{"id":1616,"date":"2022-01-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chrisbuyshomesstlseller7.carrot.com\/?p=1616"},"modified":"2025-02-15T15:25:56","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T15:25:56","slug":"house-selling-psychology-in-kansas-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisbuyshomeskc.com\/blog\/house-selling-psychology-in-kansas-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Selling Psychology: What Secret Messages are You Sending Your Buyers in Kansas City"},"content":{"rendered":"Selling psychology is always involved when is comes to real estate. You are sending your\u00a0potential buyers messages, whether you know it or not! Make sure you are sending the right message! Discover what you are telling them in our latest blog post!\u00a0<\/em>\n\nTo really understand your buyer, you must know who they are. While you don’t want to\u00a0stereotype, you can educate yourself on the demographics of your area. Are there more families or more singles? Recent grads or\u00a0older, retired couples? Think about who your buyer is likely to be. Picture them and even give them a backstory! Think about what they’re going to want to see in a home they purchase and give them that!\n

Clutter Makes Your Buyers Feel Intrusive<\/h3>\nAnd if you feel intrusive, you won’t feel comfortable, and if you don’t feel comfortable, you aren’t going to make an offer. Personal items make people viewing your home feel intrusive and like they are somewhere they shouldn’t be. This is NOT the vibe you are trying to give off! They need to be able to picture themselves in the house, and that might be difficult with your wall of bowling trophies or the\u00a0life-sized family portraits.\n\nClean up all personal items and\u00a0any\u00a0clutter\u00a0laying\u00a0about. Don’t leave paperwork out or\u00a0pictures on the\u00a0fridge. You want to\u00a0home to\u00a0feel\u00a0clean, inviting and relaxed.\n

Get The Home Ready For Your Buyer<\/h3>\nBuyers aren’t going to want to come in and make a ton of changes. A family with small kids isn’t likely to make an offer on a pool home with accompanying\u00a0cactus garden. If families are a dominant market segment\u00a0in your\u00a0neighborhood, you\u00a0might want to keep\u00a0them\u00a0in mind and\u00a0make\u00a0safety precautions when making\u00a0upgrades to the home.\n\nOn the flip side to this, having Princess Elsa murals in the kid’s room might subconsciously deter a retired couple. People need to easily be able to imagine themselves in the space. Having a more plain and neutral room, allows their imagination to easily picture them in their new office, or guestroom. Think\u00a0with your\u00a0buyer in mind\u00a0when you are\u00a0getting the home ready for\u00a0showings! Keep the\u00a0house fresh, clean, warm and sleek to attract the\u00a0highest number of potential buyers!\n

Have A Purpose<\/h3>\nSometimes people have multiple uses for one room. For example, a guest room and office space. Or a gym and playroom. This is\u00a0practical and functional for your family. However, to potential buyers, it can subconsciously be confusing and overwhelming. A defined office is a place someone can picture themselves in easily. And if they choose, they can imagine changing into something else. But let them think about different options for the space on their own. Defining the rooms will make the home feel more orderly, organized and appealing.\n

Stage Away<\/h3>\nProperly staging your home is a critical factor if you are looking for a fast sale at the price you want. A lack of order, tidiness, and neatness can give off the vibe that you are apathetic when it comes to your home. If you don’t take care of the things people see on the surface, what else are you not taking care of? Well planned staging tells people that you take pride in your home. This adds perceived value and will tell potential buyers that you have taken care of the property.\n

Are you looking for creative methods to stage and sell your Kansas City home? We can help! Send us an email here<\/a>, or give us a call today! (816) 720-7760<\/h3>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Selling psychology is always involved when is comes to real estate. You are sending your\u00a0potential buyers messages, whether you know it or not! Make sure you are sending the right message! Discover what you are telling them in our latest blog post!\u00a0 To really understand your buyer, you must know who they are. While you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[149],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-home-selling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisbuyshomeskc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisbuyshomeskc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisbuyshomeskc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisbuyshomeskc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisbuyshomeskc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1616"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisbuyshomeskc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1616\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18850,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisbuyshomeskc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1616\/revisions\/18850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisbuyshomeskc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisbuyshomeskc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisbuyshomeskc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}