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Listing Mistakes to Avoid

Overpricing Your Home

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Be sure to view your home as objectively as possible Risk: Selling your home below mar- ket value due to constant price reductions to try and keep up with new inventory that was priced right.

Opting Out Of Photography

Virtual showings are just as important as real ones. Risk: Buyers are almost exclusively start- ing their home search online. If your home does not look fabulous in the photos, you will get no showings and no offers

Not Preparing Your Home

The things buyers do not see online will be seen when they arrive. Risk: The amount of inven- tory allows buyers to be picky. Anything from the neighbors loud barking dog to worn carpet or woodwork can make buyers weary

OFFERING A "STALE" LISTING

Everyone has seen it, but there were no takers Risk: You may have to take your home off the market. Buyers looked at your home but only remember there was something they didnt like: the price.

Underprepared For An Appraisal

You finally get the offer you want, but the bank says, “NO!” Risk: When the appraiser says your home is worth less than the contract price, this means one thing: make it work! Rene- gotiate the offer and make it work

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