Selling Orlando Real Estate can be a daunting undertaking.
While you may be helpless to control the state of the Orlando Real Estate market or the number of prospective buyers in your price range, here are a few ways to be proactive against some of sellers’ most common pitfalls:
Problem: Competition. Are there too much Orlando Real Estate for sale in your price range? If there are too many options open to buyers in your market, you may not see as many showings as you’d like.
What You Can Do: Unfortunately, the state of the Orlando Real Estate market in your neighborhood is pretty much beyond your control. You’ll need to think about how you can make your Orlando Real Estate a more attractive sale, either by lowering your price or providing attractive terms of sale.
Problem: Your asking price is too high. It’s stating the obvious, but if your asking price is too high, you’ll price yourself right out of a lot of potential showings. Further, even if you do manage to land a buyer at your price, his or her financing is more likely to fall through during the sale if the house will not appraise.
What You Can Do: Working with a trusted real estate agent to come up with a fair asking price is vitally important. Make sure you are educated about the Orlando Real Estate housing market you’re selling in, and price your home accordingly. Ask yourself whether you’d rather net a little less than you had hoped ? or not be able to sell at all.
Problem: Your Orlando Real Estate lacks curb appeal. The condition of your home inside and out is critically important to making a sale. If your home doesn’t show well, a potential buyer is going to head elsewhere. Most buyers are looking for a house they can move into without a ton of small repairs and cleanup.
What You Can Do: You’ve been meaning to fix that leaky faucet or repaint the fence in the front yard, so now is the time to do it! Of course, this should have been done when you decided to sell your Orlando Real Estate, but it’s never too late? De-clutter your rooms and store all personal effects. Consider investing in some new curtains, bath towels and throw rugs. To make sure that you nail that crucial curb appeal, spruce up your yard with new plantings, trim hedges and weed flowerbeds, and keep the lawn short and neat. Those minor repairs that you have been living with will add up in the eyes of a prospective buyer.
Problem: Location. Everyone’s heard that old maxim that real estate is all about “location, location, location!” But what do you do if you’re trying to sell your Orlando Real Estate on a busy street, or too close to a major highway?
What You Can Do: There are actually a few things you can do to increase your chances of a sale. If your Orlando Real Estate is on a busier street, highlight any benefits on the flip side?maybe your backyard is fenced in, your taxes are low or you can walk to a school nearby. Make sure you pay extra attention to those highlights. If you are in an area where your home is very close to a major highway, consider some type of privacy hedge or fencing. If you have older windows consider replacing them – the benefit will be two fold, you will have new windows as a selling feature and those new windows will provide a little more sound buffering inside the home. Last, consider selling at a time when the foliage is in full bloom to help naturally block sound or visual effects from nearby highway
Orlando Real Estate Tips Provided by Matthew Stamer, Broker/Owner EXiT Realty Central
At a Young age, his entrepreneurial spirit already overtook Matthew Stamer when he created his first company specializing in computer technology. It was only a few years later he realized the huge earning potential of the Real Estate industry and decided at the very young age of 18 to get his Real Estate license and pursue an Orlando Real Estate career.
Very quickly Matthew grasped the skills of sales and marketing and by his mid 20’s was selling as much as $10 million a year of Real Estate throughout Central Florida.
At approximately the age of 30, Matthew decided that he wanted to help other Realtors be successful and that his best way of accomplishing this would be to open an Orlando Real Estate firm of his own that provides Realtors with the tools they needed most to succeed; Training, Leads, Technology, & Leadership.
Almost 8 years later Matthew is running one of the top EXiT Realty brokerages in the state of Florida and has personally been ranked by Wall Street Journal as the #21 Realtor in the entire country of over 1 million Realtors. Additionally, EXiT Realty Corp ranked Matthew the #8 agent in the entire EXiT Realty organization nationwide and has the trust and confidence of over 28 major asset companies including companies Like Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and LPS, setting him aside as one of the premier foreclosure experts in the Central Florida Market place.
Matthew is a non-competing broker, so of the 300-400 transactions he brought in to the company last year, Matthew shared every one of the deals with another agent in the office, furthering the success of the Realtors aligned with his brokerage, EXiT Realty Central.
Matthew Stamer has proven him self as one of the most respectable names in the industry. His resume is unsurpassed and his commitment to his team of over 100 agents is a sign of pure devotion.
Exit Realty Central, Orlando Realtors are licensed, insured and required to take advanced training so they maintain a current and accurate knowledge base and can obtain the best results for you and your property. Contact us today to for more information on selling your home….407-334-1111.
