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Are you selling a home in Orlando or the Central Florida area? If you are, you will find everything you need here. On average American home owners sell a home every five to seven years. With home owners only facing a move every five years or so, it’s understandable to see why their not particularly comfortable with the home selling process. Even in a flourishing seller’s market, selling a property can offer many unforeseen challenges.

Selling FSBO (For Sale By Owner) - Some sellers think if they just put a “for sale by owner” sign in the front yard and wait a while, someone will come by and buy their house and that’s the end of the story. Well, that may very well happen. Everything may go smoothly. But… what if it doesn’t?

Does your contract protect you? Who’s holding the escrow deposit? What if termites are found during the home inspection? What if the buyer disappears after you’ve signed and executed a contract? What if your buyer is really a professional real estate scam artist? What if you realize you sold your home for much less than you could have gotten with a professional Realtor? With so many potential problems, is selling your home yourself really worth the risk?

Selling your property using a Realtor - Others sellers may decide to hire a real estate agent, but base the hiring decision solely on the lowest possible commission rate. This can be even more disastrous than selling on your own. Just like buying a car, you really do get what you pay for. In real estate however, paying for an expert real estate agent that is trained to out-negotiate a lesser agents often results in the seller walking away from the closing with more money in their pocket.

Selling your home using a RE/MAX agent – Our sellers have decided to sell with us and benefit from our proven systems and techniques. As award winning RE/MAX agents and ABR, CRS, GRI, Realtors, you can relax and let us handle everything. We’re committed to creating a smooth transaction for you every step of the way and supporting you by keeping the lines of communication open and flexible! Why not contact us now?

The home selling process - How to sell real estate

Selling a home and relocating can be an exciting experience. The prospect of relocating to a new home and community offers endless possibilities. Whether you’re relocating due to a promotion at work or downsizing as an empty-nester, you can make your real estate dreams a reality. By planning your move, you can avoid the nightmares along the way, by knowing what to do and when to do it.

The Home Selling Process

1. Choose a real estate agent to help sell your home. You should consider speaking with two or three real estate agents from different brokerages. Before you interview the different agents, it’s a good practice to prepare a list of questions important to you so you can better gauge who is more suitable in meeting your home selling needs. Having the right real estate agent to sell your home is the most important steps of selling. Choose your agent wisely and above all, choose an agent you feel comfortable with and like. Your agent will help you make the largest sale of your life, so find someone you think will do a good job!

Here is a list of questions that may be helpful when interviewing prospective real estate brokers.

• What is the current market situation and how does that affect me?
• How many years have you been in business FULL TIME?
• What professional designations do you hold?
• Have you been professionally trained in negotiations?
• How long have you sold houses in this area?
• How many houses did you sell in the past year?
• What do you charge (commission)?
• If I were to work with you, how would you market my house?
• Since nearly 70% of buyers start their search on the internet, what are you doing in online advertising to market homes?
• Can you give me names and telephone numbers of other families that have used your services?

2. Prepare Your Home For Sale
Your agent will give you ideas that will help you prepare your home for sale. Your agent should also have information that will help you planning your move.

3. Pricing Your Home For Sale
Now that you have your real estate agent, setting the list price for your home can make all the difference. Price your home too high and nobody will show up. Price your home too low and you leave money on the table at closing. Pricing is a complex issue. Your agent will prepare a FREE market analysis (CMA) and provide you with all the information necessary for you to an informed pricing decision.

4. Putting Your Home On The Market
So, now you have your agent, your home is prepared for sale, you have decided on a listing price, it’s time to actually list your home and officially put it on the market. You will be signing a listing agreement with your agent’s brokerage. Two of the documents you should be prepared for are the listing contract and the seller’s disclosure. Your agent may provide you with a prelisting package that includes these documents, so you can be prepared in advance.

5. Showing Your Home To Buyers
Now that you're prepared to show your home, let’s highlight a few key showing rules to follow.

• First, it is always best if you aren’t there when the buyer’s are. The buyers need to feel comfortable viewing your home and if you are there they will feel as they are imposing on you. Their reaction will be to get out of your way as soon as possible. This is not what you want to have happen when you are trying to sell. So, let’s give the buyers space.
• Second, uncluttered, clean spaces are always important. Nobody wants to buy a small house. Even the largest of homes can seem small if they are filled with clutter.
• Third, Clean, clean and clean. It makes a big difference.
  Here are some other ideas for preparing your home for showings.

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