Dan Sells the Lake

Happy New Year, Everyone! It is 2019 and this is THE year. Perhaps, you got a job offer somewhere outside of the Lake area and have decided to move? Maybe you have decided to move closer to family and they live outside of the Lake area? Whatever your reason may be for moving and selling your home at the Lake of the Ozarks , the best Lake of the Ozarks real estate agent can help. Contact your local Lake Ozark Realtor® as soon as you know you want to sell your home so you can get started quickly. In the meantime, keep reading for a few tips for selling your home in 2019. Tips for Selling Your Home in 2019 Set the BEST price for your home. You don't want to price your home so high that it doesn't get considered but you also don't want to price it too low to where you are not getting a fair price for what you know your home is worth. An experienced real estate agent at the Lake of the Ozarks can help you strategically price your home to where you can find a happy m...

While it is possible to sell your home without the help of a real estate professional, you can save yourself a lot of trouble by choosing to work with a local REALTOR®. Keep reading to learn about some of the perks you get when working with a real estate agent to sell your home at the Lake of the Ozarks . 1. Expert Market Knowledge. Do you know what your home is worth? You may have an idea of what you’d like to get out of the sale of your home, but that’s likely not the same as the current market value. Real estate agents at the Lake of the Ozarks know the local market. They know what other homes comparable to yours are selling for and can help you price it right. Listing your home too high can scare off buyers, while listing it too low will cause you to miss out on valuable income. 2. Increased Buyer Exposure. When you try FSBO, you’re in charge of all the marketing. You have to make sure your house can be found by buyers. This is often a difficult and daunting ta...

FSBO is short for "For Sale By Owner."  This is when a homeowner decides to sell their house without any assistance from a real estate agency.  It may sound simpler to take care of everything by yourself, but there is a lot more involved in selling a home at the Lake of the Ozarks than one might realize.  Here are a few of the reasons that hiring a real estate agent to sell your home will actually make it a lot easier for you.   1.  It's difficult to reach everyone looking to buy.  These days, more and more people are taking to the internet to find their new home.  Research has been done that found about 89% of buyers search online compared to only 20% using newspapers to find a house.  Only putting up a sign in your yard makes it even harder to reach the people that you need to see your property.  Only about 9% of homes sold are the result of a yard sign.   My Dan Sells the Lake website is set up to feature my listings, and...

Many people believe that the Lake area shuts down in the winter (which is not true!) so they also think that real estate at the Lake of the Ozarks shuts down too. This is also not true.  A very large portion of buying and selling goes on during the months of December, January, and February.  Winter is an excellent time to get your house on the market.   Studies show that selling a home at the Lake of the Ozarks in the winter is more likely to get your asking price than in the summer months.  The following points are most likely a big part of the reason for this.   Fewer houses on the market. Since most people believe that best time to put their house on the market is in the spring, there is less competition for sellers in the winter.  With fewer houses for buyers to look at, the more attention that your house will get.   Demand is strong. In the past eight months, between March 1, 2014 and October 31, 2015, only about 1/3 of ...

Before someone buys any  Lake of the Ozarks real estate , it needs to be inspected by a professional.   Getting a home inspection done doesn't have to be a scary thing if you know how to prepare.     There are a few, simple things that you can do to make sure that your house is given the best review possible.  If you have kept up with regular maintenance of the home, then most of these things will already be taken care of.   Some sellers will have their own inspection done before the buyer's inspection. This is helpful in letting them know if any possible repairs have been overlooked, and these can be taken care of ahead of time.  An inspection is helpful to the buyer because it gives them a good idea of what they will be getting into if they buy the house.   Here are a few key things for you to do before a home inspection. 1. Make all areas easily accessible, both inside and out. The inspector will need to have easy access to everythi...