How Sellers Can Affordably Stay Safe and Show Their Homes During the Pandemic
Selling a home always requires some planning and determination, but selling a home during a global pandemic can be even more challenging. While you may need to sell your home for financial reasons, you also need to make sure you and anyone else involved stay safe from infection. So how can you accomplish these two feats all at once without spending a fortune? You can start by reaching out to a top-tier professional at Castle Brokerage. Once you’ve got one of these savvy agents on your team, the next step is to use these tools, tips and resources to make it happen.
Staging & Preparing Your Home for Sale
You may need to pick up a few essentials in order to stage your home for real estate photos and listings, and that can be a challenge when in-person shopping is so limited. Thankfully, you can find most of what you need to stage your home by shopping for deals at affordable online retailers like Target, Amazon or Overstock, all of which offer free shipping. You can maximize your savings by visiting these stores via Rakuten, where you can find an Overstock coupon, Target deals and Amazon promotions that will boost your savings.
While you’re perusing Target’s online selection, be sure to look for a few organizing tools that will help you clear up clutter in your home and stage it to sell quickly. Once you have all of the cleaners, supplies and essentials you need, you can start staging your home.
Keeping your home clean is at the top of the list, so it’s a good thing you picked up all of those cleaning supplies and products, but you may also need some extra help keeping your house clean with kids at home. Some simple cleaning tricks you can use to make sure your home is always prepped for virtual showings include picking up a little each day and getting your children to help, but you may be able to avoid this added stress by using the following tools.
Safely Showing Your Home to Potential Buyers
Your real estate agent will have access to COVID-19 guides that can make showing your home safe for all parties involved. These guides include tips for keeping properties clean and disinfected, as well as managing showings in a way that adheres to current state and federal guidelines for preventing the spread of coronavirus. In addition to these basics, your real estate agent may also recommend familiarizing yourself with how to virtually show your property to interested buyers. You can learn about contactless showings, and how to post 3D walkthroughs so that buyers can “tour” your home at their convenience. That way you, your agent and prospective buyers can avoid the serious risks of in-person showings.
Want to make the most of virtual real estate tools and potentially avoid spending money at Overstock, Target or other retailers for supplies and essentials? Then in addition to using virtual showing tools, you should also think about finding virtual staging programs to boost the appeal of your property. These amazing tools make it easy to fill your home with the latest styles of furniture and decor, although you will first need to use the cleaning tips provided above to create a blank slate.
Taking Pro-Quality Listing Photos of Your Property
Typically, your real estate agent will hire a real estate photographer to take listing photos of your home, which can help it sell faster. Since most photographers may have difficulties conducting business right now, you may end up having to take listing photos on your own. Don’t be intimidated by this task, however, especially since you can use a few tricks and tips to make your photos really stand out to potential homebuyers.
Lighting can make all the difference when it comes to taking professional-quality real estate photos, so be sure to open your curtains to let a little flattering sunlight into your home. You can also work with angles and perspective to take stunning property photos, and you can save yourself some money by using your smartphone instead of buying an expensive camera. Most smartphones are fully capable of taking professional-level photos without the need for excessive edits or tweaks.
Navigating the real estate market can be extremely difficult with so many public health concerns right now. While this may be the case, folks are still out shopping for and buying homes, so it’s important for sellers to know how to adapt to all of the recent changes. By working with Castle Brokerage, accessing online tools and turning to DIY tips, you can stay safe while selling your home, but you can also keep buyers protected as well. Not to mention that many virtual options and online tools can save you time and money when it comes to staging, showing and selling your home.
Whether you’re selling or looking to purchase your dream home, a skilled agent from Castle Brokerage can help you meet your goals! Call 408-409-3333 or email kevin@castlebrokerage.com today!
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