We bought our Milwaukee house on a Thursday. The following Saturday our house was listed and by dinner time Sunday it was sold for over asking price. How did we do it? The simple answer is I worked my ass off. Worked. My. Ass. Off. The reality of it was a 3 part process.
Step 1: Fix it. On the drive home from our first visit to Milwaukee I created a mental list of what needed to be done: fix the cracks in the drywall tape, replace the downstairs bathroom vanity, paint our Master bedroom, etc. There was nothing major that had to be done but I knew the house had to be on point if we wanted a quick sale.
Step 2: Good pictures. I purged the house of stuff, staged like a Mo Fo and took the best pictures possible on the sunniest day we had for that time of year. As a DIY home type of person, whenever I look at a listing with bad pictures I can see past the realtors shitty photo skills but I'm always left wondering if everyone sees what I see. For example, when I see a house for sale with a photo of the kitchen that has a McDonalds bag sitting on the counter I wonder, why didn't they move the bag before taking the picture? Because you know all people are focusing on is that McDonalds bag and not the updated tile backsplash. Even in the digital age of technology a picture still says a thousand words.
Step 3: Price to sell. Our house was priced right. I had been watching the market since February so I knew what was for sale, what houses in the area had already sold for and what houses would be considered our competition. We put a no messing around price on it and had 2 people make offers immediately. We took the less complicated offer and called it a day.
Step 1: Fix it. On the drive home from our first visit to Milwaukee I created a mental list of what needed to be done: fix the cracks in the drywall tape, replace the downstairs bathroom vanity, paint our Master bedroom, etc. There was nothing major that had to be done but I knew the house had to be on point if we wanted a quick sale.
Step 2: Good pictures. I purged the house of stuff, staged like a Mo Fo and took the best pictures possible on the sunniest day we had for that time of year. As a DIY home type of person, whenever I look at a listing with bad pictures I can see past the realtors shitty photo skills but I'm always left wondering if everyone sees what I see. For example, when I see a house for sale with a photo of the kitchen that has a McDonalds bag sitting on the counter I wonder, why didn't they move the bag before taking the picture? Because you know all people are focusing on is that McDonalds bag and not the updated tile backsplash. Even in the digital age of technology a picture still says a thousand words.
Step 3: Price to sell. Our house was priced right. I had been watching the market since February so I knew what was for sale, what houses in the area had already sold for and what houses would be considered our competition. We put a no messing around price on it and had 2 people make offers immediately. We took the less complicated offer and called it a day.
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