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Here’s 7 costly mistakes to avoid when selling your Sacramento Home. For those who watch this video all the way through, there is a free report the goes deep on the “why” each mistake is important. So let’s get started

Mistake #1:  Failing to DRESS Your Property For Sale

Buyers look for HOMES, not houses.  They buy homes in which they FEEL they would like to live.  One of the major factors in getting your home to sell quickly is very simple: MAKE IT FEEL LIKE “HOME.”

Most buyers select their home based on EMOTIONS.  Once their decision is made to buy, they justify their purchase with LOGICAL reasons:  facts and features.  So, it’s most important to make your home appeal to all senses.  Your property is NOT the only home the buyers will see.  You are competing with other homes in the market, and some of them have been professionally decorated.

Mistake #2:  Pricing Your Home Incorrectly

Every seller wants to realize as much money as possible when selling their home.  The natural inclination is to price the home high, thinking you can always come down in the future.

But a listing price that is too high frequently nets the seller LESS money than an original price at market value.  Why is this?  Because people looking for homes in your price range will reject your home in favor of other homes in a reasonable price range.

Mistake #3: Limiting The Marketing Exposure Of Your Property

The most obvious marketing tools everyone uses (Open Houses and the MLS) are only moderately effective.  Successfully marketing of your home (getting the highest price, at the right time, and with no hassles and problems) requires much more.

Surprisingly, less than 1% of homes are sold at an open house.  Agents use open houses to attract buying prospects, not to sell your home.  And advertising studies show that less than 3 % of people purchased their home because they saw it in an ad.

Mistake #4: Thinking Your Appraisal Is The Market Value Of Your Home

An appraisal is an opinion of value for an entirely different purpose than selling your home.  Usually an appraisal is to provide a bank or mortgage institution information to fund a loan.  If a lender is motivated to loan you money, his appraisal may come in higher than the true market value of your property.  The appraiser might ignore other issues in his analysis, such as foreclosures in the market or distressed sales.

When a buyer looks at a home, they look at all the factors:  foreclosures, distressed sales, bankruptcies, divorces, and area fluctuations.  Don’t make the mistake of thinking the “appraisal” value of your home is what a diligent buyer would pay.

Mistake #5: Not Understanding Your Rights And Obligations

Real estate law and regulations can be very complex.  When you sign a contract for the sale of your property, it’s a legally binding document.  An improperly written contract can create many problems for you:  a sale could fall through, cost you thousands in forced repairs, inspections, and remedies for items included or excluded in the purchase offer.

You must understand what repairs and closing costs you are responsible for in a contract.  And you must know whether the property can legally be sold “as is,” or how deed restrictions or local zoning will affect your transaction.

Mistake #6: Signing A Listing Agreement With NO WAY OUT!

Just about every agent has good intentions about helping you sell your home.  But situations and circumstances change.  The agent might have personal problems, or simply decide to retire or get out of the real estate business.

Or other situations may arise where the agent isn’t doing his or her job as you expected.  The home may not be getting the exposure you desire.  Or perhaps you haven’t heard from your agent in six weeks!

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Mistake #7: Selecting The WRONG Agent

Do you remember the old riddle that goes, “What do you call the person who graduated dead-last in their medical school class?”

Answer: “DOCTOR!”

Well, it’s the same with real estate professionals.  Someone with vast experience and extraordinary professionalism usually costs the same as someone with little or no experience, or with compromising standards.  You need to know how to tell the difference up front.

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About the authors:

Mike and Jennifer Rigley are one of Sacramento’s top ranked Real Estate Teams and 5 Star Ranked Real Estate Professionals. Selling Real Estate Full time since 2004 with well over 1,500 successful closings Mike and Jennifer Rigley are here to help your dreams of Home Ownership come true.

Mike and Jennifer Rigley of the Rigley Realty Group come with over 15 + years experience helping buyers, sellers and investors realize their Real Estate dreams. Including:

• 35+ Year Sacramento Residents
• Over 1,500 homes sold since 2003 – 10x the average agent
• Team Approach for Maximum Client Satisfaction
• Ranked in the Top 25 of all agents & companies county wide in both the number of listings & sales since 2004
• Top 500 Teams All Companies in California for Production
• Sacramento Magazine 5 STAR Agent

In short, the Rigley Realty Group will sell your home for the most amount of money, in the shortest amount of time, with the least amount of hassles – you have our word on it.

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When Buying a home in Sacramento, who pays the buyers Realtor? Lets find out now...

Hi I’m Mike with the Rigley Realty Group. Whether buying or selling, for the best real estate information subscribe to our channel and hit the bell to be notified when we post a new video every Wednesday

While we provide services to buyers at usually no cost to the buyer, we don’t work for free. So how do Buyers Realtors get paid? Let’s find out now…

In California the seller customarily pays the buyers broker and the broker pays the agent. Is it always that way? Not necessarily but usually yes. Is the buyer’s agent working for free? Heck no but we generally do work at no cost to the buyer.

