You're ready to list your home among Beavercreek homes for sale. Like most home sellers, you're eager to get going with the process and sell your home fast. You may have heard that the average time it takes for a home to be on the market before it sells is 31 days. Fortunately, our REALTORS® know all the tricks about selling a home expeditiously and are eager to share some of them with you. Read on, for the best advice about speeding up your home sale.

1. Hire a real estate agent — but make sure it's the right one.
   A good many people try to sell their homes without a real estate agent. They hope to keep more of the cost of the home by eliminating the real estate agent's fee. It can be done, but beware: the real estate agent brings a lot of benefits. If you hire the right one, you will find an agent who knows the market in your area and can give you good advice about how to price your home successfully. Besides knowing the market, a real estate agent also knows all the road hazards that can keep a sale from going through, from repairs and closing costs, to timelines, inspection issues, and others. Real estate agents can also help you negotiate the many piles of paperwork that come with the closing.
   
   
2. Price your home to sell.
   Your real estate agent can help with this. The trick is fixing on the right price — not too high or too low. If your asking price is too high, you will discourage potential buyers. At the same time, you want to ask for what you need from the sale of the home. Your real estate agent can help you figure out that sweet spot for pricing homes in your neighborhood. What's more, they can help you map out a plan for lowering your price or sweetening the deal if the market slows.
   
   
3. Declutter and clean your home — and then some!!
   It's a big mistake to fail to declutter your home so that potential buyers can picture themselves living there. Your personal belongings, plus crowded walls and floors with a surfeit of your possessions, can all lead to a potential buyer failing to see how they might fit into this homescape. Do put away, throw away, stow away all but minimal possessions, including family photos, souvenirs, tchotchkes, toys, recreational equipment, and the like. Leave only a few pieces of art on the wall; minimize furniture so that you have a clean, open walkway throughout the house.
   
   In addition, you should either clean the home to the max, if you are able or hire someone to clean it. You'll want it spotless to show it off to best advantage.
   
   
4. Make minor repairs.
   You may not want to undertake big renovations if you're selling your home, but do all minor repairs, such as patching and painting cracks in the wall; going over scuffs; replacing damaged or missing doorknobs; fixing damaged windows and screens; adding new kitchen hardware; replacing carpet; and buffing hardwood floors. You want to give the impression that the house has been lovingly cared for.
   
   
5. Make fixes to pass the home inspection.
   Certain fixes may have to be made to pass a home inspection: plumbing issues, roof damage, HVAC problems, or electrical issues.

Ask your real estate agent for more tips on speeding up the sale of your home. Contact Wright-Patt Realty today.