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5 Surprising Things That Are Keeping Your House From Selling in Los Angeles

  • Home owners in Los Angeles selling through a traditional agent should be prepared to do some clean up and preparation work in order to appeal to a buyer
  • Home repair, clean up, and staging work can be time consuming and expensive… and may not always pay off after all the photos, open houses, and walk throughs
  • Alternatively, selling your home to a direct buyer avoids repairs, cleaning, and staging work and expenses, typically associated with a traditional selling process

You are proud of your own house. It carries your personality and your memories. Suppose you believe you’ve taken every step necessary to market your home to bring the highest possible returns on the sale. In that case, you may need to take another look at your house from the perspective of an unemotionally involved buyer. It can be costly not to review these potential deal breakers waiting just beyond your front door, leaving a first impression that cannot be erased from the minds of buyers when they reflect on their potential options for their next home.

How would you go about viewing your house from the buyer’s perspective? Imagine what you would expect if you were searching online and physically walking through a house you might want to buy. And how much work would it take to get these things done?

  • Touchup the paint on the house, inside and outside
  • Remove the clutter, inside and outside
  • Stage the house with latest furniture
  • Find storage for your existing furniture
  • Mow the lawn
  • Trim the tree

It’s going to take some readily available cash and a few weeks to get all of that done. If you don’t or can’t do that and you’ve been trying to sell and you’re stunned at the lack of response, especially from walk-throughs, you may wonder what you’ve been doing wrong. We’re here to help, so read on as we explore five surprising things that may be keeping your house from selling in Los Angeles and the steps you can take to correct the issues.

Walk-Throughs

While your nose may have become blinded to the familiar smells of your home, buyers walking through are sure to notice, keeping your house from selling in Los Angeles. Things like extreme cooking odors, apparent signs of smoking in the house, or the noticeable presence of pets.

Try toning down the cooking odors during the listing period and banish smoking indoors. As for pets, ventilate sufficiently and remove all outward signs of your pets, such as bowls, cages, and the pet itself, for showings. Are you surprised to learn that keeping an unlived-in appearance may also be keeping your house from selling? Overly sterile homes are uninviting, so it’s best to settle somewhere between clean and lived-in so buyers can envision themselves in the space. Clutter can be just as much, if not more, of a turn-off for buyers who walk through during showings.

Top agents hire professional stagers to strike the perfect balance and appeal to the emotions of the buyers who will see your home in photos, video, and in person during an open house. Stagers will have you remove excess supplies to empty storage spaces, oversize furniture to help rooms appear more spacious, and may even have your furniture put in storage, using props to help enhance the presentation. Your furniture may be in good condition, but if it doesn’t create an atmosphere of a home the buyer wants to live in, you will either lose their interest or they might not offer you as high of a price as you’d desire.

If you’d rather avoid the walk-throughs, and the out-of-pocket expenses of prep work and marketing, a direct sale to local professional buyers like those at Fair Sale Homes means you won’t need to worry about showings. At Fair Sale Homes, our professional buyers don’t believe sellers should pay for anything before the sale, and you won’t even pay any commissions, saving you even more.

Condition

Curb appeal and prep work help bring buyers in the door, but a home in a state of disrepair is challenging to move in the Los Angeles real estate market and could be the problem keeping your house from selling in Los Angeles. In the traditional home selling process, most buyers are looking for a home that is ready to move into, so these buyers have a vision for a home they are looking to fulfill. So if your Los Angeles house is very dated or needs a lot of repair work and you don’t have the money or time to get it ready for the market, you may be wasting many months of buyers not taking you seriously.

Alternatively, professional buyers like those at Fair Sale Homes buy properties directly from sellers in as-is condition, saving you from opening a costly can of worms when you start repairs. At Fair Sale Homes, our professional buyers will take on the risks of making the repairs and provide you with a guaranteed closing date, often within just days or; talk to us about the best moving date for you.

Price

Setting your asking price too high or low could also be what is keeping your house from selling Los Angeles. Professional buyers like those at Fair Sale Homes ensure you understand the profits to be made by listing and compare that to our offer to buy your home directly for cash, which we want you to agree is fair. At Fair Sale Homes, our professional buyers work with a full-service in-house team of industry specialists to move you to the closing table without paying any closing costs.

The professional buyers at Fair Sale Homes make it quick, easy, and convenient to solve the troubles keeping your house from selling Los Angeles. Contact us today to learn more!

Do Duong

Real estate investor of 20 years with experience helping owners move on from old, damaged houses and distressed properties suffering from fire, water, or mold damage. Proud community volunteer and Los Angeles native.

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