GENERAL TIPS Even in the hardest market, you can still do a great job at selling your home by referring to many common real estate agent tips, even when selling the home by yourself. Putting a good sign in the front, listing the property online as well as in the local newspaper, and carrying out a direct mailing campaign to advertise your home to anyone who missed seeing it in person or online will all work in your favor if deployed systematically and judiciously. You must always be prepared to do your part to see that your home sells faster and carries an attractive price. You never know where you will find a prospective buyer, and it can really pay off for you to talk about the home sale even to everyday people you meet or know in the area—friends, acquaintances, co-workers. SOCIAL MEDIA
The potential of the Internet, and especially social media, for connecting with a huge number of people has grown phenomenally during recent years, which can work to your advantage if you are looking to use it for running your home-selling campaign. As a first step, create an online home base of sorts for your property. Make use of free blogging sites to upload videos, photos, and descriptions about your property, and create a hub of information and communication. Listing your property on one or more FSBO listing sites and then creating an MLS listing can help you reach as many people as possible. On that note, never forget to post your contact information. Once your listing or website is live, youwill have aURL that you can link to fromyour social media accounts. You may want to make use of Facebook and Twitter to circulate basic information about your home sale, including a link to the address of your home base page. On Facebook and Twitter, you can pass along news
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