PenFed Realty, LLC of San Antonio TX l Realtors Frank and Kary Gallegos l Home Selling Tips

Aug. 1, 2010 - PRLog -- San Antonio, TX -  PenFed Realty of San Antonio TX - Phn: 210.471.1608
Realtors Frank and Kary Gallegos today released a public service announcement intended to help homeowners in the San Antonio area prepare their homes for sale. PenFed Realty of San Antonio TX is pleased to provide Realty services to the San Antonio Real Estate Market. As a service to current and prospective real estate clients Realtors Frank and Kary Gallegos regularly release information of interest related to home ownership and residential real estate.

Effective home sales preparation should make a home go from "living condition" to "showing condition". The following tips have the combined goal of shortening the time required to sell a property and also heightening a property’s appeal that may affect its value and ultimately its sales price. While tips for preparing a home for sale may vary depending the specifics of a particular property the following general guidelines are often a good place to start for most home sellers:

1)   DE-CLUTTER:. A cluttered household can detract from the appeal of a home. Invest some time and energy to look objectively at the interior of a home and remove non-essential items. This includes the kitchen, bathrooms, bedrooms and every room that will be seen by prospective home buyers. Spare rooms, Garages and basements are notorious for collecting clutter so donating or disposing of unneeded items can be considered to be a head-start on packing that sellers eventually need to do anyway.

2) REMOVE EXCESSIVE PERSONALIZATION: Prospective buyers may have trouble seeing past personal photographs and family keepsakes. Most real estate professionals encourage prospective buyers to focus on the merits of a property and not be distracted by wondering about the people that lived in it before. Sellers will be better off if prospective buyers can say to themselves “I can see myself living here.”

3) MAKE NEEDED REPAIRS:. Whether it’s a cracked floor or counter top, a leaky faucet, doors that don’t close properly or other items, take the time and repair them to ensure the home makes a favorable viewing impression. The cumulative effect of multiple small imperfections can be significant. The cost of repairs is relatively small when compared to the potential cost and inconvenience of a longer sales cycle.

4) CLEAN: Make the house sparkle. Washing the windows inside and out, re-caulking showers and tubs, daily vacuuming are representative of the types of small touches that can collectively make a big impact. A real estate professional might make a recommendation to utilize the services of a professional home stager. Stagers are experts in setting a mood to make a house look bigger, brighter, cleaner, warmer, or whatever the goal is to make home buyers want to buy it.

Realtors Frank and Kary Gallegos offer a no-obligation consultation to all prospective Bexar County area Home Buyers, Sellers and Investors. Interested parties are invited to contact Frank and Kary directly.

Direct: Call 210.471.1608

PenFed Realty
14603 Huebner Rd. Bldg 38
San Antonio TX 78230

Additional information about PenFed Realty, LLC Agents Frank and Kary Gallegos of San Antonio TX and their Real Estate services is available on their website at
www.SATX-RealEstate.com.

About Frank Gallegos and Kary Gallegos
"We are pleased and excited to be Realtors at PenFed Realty,LLC San Antonio TX. We are ready to serve your home buying and selling needs. We're happy to serve military personnel and non-military clients alike. We have an intimate knowledge of the city of San Antonio TX, surrounding communities and Military base loactions and want to put our knowledge to work for you. We work after hours, weekends and Holidays. You can always count on prompt responses, tech-saviness, and professionalism when you deal with us. WE ARE TEXAS REALTORS --- WORKING FOR YOU !"

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Real Estate Services covering San Antonio TX area. We serve all military and non- military home buyers, sellers, investors whether Moving up, relocating or downsizing. All property types including, Condos, Townhomes, Lots, New Construction & Pre-Owned.