QUESTIONS YOU SHOULD ASK YOURSELF BEFORE YOU DECIDE TO TAKE ON THE TASK OF SELLING YOUR OWN HOME...

• How long are you able to wait for you home to sell?
  
  
• Do you know how to price your home competitively?
  
  
• Are you comfortable holding open houses or allowing in strangers your home?
  
  
• If you work outside of your home, are you able to leave work during the day to show your home to prospective buyers?
  
  
• Do you know the difference between buyer pre-qualification and buyer pre-approval?
  
  
• Do you know which questions to ask lenders about buyers borrowing ability?
  
  
• Are you familiar with all of the legally required seller's disclosures and which ones are required for your home (property disclosures, lead-based paint, radon gas, sinkhole, mold/mildew, Chinese drywall, flood insurance requirements) and how to fill them out?
  
  
• Is your home in a flood zone? Does it require flood insurance?
  
  
• Do you know what an elevation certificate is?
  
  
• Many buyers are government-backed FHA & VA buyers. Do you know if the current condition of your home will pass a strict FHA or VA inspection?
  
  
• Will you provide a home warranty with the sale?
  
  
• What will you do to resolve if "offer/counter-offer/counter-counter" negotiations stall?
  
  
• Do you know what an escrow agreement is?
  
  
• How much escrow deposit will you ask for? Who will legally hold escrow deposit?
  
  
• Do you know how to properly execute a legally-binding real estate contract, disclosures, contingencies, and associated addenda?
  
  
• Do you know what a title company can and can't do for you?
  
  

If you are not sure about any of the answers to the above questions, you should definitely consider hiring a licensed Realtor® to help you sell your home.


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