep-clean the house, including scrubbing the kitchen counters and the appliances, shampooing the carpets, cleaning the linoleum, and stashing your keepsakes in a cupboards. Ensure your remove personal photos and documents and clear surfaces. Take pictures of the home on a sunny day.

Top 20 tips to take the best photos of your home for sale

1. The front of the house needs to shown in a good natural light
2. Move any vehicles from the outside of the property
3. Remove any clutter from outside the property such as bins and hoses
4. Remove scruffy throws from sofas
5. Arrange cushions to look smart and tidy
6. Set dining room tables
7. Moving furniture around may help to make a room look more spacious
8. Make sure your home is well lit, and replace any light bulbs that have gone out
9. Open all curtains and blinds
10. Fresh flowers help to breathe life into a property
11. Make the bed and choose bed clothes that compliment the room
12. Anything stored under the bed should be completely out of sight
13. Clear all work tops and make sure there are no tea towels or chopping boards on show
14. Move bins out of sight
15. Clear away appliances
16. Clear the sink (no dirty dishes!)
17. A full, fresh fruit bowl can add a flash of colour
18. Keep the toilet lid down
19. Remove clutter like shower gels and tooth brushes
20. Close the shower curtain

What should I write for good property description?

The aim of an effective property description is to inform a potential buyers about the key selling pints of the home and to invite further enquiries. The biggest mistakes owners make and realtors is overloading a property description with far too much detail . This serves to either pout off the buyers and reducing engagement .

Write a property description aimed at foreign buyers

One thing for sure is that you should always explain the advantages of the location. Never assume the reader will know what makes the location so attractive. So always highlight that location advantages such as

• Local attractions
• Leisure facilities
• The proximity to airports, stations major communications
• How close you are to major cities and towns

Think about property investors

Many of Homesgofast.com buyers are actually investors, some look to spread the risk of a property portfolio by buying real estate in different parts of the world. They will want to know about the possible rental value of your home and if your property is actually good value for money. Good access to transport links will always help sell a property to an investor

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