We get that you’re thinking “I want to sell my house in Arizona and get top dollar for it.” That’s excellent! We’re here to help you get started with the first steps that you need to do.
So, what are the first steps I need to do to sell my house in Arizona?
Here are some tips on how to get your home ready to sell if you’re looking for top dollar that the Arizona housing market will bear.
*NOTE: These instructions will work best if you are looking to get full retail value for your house sale. However, if you find the steps below too tedious or if you do not have the time or money to follow the steps, you can still sell your Arizona house fast for a fair value in a win-win sale that will save you time and expenses.
1) Clean, clean and clean until your Arizona house is pristine. Dust and dirt accumulate even in vacant houses, so you still have to keep it up. To impress your buyers, your Arizona house needs to have some sense of gleaming perfection. Cleaning is definitely the ultimate first step you need to do. If you’re not really fond of cleaning, you can always hire someone to help you out until you are able to “sell my house in Arizona” for full retail value.
If you know you’re a slob, let’s face it, you need to consider finding somewhere else to live while you show your house to potential buyers. Maybe you can bribe your cleanest friend to trade houses with you for the mean time? But seriously, keeping everything immaculate really helps buyers feel comfortable in your Arizona house and that would make them want to pay premium for your property. When your buyers end up feeling grossed out after seeing your house, they’ll be out of the deal faster than you can imagine.
2) Cultivate a cohesive, neutral style that fits your Arizona house. You don’t have to go all monochromatic and paint the all the walls off-white with accents of gray and black. You can actually change the perception of spaces with some subtle colors. A soft yellow will help brighten up a dark kitchen, while a deep dark blue or green will make a bright bedroom feel like a calm place to sleep. Just be careful with dark colors because they can also make rooms feel smaller.
Buyers will be willing to pay more money for a property with the right colors and very neat lines. All you need to do is get high-quality paint and professional help to make the house feel like it’s well-built. It’s okay to spend the money to get the job done right.
Optical illusions are real, and they can change how deep buyers can reach into that pockets because of how they perceive your house. Psychologists study this stuff. If you don’t believe it, you can definitely look it up. Keep in mind that you have to keep everything balanced and do the work both outside and inside to make that optical illusion work its magic.
3) Fix or replace what’s broken. Although it might feel like a waste of money to spend a couple hundred bucks on an appliance or fixtures that the buyer might just replace again later, we know you want to “sell my house for full retail value” so doing just that will help you achieve your goal. This is something you will need to do because there are a few buyers out there who will get a home inspection and use that opportunity to negotiate with you and you might just end up paying more in repairs and replacements as the buyer haggles the price with you. If you try to hide neglected maintenance jobs from the purchaser, you might also be suspected of fraud.
Remember that one of the most important things you need to do is stay in compliance with all the laws and housing regulations. It’s often a good use of money to hire a home inspector to come through before you put the property on the market. If you ask the inspector in advance, they’ll often charge you a lower rate to come back after you’ve done a bunch of minor repairs and deliver you a clean bill of health for your Arizona house. Prospective buyers love to see an independent report on the condition of the house – it makes them feel very comfortable with the purchase.
4) Make only necessary improvements on your Arizona house. Over-improving on a house just to make sure you get to “sell my house for full retail value” or more is the biggest mistake you can make when getting your house ready to sell. You don’t need to end up spending too much money on customized frills that can’t be recovered from the sale.
Paint is about the only safe investment to spend money on. It’s easy to overspend on almost everything else and it’s easy to get ripped off by unethical contractors. It’s important to know what improvements will produce a return on investment to avoid wasting money on your house just to sell it in Arizona.
5) Get advice from Arizona experts. This is something you definitely need to do. You should find at least a few decent local real estate brokers who will help you price your property, but be honest with them. If you’re going to market the property on your own, don’t make enemies by lying about your intentions. Great brokers are rare, but they make more money for their clients than they earn. If you would rather “sell my house on my own” check out this ultimate Arizona FSBO guide we made just for you.
6) Have a really great marketing plan. Great brokers earn their value by doing this work and spreading the advertising expenses across many clients. It can be pretty expensive and time-consuming to start from scratch on your own, but if you’re already a marketing expert you’re ahead of the pack.
You don’t need to do this bit on your own but you can learn it by spend the time listening to what the best brokers do to sell houses in Arizona. You can save money just by educating yourself on available options.
7) Get a cash offer. We can do all the work for you and you can just cross out all the items above from your “need to do” list. We buy houses in Pinal County and all over Arizona. Selling your house directly as-is means you don’t need to do anything more than talk to us about it.
I don’t want to need to do anything. I just want to sell my house in Arizona the fast and easy way, but how?
While everyone wants to get as much as they possibly can from their house sale, not everyone has the time or money to do the things required to sell it at full retail value to an end buyer. Doing the repairs, cleaning the property up, upgrading the property, and marketing the property will cost money, take a long time and a lot of effort.
If you have the funds to do these things and you can wait the 3-9 months it can take to sell houses in this market, then you’ll be better off to do those things then list it on the MLS.
If you don’t have the funds to do these things and you can’t wait months to sell your house, then you may be a perfect fit for our local Arizona house buying service. All you’ll need to do is let us know about your property. We’ll evaluate your house, we’ll make you a fair all-cash offer on your house, and you can decide if it’s a fit for you. We can close in as FAST as 7 days if you need us to.
Take a look at what we’ll pay you without the need to do anything versus the time, expense and hassle selling your house in the Arizona market.
Either way, you now have 2 solid options if you’re still asking “What do I need to do to sell my house in Arizona?”
- Fix the property up and get it all nice and ready with the steps above to sell it at top dollar.
- Let us do all of the work, and we’ll make you a cash offer on your house in AS-IS condition. This saves you time, money, and gets the hassle off of your hands.
You can also find out what you need to do to sell your house on your own by reaching out to us.