When you’re selling a home in Jasper or a nearby community, your goal is probably to make a significant profit. This guide gives you three tips to help you get higher offers on your home so you can achieve that goal.
3 Tips to Help You Get Higher Offers on Your Home
First things first: You need to work with an experienced real estate agent to get the best possible price for your home. With that said, here are three tips to help you get higher offers on your home:
- Price your home right the first time
- Clean, declutter and stage
- Stay flexible
Scroll down for a closer look at each.
- 5 Bedrooms
- 6 Bathrooms
- 5,748 Sq Ft
- 8.870 Acres
1700 N Newton St. Jasper, Indiana
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Listing courtesy of Larry Carpenter III from Carpenter Realty LLC.
- 4 Bedrooms
- 4 Bathrooms
- 5,029 Sq Ft
- 2.295 Acres
515 N Weisheit Drive W Jasper, Indiana
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Listing courtesy of Stacey Thieman-Wright from THIEMAN REALTY.
- 4 Bedrooms
- 5 Bathrooms
- 3,849 Sq Ft
- 0.557 Acres
4288 W Anya Court Jasper, Indiana
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Listing courtesy of Linda Schroering from CENTURY 21 SCHROERING REALTY.
- 6 Bedrooms
- 4 Bathrooms
- 3,780 Sq Ft
- 0.570 Acres
4807 Killarney Court Jasper, Indiana
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Listing courtesy of Jake Mauntel from American Dream Mauntel Realty.
- 4 Bedrooms
- 2 Bathrooms
- 3,490 Sq Ft
- 0.353 Acres
307 Newton Street Jasper, Indiana
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Listing courtesy of Tama Stemle from RE/MAX Local.
- 3 Bedrooms
- 5 Bathrooms
- 2,867 Sq Ft
- 0.800 Acres
4180 Timberpoint Court Jasper, Indiana
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Listing courtesy of Melody Faulk from RE/MAX Local.
- 3 Bedrooms
- 2 Bathrooms
- 1,365 Sq Ft
- 0.490 Acres
1443 Dexter Court Jasper, Indiana
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Listing courtesy of Adam Boyd from BOYD REALTY & DEVELOPMENT LLC.
- 3 Bedrooms
- 3 Bathrooms
- 2,564 Sq Ft
- 0.440 Acres
3422 Lakeside Dr Drive Jasper, Indiana
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Listing courtesy of Diana Feuerbach from Key Associates of Rockport IN.
- 4 Bedrooms
- 3 Bathrooms
- 2,577 Sq Ft
- 0.900 Acres
1486 3rd Avenue Jasper, Indiana
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Listing courtesy of Steve Lukemeyer from F.C. TUCKER EMGE.
- 4 Bedrooms
- 2 Bathrooms
- 2,100 Sq Ft
- 0.110 Acres
214 W 9th Street Jasper, Indiana
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Listing courtesy of Ruger Kerstiens from F.C. TUCKER EMGE.
- 2 Bedrooms
- 2 Bathrooms
- 1,266 Sq Ft
903-3 Reyling Drive Jasper, Indiana
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Listing courtesy of Kara Hinshaw from Key Associates Signature Realty.
- 4 Bedrooms
- 2 Bathrooms
- 2,280 Sq Ft
- 0.130 Acres
610 E Fourteenth Street Jasper, Indiana
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Listing courtesy of Ryan Craig from RE/MAX Local.
- 2 Bedrooms
- 3 Bathrooms
- 2,568 Sq Ft
- 0.190 Acres
1031 DORBETT Street Jasper, Indiana
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Listing courtesy of Connie Thewes from HOFFMAN & MULLEN REALTY INC.
- 3 Bedrooms
- 2 Bathrooms
- 2,440 Sq Ft
- 0.920 Acres
1766 W State Road 56 Highway Jasper, Indiana
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Listing courtesy of Linda Schroering from CENTURY 21 SCHROERING REALTY.
- 3 Bedrooms
- 2 Bathrooms
- 1,344 Sq Ft
- 0.230 Acres
4321 Rhine Strasse Jasper, Indiana
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Listing courtesy of Dara O'Neil from F.C. TUCKER EMGE.
Tip #1 to Help You Get Higher Offers on Your Home: Price Your Home Right the First Time
Pricing your home properly requires an expert’s guidance. Here’s the deal: if you price your home too high, the people who can afford it won’t even see it. That’s because people start their home searches online, where they can set price parameters. If your house would sell today for $400,000, but you list it for $425,000, the people who are searching for $400,000 homes won’t see it in their online searches.
However, the people who can afford $425,000 homes will see it – but that’s bad for you. that’s because these people will be comparing your home to homes that are actually worth $425,000. Your home is going to come up short.
When you price your home properly, qualified buyers will see it and, if they’re interested, schedule tours. If multiple buyers are interested in your home, the right price could even spark a bidding war period in a bidding war, two or more prospective buyers try to outdo each other by offering more and more money for the home. The bidding war ends when one party can no longer afford to bid higher; in that case, you decide which offer is more appealing to you.
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Tip #2 to Help You Get Higher Offers on Your Home: Clean, Declutter and Stage
Your home needs to be spotless, and it also needs to be free from clutter. Additionally, your real estate agent will most likely talk to you about home staging – that’s the act of making your home as appealing as possible to prospective buyers. All of this needs to be done before you even have listing photos taken; that way, buyers who see your home online are impressed by the way it looks and they’re motivated to schedule tours.
For many people, it makes sense to hire a professional cleaning team for a one time deep clean before listing a home on the market. That way, all you need to do is maintain what the professionals have done until someone makes an offer that you accept. Additionally, it may make sense in your case to hire a professional stager. However, there are many things you can do to stage your own home without paying someone to do it for you; you should talk to your real estate agent to get expert staging tips.
Tip #3 to Help You Get Higher Offers on Your Home: Stay Flexible
Remaining flexible while your home is on the market can lead to higher offers. That means you may need to make concessions for buyers, or that you may need to adjust closing dates, leave the house on short notice for showings, and be willing to negotiate. Your real estate agent will be there to negotiate on your behalf, and they’ll be able to guide you in other ways that you may need to remain flexible while your home is on the market.
Related: Can you buy a FSBO with a REALTOR®?
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221 W Stellar Way Huntingburg, Indiana
4 Beds 3 Baths 2,152 SqFt 0.170 Acres
Listing courtesy of Trae Dauby from Dauby Real Estate.
1443 Dexter Court Jasper, Indiana
3 Beds 2 Baths 1,365 SqFt 0.490 Acres
Listing courtesy of Adam Boyd from BOYD REALTY & DEVELOPMENT LLC.
4321 Rhine Strasse Jasper, Indiana
3 Beds 2 Baths 1,344 SqFt 0.230 Acres
Listing courtesy of Dara O'Neil from F.C. TUCKER EMGE.