50 Simple Steps You Can Take to Sell Your Home Faster and for More Money in Any Market

by Ilyce R. Glink

Book Overview

If buying a home is the single biggest investment anyone can make, then successfully selling that home is even more important. In this book, Ilyce Glink presents 50 simple steps that take home sellers through the process of readying a house for sale.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0609809334
• ISBN13: 9780609809334
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Three Rivers Press (CA)
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

50 Simple Steps You Can Take To Sell Your Home Faster

Excellent! Can't miss using the ideas presented.

SOLD in less than 24 hours

This book tells it like it is. You want the most money out of your investment, than try to do all the things listed to prepare your house before you call a realtor or have people view it. It is a lot of work - it took me three months - but everyone who viewed my home said what a lovely home I had, how well-maintained it was, and I had an offer in less than 24 hours for more than my listing price! I also heard a lot of comments from potential buyers about how dirty and cluttered other homes they visited were - so much so that it was hard to see what the home had to offer. A very, very worthwhile investment.

selling tips

this book is great, we did everything wrong and payed for it. this was a great help with our other properties. Highly recommend this to others.

A small gem

Invaluable! Solid, practical, up-to-date advice with no fluff, from a woman who knows the real estate market inside and out. Written in a friendly, conversational style--not "technical" at all. I followed Glink's advice, and my condo sold in three days (to the first person who looked at it) for $1,750 above the asking price.

Simple-to-read tips....

I checked several books out of the library on this subject, but this is the only one I read cover to cover. It is a breeze to read. The writer adds examples from her own experience which are interesting and keep it from being a dry how-to book. The tips are very straightforward and useful. Maybe some of the steps are common sense, such as cleaning and de-cluttering the house for sale, but she adds some extra tips, such as the best place to quickly stash your junk mail & other clutter before a showing (where won't they look?). Many of the tips focus on less obvious aspects of selling, such as what wording to look out for before signing a listing contract. I appreciate the fact that the author recommends honesty to home sellers - fix or disclose problems with the house rather than covering them up. Most home inspectors will find everything anyway, and a seller who seems to be hiding something will raise red flags with buyers. I found it to be an enjoyable and helpful book.