For Home Sellers
Selling your home shouldn't be a stressful ordeal. Making the smart move of choosing a REALTOR® is your first step to ensuring that your investment in your home pays off. My services and experience allow you to focus on your move while I manage your home sale from our initial consultation to the closing deal, and beyond. I pride myself on repeat business and hope you'll come to understand why.
What I will do for you
Recent Home Sales
Getting the highest price
Closing Costs
1. Prepare a comprehensive market analysis
- Identify comparable sold properties and analyze the differences and similarities to your property
- Review current houses under contract to understand what current buyers are selecting
- Consider all properties currently listed which will become your competition
- Prepare a price opinion
2. Review your home for required disclosure issues
- Discuss issues such as termites and water damage from roof leaks or other water sources
- Examine and discuss problems such as cracks in drywall, floor and shower tile
- Examine swimming pool condition
3. Discuss staging your home
- Critically examine the front entrance including door, hardware and door mat (first impressions are critical)
- Removing excessive furniture or collectibles
- Freshen bedrooms with new linens/bedspreads
- Freshen the bathrooms with new towels
- Have carpets and tile grout cleaned as necessary
- Paint the interior; select a soft, warm neutral tone
- Clean closets and pantry so that all items are extremely organized (remove any excessive items)
- Remove any excess items from the garage; take them to a storage unit if necessary
- Plant colorful flowers in pots and flower beds (use red and yellow when possible)
- Trim trees and bushes
4. Review all documents to your satisfaction
- Listing agreements
- Seller's Disclosure Statement
- Purchase Agreement
5. Marketing the property
- MLS
- Websites
- Feature Sheets
- Office with 24/7 monitor containing your listing
- Print ads
6. Negotiating the offers
- Don't shoot the messenger
7. Coordinate all closing activities
- Appraisal
- Inspections
- Walk-thru(s)
8. Assist during the inspection and repair period
9. Attend the close of escrow document signing with you
- Celebration
What are homes selling for on your street? Use to find out what neighborhood homes are selling for, free of charge, or choose a more detailed analysis of the value of your home.
Getting the Highest Price for Your Home:
Curb appeal is key and could make a difference whether people stop and take a flyer, or drive right by. Here are a few tips to increase the curb appeal of your home . Staging your home is important. Many buyers will stay in your home longer if it's staged appropriately. I have compiled some ideas to present your home in the most effective manner .
- Title insurance fees depend on the sales price of the home.
- Broker's commission is a full-service fee and will cost anywhere between 5% to 7%.
- Local property transfer tax, county transfer tax, state transfer tax, and state capital gains tax are the charges that you'll pay for the privilege of selling your home. Credit to the buyer of unpaid real estate taxes for the prior or current year are variable and depend on when you close and when your taxes are due.
- FHA fees and costs are all fees are now negotiable between an FHA buyer and seller.
- Home inspections fees are in some circumstances paid for by the seller and include pest, radon and other inspections.
- Miscellaneous fees can accrue from correcting problems noticed during the home inspection.
