Selling Your Property
Selling you home represents a major step in the lives of most property owners. The property being sold usually has the memories of a lifetime embedded in its walls. Letting go can be a major source of anxiety in someone's life.....and two or more people can experience the same event in different ways.
Because of the importance of selling your property, it is crucial that you obtain accurate information about the process. Until this part of my site is complete, please contact me directly. I will help you as best I can or I will help find someone who can help you if I am not able to do so.
Current Market Value of Your Home
If you are thinking of selling your home it can be a good idea to discuss its approximate value with a person knowledgeable about such things. This person can be a real estate agent or a real estate appraiser.
You can also check out real estate listings in the local paper or real estate publication This information will be of benefit when it comes to determining what a reasonable selling price for your home would be. You don't want to ask too much. You also don't want to ask too little!
Ye olde 'rule o' thumb' seems to be: If your home is not sold in three or so weeks, the price is too high for your home's potential market.
Should I, as a home owner, get a home inspection?
It was a benefit to me when I sold my home. I retained my own home inspector to go through the home and give me the 'goods' that a purchaser's home inspector would find. I was able to do some work to take care of potential problems. That was a benefit to me and to the purchaser because problem areas had been minimized.
Home inspectors do a great job in examining areas of a house that can be seen and easily accessed. When retained by a purchaser, the home inspector is in the house with the consent of the vendor. The inspector will not do anything that could potentially damage the house.
The inspector will provide the purchaser with a comprehensive report that contains very useful information about the accessible areas of the property at the time of the inspection as well as some tremendous maintenance and money saving tips.
Don't be afraid to ask the inspector for references and take the time to speak to them. The home inspection industry is a non-regulated industry just now. Like any growing industry, there are good and bad participants. It will be well worth your time and effort to choose carefully.
If you have any questions or concerns, give me a call at the office and I will do my best to help out or check out my home inspector links.
