- GET RID OF YOUR CLUTTER! Its time to pack up most of your personal items and stack them neatly in the garage or basement. To depersonalize your space, all of your personal knick-knacks need to be removed. Empty space means clarity of mind, and will help potential buyers to visualize how their possessions would fit into your home.
- RESTORE THE ORIGINAL PURPOSE OF EACH ROOM. If you are using a space for something other than what it was originally intended for, temporarily restore its original purpose. Display bedrooms as bedrooms, etc. and remove excess furniture or items that do not belong.
- PAINT. Neutral, simple tones will help people to imagine their own colours and pictures on the walls. Neutralizing the space will make visitors feel less like they are intruding on someone’s personal space. And please, keep the trim white.
- FLOORS. Clean floors make a wonderful difference. Steam clean the carpets so they smell fresh, buff up the hardwood and paint the basement floor if you can.
- EXTERIOR. Keep the lawn cut, snow removed and lights on at night. That way people doing a drive-by can see your home at its best at all times.
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A major advantage of listing with Kim Willey, a REALTOR®, is that she is able to place your listing on www.mls.ca which is the co-operative listing system operated by local real estate boards. The vast majority of home seekers go to this site before they even call a REALTOR®.
When your listing is placed on the Multiple Listing Service®, the information about your property is shared with all other REALTORS accessing MLS®, and all REALTORS have the opportunity to sell your property. Your property gains more exposure, because it reaches the majority of the real estate professionals in the Hamilton area and surrounding community.
There's another benefit of dealing with Kim Willey: Through mls.ca, the national MLS® Internet website, participating local real estate Boards can also
advertise your Hamilton Area Real estate listings to potential buyers across Canada and around the world. One major issue for anyone selling a property is how much to ask for. Although you may have an idea of how much your house is worth, it's important to have your home valued by a professional on its own merits. Be careful not to price yourself too high or too low. If it's too high, there's no sale; too low and you lose on your investment.
Kim Willey, a Hamilton Real Estate Agent has the research and expertise to provide a market assessment of Hamilton are residential and commercial real estate have sold for. She can also provide information on market history, such as the number of properties sold in your area in the previous month or year.
Where your home is advertised:
1. The mls.ca web site, attracts more than 600,000 unique visitors a month. It shows the details of your home to local, regional or national buyers looking to
buy Hamilton area houses and properties.
2.Kim's personal website where it will be featured until it is SOLD.
3. Just listed flyers are put out by herself in your neighbourhood to notify your neighbours about your listing, should they know of anyone
wanting to move to the area.
4.Local newspapers, mainly The Hamilton Spectator, which is the most requested Real Estate paper. Also Real Estate News, and New Homes, even publications in Toronto
are used if needed.
5. You. She listens to what you want and where you think your home may sell. Sometimes the home owner has very unique ideas and Kim always wants to hear them.
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