Carl Scheinwald

Thinking of Selling your Home?

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All you need to know when selling a home

 

 

I am a member of a team of 10 real estate agents. Ten professionals each with their own website on which your home will be listed; each with their own base of clients who might be interested in your home. And we are all members of the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors so you will get the widest range of possible purchasers of your home. Therefore, when you list your home with me...

 

 A.  You will have 10 REALTORS with more than
         60 years experience selling high-end homes
         working to sell your home.
 
B.   You will always have a licensed Broker or agent       

        available to...
         1. Show your home to prospective buyers.
         2. Be available for any and all inspections buyer
               may require.

 

C.   You will always have a licensed Broker AND agent

       available to...
         1. Go over all purchase contracts with you.       
         2. Negotiate any differences you may     
               have with the buyer after inspections. 
         3. To resolve any other problems
               that may occur during escrow.

 

You Will Have The Best Group

 

of REALTORS

 

Working To Get The Job Done

 

Call me, and I along with a team member will come to your home, tell you what we believe your home will sell for, what you can do to optimize that figure, and what we will do to optimize that figure.

You want the highest price possible for your home.  I want you to get the highest price possible for your home.  In order to do that, I need to get as many qualified buyers as possible searching for a home to see our listing.  We do that by holding your home open multiple times, with your approval; a big Internet presence (Your home listed on multiple websites); all listings get a virtual tour; print advertising, and by and through our referral and relocation resources.  We have preferential access to buyers moving here from throughout North America.

 

Regrettably, I don't have to tell you that the value of homes here and in most places in the United States have in recent times declined.  So, you shouldn't expect that your home is worth what it was worth 2 years ago.  The truth can hurt.  And I'm sorry for that.  But, if you can handle the truth, you can move on with your life and we can make sure you do so with the most money possible from the sale of your home.  How?  Let me reiterate. We probably do more marketing than any other real estate company.  We have an enormous corporate referral program.  We have the power of YAHOO!  And there is so much more.  Let us come over and show you the complete marketing package.  And don't forget, you'll be getting a TEAM of 10 real estate professionals servicing your listing, not just an individual.  Of course, there is no obligation to list your home with us, though we believe you'll see why it is to your best interest to do so.

 

If you want your home sold now or in the near future, give us a call for a no nonsense, no obligation meeting.

BONUS: When you do list with me, when we close escrow on your house we will not only pay for a One Year Home Warranty Policy to protect you and the buyer from costly repairs after the close, but you will also have the use of my condo in Kihei, Maui, Hawaii for 6 nights and 7 days.  You must complete travel by the one-year anniversary of the close of escrow and it is subject to availability and other conditions and restrictions.  SEE: www.MauiPenthouseView.com  Ask for details.


Home improvements to increase value

There are two reasons for pursuing home improvement projects:

1. Just Want To Do It -You want some new features in a home to improve your family's quality of life, but you don't want to leave your current home.
   
   
2. Really Need To Do It -You want to make your home more marketable to maximize return (or minimize loss) and speed up the sale process.
   
   

In the right market conditions, a project might fit into both categories. Other times, though, the two approaches will conflict:

Just Want To Do It - In situation A, the project is perceived as a necessary or worthwhile improvement to your family's lifestyle. Say you have two or three teenagers in the family and the morning bathroom situation is completely out of control. It doesn't matter if an additional bath generates a 150 percent return on investment or actually decreases the value of the home (unlikely, unless you're a completely incompetent do-it-yourselfer with a bizarre design sense). The economic impact just doesn't matter. If you have the money for a new bath and you don't want to move - you add the bath. It's that simple.

 

Or say you're a barbecue fiend and the only feature missing from the dream home you've just purchased is a sprawling backyard patio with a natural-gas grill custom-built with flagstone and river rock. Again, return on investment just isn't going to be a critical question. The improvement becomes more comparable to purchasing a depreciating asset that you feel is a necessity for your lifestyle - such as an automobile. When the barbecue aficionado adds a deluxe patio to a home that's already the most expensive property in the neighborhood - perhaps destroying the entire backyard in the process - there's a good chance that very little of the cost will be recouped in a subsequent sale.

An even better example might be a pool. If you're a person who simply has to have one - fine. Put in a pool. But it's probably worth checking with a real estate professional first, just to make sure you fully understand that adding the pool might actually lessen the property's value and make it more difficult to sell should you later decide to move. That's the reality in many markets. That doesn't necessarily mean you shouldn't do it, especially if you're planning to live in the home for the rest of your life. It just means it's worth knowing the cost and salability impacts at the front end - even if they're not going to deter you from pursuing the project.

Really Need To Do It - The "type-B" home improvement project is pursued primarily to increase the property's salability. In turn, this often increases your return on investment. A good real estate agent can advise you of possible improvements that will attract more potential buyers and also pay for themselves either through increasing the home's value or through shortening the time it takes to sell the home.

 

Here we're typically talking about projects such as: painting - either because the existing paint is in bad shape or is an unusual color; replacing carpets - again because of age, color or style; repairing or resurfacing a cracked driveway or sidewalk; refacing kitchen cabinets; and trimming or removing overgrown or unattractive landscaping.

 

While spending several thousand dollars on your home right before you sell it might not sound very appealing, it's not uncommon for the right work to more than pay for itself in a higher selling price and shorter marketing time.

Consult with an experienced real estate agent to learn what improvements will make your home more marketable in comparison to similar properties that are now - or recently have been - on the market in your area.