Now an argument can be made that it’s the buyer who is really paying all the commissions in a  higher sales price of the home. It’s an arguable valid point for sure. If that is the case, it would stand to reason that you should be able to buy a home from a For Sale By Owner or FSBO as they are called for an anywhere from 2-6% discount. It’s rare that happens but it can occasionally.

There are such things as Buyer / Broker agreements where the buyer agrees to a guaranteed minimum commission their agent will earn. If the seller is not paying that amount the buyer agrees to make up the difference. The Buyer / Broker agreement also locks the buyer into working with only their agent for a set amount of time regardless of the job they do. Personally, your word is your bond with us and vice versa. If you don’t want to work with me, I really don’t want to work with you so let’s just part ways and be on our way. Life’s too short and really no contract is going to make a difference.

The right agent is going to be your home consultant for life. If they are purely transactional and are only looking at you as a commission, you might have the wrong person working for you. Yes, even if they are getting paid by the seller, they are working for you. Never be afraid to interview more than one Realtor when looking for a home. This can be a very daunting experience and you need a trusted advisor to guide you through the process.

OK, I hope this helps. If you are still not sure what to do or need more information click on the contact us link below or call today and we’d be more than happy to schedule a Strategic Marketing Consultation with you

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Thinking of Selling a Home ? Buyers Want Your Home for As Little As Possible. Quickly Find Out What your home is Really Worth.

About the authors:

Mike and Jennifer Rigley are one of Sacramento’s top ranked Real Estate Teams and 5 Star Ranked Real Estate Professionals. Selling Real Estate Full time since 2004 with well over 1,500 successful closings Mike and Jennifer Rigley are here to help your dreams of Home Ownership come true.

Mike and Jennifer Rigley of the Rigley Realty Group come with over 15 + years experience helping buyers, sellers and investors realize their Real Estate dreams. Including:

• 35+ Year Sacramento Residents
• Over 1,500 homes sold since 2003 – 10x the average agent
• Team Approach for Maximum Client Satisfaction
• Ranked in the Top 25 of all agents & companies county wide in both the number of listings & sales since 2004
• Top 500 Teams All Companies in California for Production
• Sacramento Magazine 5 STAR Agent

In short, the Rigley Realty Group will sell your home for the most amount of money, in the shortest amount of time, with the least amount of hassles – you have our word on it.

See our profile on Zillow or Redfin here

When You are Ready, Here are three ways we can help:

Start your home search Click Here

Get a Broad Range Value of your Home Click Here

Contact Mike or Jennifer Directly via Email Click Here

 

Thinking of Selling Your sacramento Home? Here’s Why You Need A Pro in Your Corner

We ran across this great post – courtesy of the good folks at Keeping Current Matters and thought you might enjoy the read.

I’m selling my Sacramento home. Should I get an appraisal first? Find out here…

Hi I’m Mike with the Rigley Realty Group. Whether buying or selling, for the best real estate information subscribe to our channel and hit the bell to be notified when we post a new video every Wednesday

OK – you’ve decided to sell your Sacramento home. You’ve interviewed several agents and each has a different suggested asking price? Do you get an appraisal before listing? Here’s what I think…

Pricing a home is part science, part art and part experience. Getting you the best price for your home, in the time frame that best suits you with the fewest number of hassles is our job. Based on our experience of well over 1500 closed transactions in the past 15 years, we know most sellers want to get the most for their home in any market. So should you spend the $450 to get an appraisal before listing? We don’t think that’s a good idea and here’s why. An appraisal is one persons’ opinion on a given day. It is a mathematical calculation based more on history than what’s going on right now. More weight will be given to past sales and less weight to present market conditions. An appraisal does not take into consideration an appreciating or declining real estate market.

In a declining or downward shifting market, the price you could have gotten 6 months ago may no longer be achievable. Conversely, in an appreciating market you should be able to get more than a similar home that sold 6 months ago. A sharp Realtor with combine the data with current market conditions and add in a little experience to give you their best estimate of what your home will actually sell for. Are we 100% right? Oh hell no but we are right about 95% of the time. One thing to keep in mind, if given at least 7-10 days on the market you cannot undersell your home. If you price a $400,000 home at $350,000 and give it enough time on the market, supply and demand will kick in and you will receive multiple offers driving the price up to and usually beyond the current market value. If you don’t get that kind of activity it means that the $400,000 price probably wasn’t the right price to begin with.

So appraisal or no appraisal before listing. We say no. Trust in your realtor and their ability to get the job done. BUT use a market specialist to be sure.

Still not sure what to do or need more information? Click on the contact us link below or call today and we’d be more than happy to schedule a Strategic Marketing Consultation with you

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Thinking of Selling a Home ? Buyers Want Your Home for As Little As Possible. Quickly Find Out What your home is Really Worth.

