Seller's Guide

What do you want to accomplish with the sale of your home? Do you want to make a certain amount of money that you can put toward a larger or nicer home? Do you need to sell it as soon as possible to facilitate a move to a new city or area? It's important for us to be on the same page with what your goal is in selling. Your motivations in selling can affect your negotiating power and can help me with pricing your home correctly to ensure you get the highest offer for your home in the timeline that works best for you.

If you’ve kept your home in showroom condition since you’ve lived in it, you’re in the minority of homeowners. Once you price your home, it’s time to start getting it ready to be shown to potential buyers. This includes getting rid of clutter, depersonalizing the space so that buyers can envision themselves in the space, making any small repairs, and doing a deep clean to make sure your home is in pristine condition.

Receiving an offer is an exciting part of the process, but it doesn’t mean the journey is over. We will evaluate each offer and make sure the party making the offer is prequalified or pre-approved by a mortgage lender and that their offer is acceptable to you. I will help to point out the differences between offers and how those differences could affect the closing process. There are many things to look at in an offer starting with total purchase price, due diligence money, earnest money, loan type, closing date, closing costs, and more. This is where having an experienced agent comes into play to negotiate on your behalf.

You are now very close to the end of your selling journey. If you agreed to any repair requests from the buyer then this is the time to get those arranged. I have a contact list full of handyman, electricians, plumbers, contractors, and more to get any job done. If you haven’t done so already, you also need to make arrangements to move out of the home so the new buyer can take possession after closing. Unless a seller possession after closing agreement was made, you would be expected to bring the keys to your home to closing to give to the buyer. This means you should be planning your move at least a week prior to closing.