When selling your yacht, having it priced right, attractively presented, and all of the advantages understood by your broker will improve your chances of getting an offer.
- Consider a pre-market survey to identify deficiencies.
- Disclose your vessel history – Any major repairs? Flooding? Lightning strikes?
- Offer your maintenance records for review to potential buyers.
- Remove your personal items.
- You only get one chance to make a first impression – keep your boat clean and smelling fresh.
- Stage the interior to make your boat more inviting.
- Explain why you are selling – moving to a different boat or getting out of boating?
- Look very closely at your first offer, often times they are the best.
- Take the time to go over all of your boats features with your listing broker so that they can understand all of your upgrades and advantages.
- Price it to sell today – don’t chase the market down or wait for a buyer to show up in six months.
