Sell your Tampa Florida house fast while others sit on the market

Tampa, Florida - 2009

When selling a home fast whether it's in Tampa Florida or anywhere you need to do some of the right things to make your house more marketable. Houses are sitting on the market longer and longer because buyers are becoming very picky and the media isn't making it any better. Real estate agents are up to their knees in this housing rut and they aren't much help. They use the same tools to sell a house and their usual tools are bought directly out the box. Real estate agents are using the same tried and tired methods that are proven they don't work during these economic tough times.

In order to sell your house fast in this relaxed market you need to first price your house right. Pricing is the number on factor that buyers look at when making their selection for a new home. There are a few sites you can go to and get a free evaluation of your house and one of those sites is called Zillow. Zillow usings data that comes from comparabe home sales that have sold in your general area normally one mile out. Zillow takes that average homes sold in your area and then calculates an average for your house. You can google Zillow to find the site. Once you have determine your house value you want to price your home 10% lower than the average sold price in your area. This will make your house stand out from the others in your area.

Now that you have your home priced right you want to get the word out about your house. One way to get the word out about your house is to make up a flier. You don't want to go to your local Walmart and pass out these fliers since they will only aggravate the people cars you place them on but they will get under managements skin because most people will throw them on the ground. You need to come up with some really nice fliers and pass them out to every home in your neighborhood, letting neighbors know that your house is for sale. They may want a family member or friend closer to them and what's more closer than your home you have for sale? Go to Kinkos and make copies of your fliers on different color paper. The same old white paper is boring and will usually find it's way to the trash can.

Next you want to buy today's newspaper and take a look at all the ads and see which ones really have the best headlines. Once you come up with the best headlines, you want to mimic theirs without copying, sort of mix and match. Newspaper ads still work but you have to do it right otherwise your ad will just be another buyers pass by. If possible put your ad in all the cheaper papers like the Nickel paper and the freebies and also place your ad in the daily paper only on the weekends, especailly Sunday.

You don't want to forget to get your property listed online. Most daily papers have an on-line special that comes with their paper subscription, but you also want to go one step further. You want to put your ad on free sites as well. Most potential buyers that want to buy a house in Tampa or any city will go on-line and look first. A few good sites to start with are Craigslist, Backpage and Kijiji. Those sites will bring you a ton of traffic to your listing. The best part is they are free to use at your leisure.

You now have the tools to get out their to make your house marketable in Tampa and surround cities.