Big Mistakes Sellers Make

1. Not competitively pricing their home. Many sellers base their asking price on emotions or the amount they invested rather than the current market value. This mistake can be expensive. Buyers will reject an overpriced home in favor of a larger one for the same price. Also, the buyers who should be looking at it won’t because it is priced out of their range. This results in your home sitting on the market for a long time. When you finally lower the price, it may still sit because nobody really wants to see a house that’s been on the market for a long time. They think something must be wrong with it. This often results in lower offers and stalled negotiations. The bottom line is an initial listing priced too high very often sells for less than the market value.

2. Hiring the wrong Realtor. Many sellers list with the real estate agent who agrees to list their home for the highest price. What many home owners don’t realize is agents may tell you what you want to hear and list your home for more than the market will bring so they can stick their sign in your lawn. This does bring in business for the agent and will cost you time in selling your home. The longer their sign sits in your lawn, the more time they have to reel in business. You need to choose an experienced agent with a great marketing plan to sell your home for market value. This will result in the minimum amount of hassles while selling your home in less time and a higher price at the negotiating table.

Home Buyers Checklist

1.  Get an experienced Nashville Realtor.  Many buyers think they can save money by not using an agent.  This can be an  $ EXPENSIVE$  mistake!  An experienced Realtor or buyer’s agent has years of successful negotiations under their belt.  They will help you negotiate the best deal in the current Nashville real estate  market place based [...]

Price Your Home To Sell In The Nashville Real Estate Market

When it’s time to sell your Nashville home, you want to be sure to price it correctly.  Price it too high and it will sit on the market forever.  Price it too low and you won’t recieve the full value. Consider these important points when pricing your home for the Nashville real estate market: -Know [...]

Something in Your Home Needs Fixing?

The historic flood of last spring was a disaster for so many Nashville Tennessee and Middle Tennessee residents and home owners. Countless dollars as well as irreplaceable items are gone forever. Unfortunately some lives were lost as well. Many Nashville homeowners lost their largest investment, their home. Many had them damaged. My wife Gina and [...]

Back And Bloggin’

 Nashville Real Estate is in it’s Summer Solstice. Great values are here now with rising interest rates looming on the horizon. But the the lazy daze of summer has some  Nashville home buyers moving slower than rush hour traffic on the Eastbound 24 at 5 PM. Rates are crazy low (click here) and inventory is still [...]