Money is tight and you are faced with having to sell you home but you do not have any money to fix or repair the home? The home then will have to be sold AS-IS.

 

Here are several things you can do to give your home the best chance to sell quickly, even if it needs repairs.

 

Think of what you can do rather than what you cannot do.

 

None of the ideas listed below cost you any money and it is possible they may make you some money! (OK one maybe will but only if you have no other option).

 

1. In the sellers disclosure identify what needs to be repaired. Better to disclose than to hope they will not see.
2. Start clearing out and selling items you do not need. Look in every nock and cranny.
3. Take down all your personal pictures and notes from the walls, desks, tables and refrigerators. Buyers are not interested who is in the house. They want to know about the house.
4. Vacuum all the carpets in the house including under the bed, couch, and chairs.
5. Deep clean all of the bathrooms, and the Kitchen. Do not forget behind the stove and under the refrigerator. People will pull the shower curtain to see how clean the shower is.
6. Take a damp sponge and clean the finger smudges off the walls by the light switches and other places you can find. Don’t scrub hard. Be very gentle.
7. Clean out overstuffed closets, and if you can, put the excess into storage or sell it.
8. Organize your kitchen. Get rid of the junk drawer. We all have one.
9. Clean off the kitchen counter top. If you keep it cluttered, you tell buyer that you do not have enough room to store your items, or the other message you might give them is it will take me months to move out! Or I have too much stuff to move!
10. Clean out the garage and once again, when you have to store or sell some of the items you have, then do so! Once again, do not use the garage as storage unless you are planning on telling the buyers that the house is too small and does not have enough storage.
11. Clean up the yard. It will have better curb appeal.
12. Mow the yard and keep it trimmed.
13. Ask friends or family members if they maybe have some plants you could plant in your yard when you have none.
14. Clean your windows and open the curtains to let light in.

 

All these ideas, unless you need to put stuff in to storage, will cost you no extra money. All what this will cost you is your time and effort to get it done.

 

The faster you can sell your home the faster you can get back on track and the faster you might be able to get into a new home. The longer it takes the larger your shortfall will be. In this case time is money.