Santa Rosa, california's
Featured Real Estate Agent
Six Steps to sell your home
Six Steps to Sell Your Home!
- Discuss your needs and overview the process of selling your home.
· I learn what's important to you in the sale of your home.
· Discuss my quality standards, policies & fees.
· Provide you with a "Sellers Package" of information and paperwork.
- Prepare a Market Analysis to establish the value of your home in today's market.
· Tour your home together.
· Evaluate homes comparable to yours: Active listings, recent sales, Homes in escrow.
· Establish a pricing strategy.
3. Paperwork
· Listing agreement & MLS Input sheet
· Disclosures, tax & residency forms
4. Merchandising your home and preparing it to Outshine the competition.
· Improvements you home may need: Paint, Flooring, Landscaping, cleaning.
· Staging
· Inspections
5. Managing Offers
· Simplify the offer to its basic elements.
· Compare "multiple-offers" with a matrix I prepare (if applicable).
· Respond to the offer(s):
o Accept the offer
o Counter-offer (one or more than one)
o Reject the offer
6. Open Escrow
1. Buyer’s earnest money check is deposited into the Title Company (holding) account.
2. Inspection period - buyer’s period for investigating the property.
3. Remove "contingencies" and buyers "additional cash deposit"
· Appraisal Contingency
· Loan Contingency
· Insurance Contingency
4. Arrange for your move!
5. Final walk-through.
6. Buyers provide balance of "cash to close" and closing costs.
7. Sign documents at Title Company
8. The loan "funds"
9. The deed records with the county.
10. Leave keys, door openers, lock combinations, security instructions in kitchen drawer.
Escrow Closes!
*For more information please visit Santa Rosa California Real Estate.