Selling Your Home: Seven Steps to Ensure a Smoother Transaction
Selling the home in Whittier or La Habra or where you've lived a part , or maybe even all, of your life isn't easy. It's hard to think of your home as simply a house, a piece of real estate, when it means so much to you. These tips will make selling your home go a little more smoothly.
#1. Detach from Your Emotions
Be sure to use your head and not your heart as you prepare your home for sale, set a fair opening price, and negotiate with potential buyers.
#2. Choose a Real Estate Agent You Like and Trust
You may need to interview several agents to find the right one. Choose someone with whom you "click," but also someone who isn't shy about giving you honest feedback. Centuryside Real Estate is the most qualified in Whittier and La Habra.
#3. Prepare Your Home for Sale
According to RealEstateABC.com, you want your home to be clean, inviting... and anonymous. So pack up the personal family pictures and mementos. Potential buyers want to imagine themselves living in your space, and your family heirlooms lying around make it that much harder. It's also important to keep your home clean so you can be ready to show at a moment's notice. Potential buyers may be turned off if they have to wait a long time to get into a house.
#4. Set the Right Price
Many buyers make the mistake of setting a high opening price, figuring they'll just drop it in a few weeks if the house doesn't sell. Krecker and Associates Appraisal Services in Whittier can assist you. But RealEstateABC.com warns that by the time you drop your price to a more realistic one, your house will already be "old news." People who bypassed it once as out of their price range may not be back for a second look. Work with your realtor to set a fair opening price.
#5. Disclose Defects and Material Facts as Required by Law
You are required by law to disclose any material facts and potential flaws or hazards associated with your property. Not fully disclosing these items can nullify a sales contract. Complete honesty is the only way to go.
#6. Negotiate Fairly
If a buyer is interested, be willing to negotiate a bit on price, repairing items prior to the buyer taking possession, etc. Your realtor can help you decide what is reasonable and what is not.
#7. Make Agreed Upon Repairs by the Closing Date
If you and the buyer have agreed upon certain repairs, have them completed by the closing date, and bring documentation to the closing to show that you have made the repairs.
Following these steps won't necessarily guarantee that your home will sell immediately, but they will lead to a smoother sale and a more hassle-free closing day.
This information was presented by your Colorado Denver real estate experts of Automated Homefinder.
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