one yourself—hire a professional photographer to capture your house to its absolute best advantage. There are entire websites chronicling the worst of the worst of real estate photography, and nothing you’ll see on those will help you sell your house!
PROFESSIONAL COPYWRITING
I would say that the information and description you publish for your property are essential. In this regard, consider what buyers might be looking for more than what you think are the home’s highlights. Make sure your information is well organized and thorough. A real estate ad must cover about sixteen essential details. The call to action opening sentence, what makes it unique, property location, bedrooms and baths, square footage, the style of construction (like two-story or ranch), neighborhood description, the features of the living room, kitchen, and dining room, information about the front yard, back yard, the garage, and finally, price and contact information. Following the highlights, your description must feel like you are taking prospective buyers on a mental tour of the property. Therefore, maintain a logical order of descriptions to convey the spatial sense of the home.
SIGNS AND FLIERS
Signs and fliers are essential for home selling, especially when selling independently. Prospective buyers usually tour the locality where they wish to find their properties, and while doing so, they will be attracted to your property if it has a “For Sale” sign in front of it. The impact that a professional sign can create is enormous. Though the reach of a sign cannot match the massive one achieved by an online advert, signs matter a lot. Studies reveal that over 20% of profitable home sales are closed with the help of signs. The components of a yard sign include a frame, a printed
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