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There's More to Selling Your Home than a "For Sale" Sign In Your Front Yard: Beware.
Even if a simple sign in your yard did produce a buyer knocking on your door, how will you handle the following questions:
- "How does your home compare to others like it?"
- "How did you determine the fair market value of this property?"
- "What about financing? Can you help?"
- "If I make an offer, who will draw up the paperwork?"
- "Why aren't you using a RealtorŪ? Is there something wrong with the property?"
- "Since you aren't using a RealtorŪ, we can take their fee right off the top, right?"
Selling your home is one of the most important financial transactions you will make in your life. Don't take risks. Selling your home is nothing like selling a car. Every home is different, and every homebuyer wants to offer you as little as possible. How do your determine the real market value?
Almost all homes are sold using a RealtorŪ. As a top Malvern, Paoli and West Chester real estate professional, it is my job to help you negotiate with all those buyers who want something for nothing. Not to mention preparing your home for sale, marketing it locally and even nationally, and guiding you through the complex paperwork and pitfalls of escrow and closing. Make sure you are really ready to handle all of that before pounding that sign into your front yard. Errors can be extremely costly.
Remember: Buyers want to offer you as close to nothing as possible! While that "For Sale By Owner" sign might sound like a good idea, it usually means a different thing to buyers: "Try to steal this one."
If you must sell your own home, at least let me give you a sense of its true market value. Tell me a bit about your home, and I'll do a quick Comparative Market Analysis and let you know what I feel it is worth. I'll also describe, as an experienced, top Malvern, West Chester, Exton, Devon, Berwyn, and Paoli RealtorŪ, how I would market your property. This is free, with no strings attached. Simply fill out the form and I will quickly get back to you...
Home Owner Concerns
Flood Plain
Selling your home means you have to, by law, disclose all issues that may have an impact on the Buyer. One thing that folks usually don't think about, is whether your home is located in, or has been recently designated as a flood plain. Here is a link from FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Association) that can help you determine the history of your current home as well as to check out your new home.
Asbestos
You should check into whether your home has asbestos as well. The government provides a great website to get you up to speed with what you should know about asbestos and the effects asbestos can have on people (children especially). Visit this link http://www.epa.gov/asbestos/pubs/pubs.html for more information.
Air Quality
Many sources can affect the quality of the air inside your home: oil, gas, tobacco products; building materials and furnishings that may contain, asbestos, household cleaning products and even your central heating and cooling systems and humidification devices. Also, outdoor sources such as radon, and pesticides. Learn more about Air Quality and what you can do to improve your air quality here.
Environmental Issues
The environment we live in is affected by many things. Click HERE to learn about what sources cause environmental problems and what you can do as a homeowner and consumer to help!
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Working With An Agent >Real Estate Match Makers When you list your house with a real estate agent who participates in the Multiple Listing Service (MLS), you get a lot of service for your money. Depending upon the MLS region, there may be hundreds of participating members.
The real estate agent who lists your home works to get it sold. This is done by marketing directly to home buyers, but an even more powerful tool is marketing your home to other agents who have buyers. Your real estate agent makes all the crucial information about your home available to the other members through the MLS, such as location, size, the number of rooms, the style of architecture, what personal property is included, and any other special features. The MLS description will also contain information about any special financing that might be available, showing instructions, and special needs you may have with respect to closing. It is a powerful tool for real estate matchmakers.
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What house is thought to be the first one designed by Frank Lloyd Wright?
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Charnley House in Chicago, Illinois, is considered to be the first home designed by Wright while at Adler & Sullivan. |
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