10 Ways To Help Sell Your Myrtle Beach Home Faster and For Top Dollar

 In today's market, it's not easy to sell your home quickly or beat competing listings for the highest price possible. But with some planning and vision -- and a little work -- we can help you sell on your timetable and get a great price too!

The key is to look at your home like potential buyers! Putoffs, shortcomings or deficiencies that you've been living with in your home will not be accepted by comparison buyers -- at least not without comment and a likely price concession. Work to eliminate anything in your home now that could be a hurdle to getting it sold.

Selling a home is not an easy task, but when you work with professionals -- like us -- you'll be helped every step of the way to get your home sold for the best price. Keep reading to find the top 10 ways to get your home sold fast -- for more!

#1 Clean It Up
A fresh coat of paint, clean windows, shampooed carpets and other smaller clean-up tasks can make your home shine. When the house looks good, it makes potential buyers feel good -- perhaps good enough to put in an offer. Use some elbow grease to get your home sparkling and buyers will respond to your well-priced home.

#2 Clutter Be-Gone!
It doesn't take anything more than a few boxes and some time to gather up clutter and remove personal flair from your home. The extra openness and space you reveal to potential buyers after this cleanup will result in heightened interest in your home, providing you partner a clutter-free home with a great price. And you'll enjoy added peace of mind for showings.

#3 Think Outside The Box
Stand outside your home and look around. You can't make trees grow tall and shady overnight, but you can rake up leaves and debris in your yard. You can't change the location of bushes easily, but you can trim and shape them attractively. Power-wash the patio, seal the deck and put a few potted flowers around the yard. Again, with a great price, your home with outdoor living space will entice today's buyers.

#4 Step Away
When your home is for sale, it's no longer your warm and fuzzy abode. It's now a product that is on the market to be sold to a new owner. As difficult as it may be, you need to work hard to remove your sentimental connection to your home (turn your thoughts to your new next home), price it to sell and look at the process strictly as a business transaction.

#5 Share Details
Give potential buyers information about your home, including energy consumption -- previous year or two of all utility bills -- and the age of various components -- roof, HVAC, appliances, etc. For aspects of your home you've added or improved, offer to share receipts, warranties, serial numbers, user manuals and contractor names.

#6 Price Right
Setting the right price for today's market is critical. Not yesterday's price. Not a zesty price from one-size-fits-all online formulas. Not your dream price. The right price is the market price based on the latest comparable sold homes, with an nod to the current competition's asking prices and recently expired listings that define the wrong-price ceiling. As your neighborhood specialists, we are in the best position to give you that true right-price data based on our street-smart knowledge of your local area.

#7 De-Stress
If your financial circumstances are forcing the sale of your home, be sure to let us know so we can help you make the right decisions to save your credit. And, if a short sale is in order, we can share this information with buyers to make sure that only the most motivated buyers are putting in offers on your home to make the sale quick and successful.

#8 Store Off-Site
If you're like most homeowners, all your storage areas within your home are likely crammed full of things you're not currently using. Lots of storage is a great feature of a home, but when you're selling yours, it's better to make your closets, cabinets, basement, shed, crawlspace, attic and garage look less full. Buyers want to see that there is plenty of room for their things -- and then some -- and not feel that they, too, will be bursting at the seams if they own your home. A home that looks spacious, with many storage options, will get more interest.

#9 Consider All Offers
No matter what the offer comes in at, if you have an offer in hand, be sure to weigh it seriously. It doesn't matter if it's not at your asking price, but depending upon your timeline, financial situation and family circumstances, you should consider what the cost is to continue waiting for another offer -- which might not, in the end, be as good. We'll help you look at the pros and cons of each and every offer you get.

#10 Condition Not Perfect?
If your home is in need of lots of repairs, consider selling it "as-is." When it's in less-than-stellar condition, the only likely buyers will be determined buyers with a knack for repair or investors. Either way, we can price your home right to sell fast to this motivated segment of home shoppers.