{"id":67,"date":"2006-08-09T07:51:21","date_gmt":"2006-08-09T11:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.realst8.crankpin.com\/?p=67"},"modified":"2006-08-09T07:51:21","modified_gmt":"2006-08-09T11:51:21","slug":"what-does-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realst8.com\/staging\/9756\/real-estate\/what-does-work\/","title":{"rendered":"What Does Work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How to Sell a House in Michiana &#8211; The Short List:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Get Good Photos on Highly Visible Web-Sites.<\/strong> Homebuyers start online. Put yourself in their shoes and predict what they will Google. Then run relevant searches like <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/search?hl=en&#038;q=South+Bend+Indiana+Real+Estate&#038;btnG=Google+Search\">South Bend, Indiana Real Estate<\/a> or <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/search?num=100&#038;hl=en&#038;lr=&#038;q=%22luxury+homes%22+%2B%22Granger%2C+Indiana%22&#038;btnG=Search\">&#8220;luxury homes&#8221; +&#8221;Granger, Indiana&#8221;<\/a> and view the top the results. The same sites that you find impressive are the ones your eventual buyer will find useful.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Yard Signs with Great Fliers.<\/strong> When people see a For Sale sign in their favorite neighborhood, they notice the house. A low-tech flier is still the best way to quickly answers their questions and highlights the interior of the home so they can determine if it merits further action.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Placement in your region&#8217;s MLS.<\/strong>  Most buyers see these listings on one of the Web-sites that offers a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.realst8.com\/staging\/9756\/mls.htm\">free MLS search<\/a>, or with assistance from their Realtor. It is the most complete listing database and its data makes its way many places &#8211; Realtor.com, RE\/MAX and similar sites.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Proper Staging \/ Preparation.<\/strong> TV shows like <em>Design on a Dime<\/em> and <em>Sell This House<\/em> have it right. Dirty, dated or cluttered homes sell slowly. Clean, bright homes  and attractive decor encourage offers.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Realtor Networking.<\/strong> Educators talk in the teacher&#8217;s lounge. Programmers talk in online forums. And real estate agents talk everywhere. It&#8217;s a rare day I don&#8217;t hear &#8220;Do you have anything nice near [insert local landmark] ?&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Aggressive Pricing.<\/strong> The best homes at each price sell first. The rest compete for second place.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to Sell a House in Michiana &#8211; The Short List: Get Good Photos on Highly Visible Web-Sites. Homebuyers start online. Put yourself in their shoes and predict what they will Google. Then run relevant searches like South Bend, Indiana Real Estate or &#8220;luxury homes&#8221; +&#8221;Granger, Indiana&#8221; and view the top the results. The same [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-real-estate"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realst8.com\/staging\/9756\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realst8.com\/staging\/9756\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realst8.com\/staging\/9756\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realst8.com\/staging\/9756\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realst8.com\/staging\/9756\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.realst8.com\/staging\/9756\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realst8.com\/staging\/9756\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realst8.com\/staging\/9756\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realst8.com\/staging\/9756\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}