Selling Your Home in Northwest Wisconsin - A Checklist for Home Sellers

1. Find a Qualified Real Estate Agent: 

One of the most important decisions you'll make is on your real estate agent. You want someone with experience in your area, a track record of successful sales, and a solid plan for marketing your home to potential buyers. 

The Northwest Wisconsin Realty team meets the mark. We’ve been selling homes in the area for decades, and we live in the community, too. Both personally and professionally, we’ve built relationships with buyers, sellers, builders, contractors, banks, and more. That gives us a distinct advantage in helping you get your home ready for sale quickly and easily while helping you get the most value possible.

2. Determine Your Home's Value:

A qualified real estate agent will help you figure out your home's market value based on factors like location, size, amenities, and condition. This is a really important step to attract the right buyers and to get the most out of your home’s value. 

Luckily, you don’t have to wait for your agent to determine your home’s valuation. Our online home valuation calculator will provide an initial estimate to get you started. Try it out to find out what you might be able to get for your home. 

3. Home Improvements and Repairs: 

Is there anything in your home you’ve been OK living with or getting by on? From leaky faucets to scratched and crumbling kitchen cabinets and rotting deck railings, any problems a potential buyer (or inspector) might find can hurt your home’s valuation. It’s often cheaper in the long run to fix these issues before selling. That will preserve sale value and be more appealing to buyers, who are less likely to spend their showing writing a list in their heads of everything they’ll have to do to get your home ready to live in. These kinds of repairs may include landscaping, painting, a new refrigerator, replacing parts of a deck, and others.

4. Clean up and Declutter: 

Before your home is ready to show to potential buyers, you need to make it look inviting. Part of having a home is making it your own, and you’ve undoubtedly done that during your stay. Depersonalize the space to make it easier for buyers to envision themselves living there. Move items like family photos, keepsakes, collections, sports memorabilia, and others elsewhere during the sale process. Declutter the home as much as possible to open it up and allow potential buyers to imagine the possibilities.

5. Staging the House:

Staging your home can be an important step in the process. Staging is actually a skill, because you need to make a home look ready for living without too much bias toward a specific style. Professional staging services help create a welcoming atmosphere. Talk to your realtor to see if they can help with this service.

6. Home Marketing:

Your real estate agent should have a good marketing plan to attract potential buyers. An attractive web presence is a solid first step. At Northwest Wisconsin Realty, our attractive online home listings bring a lot of eyeballs to homes for sale in Hayward, Cable, Siren, Winter, Rice Lake, and other areas of the region. 

Open houses and targeted mailings are other great ways to attract motivated buyers who are doing more than window shopping. The Northwest Wisconsin Realty team also keeps tabs on interested buyers. We’ll let them know directly about your property whenever there’s a potential match.

7. Reviewing Offers: 

Your agent is there to give you the best advice about any offers you receive. There are plenty of factors to take into account in any offer, including price, any requested contingencies, and the closing timeline. A trustworthy real estate agent will listen to your concerns and give feedback to help ensure you’re able to secure the best package.

Sell Your Home with Northwest Wisconsin Realty

As community members and experienced real estate agents in Hayward, WI, the Northwest Wisconsin Realty team knows the area and its buyers. We have relationships with contractors and inspectors, and we care deeply about providing you with the best home sale experience possible. 

We know selling a home isn’t easy. That's why we guide you every step of the way, from pricing your home to negotiating with buyers. Reach out to us today to schedule a consultation and learn more about how we can help you sell your Northwest Wisconsin home quickly and for the best possible price.

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