Linda Schiefert
 I love this job, and I'd love to be your Realtor.

Office: 218-790-1664
Cell: 218-790-1664
Fax: 701-239-2242
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Seller Tips

There's a lot of good advice out there about preparing your home to sell. Some of it's great advice, but that doesn't mean it's for every seller. Depending on the age and location of your home and the market itself...the generic advice may not be in your best interest. Sometimes it's hard for a homeowner to know exactly where to draw that line. This is where professional assistance can save you time and money.
 
With seventeen years of experience in real estate and a background in interior design, I can assist you in making those hard decisions. I will share facts with you on what buyers are looking for, how to effectively stage your home, what problems you may need to address before your home is listed and how certain items don't need to be addressed up front, but are routinely negotiated during the selling process.
 
The best piece of advice I can give you is to CLEAR THE CLUTTER and PUT AWAY PERSONAL PHOTOS and portraits.  Most people just can't see through YOUR stuff. It may be a magazine or record collection you've had for years and love to look through on occassion, but to a buyer it can look like a pile of clutter and the house simply appears smaller and disorganized.   Buyers tend to move on rather than fumble through clutter, so if you don't have a use for it this week...put things in a box and move them to storage where they'll be ready to move when you are.

 

And when a buyer focuses on your personal photographs they imagine YOU in this home and not themselves or their family.  The less personalized the better when it's on the market.  Trust me...it's not because we don't think your kids are cute or your pets are not wonderful.  It's because we want a buyer to imagine themselves and their personal belongings in this home in order to help you sell it as quickly and profitably as possible.

Kitchens in particular contain multiple gadgets we seldom use. Do yourself a favor by boxing and storing away any item you don't use on a daily basis. You will be amazed at how much time this will take, which leaves more time for other things on moving day. And you'll be amazed at how clean that area will look and feel without this clutter.  Leave a basket by the door for shoes, mittens, other items your family tends to just drop. It will look so much neater.

Also take a moment to check the street appeal. Put away bikes, pick up any trash your dog has dragged home or that's blown into your yard, repair any loose fence boards, and put away toys when possible. We want a buyer to be able to visualize how nice their own things will fit this property. If it's messy... it just looks smaller.


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