Your Home Hasn't Sold... Now What?

Have you had your home on the market and your home hasn’t sold? Do you know why this is? Has your Realtor told you what needs to happen to get your home sold? Has your Realtor marketed your home well? Have you Google’d your address lately to see what your Realtor has been doing to market your home?

If you have answered NO to most of these then you need to re-evaluate your home selling plan. What made you choose the Realtor that you did? This is one of the first questions I ask when sellers come to me after their home has been on the market for a long time and it hasn’t sold. Most of the time they say it was a referral from a friend or family member or they found them on the internet. This is a great way to find a Realtor, but you shouldn’t choose the first one that comes your way. Don’t get me wrong, I do most of my business by referral, but I still think it’s a good idea that you interview at least 3 Realtorsbefore making your decision.

Even though you had a referral it’s not necessarily going to be the case that this Realtor is going to be the right fit for you. Yes, that person obviously got the home sold and obviously did a really good job with your friend or family member, but there are other things to think about.

You must be able to communicate well with your Realtor. This is the biggest complaint I get from other sellers that their Realtor didn’t fill them in on what was going. Sometimes they wouldn’t hear from them for weeks sometimes months. Communication just isn’t about frequency; it’s also about how you talk to each other. I am sure you all have had a situation that no matter how much you talk to someone they just aren’t getting you. You need to make sure that your personalities click. A lot of people forget to think about that when they are looking for their Realtor.

Once you know that you are able to communicate well with your Realtor then you get down to the nitty gritty of how they are going to get your home sold.

Stay tuned for more on how to choose the right Realtor to get your home SOLD!