November 20, 2008

Assuming certain factors are the same - such as location, amenities, approximate price range, features - what would entice a buyer to put an offer on your house instead of another in your subdivision?

It’s been my experience that most buyers lack imagination when it comes to looking at properties. They are effected by your decorating, your taste and how your home makes them feel. Only about 20% can detach themselves from your decorations and imagine their home in its place.

So how do you appeal to the 80% of buyers who want to walk into your house and feel at home?

The first step is to de-clutter your home. Any clutter translates into a read-between-the-lines detractor of “not enough storage space”. If you truly don’t have enough storage space for all of your possessions, treasured though they may be, then rent a small storage space. Go through your home and remove everything except the most flattering and visually appealing items. Your home does not want to look bare, but it needs to give the impressions of elegance and space.

The next step is to take care of any maintenance issues before you put the home on the market. You may be temped to say, “I’ll fix anything their home inspector finds”, but in my experience, your initial offer will be lower (or even non-existent) if the impression the buyers get is that you have not taken care of the home. So replace rotten wood, fix and paint damaged or grubby walls, replace torn or damaged flooring, service HVAC units before you call your real estate agent.

The final step is to thoroughly clean the home. Hire someone to help you do a deep spring cleaning - clean baseboards, polish mirrors, shampoo carpets. Make your home sparkle. Buyers will notice on a subconscious level that the home is clean. Why do you think new homes are so attractive to buyers? It’s because no-one’s dirt is there - it’s virgin and pristine.

Once you have listed the home, keep it clean and tidy. Make beds and put away dishes before you leave in the morning. So often I’ve tried to make appointments to show a home, and the seller has said that we’ll have to come back another day because they left the home in a mess that day. Normally there is no “another day”. So if there is a day you’ve had to run out in a hurry, take a deep breath and let it be shown anyway and hope that the buyers are the 20% that can imagine the dishes in their right place!

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Local Information for Athens, GA

Latitude: 33.955464 -- Longitude: -83.383245

ZIP Codes for Athens, Georgia	30601 30602 30603 30604 30605 30606 30607 30608 30609 30612
Area Code for Athens, Georgia	706
Time zone for Athens, Georgia	EST

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Athens is a city in Athens-Clarke County, Georgia, U.S., in the northeastern part of the state, at the eastern terminus of Georgia 316.Athens became a unified government with Clarke County, Georgia in 1990. It is home to the University of Georgia, a major educational institution in the South and a football powerhouse in the Southeastern Conference. Athens officially became a town in December 1806 with a government made up of a three-member commission. The university continued to grow, but so did the town, with cotton mills fueling the industrial and commercial development. Athens became known as the "Manchester of the South" after the city in England known for its mills. In 1841, railroad lines were laid through Athens, expanding the commercial development and connecting the city with Atlanta to the west and Greenville, South Carolina to the north. As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 100,266 people living in Athens. -- Source: Wikipedia.com

Georgia 2000 Census Population Profile Map

	Athens	Georgia	United States
Population	100,266	8,186,453	281,421,906
Median age	25.3	33.4	35.3
Median age for Male	25	32.1	34
Median age for Female	25.6	34.6	36.5
Households	39,239	3,006,369	105,480,101
Household population	92,125	7,952,631	273,643,273
Average household size	2.35	2.65	2.59
Families	19,333	2,111,647	71,787,347
Average family size	2.95	3.14	3.14
Housing units	41,633	3,281,737	115,904,641
Occupied units	39,239	3,006,369	105,480,101
Vacant units	2,394	275,368	10,424,540

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November 20, 2008

Local Information for Athens, GA

Latitude: 33.955464 -- Longitude: -83.383245

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