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Originally Posted by sunny46
We are going to sell our home by owner and wanted some ideas from the members. There are a couple of improvements we can make such as replacing countertops in kitchen and carpet in bedrooms. A local realtor told us it is better to leave them alone because no matter what you choose, the buyer will probably want something different. What do you think we should do?
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We do not know where your home is. What condition it is in or what you are asking for it.
For MY opinion-most people shop with a realtor. The reason is that people looking to buy will not be honest with the seller. Do you have the ability to put up with people who simply want to tour homes with no intention or ABILITY TO BUY?
I am not a realtor nor have I ever been one BUT, people trying a for sale by owner OFTEN think they are saving the realtors commission. What you may not realize is buyers shopping without a broker are thinking the same so they will expect to pay less
I spent most of my working life as a salesman and yet, we hired a broker-saleslady to market and sell our previous home.
Like you, we wondered about whether to do things such as bathroom remodel our previous home sorely needed bathroom updates. Done to my standards a bathroom update would cost roughly 10,000-15,000. Our agent suggested a guy she regularly uses. A lot of elbow grease,
some paint and we put the place up for sale. WHO KNOWS?
The first week, we had about 30 people look at the house.
The second week we had two written offers and we took the one that was full price AND ALL CASH.
I know from former neighbors that the people who bought our former home ripped out the bathroom that I would have spent 10-15,000 to redo and they made it a second floor laundry room.
As to the right answers to YOUR QUESTIONS clearly there is no shortage of OPINIONS.