4 Tips for Selling Your Home As-Is

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4 Tips for Selling Your Home As-Is

26 June 2019
 Categories: Real Estate, Blog


Selling your home is not meant to be an easy process. Not only will you need to make a few updates and stage the home, but you will also need to schedule showings and negotiate with interested buyers. Of course, if your home is not in the best condition possible, you may find selling it will be an even more daunting task. Fortunately, you do have the option of selling as-is, meaning you will sell the property at a lower price without making updates and repairs. With these tips, you will learn how to efficiently and effectively sell your home as-is.

Invest in Inspection Report

Before you list the home to sell, consider investing in a pre-listing inspection. This allows you (and potential buyers) to learn what issues the home has and what is required to make the updates and repairs. Because buyers are usually the ones who pay for the inspection when they want to buy a home, having a pre-listing inspection already completed will make your home more attractive to potential buyers.

Invest in Estimates

Once you learn what issues your home actually, you can do some of the leg work and invest time in gathering estimates on repairs and updates. Buyers, who are interested in buying a house as-is, will enjoy the fact that you have gathered estimates, reducing the amount of time and energy they need to spend to make calculations and determine if your home is an investment they want to make.

Be Open and Honest

With an inspection report and a few estimates on standby, you will have the opportunity to be completely open and honest with potential buyers. This honesty may frighten some buyers away, since they may not want to spend the money on making the repairs and updates. However, many buyers will appreciate the honesty, knowing exactly what they are getting into when purchasing a home as-is.

Price Right

Lastly, but definitely not least, you need to price your home right. No matter how appealing your home is or how desirable its location is, you need to take the necessary repairs and updates into consideration when pricing your home to sell as-is. Work with professional agents who will compare your home to others that have sold recently in the same market.

Selling your home as-is can be a great way to sell it quickly and without investing your money into necessary repairs and updates. This guide will provide you with a few tips to start the process of as-is selling.