Looking To Sell Edmonton Older Homes : How To Create Value In The Older Homes

Selling older homes that don’t have a lot of fancy finishings can be tough. Today’s buyers are used to flipping through photos and videos on phones and computers and older homes that might need some TLC don’t really catch their attention. So in order to sell an older home as is without a lot of upgrades you need to be creative and figure out how to create value in the mind of the potential buyer. How you frame the home can make the difference between a quick sale or no sale. Here are a few creative ways to create value when you’re selling an older home or a home that has limited appeal:

Stage It Perfectly

When you stage a home that might not be a real showstopper you have to stage it carefully. Think of the staging as the setting of a play. You are…

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Looking To Sell Edmonton Home : Fast Flooring Fixes For Older Homes

Older homes usually have a lot of different flooring problems. From old linoleum flooring to scratched or pitted wood flooring to old stained carpet flooring in older homes can be a real turn off to buyers. If you are trying to sell an older home where the owners don’t want to put money into a flooring upgrade there are some fast fixes that can be done to make the floors look better to potential buyers. Here are some of the easiest ways to make those old floors looks great before putting your Edmonton home on the market:

Pet Scratches

Pets are great, but a dog and cat nails can do some damage to floors over time. If a home has wood floors that have been scratched up by pet nails for many years the best quick fix is to use a tinted wax to fill in the…

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Looking To Do Open House In Edmonton : Easy Fixes For Common Open House Problems

Summer sales season means summer open house season and when you are busy trying to run many different open houses things are bound to go wrong at the last minute. Here are some insider tips from some of the best agents in the business to help you deal with those last-minute problems and save your open house:

When There’s Pet Odor

Homeowners that are selling their homes who have pets may not notice a lingering pet odor, but potential buyers will definitely notice. If you arrive to prepare a home for an open house and you can smell pet odor then you can be sure that the potential buyers who come to the home will notice it too. Don’t use scented candles or room freshening sprays to cover up the smell. Often those types of products don’t have what it…

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Customer Service Rules All Agents Should Learn

If you want to be a more successful real estate agent you should continually work on your most important skillset – customer service. Although a real estate agent has to wear many hats and guide the selling or buying process at the most basic level being a real estate agent is all about great customer service. Having a fantastic service attitude does make a difference when it comes to connecting with sellers and buyers and getting those commissions. Here are a few customer service rules and skills that all real estate agents should learn and practice whenever they can:

Listen, Listen and Then Listen Some More

Being a great listener is one of the most critically important skills that an agent can have. When clients are telling you what they need or…

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Tips For Holding An Outdoor Open House In Edmonton To Show Off A Home’s Outdoor Space

Now that summer is here a great way to show off the potential of a home during an open house is to hold the main part of the open house outside. Let potential buyers tour the home but make the outside deck or patio the gathering point so that they can experience the home’s potential for indoor/outdoor living and imagine themselves entertaining family and friends on the deck or patio.

A summer picnic is an ideal way to draw in potential buyers to an open house. Set up a grill on the deck or patio and offer potential buyers hot dogs and burgers along with summer staples like potato salad or macaroni salad. Lemonade and iced tea are a must. And brownies or cookies or even popsicles are a nice touch for dessert. Here are some other fun ways to create a…

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Looking To Sell Edmonton Home : The Best Outdoor Living Staging Tips for Summer

When you’re trying to attract Edmonton summer buyers one of the best things that you can do is show off a home’s outdoor living space. Buyers that are looking for homes in the summer want to be able to enjoy the great summer weather and entertain friends and family outside as well as inside. Staging the outdoor space is just as important as staging the inside of the home. And great outdoor space can sometimes get a buyer interested in a home even if the inside isn’t exactly what they wanted. So when you’re selling homes during the summer season here are the best staging tips for yards, gardens, lawns and outdoor spaces:

Show Buyers the Potential of The Space

A lot of homebuyers don’t really know what they’re looking at when it comes to outdoor…

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Selling Your Edmonton Home : Summer Staging Tips For Older Homes

Summer sales season is just around the corner. But making older homes look bright and breezy during the summer sales season can be a challenge. Older homes can look dated and dingy to summer buyers that are dazzled by the openness of new construction homes. If you want to make older homes more attractive to summer buyers here are some creative ways to stage an older home during the summer:

Play Up Vintage Charm

Summer is a great time to play up the vintage charm of an older home. To make potential buyers look at an older home and see the great summers of their childhood you can use things like vintage style eyelet cotton curtains and vintage linens on bed and tables. It’s very easy to make tab top curtains from some simple cotton eyelet fabric or…

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Sell The Neighborhood Not Just The House

When it comes to selling a home it’s important to remember that you have to do more than just sell the house, you have to sell the neighborhood. When buyers purchase a home they’re not just buying the house they are also buying into a neighborhood that they will live in for many years. So, when you are showing potential buyers a house you should also be showing them the neighborhood and giving them information about the neighborhood as well as the house. Here are some things that you should always tell potential buyers about the neighborhood that a home is in:

Demographics

Who lives in the neighborhood? Is it primarily a family neighborhood made up of other families that have kids? That can be a big selling point for parents who want to be sure the…

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How To Make Your Listing Photos Really Stand Out

You already know that photos are critically important for attracting buyers. And you know that you need to have high-quality photos of the homes that you’re representing in order to catch the attention of potential buyers. But did you know that even great photos can look bad when they are posted online? You could be losing potential sales if you’re not paying attention to how your photos look online. Here are a few tips from photography experts that you can use to make sure your photos look great when they’re posted online:

Use Filters

When you’re posting listing photos on social media you might be tempted not to use filters in order to accurately represent the home. But social media sites are set up so that photos that use filters look the best on…

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