How to get our house ready to sell?
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I found a newpaper article online that gives you 10 hints on how to make your home more sellable.\n\nSome tips include:\n\n#1 New Cabinet Handles\n\n#2  Air conditioning\n\n#3  Ceiling fans\n\n#4  Kitchen counter replacements\n\nhttp://www.fool.com/news/commentary/2004/commentary040325sm.htm\n\nThis site also lists 10 hints (different ones)\n\nhttp://users.adelphia.net/~madsweet/marvinloans/re_article7.htm\n\n1. Get rid of clutter. Throw out or file stacks of newspapers and magazines. Pack away most of your small decorative items. Store out-of-season clothing to make closets seem roomier. Clean out the garage.\n\n2. Wash your windows and screens to let more light into the interior.\n\n3. Keep everything extra clean. Wash fingerprints from light switch plates. Mop and wax floors. Clean the stove and refrigerator. A clean house makes a better first impression and convinces buyers that the home has been well cared for.\n\n4. Get rid of smells. Clean carpeting and drapes to eliminate cooking odors, smoke, and pet smells. Open the windows. \n\n5. Put higher wattage bulbs in light sockets to make rooms seem brighter, especially basements and other dark rooms. Replace any burnt-out bulbs. \n\n6. Make minor repairs that can create a bad impression. Small problems, such as sticky doors, torn screens, cracked caulking, or a dripping faucet, may seem trivial, but they’ll give buyers the impression that the house isn’t well maintained. \n\n7. Tidy your yard. Cut the grass, rake the leaves, trim the bushes, and edge the walks. Put a pot or two of bright flowers near the entryway.\n\n8. Patch holes in your driveway and reapply sealant, if applicable. \n\n9. Clean your gutters. \n\n10. Polish your front doorknob and door numbers.
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call a broker or resale agency. they are usually connected through loan agencies.
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Dreamcatcher -- you will do fine! Your Realtor, if you picked an experienced one, will have some recommendations for you. Dont remodel the bath! Just do what he says. \n1) pick stuff up\n2) be flexible -- allow showings on short notice\n3) Greet the agent at the door, take her card, and get out of the house! \n4) IMPORTANT -- take the dogs to your moms's house until you get it sold. No kidding, dogs create apprehension -- you want relaxation! \n5) Hide small heirlooms, firearms, prescription medicine.\n6) My secret weapon -- make cookies during open houses. Chocolate chip with double vanilla. Only bake three or four at a time to keep that yummy smell in the house all afternoon. \n7) Smile.\n\nBest wishes, \n\nLeigh M\nhttp://www.LeighMaynard.com\nReal estate Typhoon since 1986
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This is going to cause lots of problems for so many reasons.\n\nIf you listed your house on FSBO but have a realtor's sign in your front yard - how will you explain that to prospective buyers without coming across as shady?\n\nAnd if that buyer has an agent? That agent is required to work with your listing agent.\n\nShort answer: Pay the commission out of your proceeds which are split between listing and buying agent but make the listing agent earn every penny.\n- Make sure the buyer is qualified\n- Handle the inspection\n- Manage the negotiation\n- Manage the contract process\n- Make sure the closing goes smoothly\n\nGood luck - I think you're going to need it.
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get him to sell his house or move back!
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Remember you only make money when you BUY a property, not when you sell it.  That means that you have to "make" your money when you buy the house.  Make sure you have enough equity in the house upfront to:\n\n1.  Repair the house for sale.  This includes all remodeling, landscaping, etc.\n2.  Carry the costs of ownership of the house while the repairs are happening.  If you take 45 days to repair the house, make sure you have 2 months worth of mortgage payments onhand.  This is called "carrying costs"\n3.  Pay the real estate agents.  Typically you will need to pay between 4-6% of your selling price in commissions to sell the house, depending on your area.  If you don't use a realtor, you can save that fee, but you might not get your property sold in a timely fashion and may eventually get less money for the house.\n4.  Cover the capital gains tax.  Remember, short term flips are taxed at 25% federal and (in CA) 9% state.  Make sure you get sound tax advice before you spend your profits.\n\nA good rule of thumb is to find out what the comps are like in the area, offer 70-80% of the comp value (this is CA, by the way .. if you aren't in a "hot" market, like CA, HI, FL, NY, etc, then offer 50-60%).  This should give you enough room to carry the loan, rehab the house and, to quote The Steve Miller Band, "Take the money and run!"
