How to Sell your House by Yourself in Tacoma: A Short Guide

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March 21, 2017
By  Alex Romanov

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Selling your house is something you’ll have to do maybe just a few times in your life.  And unless you know a local Tacoma real estate agent who will sell your house for free or a hugely discounted commission… it can be a real pain in the rear and an expensive process for you as well.

So… you landed on this page about “ How to sell your house by yourself in Tacoma WA  ” because of a few reasons I’m guessing…

Whatever one you land in… there are ways to sell your house yourself here in the local Tacoma real estate market.

Since 2013, the housing sector has been experiencing a major recovery. Selling your house at this time will definitely be profitable if you do it right. In most cases, it is about using smart marketing strategies and being realistic about your expectations on what you want to achieve with this sale.

This article will provide some guidelines to help you sell your Tacoma area house yourself.

Know The Tacoma Real Estate Market Well 

The first and most important step is doing a market research on your neighborhood in the Tacoma WA area. This step involves visiting various home marketing sites ( Zillow ,  Eppraisal  the  Chase home value estimator, etc), calling a real estate agent or two to see what your home is worth, or reading about the various market pricing techniques. Proper homework on these issues will allow you to come up with a right price for your house and also helps you to avoid making certain selling mistakes.

If you don’t want to hassle with trying to come up with a home value yoursel f…  give us a call at  206-231-5864  and we’ll give you an honest fair valuation of what your house is worth on the retail market  (if you’re going to wait the 3-6+ months to find the perfect retail buyer). And if you want to… we’ll make you a fair all-cash offer on your house to give you that option of selling quickly  (we can close in as little as 7 days if you want to).

Asses the market

This step is almost similar to conducting market research, only that in this case, you are bound to your neighborhood and similar houses. Are there lots of houses for sale in your neighborhood here in Tacoma? If so, what is the average that they are listing for?  Are there lots of foreclosures in your neighborhood? That may drag your house price down.

Asses the house

As a seller, your house should be in top condition or shape in order to sell at a good price. Identify certain unique characteristics about it and emphasize them during the marketing. For example, in a Tacoma, a house with a drive way parking may be more attractive to buyers compared with one with a garage parking.

Also, does your house require repairs?  Does it need to be repainted inside or out?  How is the condition of the roof?  Is the landscaping in good shape? Is the house outdated at all? (you know, those popcorn ceilings ;-).  All of these things can make the house more attractive or less attractive depending on the buyer… which changes the price they’re willing to pay.

After all of this… come up with an asking price for your Tacoma home that is fair… isn’t so high it’ll take you 12 months to sell the house… but is attractive so you get a frenzy of buyers who are ready to buy it quickly.

Use Photos or Videos

Tacoma buyers are obsessed with media. Taking walk-through videos of the house and using the videos to advertise will enable you to reach a wider market. In fact, these videos are considered more transparent than taking photos.  However, this should not stop you from using the latter option since it is more affordable compared to the video.

So take some great pictures. Take a picture of every room in the house that helps show it off. Take a picture of the house from the outside in a few different angles… people want to see the house before they ever show up to see it. So having great pictures of your house online could be the difference between getting the right buyer quickly… and waiting months and months to sell.

Get Your House “Listed” On The Local Tacoma MLS And Market It

You can find no or low fee real estate brokers these days who will charge you a few hundred bucks to put your house on the local Tacoma MLS.  This gets your house in front of all of the real estate agents quickly (so be prepared to pay those “buyers” agents a 2-3% buyers broker fee if you plan to have their support in helping you find a buyer.

Place ads in the local newspaper, signs on the roads, and hold an open house.

It can be.

And in the end, many Tacoma house sellers think they’re saving money and time by marketing the house themselves… when in the end it costs them more money to go that route.

When you sell your own house here are some things you need to consider…

If you’d rather not put up the hassle of trying to sell your Tacoma house yourself… and would rather just sell it quickly for a fair price without paying any commissions or fees…

… here at iwillbuyhouse.com we actually buy local Tacoma WA houses.

We’d love to make you a fair,  NO OBLIGATION  and  NO HASSLE  cash offer on your house.

We can close quickly (in as little as 7 days if you wanted to)… which would save you thousands of dollars vs. trying to sell the house yourself and waiting for months.

Also, when  we buy local Tacoma houses  we do all repairs that are needed (we pay for it ourselves) so you don’t have to worry about that.

If you want to see what we can pay for your house,  give us a call today at  206-231-5864   or just fill out the quick simple form through the link below.

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