About the authors:

Mike and Jennifer Rigley are one of Sacramento’s top ranked Real Estate Teams and 5 Star Ranked Real Estate Professionals. Selling Real Estate Full time since 2004 with well over 1,500 successful closings Mike and Jennifer Rigley are here to help your dreams of Home Ownership come true.

Mike and Jennifer Rigley of the Rigley Realty Group come with over 15 + years’ experience helping buyers, sellers and investors realize their Real Estate dreams. Including:

• 35+ Year Sacramento Residents
• Over 1,500 homes sold since 2003 – 10x the average agent
• Team Approach for Maximum Client Satisfaction
• Ranked in the Top 25 of all agents & companies county wide in both the number of listings & sales since 2004
• Top 500 Teams All Companies in California for Production
• Sacramento Magazine 5 STAR Agent

In short, the Rigley Realty Group will sell your home for the most amount of money, in the shortest amount of time, with the least amount of hassles – you have our word on it.

See our profile on Zillow or Redfin here

When You are Ready, Here are three ways we can help:

Start your home search Click Here

Get a Broad Range Value of your Home Click Here

Contact Mike or Jennifer Directly via Email Click Here

Selling your Sacramento Home? Should you get inspections before listing? Click here to find out

Hi I’m Mike with the Rigley Realty Group. Whether buying or selling, for the best real estate information subscribe to our channel and hit the bell to be notified when we post a new video every Wednesday

When you sell the buyer often asks for repairs. Is it a good idea to pay for inspections before you list? Here’s what I think…

The question comes up more often than not – should we have the property inspected before we list. The answer is a resounding maybe. It really all depends on the age and condition of the property, local customs and the market condition.

If your home is in fairly good condition, you’ve maintained it, kept up with the minor things that go wrong AND it’s a sellers’ market you might not want to pay for any inspections upfront. On the other hand if your home is old and you honestly haven’t maintained it very well you may want to know what your potential liability may be regardless of what kind of market you are in.

In a strong buyers marker we suggest several pre-listing inspections including a pest inspection to determine if you have dry rot or termites, a roof inspection to determine the condition of the roof and even possibly a whole house inspection to ferret out any health and safety concerns a buyer might have. Addressing these items beforehand will make your home easier to sell and usually sell for more in any market

One word of caution, in California you are obligated to disclose each and every inspection to the potential buyer even if you made the corrections discovered in the inspections.

In a strong buyers or even neutral market the better you can prepare your home the faster it will sell and sell for more. In a strong sellers’ market you should have more leverage and may not want to incur the additional expense of the inspections. In all cases you will need at a minimum to have smoke detectors installed and have the water heater strapped, even possibly anchored and braced. In most cases you will also be required to have a carbon monoxide detector installed as well, maybe even two if you live in a 2 story home.

Bottom line – ask your Realtor for their opinion and go from there. That’s why part of our Strategic Marketing Consultation covers repairs and or improvements you should or should not do prior to listing. For us it’s all about getting you the most amount of money in the shortest amount of time with the fewest number of hassles.

Still not sure what to do or need more information? Click on the contact us link below or call today and we’d be more than happy to schedule a Strategic Marketing Consultation with you

Also, want to get daily updates and interesting real estate tips and tricks? Like our Facebook page by clicking the Facebook link below

Thinking of Selling a Home? Buyers Want Your Home for As Little As Possible. Quickly Find Out What your home is Really Worth.

About the authors:

Mike and Jennifer Rigley are one of Sacramento’s top ranked Real Estate Teams and 5 Star Ranked Real Estate Professionals. Selling Real Estate Full time since 2004 with well over 1,500 successful closings Mike and Jennifer Rigley are here to help your dreams of Home Ownership come true.

Mike and Jennifer Rigley of the Rigley Realty Group come with over 15 + years’ experience helping buyers, sellers and investors realize their Real Estate dreams. Including:

• 35+ Year Sacramento Residents
• Over 1,500 homes sold since 2003 – 10x the average agent
• Team Approach for Maximum Client Satisfaction
• Ranked in the Top 25 of all agents & companies county wide in both the number of listings & sales since 2004
• Top 500 Teams All Companies in California for Production
• Sacramento Magazine 5 STAR Agent

In short, the Rigley Realty Group will sell your home for the most amount of money, in the shortest amount of time, with the least amount of hassles – you have our word on it.

See our profile on Zillow or Redfin here

When You are Ready, Here are three ways we can help:

Start your home search Click Here

Get a Broad Range Value of your Home Click Here

Contact Mike or Jennifer Directly via Email Click Here

We ran across this great post – courtesy of the good folks at Keeping Current Matters and thought you might enjoy the read.

We ran across this great post – courtesy of the good folks at Keeping Current Matters and thought you might enjoy the read. While I agree with the “you must act now” part, locally we are seeing a trend more towards buyers than sellers. While the data still says a sellers market, because we are in the field everyday and represent both buyers and sellers, we see the trends quicker than the national media can report. Take a read and let me know what you think