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The Blackmon Group is the agency to represent your needs. Traditionally, real estate agents have required home sellers to sign long term listing agreements whether they perform up to your standards or not. What is worse, many limited service real estate companies require you to pay three hundred dollars or more just to cancel the listing agreement. Never get locked into an agreement with an incompetent agent or where you have to pay money to get out of it.
When you list your home with The Blackmon Group you can relax knowing that your home will receive maximum exposure to both agents and prospective buyers. We use the latest advertising techniques in print media and internet technology that consistently get homes sold faster and for the most money. If at any time you are not 100% satisfied with our marketing efforts, you can exit from the listing agreement with one easy phone call. No hassle. No questions asked. It takes a strong belief in the quality of one's service to make this kind of offer, The Blackmon Group never settles for less than the highest professional standards. You will be happy with our service and receive top dollar for your home.
When selling your house, price, condition and exposure are usually the three most important factors (aside from the familiar "location, location, location" statement):
A home is ultimately worth what someone is willing to pay for it, not necessarily what a seller wants for it. Everything else beyond that is just an estimate or opinion of value. Your asking price is typically based on a Comparative Market Analysis (CMA), and may also be based on an appraisal, both of which represent estimates of the value of your house at a given time and under specific circumstances, using different but related information sources.
First impressions are extremely important when you're trying to sell your property. A first impression is exactly that, a one-time opportunity. There's no such thing as a second first impression.
You want a good impression to greet and persist with potential buyers, not just from the street, but also throughout your property. There are many quick, easy and inexpensive things you can do to assure that a buyer's perceived value will match or exceed actual market value, and/or support your asking price, resulting in a timely sale. The Blackmon Group can provide you with guidance & recommendations for things you can easily do (usually at little or no cost) to greatly enhance the all-important "first impression", overall appeal, and the ultimate salability of your home.
- Have your lawn, foliage, plants and landscaping well-groomed, making the property appealing and inviting. Mowing, pruning, weeding, and trimming cost virtually nothing, but can contribute significantly to the overall impression.
- Eliminating or repairing peeling & chipped paint also contributes to good impressions. If your house was built before 1978, federal law requires that the seller complete a lead-based paint disclosure statement for the buyer. You may or may not know if such paint exists on your property, but you could choose to have an inspection done beforehand, and provide the results to the buyer, which would help to assure them that no such "surprises" await them. Such voluntary "up-front" disclosures can boost a buyer's trust in the seller and confidence level in the property's status/condition, further increasing the likelihood that an offer may result.
- Making sure that your house is clean & tidy before showings can make all the difference in the world. Pay special attention to all windows (inside and out), and everything in the kitchen and all bathrooms, since these are areas where buyers tend to make significant value and acceptability judgments.
Establish an inviting and comfortable ambiance. Soothing, pleasant but light aromas can help make a house feel more like a home. The sense of smell can greatly influence a home's appeal, with stimuli such as cooking and baking, fresh, clean air, floral scents, mild incense, potpourri, and other subtle aromatic items. Avoid harsh chemical & medicinal smells, eliminate offensive odors (pets, tobacco, etc) and pay special attention to bathrooms. Also, soft background music can subliminally influence a buyer's "comfort" level, making it feel warm, cozy, secure and "homey". These small touches can make a big difference.
Consider a new subdivision with many new homes being offered by a volume builder. What you'll typically find are some tastefully furnished models that anyone could live in. They are "generic" or "anonymous", with nothing that feels like "personal" items. There may be "personality", but no person.
You'll want to make your home "anonymous" so that buyers will feel that they've walked into their potential home, not visiting or intruding into someone else's personal space. Minimize your own expression of "self" by putting away family photos, sports trophies, collectible items, knick-knacks, souvenirs and the like, all of which can be distractions from what you want them to really see, the home itself. Don't just stash such items in a closet or storage space, because another important part of preparing a house for sale is to minimize "clutter". It can dramatically affect how buyers perceive the home.
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