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Get a Leg Up
So, here you are, trying like heck to sell your Saint George, Utah real estate. You’ve had the home listed for months and months and not much to show for it. A few calls have come by way of your Realtor but only one or two would-be buyers have shown up at the door to check out your offering. It’s very frustrating, and you are wondering what can be done to sell the property, once and for all.
One thing you really need to do, regardless of what kind of real estate you are attempting to sell here in St. George, is to have a heart-to-heart discussion with your agent. Unfortunately, some agents are not as close to their clients as they should be. In a frustrating market it is easy for an agent to sort of stay out of harm’s way from their sellers, because they are afraid the client might be upset that the agent has not found a buyer, yet.
A good agent will stick with their seller through thick and thin; bad times in real estate deserve even more attention from the real estate agent.
So, get your agent on the line and set up a meeting to discuss sensible, workable strategies to sell your home. Be very open minded at this meeting, because if your agent isn’t afraid to tell you exactly what you need to do become competitive, you are going to hear things that you don’t necessarily want to be told. Get ready for a punch in the guts, is what I sometimes tell my sellers.
So, to ‘get a leg up’ on your competition you need honesty, not only from your agent but from within yourself, too. If you know the asking price is too high, lower it. If you think the houses doesn’t show that well, clean it up and get it ready for showing. If you don’t like the photos your agent has on the MLS, tell them to re-do the pictures to your liking. You need to make your Saint George property the best-looking and the most competitively priced real estate in your neighborhood. If you don’t, you can count on many more months of frustration.
If you have been sitting on a sale for a long time and are getting to the point of seeking another opinion, please call us at Lisi & Associates when your listing expires and we will come over to have some honest discussion. Getting a leg up on your competition means developing an aggressive strategy to beat your competition. After all, you want your Saint George real estate to sell next, not last.