{"id":1252,"date":"2020-11-06T22:22:55","date_gmt":"2020-11-06T22:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/360realestategroup.com\/?p=1252"},"modified":"2020-11-07T18:27:27","modified_gmt":"2020-11-07T18:27:27","slug":"how-to-sell-your-home-for-top-dollar-during-a-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/360realestategroup.com\/360admin\/how-to-sell-your-home-for-top-dollar-during-a-pandemic","title":{"rendered":"How to Sell your Home for Top Dollar&#8230;During a Pandemic!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe title=\"Hot to Sell your Home for Top Dollar...during a pandemic!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vS0vWuw4BeA?wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Interested in how to sell your home for top dollar during a pandemic?\u00a0 In order to do so you have to understand a few things about the way that the concept of a \u201chome\u201d has changed as a result of the pandemic.\u00a0 \u00a0Before the widespread shutdown of just about everything, you \u2013 like most Southern Californians \u2013 probably spent a great deal of time outside the house.\u00a0 Commuting to work, dropping off kids at school, going to the gym, going out to dinner, attending concerts\u2026all of these things pulled us out and away from the few odd bedrooms and baths we returned to at the end of the day.\u00a0 And then Covid happened.<\/p>\n<p>Overnight people needed their homes to stand in as a substitute for all those things that used to take place outside.\u00a0 From gym, to restaurant, from home office to playground here are a list of things you can highlight to make your home \u201cHOT\u201d in eyes of the new market.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Top Notch Media and Marketing &#8211; Unbelievable video and photos are the new curb appeal.\u00a0 Gone are the days of open houses.\u00a0 Instead, buyers are relying on how well your property is presented online.\u00a0 This means professional photographs with drone shots, and stabilizers, compelling story-based videos, floor plans, and high end 3D interactive tours of the home.\u00a0 Once these things are created, there is an entirely separate necessity: the know how to market these things online, so that anyone in the market to buy a home like yours will see them.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>2.\u00a0 Home Gym &#8211; Remember the days of waking up before the sun, and taking a Zumba group class, or pumping iron at the corner gym.\u00a0 Those days are gone.\u00a0 24 hour fitness just filed for bankruptcy, and countless small private gyms are struggling.\u00a0 The need to exercise didn\u2019t disappear though.\u00a0 When selling your place, set up a space that is clearly delineated as a home gym.\u00a0 You don\u2019t necessarily need a dedicated room, but defined space in the corner of a garage, or family room with a gym mat, or some weights and swiss ball will go a long way.<\/p>\n<p>3. Home Office &#8211; \u00a0Working from home is the new normal.\u00a0 If you have a guest bedroom you never use, consider putting the bed in storage, and bringing in a desk, and filing cabinet.\u00a0 A nice blank wall for a Zoom backdrop, and a printer with phone, and strong wifi.\u00a0 A room beyond the standard bedroom count can be a valuable asset, distinguishing your home from all the others on the market.<\/p>\n<p>4. Kitchens \u2013 Although kitchens have always topped the average buyer\u2019s list of wants\/needs, now more than ever before they make a home more desirable.\u00a0 There are very few places in LA County where you can go out for a meal anymore.\u00a0 People are taking their sense of culinary adventure to YouTube, and Cooking Shows, and recreating those events at home.\u00a0 A kitchen that allows for multiple people to cook comfortably together, or has easy access to the rest of the family is the new Spago. Accentuate what you have, or make small changes that show off your kitchen\u2019s \u201cchef-factor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>5. Outdoor Space\u00a0 &#8211; These days, the more yard you have the better.\u00a0 People are getting into gardening, working out under the sky, and if you want to entertain, a comfortable outdoor space is a must.\u00a0 Show off the possibility for socially distanced socializing by setting up things like fire pits, outdoor speakers, small decks, and patio furniture.<\/p>\n<p>6. ADUs \u2013 The Accessory Dwelling Unit is one of the most desirable features a property can have today. A separate space on one\u2019s property can serve as anything from the list above.\u00a0 A quiet, clean spot for working, exercising, meditating, or just about anything your imagination can come up with is in more demand than ever.\u00a0 Even prefabricated sheds with a finished interior, insulation and electricity are bringing multiple offers from buyers looking for more space, and the feeling of getting away, even if for a few hours during the day.<\/p>\n<p>These are some things I keep hearing about from clients. And whereas in the past they considered them luxuries, today they are considered essential.\u00a0 Thinking about selling and want some advice on how to accentuate any of these things?\u00a0 Give me a call and I\u2019ll be happy to take a look at your current layout and give you some advice.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Until Next Time<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Steve<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interested in how to sell your home for top dollar during a pandemic?\u00a0 In order to do so you have to understand a few things about the way that the concept of a \u201chome\u201d has changed as a result of the pandemic.\u00a0 \u00a0Before the widespread shutdown of just about everything, you \u2013 like most Southern [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1256,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/360realestategroup.com\/360admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1252"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/360realestategroup.com\/360admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/360realestategroup.com\/360admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/360realestategroup.com\/360admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/360realestategroup.com\/360admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1252"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/360realestategroup.com\/360admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1255,"href":"https:\/\/360realestategroup.com\/360admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1252\/revisions\/1255"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/360realestategroup.com\/360admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/360realestategroup.com\/360admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/360realestategroup.com\/360admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/360realestategroup.com\/360admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}