For the Seller
We Want To Help You Make More Money and Sell Your Home Faster
It’s true! Your friends at In-House Inspections want to help you make more money by sharing with you a way in which you can sell your home quicker and with less hassle!
Sound too good to be true? Well it’s not! But before I get into the details of how to sell Your Home for more money, quicker and with less hassle. Let me digress a minute…
When you go into an Automobile Dealership today they have two types of “used cars.” One is just the plain old used car and the group is known as “Certified Pre-Owned!”
Now what does Certified Pre-Owned mean in the mind of the consumer? It means that the Certified Pre-Owned Vehicle has been inspected and it meets the company’s rigid guidelines for quality and excellence. And will consumers pay more for Certified Pre-Owned Vehicles? Absolutely!
So we’ve just torn a page out of the auto dealers “Playbook” and applied it to the Real Estate Industry!
Let’s say you live on a street in a great neighborhood but the market is very competitive on that street. How do you differentiate your home from that of your neighbors? Make your listing a “Certified Pre-Owned Home.”
And how do you make it a Certified Pre-Owned Home? By having it Professionally Inspected before it goes on the market!
Let me get into the details of how having your home Pre-Inspected is going to allow your property to sell for More Money, in Less Time, with Less Hassle!
As you know, potential home buyers want to purchase a home that is in tip-top shape, no matter the age of the home. That’s why having a Pre-Listing Inspection make complete sense. Also:
Having your home inspected before you put your house on the market will allow you time to understand any current or potential problem areas with the home that can be resolved before the buyers arrive.
Therefore, the home will be in better condition for viewing, making it more marketable and this will help you the seller attain the maximum selling price for the home.
Also, resolving problems prior to the buyer’s inspection will save you, the seller, money in two other ways as well.
First, when you know what needs to be repaired in advance of the sale you can obtain multiple bids for the work that needs to be done and select the best contractor at the best price.
Secondly, the work can be done by the contractor in a time frame that fits his schedule as well thereby avoiding the “Rush Charges” to get the work completed.
Finally, there is one secret all Sellers need to know. Buyers make their decision to purchase a home based on emotion and justify that decision with logic. And another thing is equally true:
Buyer’s can fall out of love with a home just as quickly as the fell in love it. So why let the Buyer’s Inspector develop a long list of items needing repair thereby jeopardizing the sale and your hard earned profit?
So making the repairs in advance of the sale will save all involved a ton of frustration and disappointment!
Let’s Review the Facts:
Having the home inspected before the first buyer shows up will increase the chances that the home will be sold for More Money, Reduce The Cost Of The Needed Repairs, and Minimize The Frustration With The Entire Sales Process.
So Where’s The Down Side To Getting A
Pre-Listing Inspection?
So it’s much better to understand the issues with your home before the buyers arrive and deal with them in advance so the sale moves forward.
Several of the sellers we’ve worked for have repaired certain things and then gotten estimates from qualified contractors for the repairs they didn’t want to make.
They put the repair estimates right out with the disclosure statement and the Pre-Listing Inspection for the buyers to review.
Let’s recap the benefits the seller gets by having the home inspected before it gets put on the market:
1. Helps buyers feel immediately more comfortable with the property.
2. Increases the home buyer’s perceived value of the property.
3. Gives you the seller the opportunity to eliminate certain defects before the buyer’s arrive.
4. Allows you, the seller, the proper time to make any needed repairs in order to more effectively market the home in the most positive light.
5. Reduces the likelihood that buyers will hire their own home inspector.
6. Reduces the likelihood of costly surprises being found by a buyer’s inspector after you thought you had a firm offer.
7. Virtually eliminates emotionally and financially draining renegotiations.
8. Increases the likelihood that serious offers will turn into closings.
9. Reduces the buyer’s negotiating leverage regarding the existing property conditions.
10. Helps you the seller to honestly disclose everything about your home, reducing your liability for disclosure.
11. And it reduces the chances of being sued by unhappy buyers.
Again, Where’s The Downside To Getting a Pre-Listing Inspection?
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- Certified, Insured, and Licensed in Tennessee and Mississippi.
- Serving Shelby,Tipton, and Fayette Counties in west Tennessee.
- Serving Desoto, Marshall, and Tate Counties in north Mississippi.
- Computer generated reports within 24 hours of inspection using Home Gauge Report Systems.
- Moisture and Mold problem analysis and testing.
- Certified through the American Home Inspection Training Institute (AHIT).
- Member of the National Association of Certified Home Inspectors (NACHI).
