5 Home Selling 🏡 Pitfalls You Need to Avoid | MELANIE ❤️ TAMPA BAY

[@MelanieLovesTampaBay]

If you've gone through selling your house, what was the most frustrating part for you? Feel free to share your own experiences and tips here!

[@nonawolf7495]

Great video!! In preparing to sell my own home, I hired a home inspector to do a report... then I went down the list and repaired or replaced as necessary. Next i gave the report to my realtor, along with the receipts for every repair I did. Last, I got a stager and a cleaning crew to come in and prep for the open house.... wish me luck!!

[@matthewhunter467]

What did all that cost you? I may consider that option.

[@stevemitchellhomes8249]

Interesting. Realtor in Toronto here. Maybe you're saying the same thing, but "As-Is" up here is called "unconditional". But if the deal was unconditional or 'firm', there's no recourse unless the later-discovered issue is major, non-obvious, and can be proved to have been known by the seller at time of sale. For that reason, most deals are conditional on at least two things: financing and inspection, even if mortgage pre-approval already done. If those conditons aren't included, agents need to get buyer to sign a waiver acknowledging they are not including them. But, in our super-heated market, unconditional offers are no longer uncommon. Prices are a runaway train here at this writing. Financing and inspection conditions are usually a mere formality and discharged within a week or so with no issues. Sometimes the inspection results are used by buyer to negotiate a slight reduction in the agreed selling price in order to pay for the discovered repairs, but this is usually only attempted if they're in the driver's seat: ie sole offer on a B-class property and seller has no back up. I like your videos. Smart. I wanna get a second home in the area someday for Snowbirding. Love the Gulf coast. Goal!

[@dodgert1803]

Great advise

[@johnwayne6501]

I had an appraisal done at my house and I was hoping the price would come close what Zillow was thinking it was worth ($469,0000). Turns out my house was appraised $430,000. And that was with all the stuff/cluttters in the house. This was for a refi but if i was going to move I would have to get one of them Uhaul drop box and start hauling away my stuff.

[@MelanieLovesTampaBay]

Zillow estimates are just that...estimates...based on nearby homes that have sold. The actual value of your house can vary greatly from your Zestimate. I do find the refinance appraisals tend to come in low. But, yes, if you decide to move...decluttering is key for both potential buyers and the appraiser!

[@JohnSmith-vi5iv]

The most annoying issue for me is the buyers who make offers that are unrealistic. For example, a house is worth 500K, a buyer comes in to make an offer 300K, and want to start negotiating. I am usually turned off by such an insulting offer but my agent encourages me to continue dealing with the buyers, "not get emotional" is the remark he made. So should I listen to my agent or go by my gut-feeling, not wasting my time with such non-serious buyers?