8 New Marketing Laws Law 10: Top 5 Tips for Downsizing Your Home

Posted on April 30, 2020 (March 24, 2023) by Barb Schlinker

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8 New Laws to Sell Your Home for 11% More – 10 Top Five Tips for Downsizing a Home

Many people decide to downsize their homes because they are too big, too much space to clean and take care of or they need to move closer to family or those wonderful grandchildren. Yet the Task of DOWNSIZING can be daunting!

This is about THE TOP FIVE THINGS TIPS DO DOWNSIZE AND DECLUTTER YOUR HOME BEFORE DOWNSIZING.

Here ARE THE TOP FIVE TIPS TO HELP YOU DOWNSIZE.

#1 – HAVE AN EXCITING VISION OF YOUR NEXT HOME AND ESTABLISH A PLAN Write down the spaces that are MUST HAVEs in your Next Place. Bedrooms, Baths, Floor Plan, Location to Family and access to Medical Care and service providers

#2 – CREATE A SIMPLE – ROOM BY ROOM CHECKLIST OF WHAT YOU MUST KEEP ITEMS AND WHAT CAN GO ITEMS. Many people struggle with this because they want to RE-PURPOSE the things they no longer need. We have some great resources to find a home for the furniture and things others may need.

#3 – GET SOME HELP TO START THE DE-CLUTTER AND RE-PURPOSE PROCESS – We offer a team of professionals that can GUIDE You THROUGH CREATING that DOWNSIZING CHECKLIST then resources of PEOPLE who can help you DE_CLUTTER and RE_PURPOSE things you no longer need.

#4 – HIRE A GREAT REAL ESTATE AGENT WHO HAS A TEAM THAT CAN HELP YOU THROUGH THE PROCESS! We have resources not only to DE-CLUTTER and RE-PURPOSE but to handle ANY UPDATES AND REPAIRS to get you the MOST AMOUNT OF MONEY WHEN YOU SELL.

#5 -HAVE A DESTINATION IN MIND BEFORE YOU START THE PROCESS! In this robust market, many home sellers FEAR I will SELL THEIR HOME TOO FAST…Try NOT to WORRY. We WILL WORK with YOUR SCHEDULE and YOUR PACE.

If you would like to Receive a GUIDE on the 7 KEY TIPS TO HELP YOU DOWNSIZE CALL BARB SCHLINKER AT

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