Sell
Selling Your Home?
Is it a Good Time to Sell?
In this market you will get top dollar for your home. As your Realtor I can give you a Market Analysis that allows you to receive fair value in your neighborhood while pricing your home to sell quickly.
Attracting Buyers
As Your Realtor I will help you by:
- Listing your home on the Tri-City Association of Realtors Multiple Listing Service (MLS)
- Listing your home on the Lower Yakima Valley Association of Realtors
- Your home will be viewed on multiple national web sites
- Placing a professional sign in front of your home
- Bringing qualified buyers to your home
- Placing effective advertising in strategic periodicals
- Co-0perating with over 1,200 Realtors from both Multiple Listing Services
As a home seller you may elect to list your home for sale with a Realtor. If you choose to hire me I will become your personal sales agent. To make this choice you need to know:
- Who is a Realtor
- What a Realtor is obligated to do for you
- How to evaluate a Real Estate Agent
Using a Realtor and the obligations that are owed to you a Realtor is bound by legal obligations:
- To put the client’s interests above anyone else’s; to keep the client’s information confidential;
- Obey the client’s lawful instructions;
- Report to the client anything that would be useful;
- Account to the client for any money involved.
- To follow the National Association of Realtors “Code of Ethics”
Evaluating a Realtor
In making your decision to work with a Realtor, there are certain questions you should ask. The first question you should ask is whether the agent is a REALTOR. You should then ask:
- Does the agent have an active real estate license in good standing?
- Does the agent belong to the Multiple Listing Service (MLS)
- Is real estate their full-time career?
- What real estate designations does the agent hold?(CRS, CRB, ABR, e-PRO, etc.)
- In exchange for your commitment, how will the agent help you accomplish your goals?
Showing Off
I have to show your home to help you sell it for the most money in the least amount of time. What does this mean?
- Being ready to allow buyer access anytime
- Welcoming buyers even when it is not convenient for you
- Do the little things that make your home a showplace
- Asking your realtor what she feels will make your home most attractive to buyers; putting your home on stage.
Get it in Writing
What is this all about?
- Accepting the offer as is, means you have a signed agreement
- Countering the offer leaves it open to further negotiation and the buyer can walk away
- You can accept offers from other buyers until your accept an offer
- Once you accept an offer, the buyer is legally obligated to purchase your home
Closing the Deal
Once your buyers have their mortgage financing approved, the house has been inspected, and you and your realtor have worked out the details. Now all you have to do is read everything carefully and sign on the dotted line. Actual closing occurs upon recordation of all the documents with the county. Transferring ownership of your house to the buyer takes place when all funds are released. Now you are done with selling your current home. If you have been looking for a new house at the same time, you will want to have your closing’s simultaneously so that the buyers take possession and you can move to your new home.
