Most home sales involve real estate agents, who help negotiate for you during the transaction process. While using an agent can be helpful in many ways, it can also slow the sales process down, which is not always ideal.
If you want to sell your home as quickly as possible, you should consider selling privately. In this article, our team at Widespread Properties will go over what to expect from the private sale of your home.
- Prepare Your Home – Before you put your home on the market, either for sale by owner or through a real estate agent, you will need to get it ready for interested buyers to see. Make sure to clean your home from top to bottom, and it’s wise to remove a portion of your furniture to make the home look bigger, too. We also recommend removing personal items, such as family photos, to make it easier for buyers to imagine their own things in the space.
- Promote – Another difference between a public and private sale of your home is how you advertise the property. When you sell through an agent, the agent takes care of promoting your home to potential buyers, but when you sell privately, you will need to take over this aspect of the process yourself. Be prepared to promote your home on real estate sites and social media to attract buyers.
- Negotiate – In a private sale of your home, you will also need to do your own negotiation with the buyer, so be ready for that challenge. If you’re looking for a way to make this step easier, you can reach out to our team, and we’ll make you an offer within 24 hours of seeing your home.