Sellers

Where do I start?

Selling a home isn't as simple as putting an ad in the paper or hanging a sign out front.  Today's difficult market is making an already-difficult process even harder.  But there are some proactive steps you can take as a seller that will give you a competetive edge in the market.

In a nut-shell, there are four primary steps to selling a home.

• Determine your motivation/goal.  Do you need to sell fast?  Can you bide your time and wait for top dollar?  Knowing your true motivation for selling and what you want to accomplish may have a significant effect on some of the other steps.
• Prepare the home.  You want to attract the greatest number of buyers and show them the potential of the home, not your collection of Albanian pie plates.
• Price the home.  Start with a comparative market analysis and see how your property stacks up to the competition.  We provide a professional CMA for free!  Then, using the CMA, the information from #1 above, and a few other factors, you will determine how to best price your property.
• Take it to market.  Before you can sell, you have to show the goods to a ready, willing, and able buyer.  Marketing the home correctly will ensure it's in front of as many eyes as possible and will increase the odds of finding the right buyer.

There's much more involved, but this is a good foundation to build on.  If you're interested in learning more, take a look at some of the tools below, read through our web site, or contact us.  We're happy to answer your questions, talk about the local market, or explain our services and how we can help you sell your home.