How to Sell a Mobile Home in Melbourne, Florida
Located on Florida's east coast, Melbourne is between the Kennedy Space Center and Disney World and has plenty of coastal beaches. When selling a mobile home located in Melbourne, Florida, you need to decide whether you're selling just the mobile home or the mobile home and its land. If you've got a nice spot on the ocean, you'll have little trouble finding a buyer.
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Research the mobile home market in surrounding towns like Palm Bay, Satellite Beach and Indian Harbor Beach. Look up mobile homes for sale by owner or several sales sites (see Resources).
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Write down the prices of homes that have similar amenities to yours and are in communities close to Melbourne. If your mobile home has three bedrooms, compare three bedroom mobile homes and pay less attention to the price of homes with two bedrooms.
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Determine a sales price for your mobile home once you've compared it with similar houses. If your mobile home is gently used, you'll get less money than one that looks new. If you have a newly renovated kitchen or a great plot of land, adjust your price so that its higher than similar homes. If you need to make a quick sale, place your mobile home at a below average rate.
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Clean your house, inside and out. If you plan to list your mobile home for sale, you want to get it looking its best for photographs. My Great Home recommends mowing your lawn and putting flowers outside your house, scrubbing the bathrooms, drawing curtains inside the home to let in more light and removing any furniture that makes the space look cluttered.
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Photograph your house, making sure to get pictures of every room. You'll post these in your mobile home sales listing. Then create a listing for your mobile home.
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Place your mobile home for sale on several different sites like the ones you browsed earlier. Post your description and your photographs.
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Advertise your mobile home in Florida Today, Brevard County's local newspaper (see Resources). Residents of Melbourne and other Brevard County towns will see your listing and may be interested in purchasing your mobile home.
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Show your mobile home to any interested parties who read the newspaper or online listings. If you're having trouble selling your mobile home, contact a Melbourne realtor or continue the efforts to sell on your own and lower the price to spur offers.
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