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Why you Need a Realtor to Sell Your Home
As you consider selling your home, you might be thinking "Why do
I need a Realtor, what value does a Sellers Agent provide to
me?"
Here are five areas where a licensed Realtor can help you sell
your home -
SETTING THE PRICE
Pricing your home for sale is a careful balance. Set the price
too low and you end up leaving money on the table. Set the price
too high and your home will be on the market a long time, which
will make the problem worse as potential buyers think "that
house has been on the market a long time, there must be a
problem with it".
It is the Realtors job to know what homes like yours have sold
for recently, and they can utilize the detailed history of the
home sales in your neighborhood to tell whether your home - with
it's unique features, location and condition - will bring more,
or less, than similar listings. The Realtor always has the pulse
of the local and regional Real Estate market, so they know
whether the market is heating up or cooling down, and can stay
ahead of the trend, pricing your home to get you the |
highest
possible price in the least amount of time.
PROVIDE MARKETING MUSCLE
Attracting interested people to view and buy your home does not
happen automatically. A Realtor will market your home to the
widest audience of potential buyers through a well-coordinated
multimedia campaign. Of course they will use "For Sale" Signs,
Newspaper Ads, Internet websites and open houses, but you'll
also be placed in the Multiple Listing Service where other local
Real Estate agents can bring it to the attention of their
buyers. Realtors can also advertise your home on Realtor.com and
Yahoo Classifieds Real Estate where it can be viewed by anyone
in the world that is relocating to your area.
BEING OBJECTIVE
Selling a home can be an emotional experience. After all, it's
been a part of your life, perhaps the center of your life, for
years. As a third party, a Realtor can keep you focused and
provide independent feedback on things you should do, or changes
and repairs that should be made, to help the home sell. They
will also act as a buffer during negotiations. A licensed
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strict code of ethics, and work to
represent your best interests.
PRE-QUALIFY BUYERS
A Realtor can help separate the serious buyers from people that
are "just out touring homes" and this will save you a lot of
time and frustration. The Realtor will determine if buyers are
serious by getting answers to questions about their motivations
and purchasing power and by ensuring that they have been
pre-qualified for a mortgage in the amount needed to buy your
home. When the Realtor brings you an offer on your home, you can
be sure that the buyers' finances have been checked and they can
close the deal in a timely fashion.
FOLLOWING THROUGH and CLOSING THE DEAL
Selling your house is a complicated process. There are offers
and counter-offers. Then come the Contracts of Sale, inspection
reports, disclosure forms, deeds, mortgage documents and more.
There are many government-required inspections, disclosures and
releases to be signed and exchanged between Buyer and Seller.
Your Realtor keeps track of it all and sees to every detail. The
value they provide is in avoiding delays and mistakes, and
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timing of the sale of your house with the
purchase of another, so that you make a smooth transition to
your new home.
SUMMARY
Your home is probably your biggest asset. Selling it is one of
the biggest transactions most people undertake. To try to do it
without a seasoned professional beside you, is like going into a
courtroom without a lawyer.
The value that a Realtor provides to someone selling a house is
peace of mind. The marketing, the details, the paperwork, the
coordination. A Realtor does it for a living every day, and has
been through the process dozens, if not, hundreds of times. So
relax and leave the details to them. You'll find that having a
knowledgeable Realtor beside you throughout the sale of your
home is......... priceless.
About the author:
People in Davis, Woodland, and Yolo County, California look to
Vicki Walker when they need a Realtor. You can get more
information by visiting her websites Davis California
Homes for Sale and Woodland CA Real Estate
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