When deciding to sell or list a vacant home it's important to plan a successful marketing strategy. With the abundance of inventory available in today's market buyers are viewing multiple homes a day, weekend, daily alerts from Realtor.com, and search times are extended for months.
With this in mind. Your home/listing will need to be mmemorable. This includes cleanliness, temperature (important on a hot Florida day in July), de-cluttered, lights on, blinds open, the smell of Glade' in the air.
When you visit even the smallest"buy here pay here" car dealers have cars detailed and let you test drive so you can visualize this vehicle as your own. This concept isn't new to any of us.
Then why would anyone sell a home vacant? Staging is proven to sell homes faster and more money. Add a Home Manager to the equation and save even more money and prevent from being vulnerable to low ball offers. www.showhomes.com or www.showhomesstpetersburg.com
Hi Elayne, very iviting. I agree with you, even the smallest used car lot details their cars before putting them on the lot for sale. For heavens sake, why wouldn't you detail your most important investment you have before selling. Great post.
Thanks for your comment Michelle. Isn't nice to be in an industry where we can help sellers actually stand out amongst the competition?
Elayne,
You are right, we as Stagers can really help. Professional Home Stagers have the vision that buyers are not able to see. Why would anyone leave it to chance with selling a vacant home??? Thanks for posting this.
Thanks Linda. We are an extension of Realtors marketing efforts as well. Realtors and stagers should partner together at the listing presentation to set the realtor apart of the rest who are also trying to get the listing. Why wait months sometimes a year then want to stage the home?