Did you know that a certain shade of paint can help you sell your home for more? Or that one type of countertop could cause buyers to get into a bidding war over your house? What about the one inexpensive outdoor improvement that families LOVE to see when touring homes? Today, we brought on Zillow’s Home Trends Expert, Amanda Pendleton, to share all the secrets to help you sell your home faster and for more!
Amanda’s team at Zillow takes design data to a whole new level. They know which paint colors prospective buyers want to see, the type of pictures you MUST have on your listing, and the cheap upgrades any homeowner can make to get even more bids on their home. In this episode, she’s sharing much of what her team has learned so you can not only sell for more but also learn the tricks sellers are using when you go to buy your next home.
First, Amanda updates us on housing inventory and outlines today’s “typical buyer.” Then we ask, “Is now the right time to sell?” Plus, we’ll get Amanda’s top tweaks to make to your home so you can sell for more. But it’s not just eye-catching upgrades we’re talking about. Amanda also shares the home renovations with the lowest ROI (return on investment) and the one pricey upgrade that is RARELY worth the money.
Dave:
Welcome to the BiggerPockets Podcast. I’m your host, Dave Meyer, and with me today is Henry Washington. So today, we have an awesome show for you. And Henry, I think you’re going to like this one. We are going to be talking about a side of real estate investing, home buying, that we don’t talk about that much on this show, which is selling your home. We love to talk about buying.
That’s how you grow your portfolio. That’s how you find the house that you’re going to live in. But selling is actually, when you make all the money, and you return all that capital that you’ve put into your home. So it’s a pretty important part of the process. So to help our listeners with this topic,…