Eight tips to sell and rent. Why is better to rely on a Real Estate Agency than on myself?

Part one: 8 tips for buying and selling a real estate product 

Do you want to rent or sell your real estate product effectively? Bare in mind the following recommendations:

a) Everything stem from an excellent maintenance: Without a good conservation of your real estate product there is nothing attractive to advertise.

That's why you have to make the some repairs before showing your property, such as:

- Repainting

- Plugging leaks,

- Checking the electrical instalation in this link we describe how to do it

- Other minor updates

Additionally, an adaptation for people with disability also will make your property more desirable.

b) Take good quality pictures in order to advertise your product on the Internet: Avoid those with too much light, when the space appears cluttered or rough, and take them with certain aesthetic criteria, that is to say, you are not interested in vulgar images. In addition, the virtual tours of 360 degrees help a lot.

c) Online advertising must be on visible websites: We are refering to real estate portals and social media. By the way, if you bet on Finques Feliu we will advertise your flat on: Fotocasa, Idealista, Yaencontre and Habitaclia. In addition to appearing on these four websites. Moreover, your product will appear on other portals such as Trovimap. Another powerful high profile of your product will be our social networks: Facebook, Linkedin, Instagram and Twitter.

d) Your real estate product description must be detailed and suggestive: Don't forget that you are advertising your flat, premises, office, etc. Therefore, you have to seduce. For instance, when writing, we recommend that you always put yourself in the position of your future buyer or buyer. This requires you to think carefully about what are the strengths of the product.

Ten key questions to answer in order to make an excellent description are:

- Is it in a spectacular location? 

- Is it in a well communicated area?

- Is it close to a large shopping center?

- Will you be able to park in your parking lot?

- Does it have an elevator or is it adapted for people with mobility difficulties?

- Is it a product with a lot of square meters of useful surface?

- Are there good household appliances?

- Will you be able to sunbathe on the terrace?

- Will you enjoy swimming in a swimming pool and a communal garden area?

- Will you have the comfort of having a concierge service?

e) Search the market for the best possible price: To help you we have a real estate appraiser on our website, click on this link to learn more. If you do a proper market research you will have more demand for your product. Think about it the other way around: if the price is too high, you will attract potential loggers. In the same way if you are the future renter, it is vital to find the right price.

f) Be flexible when negotiating: We all have interests, but in the market it is necessary to 'be flexible' when it comes to setting the terms of the contract and the conditions of the lease. Of course, at all times, you must always have your limits and objectives in mind. 

g) Prepare meticulously your real estate product for the visit of a buyer or renter: 

- Treat the applicants politely, answer in a clear way their questions and worries.

- Clean and tidy the real estate product in this link we list how to do it in an excelent way. 

- Review the state of all the real estate product:  Pay special attention to toilets, kitchen or bedrooms 

- When you visit a real estate product the decoration has to be neutral and impersonal 

Do you want to make sure you don't forget anything when preparing the visit? Check this link.

h) Collect all the real estate product documents in order: Collect the title deeds, plans and permits in order and ready to be checked.

Second part: Why is better to rely on a Real Estate Agent instead on myself habilities? What added value do they bring me?   

Once you have read the first part advices, a quick answer to headline's first question emerges: a person with a job cannot do all the tasks required in a fully satisfactory way. In this link to our website you can discover our services for selling and renting. 

The legal control has improved a lot from XIX century -first real estate company was founded in 1855- .

Let's see how it was the Real Estate world before Real Estate Agencies thanks to the brilliant novel "Oblomov" by Ivan Gonxarov -you can buy it in this link-.

We summarize the plot of this book briefly: 

The book is set in the Russian Empire during the 19th century, which was a State full of corruption. In this context, the characters Ivan Matveyevievitx and Tarantyev force the protagonist, the landed nobleman Ilia Ilich Oblomov, to move into Matveyevitx's house, who works in the Administration and has knowledge of writing contracts. Then, these people extort Oblomov. They take advantage of the indolent character of the protagonist and his absolute ignorance of the legal world. Fortunately, Shtoltz, Oblomov's friend, will play the role of an honest real estate manager and return the lost wealth to him. 

Gonxarov shows us how in the Ancient Regime, a person with no legal knowledge interested in buying or renting depended on: the integrity and the business skills of the other party involved in the transaction or the administration of the property.

In the 21st century a situation like the one discribed in Spain is improbable for three reasons:

a) There is a regulation of the sector which, moreover, can be found by any citizen.

b) The sector is fully professionalized. Thus, in order to work as a real estate agent an official title is required.

c) There is consumer protection and, moreover, article 24.1 of the Spanish Constitution guarantees 'effective judicial protection' to everyone.   

The real estate agencies offer you the following added value:

- We guarantee the absolute legality of the operations.

- We have a team of professionals specialized in: buying, selling, or managing communities

- We make a market analysis based on objective data and our experience

- We carry out the management of the different incidents in your real estate product

At Finques Feliu we assure you: quietness, professional diligence and loyalty.