Sell Your Home During COVID-19

This article also originally appears on homebusinessmag.com​

Selling your home or real estate can be a very stressful and long process. There are very simple rules to follow when planning on putting your home on the market for sale, but all of those rules have changed since the global pandemic began to happen.

With COVID-19 you have to learn a lot of things and find new ways to show your home in order to sell it. The real estate industry has remained essential throughout the entire lockdown due to the virus.

During this time many have been learning how to live with it, and real estate agents had to completely transform the industry to sell properties, according to Jerry Pinkas Real Estate.

Tips to sell your home or real estate during the COVID-19 pandemic

There are great ways to be creative and innovative when you are dealing with changes in the industry. Real estate agents are used to face-to-face interactions, but that shouldn’t make you worry about whether or not you can sell your home.

Tip 1. Start with virtual tours

In order to limit the amount of visitors in your home and property, begin with offering virtual tours of the exterior and interior to interested parties. A virtual tour can be done using FaceTime, Zoom, Skype, and other types of videos chats.

A great way to represent the property is by creating a 3D tour of the home. Some sites for property listings offer great tools to use that can build a 3D virtual tour.

Tip 2. Hire a professional photographer

At this time it is crucial to ensure that your home gives the best first impression through pictures, as they will attract potential buyers to contact you.

A professional real estate photographer will know how to enhance the most beautiful parts of your home’s property to catch the eye of others.

The high-quality pictures will attract buyers and the photographer can help sell the home faster.

Tip 3. Ensure that safety comes first

With many people on the edge over the global pandemic, it is important to show to potential buyers who want to see the property that you are following the CDC guidelines to make sure that you are prioritizing the safety of the buyer, the seller, and everyone above anything else.

Provide some hand sanitizers, masks, gloves, shoe coverings, and sanitizing wipes for every home tour, as well as wiping the door knobs, railings, windows, etc.

If you want to take it a step further, you can set up an air purification system that will kill 99% of the germs in the air.

Tip 4. Close the deal electronically

One of the most exciting moments for real estate agents and homeowners is sitting at the table to finalize the deal. Unfortunately, that moment has to be put on hold to maintain the practice of social distancing.

Luckily, Zoom can still provide the same excitement. Schedule a meeting on the video chat app to sign the papers electronically and congratulate the new homeowners.