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Tips for Home Sellers

Welcome! Each day we post a small selling tip that will

help you develop the mindset for getting your home sold.

Tip for March 10th, 2010:

Your listing sheet needs to be competitive.

There are numerous reasons you should be attending open houses listed with agents prior to putting your home on the market. One that is often overlooked is so that you can obtain a copy of the “listing sheet” on the property.

This is a one-page fact sheet with information taken from the MLS that is provided to agents and prospective buyers. Not only does it give you some feel as to what features the listing agent is promoting and emphasizing for a particular home, but it also tells you what information is provided to buyers.

As an example, some areas of the country provide the square footage of the property and possibly the asking price per square foot while others do not. One MLS will give the age of a house while another gives the year it was built. Some will list private schools in the area, others don’t. Some give room sizes in feet and inches and other just “round off” the measurements.

The point is, if you’re selling on your own, you'll want to provide the same type of information that agents give their clients so that the buyers can make easy comparisons between your home and those they may have seen that were listed with an agent.

These little bits of knowledge you’ll pick up from HelpingHomeSellers.com will give you more and more advantages over your competition.