5 Unusual Items to Advertise When Selling Your Home

The great thing about homes are that every single one is unique. When you prepare to sell your home, the best things to focus on are the standout features of your individual residence. Of course buyers want to know about the kitchen, bathrooms, and outdoor spaces at a minimum, but there are some less obvious items that should not be overlooked when advertising your home to sell. See if your home boasts any of these 5 items, and shout it from the rooftop... or at least get it in the property description.

Storage
Everyone has stuff, and everyone needs places to put it. If you have large closets, built-in bookshelves, a pantry, or even an unfinished room in the basement, don't be shy about it. Buyers want to know that they can bring their collection of antique figurines or their massive library or whatever else is important to them. Plus, they want to make sure they can store their clothes and kitchen items with ease. Storage is a huge asset for any buyer.

Amenities
Does your neighborhood have a pool? A playground? A clubhouse? Walking trails? If you are nearby to any community amenities, let buyers know. Convenience can be a big motivator for buyers to make a move, especially if there are multiple homes in the same price range in your area. If you don't live in a neighborhood with a ton of amenities, think about other features of your location. Proximity to major roads, shopping, schools, and entertainment are all worth mentioning.

FlexibilityMany buyers look to stay in their home for several years and through multiple stages of life. Just because they are a young couple starting out doesn't mean they will stay just two. Buyers look for homes that have potential to grow and change with them. Empty nesters may look for a home with the option of single-level living to ease the way into old age, families might look for space in the yard for an addition, or a buyer might prefer an unfinished basement to add in a workshop or theatre room. 

EfficiencyEnergy Star- rated appliances, LED lightbulbs, tankless water heaters, multi-paned windows, and blown-in insulation are all items that should be advertised when selling your home. These features lower energy costs and are often things that buyers will not have to worry about or replace very soon after purchasing a home. An educated buyer will look for long-term saving options like these when searching for a home.

Eco-friendlinessGoing green is not just a trend anymore. The use of recycled materials in your home is something to share with potential buyers. Bamboo or cork flooring are beautiful materials that stand out in a listing description, as do recycled glass countertops or composite decking made from recycled plastic and wood products. Items that are eco-friendly are often also energy-efficient and long-lasting, so it's a win-win for the new owner. 

Are you buying or selling a home in Greater Cincinnati or Northern Kentucky this year? Contact Greater Cincy Homes today to get started.

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What happens when you choose Greater Cincy Homes to help you sell your home?
We show our appreciation for your choice to work with us by keeping in touch with home sellers on a weekly basis, letting you know what we are doing to sell your home. Many sellers tell us that their agent listed their home and they never heard from them again. We are constantly in contact with our clients making sure that you have what you need.

What are our fees? Call to find out at 513-400-4787 or you can contact our lead agent Michele Mamo.

What kinds of marketing does Greater Cincy Homes use?

Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky MLS - Your home will be advertised on the appropriate Multiple Listing Service to your area. This is one of the most important tools used for selling your home. We take extra time to make sure that we provide every piece of pertinent information about your home so that buyers are given a full opportunity to learn about your home while viewing online and while touring the property.

Open Houses - When done the right way, an open house can create a positive buzz about your home. By utilizing an array of directional signage as well as balloons, advertisements, and online marketing, a successfull open house will get the word out about your home. Open houses are not required, but certain homes get more traffic through this style of marketing when early in the listing period.

Professional Photography - Since the majority of buyers are looking online, it is very important to provide a memorable first impression with the best photos possible. We pay our photographer to go though our listings with a wide angle lense and capture the homes best features. We spare no expense in marketing your home to give it the best first impression we can so that buyers will set up a private showing.

Staging - Staging a home for sale is a somewhat newer practice that allows your home to put it's best features on showcase to better appeal to prospective buyers. We pay our home staging consultant to visit your home and provide advice on furniture placement, paint color, decoration, lighting, and overall flow of the living space. Buyers in today's market are often attracted to living space that flows together and has a modern taste of decor. Allow our team of experts to shape your home its full potential.

Flyer Boxes - Most buyers will drive by a home that they are interested in before requesting a private showing. Having a flyer in front of the home with detailed information is just another way to try to build interest in your house. We include your houses domain name "www.123MainStreet.com" that directs buyers to your homes online information.

Our Yard Sign - We were purposeful in designing the sign that will be placed in your yard. Our signs are made of reflective paneling colored in red, white, and black. It is almost as if our yard sign tells interested buyers to "STOP AND LOOK" when driving by at night. Our sign can be seen on the home page of this website in a photo taken during the daytime. We designed our sign to be much different from most agencies black angle-iron signs. We wanted our sign to sit up high off the road and be visible from outer space. Well, it isn't visible from outer space...but you get the point. Another very important feature of our sign is that the telephone number forwards buyer's phone calls to all members of our team. This is important because you never want to miss a buyer's sign call. When a buyer calls there are multiple agents waiting to answer their questions about the home.

Internet Marketing - Since more than 92% of home buyers start their home search on the internet, top placement on search engines is essential. Your listing will have placement at the top of Google, as well as hundreds of affiliated listing websites around the world. This will maximize your exposure and bring a large number of potential buyers to view information about your home.

Premier Marketing on Top Search Sites - If you are interviewing agents, ask each agent if they are a premier agent on any real estate websites. Greater Cincy Homes is a Zillow Premier agent pushing your listing to the top whenever a buyer is searching in your area. We are also a Realtor.com enhanced listing agent allowing up to 30 photos instead of just 4 as well as pushing your listing to the top of the list when buyers search in your area.

Virtual Tour - Since so many buyers use the internet to search for their next home, they are also looking at homes with lots of photos. Virtual tours allow buyers to get a walk-through feel when viewing photos on your home. Your Virtual Tour will be syndicated to any listing website that allows these types of tours as well as the Greater Cincy Homes YouTube channel. Our sellers get a report once per week showing how many times your virtual tour has been viewed by the public and which websites those views came from. This is a feature that not all companies provide.

Blogging - Listing search websites allow photos and text, but sometimes there is just more to say about a home than we are given space for. That is why we take some extra time to post a blog about your home and what it has to offer. View the Greater Cincinnati Real Estate Blog.

Social Media - Your home's listing along with the photos and virtual tour will go on the Greater Cincy Homes Facebook Page and Twitter account. Your listing will be marketed to all of our followers.

For Sale by Owner Help

We offer one-on-one help to those who have chosen to tackle the task of selling their own house. We will work with you to try to sell the home and be there to contractually list the home for sale in the event that you cannot sell on your own. About 85% of home owners eventually end up hiring a real estate company to sell their home and we want to be your resource for selling if you are unsuccessful. Over 90% of real estate transactions involve at least one real estate agent. So, if you are approached by an agent with a buyer wanting to buy your home and need advice, we are here to help.

Expired Listings

Did you try selling your home with another agent or company and the home never sold? We are often contacted by sellers who have had their house on the market for months and have not sold. When their listing contract expires with their agent we often hear "I never heard from my agent" or "My agent listed my home and didn't do anything to sell it." We make it a priority to contact our selling clients on a weekly basis to make sure they understand what we are doing to sell their home and what traffic is being generated from our marketing.

Interview us to sell your house and we will work with you to find out why your house didn't sell. There are many reasons why homes don't sell and the reasons usually fit into one of six categories: Location, Size, Price, Condition, Amenities, and Marketing. We would be glad to meet with you and come up with a plan to sell your home.