QUESTIONS YOU SHOULD ASK YOURSELF BEFORE YOU DECIDE TO TAKE ON THE TASK OF SELLING YOUR OWN HOME...
If you are not sure about any of the answers to the above questions, you should definitely consider hiring a licensed RealtorĀ® to help you sell your home.
Fill out the form below and I will get with you ASAP to schedule an appointment to meet with you and tour your home! * Please be sure to let me know what is the best way to contact you (do you prefer email? or text? or a good old-fashioned phone call? - either way is fine by me)
- 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 RealtorĀ® to help you sell your home.
Fill out the form below and I will get with you ASAP to schedule an appointment to meet with you and tour your home! * Please be sure to let me know what is the best way to contact you (do you prefer email? or text? or a good old-fashioned phone call? - either way is fine by me)
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