Why is my house not selling? The question plaguing many homeowners across the country right now. You may already have the answer and you may not know it or just don’t want to believe it. The housing boom that has now led to the housing crisis is leaving people wondering what to do and where to look for answers. The person to start with is you. That’s right, you. You ask how can I be? You have to start with what you want and what you need to sell your house. What is your motivation for selling your home? In this situation we are trying to sell the house before it goes into foreclosure. How much money do you need from your house and how much do you need to spend to sell your house? These questions are very difficult for some people to answer. Homeowners are of all ages and backgrounds. You know yourself best, so it starts with you. You can say, I’m not a home sales agent. Why would it start with me? You know what you need, you just need a little direction.
Let’s get in here and get straight to it. You have a house and you want to sell it. Let’s also get out of the way, I am a home improvement expert with a long list of credentials and experience in the home improvement market. I have specialized in preparing people and their homes for the sales market. So you won’t see an article full of keywords or tags for search engines to find my work, which many are concerned about today. I write to help people, and to sell their houses. My works are mostly free and can be found on the internet on a variety of writing sites and blogs. So with that out of the way, now let’s start again. You need to take a look at yourself and ask why I should sell my house instead of having the bank take it to foreclosure. Take a tablet or your laptop and sit down and write down the reasons and review them with your spouse or other party involved in the sale of the house. These reasons will determine how and what you must do to sell your house. Once you have them, you can move on to the next steps to sell your house. I have seen many reasons why people sell their houses. The biggest one lately is that people are trying to sell before the bank forecloses on their house. This reason is now spreading across the country and people feel helpless in these situations. Many of these people can still sell their home and recoup the funds if they look at themselves first and move on.
The home in foreclosure is a home that most people think is the most dilapidated home on the block or the home that looks or is abandoned. You say to yourself, if I can’t pay the mortgage, how can I help sell my house? First you have to jump in and work on it. This is difficult for many and they just feel bad about the potential loss, so why do anything? One reason is that you can still put money back in your pocket for yourself and your family. You bought the house with the intention of making it your own, correct? So you probably have some lawn tools, brushes, and some good old fashioned hard work to put to use. Take the time to see what you can work on to spruce up the look of your home, without breaking the bank. People, there are so many ways to renovate your house on the cheap. Did you know you can go to some paint stores and get paint returned where they mixed custom paint for someone and didn’t care? This material can be sold for $5.00 a gallon of paint. So instead of going to a fast food place, go to a paint store and buy cheap paint. Painting, even when buying premium paint, is still the cheapest way to make a home look that much better. You may have fallen on hard times and need to sell your house, but most people will still have some funds, if directed and used in the right way, they could put you one step closer to getting your next home, so think.
You need to get that tablet out again and see what you can do with the house to make it attractive to a buyer. You don’t have to spend a ton to do it. The painting example above is proof of this. You just need a little direction and you’ll be surprised what you can do. The right mindset is where you need to start. Don’t look like all is lost. Consider doing a job and paying yourself to do it. Sitting on your couch and waiting for the knock on the door to leave is easy and sad. Why not take some time and effort and put money in your pocket and enjoy a job well done? People may consider foreclosure for many reasons. It still comes down to whether you can sell it before they take it. Selling it leaves you in a much better position not only financially but also mentally. Working on a house can be very rewarding, especially when the work is done and you sell the house. We can cover these couple of areas in this article as it would take an entire book to cover a full walkthrough and how to sell the house. We need you to head in the right direction to get started.
The right mindset is what will make or break you. Try again to see it as working for yourself and putting money in your pocket, because you are. Sitting around waiting for a foreclosure to happen can itself be a very stressful time for people. Keeping busy will help you in many ways. First take the tablet of paper to the front of the house and write what you see. What you see here is what others will see too, if you don’t like what you see the odds are not good for others. This applies to all houses that are preparing to go on the market. Take a few minutes, there is no need to rush as this time you are investing in yourself. Once you’ve written down what you see, take a walk around the entire property on the outside. Remember that this is how others will see your home first. The exterior has to make them stop or at least slow down when they pass the house. Many exterior problems can be solved with hard work and a few tools. Overgrown grass and 10-foot-tall weeds around the house are unappealing to most. This is an example of what you would have written. It will most likely end up being a large list. That’s good, now you have an idea of where to start.
This should be enough for now to get you going. Put in the amount of effort you want to get out of it. Getting the house sold will be faster and easier if it starts with you and not others. Good luck selling your home and get moving. Remember, always safety first.