Selling Your Brevard County, Florida Home - (And a Suggestion For Homeowner Associations)

Everyone has an opinion on the home owner association.  Is it good?  Is it bad?  Where did home owner associations come from anyway?

As a real estate agent working with buyers who are most often looking to purchase a Brevard County, Florida home in a community with a mandatory home owner association I have one suggestion.

Home owner associations should monitor all homes for sale in their community.   If there is a current violation like neglected lawns/landscaping, paint color issues, mold/algae issues (common in Florida) or whatever address it as soon as the for sale sign goes up.

This is step will serve a couple of purposes.

1. First, it will help the seller get the home sold faster by improving an obvious appearance issue.   
2. Secondly, the new home owner will not be alienated by receiving a notice of violation as soon as they move in their new home. 

Sellers should also consider their compliance with association rules and restrictions when preparing their home for sale.  And sellers should make sure they accurately disclose how much the association dues currently are and if an increase is in the future.

Buying and selling a home can be quite stressful.  Dealing with home owner association issues up front is an easy hurdle to clear before the for sale sign goes up.

If you are considering selling your Viera, Florida home, pelase give me a call at 321-693-3850 if I can help.

Send me an email for your free market analysis.

 

If you can smell it, you can’t sell it!

Unless it is high class perfume…OK, the cheap stuff will sell as well! But, when it comes to selling that house…it is a challenge!

Pet smells can be handled much more easily than 20 yeas of smoking. Many home seekers just skip the nicotine laden dwelling.

Preparing your home for the market is work – sometimes more work than selling it! After all the curb appeals touches, scrubbing, “fixing up” is finished, don’t forget the one thing that can turn a prospective buyer away as soon as they walk in the door – odors!

Because if you can smell it, you can’t sell it!

For information on buying or selling a home or condo in Brevard County, Florida, call me at 321-693-3850 or email me at agent@moving2brevard.com.

Gary L. Waters, Florida licensed real estate agent, Bucci Realty, Rockledge, Florida serving Florida's Space Coast including the cities and communities of Melbourne, Viera, Rockledge, Suntree, Merritt Island, Cocoa Beach and the surrounding region. Whether your interest lies in a 55+ community such as Heritage Isle, a golf course community such as Baytree National Golf Links or water front, give me a call!

Read my blog Florida Homes for Sale, Moving to Brevard County, Florida, and Observations of a Viera Florida Real Estate Agent.