You’ve decided to sell your home? Now what? Do you list it with an agent? Do you try and sell it yourself? What do you do? Should you stage your home? Should you offer owner financing? Do you list it on a website?? Do you…..AGHHHH! Don’t pull out your hair just yet! The bad news? The questions are endless. The GREAT news? The answers to those questions are within reach.
Who do you call? A local agent, of course, one from your community. If you need a reason to rely on the expertise and knowledge of a real estate agent, go no further. I’ll give you five.
1. Advertising- Agents pay, they pay dues to be allowed into listing services so that they can market your home to every other agent in your area. These are listing services that you don’t have access to. When you choose a good real estate agent, they will input your home into these listing services and begin the process of marketing your home to all the right people. These listing services are invaluable to getting your home sold. A reliable agent will know which forms of advertisement will get the most buyers to your home.
2. Contracts- Fine print!! Acronyms!! Impending DOOM!! STOP! Don’t run for the hills! A competent agent knows their way around contracts. They will insure that the contract you sign is beneficial to you and not to the other party. Generally there are two agents in a transaction, a Buyer’s agent and a Seller’s agent. If the buyer gets an agent, that agent is going to be working hard to make sure that their buyer is getting the best deal for their money. Don’t you want to make sure that you have a superhero real estate agent in your corner?
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