Pocket thousands with these 3 secrets

Jim_SamsonWhether you already have or not, selling your property will likely be a part of your life sometime in the future. Who knows – you might be ready to sell right now if you knew how to squeeze an extra few thousand dollars out of the deal.

Either way, there are some little-known tricks to selling that could be the difference between getting a deal you’ll regret and getting a deal you brag about.

These 3 secrets of selling could put thousands in your pocket with no extra effort…

One of the points I always try to hit on in this column is that real estate often looks difficult, but it can become incredibly simple and profitable when you have the right information.

That’s where my secrets of selling come into play…

1. Sell in the spring

Many people think that, because there are more houses on the market in the spring that it must be a bad time of year to sell. More competition, right? Wrong.

The more important factor here is that there are more buyers as well – buyers who’ve just pocketed their tax-refund checks. Buyers are more likely to pay full price in the spring, so if you also utilize the other 2 secrets, you’ll be set to make thousands more than if you sold some other time of year.

2. List your house for sale on Thursday

This might seem arbitrary on its face, but it could have huge implications for you as a seller. Why? Because the fewer days your house is on the market, the more likely it is to attract a full-price offer.

Listing on Thursday means your house will immediately be available for weekend viewings, and even if it doesn’t sell in that first weekend, it will still only be on the market for 9 days through the next weekend. That single-digit number gives you a psychological advantage as a seller.

3. Don’t price your house with a zeros on the end

Take a page out of Walmart’s book and utilize the human psyche to your advantage with this trick as well. People perceive more precise prices as lower than rounded prices, so $183,662 could be perceived as lower than $180,000.

Studies show that listings with rounded numbers will, on average, close at relatively significantly lower prices than listings at more specific prices.

There you go – 3 easy secrets that could put thousands of dollars straight in your pocket.

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