Tips to Sell Your Tampa Florida House Fast

Tampa, Florida - 2009

When it comes to selling a house fast in Tampa, Florida you must use methods to sell fast that aren't being used as often.  This article will go into the basics of selling your Tampa house faster than you could with these methods than you could by listing with a real estate agent.

First you have to determine what would be the best price to set your home in this competitive market.  One free and easy to way to judge your homes value without spending the initial $300 of an appraisal is to look for comparable home sales in your area.  There is a free website that can get you these useful comparables.  Zillow.com offers a free valuation system that is generated on-site.  The site uses comparables from recently sold homes.  Any time you use comparables in this Tampa housing market you want to use houses that sold within 1 mile and the last year.

Once you determine what other homes are selling for in your area you want to set your price 10% below those houses.  This will ensure you will receive more buzz on your house than the ones down the street.  You can avoid to set your price cheaper because you aren't using the services of an agent.  Selling a house through an agent will normally run you 15-18% which is contrary to popular belief.

Now that you have your house priced right for a quick sell, you want to get the potential home buyers to take a look on the inside of your house.  The best way to make home buyers to want to take a look at your house you need to get some curb appeal.  Curb appeal is what makes a buyer want to make the house theirs.

Whenever you take a look at your house from the street see if there is anything that is blocking the beauty of your home.  Cut back any trees that have low hanging branches.  Also prune any over grown bushes, home buyers want to simply purchase a house without having to do a makeover.  If your house requires an outside makeover buyers will want a deeper discount. 

Second you want to add some colorful flowers to the front of your house and preferably the back yard as well.  Don't waste your time buying flats of flowers that you can buy 12 for $14.  Those flowers are cheap and you don't want your potential buyer thinking your are a cheapskate.  Everyone knows a cheapskate cuts corners and you don't want to draw that picture.  Instead spend $14 on one flower and mix up the colors and the type of flower.  Home buyers go window shopping before they buy a house because they want to get an idea of what's out there.  Believe they will notice you went the extra mile to make your house stand out from the others in the neighborhood.

Make sure you water your flower regularly because you don't want your hard work and money to go to waste.  If you don't want to maintain a bunch of flowers you can buy shrubs or nice bushes.  Roses aren't what they used to be so don't waste your time or money on roses.

There is a lot more to making your house more appealing but if you incorporate these little strategies to your selling your house whether it's in Tampa or other areas you will make a tremendous improvement that will draw buyers to your house over other homes for sale on your street.