Maybe you’ve been offered a great job but the catch is that you’ve got to relocate to take it. Maybe you’ve just found out that you’re going to have twins and the one bedroom started home just isn’t going to be big enough for your family. Maybe the kids are grown and you’ve realized that you just don’t need quite as much space as you used to.
Whatever the reason for deciding to sell your home, once you’ve made the choice to sell, you’re going to have some choices to make. First will be how you’re going to sell (we suggest selling with flat fee mls). After that, you’ll have to make other choices – setting the right price and, well, is your home ready to sell?
How do you make sure that your home is ready to sell? The first steps to take involve just taking a look around your property and home. If you see that there are repairs that need to be made, make them or hire someone who can. If you see things that would be a turn off if you were the buyer, find ways of sprucing them up and making them more appealing.
If you’re afraid that you’re too biased to tell whether or not your home is ready for the sale, have some friends over and ask their opinions. Remember: just because you’ve lived with a crack in the wall or a leaky faucet, someone who’s buying your home is going to want a place that’s perfect – or at least as close to it as possible.
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In the past few years I’ve been researching who are the successful agents, tried to figure out why top agents are top agents.
Do they have a common educational background? No. Good ones have high school diplomas, masters and doctorates. No correlation.
Similar previous careers? No. One of the best agents I know used to teach baton twirling. I doubt if I could find a lot of those if I tried! I’ve had waiters, teachers, high powered executives and stay-at-home Moms who were all very successful.
Common interests? No. Other than eating, (which we Realtor-types seem to do exceptional well) the interests are widely diverse.
After 13 years in real estate sales and management, I’ve only found a few constants.
1. Successful agents treat the real estate business as a business. They actually have a business plan and a budget. They understand that you have to spend money to make money. They know how many sales they need to make the income they require and then they figure how they’ll get from here to there. They plan in advance and execute the plan.
2. They actually work when they work and play when they play and take a day or two off every week. (Just like a “real job!”)
3. They have fun and enjoy selling real estate but know that it won’t be forever.
4. They buy a lot of real estate for investment when they see good deals because they know that no one gets rich selling the stuff. You get rich owning it! Financial independence gives one a lot of freedom, autonomy and a certain air of confidence that smells like success.
. . . And people like to do business with successful people so they do more business!
I would like buy any hous or apartment in Chicago.