Winning Strategies for Omaha Bidding Wars

The Omaha area has an excellent variety of homes within a vibrant market of both buyers and sellers. If you're considering purchasing property in Omaha, GO HERE to perform a Full Home Search, or if you're thinking about selling your property, CLICK HERE for a Free Home Value Report. For any other questions you have regarding current market trends or your own home's value, please don't hesitate to call me at (402) 614-6922, or email me at adam@brileyhomes.com.

Although we're not seeing as many multiple offer situations as we were a couple months ago, they are still fairly common. So today, I want to discuss how to make your offer more attractive.

First of all, always make sure you have your pre-approval letter. We have great contacts with loan officers, and we can certainly get you in touch with them. 

Cash is always king, but if you can't pay cash, a conventional offer is the second most desirable in the seller's eyes, especially when you're putting 20% down.

A lot of buyers want to start with a low offer and negotiate their way up, but you really can't do that in a bidding war. Skip the lowball offers, and put your best foot forward.

Finally, keep contingencies to a minimum. Some things, like home inspections, are common, and you can keep that sort of contingency. However, if you're in a bidding war, consider skipping the radon inspection. That's something you can do later on your own time, and it will make your offer look cleaner.

If you have any questions, give me a call or send me an email. Each multiple offer situation is different, and we'd be happy to find the strategy that works best for you.

How to Organize Your Home Before a Showing

The Omaha area has an excellent variety of homes within a vibrant market of both buyers and sellers. If you're considering purchasing property in Omaha, GO HERE to perform a Full Home Search, or if you're thinking about selling your property, CLICK HERE for a Free Home Value Report. For any other questions you have regarding current market trends or your own home's value, please don't hesitate to call me at (402) 614-6922, or email me at adam@brileyhomes.com.

 

I recently found a good video on HGTV that I thought would be helpful to you if you're preparing to sell your home. It's essential that when you show your home to buyers, it's clean, organized, and decluttered. You'll want to empty out your closets, or at the very least, get them organized.

One thing you can do to get organized is put up shoe hangers in your doors, and store everyday items inside them such as cleaning supplies, utensils, or anything else that you can fit in them.

Another way to cut down on clutter is to use labels, or pick up storage bins to keep items like cords or wires in.

A tip for organizing your closet is to divide your clothes into four different sections: hang, sell, donate, keep, and fold. Once you have something marked out for every category, you can then organize your closet in any way you see fit. Here's an extra tip: you can use belt hangers to hang your necklaces and other jewelry.

I just thought this video would be useful for organizing your home, whether you're selling or if you just want to tidy up a bit.

If you need any assistance with staging, decluttering, or selling, please don't hesitate to contact me!