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Boston condos for sale: Tips on selling your condo 2023
Once you’ve made the decision to sell your Boston condo and have hired a real estate agent to help, they’ll ask how much access to your home you want to give potential buyers. Your answer matters more now than it did in recent years. Here’s why. At the height of the buying frenzy seen during the pandemic, there was a rise in the number of homebuyers who put offers on houses sight unseen. That happened for three reasons:
- Extremely low housing inventory
- A lot of competition from other buyers wanting to take advantage of historically low mortgage rates
- And general wariness of in-person home tours during a pandemic
- Lockbox on the Door – This allows buyers the ability to see the home as soon as they are aware of the listing or at their convenience.
- Providing a Key to the Home – This would require an agent to stop by an office to pick up the key, which is still pretty convenient for a buyer.
- Open Access with a Phone Call – This means you allow a showing with just a phone call’s notice.
- By Appointment Only – For example, you might want your agent to set up a showing at a particular time and give you advance notice. That way you can prepare the house and be sure you have somewhere else you can go in the meantime.
- Limited Access – This might mean you’re only willing to have your house available on certain days or at certain times of day. In general, this is the most difficult and least flexible way to show your house to potential buyers.
Boston Condos for Sale and Bottom Line
Access can have a big impact on the sale of your house. Let’s connect today if you’re ready to make a move this spring.Realize that every downturn creates an opportunity
Barbara is no stranger to recessions and now a pandemic: The Corcoran Group, the New York City real estate business she started in the ’70s, survived multiple downturns, recessions, and the trauma of 9/11. “Every bad turn is an opportunity,” she says. “I became the leading broker because of the downturns—the competition thinned with every recession.” Barbara also believes that the world will be open to new ideas after the COVID-19 crisis (remember when kids “couldn’t” learn online, and companies “had” to work in-person?). “There will be a new normal on the other side of this. With less competition and a greater acceptance of new ideas, why wouldn’t you push to keep your business thriving today?” she says. “It pays to stick through it.”Focus on what you can control
With the constantly changing news, smart investors need to be tuned into the world without letting it control them. “Make a list of what you can control and what you can’t control, and then promise yourself you won’t pay attention to what you can’t control,” Barbara says. “Half of work is what you do, and the other half is the attitude that enables you to do it,” she says. Barbara warns to be wary of what news you expose yourself to as it’s easy to declare war on your motivation and attitude by hearing nothing but constant bad news. “I’d rather be ignorant enough to think that anything is possible,” she says. “and still focus on what I can change and work hard to change it.” Barbara believes that focusing on what you can control in today’s real estate market means watching every house that comes on the market now and looking for the right deal despite all the bad news out there. The pure quantity of houses that you look at is something in your control—never has there been virtual property tours like what has become the norm in today’s market conditions and there is a deal to be found in every market if you’re aware of the numbers.Trust your gut
“One silver lining is that if you have a lot of guts, you’re going to find a deal,” Barbara advises. You can feed your analytical brain all the facts, figures, and data but it should never outweigh what your gut tells you—and that’s something she practices on every episode of Shark Tank. “Gut is an accumulation of everything you’ve lived and experienced up to that moment,” she says. “Why wouldn’t you trust your life experience over data provided by other sources?” Of course, investors also need lived experience and the matched courage in order to trust that gut. “Courage,” Barbara says, “and a little bit of chutzpa.”What does it take to sell Boston Real Estate?
Each of my sellers seems to have a different idea about what it takes to sell Boston real estate. Some want high participation in the marketing process and others just want me to sell their Boston condo for sale and leave them alone. They all want feedback on showings and communication from me. They all want to know how long it will take to sell and how much money they will get.