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Begin with things no longer needed around your home, ask friends and family if they have things to donate to you to sell. Everyone has stuff laying around. Just use things you have laying around to start with. It will give you practice and you will soon learn how to write the descriptions and make sure you put good pictures for people to view your item. That is the only way they know your product is really what they are looking for, remember a picture tells 1000 words as long as it shows what you are selling. \n\nHope this help and good luck with your auctions:)
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WE CAN GET LOTS OF MONEY IF WE SELL OUR HOUSE.
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Start by selling things from around your house. Books, movies, video games, clothing, whatever you have that is in good condition but you are no longer using. \n\nVisit the site below for beginner tips, good luck!
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GET A CHECKING ACCOUNT IT WILL HELP YOU IN SELLING AND YOU DEFINITELEY NEED TI FOR OEPNIGN A SELLERS ACCOUNT
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Best thing you can do is apply pressure to your realtor by suggesting that you might take it off the market or sell with someone else if it doesn't sell by a certain date.  There's lots of things they an do to generate interest in your house.\n\nIf that  doesn't work just fire your realtor (in writing) and look up a real estate investor group, and go to the meeting (there are groups like this in every state), they will sometimes by your house commission-free!\n\nLastly, you can always put it up for auction.  It sounds silly but you can generate tons of interest in a semi-desirable property by auctioning it.  There is so much pressure that sometimes you end up getting more then you thought you ever could!
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Get a realtor.  They have numerous tools and contacts that you dont, and they can suggest the right price for a "motivated seller" like yourself.\n\nLook for a realtor that is very well known in the community.  This should get you started: http://www.mibor.com/
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it depends on where you are from...try contacting your local paper and placing a classified ad.  also, study up on how to sell property yourself, it can be tricky, but it does save you the cost of an agent.
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It's probably you that got the house but call and talk to your agent ASAP.  Usually the sign would say Sale Pending.  I know in our office we run out of "Sale Pending" signs on occasion and just go right to using "Sold" signs.
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Good  luck, unlike the others here, I am not oppose to owners selling their own property.\n\nAs far as the documents you will need, you may draw up a contract on anypaper you have available.  The important items you need to have on this document is a date, the total sell price of the property, how much if anything the buyers are putting down on the property. After you do this the remaining amount left now is the amount of  money they will be required to borrow to complete the process.  You need to put a date down in which you would like to close this transaction. Allow enough time for the buyers to qualify and get a loan.  You might or might not close on this date. Not to worry very seldom do real estate transactions close on the date we would like.\n\nYou should also put in this contract who will pay closing cost, which is normally divided between the seller and buyer, though there are times when the seller might pay this. This is a not a huge amount of cash, check with the closing agent when you secure one about the closing cost and how much they are.\n \nNow you should call an escrow closing agent, some states use lawyers. Take your contract, that is signed by all parties to the transaction both husbands and wifes and anyone else involved in the transaction., to this excrow closing agent. If you are in an escrow state, call a title company, they will do all the legal work that needs to be done. You will find a title company in your local telephone book. All do the same work and are about equal so just select one.\n\nThe buyers or yourself should now contact a "Mortgage Broker" to secure a loan to pay for the portion that left after the down payment.  Their mortgage broker will set up an appraisal of the property with an appraisal that they are accustom to using.\n\nThere will be other things required of you as well as the buyer so be prepared for the long haul, just keep in mind you are now dealing with the experts of the business when you get a title company,mortgage broker,closing agent. They are not gonna do anything to lose their license.\n\nIf the buyer want to hire a house inspector let them do so. Make sure that you tell them of any items you know that need repairing,make a deal with them to get this done, sometimes this will require you to accept a lower sales price in ordere to accomudate the buyer, do so and move on.\n\nI admire you for doing this transaction on your own there are no deep dark secrets to selling your home.  The only ones that holla about people selling their homes themselves are the ones that are losing the sale commission.\n\nIf you have any questions ask them of the mortgage broker, escrow closing agent or the title company, they will assist you in the closing and insure that things are done according to federal  state laws.\n\nI hope this has been of some use to you, good luck.\n\n"FIGHT ON"
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Go around town to local garage sales. Go in the afternoon when folks are ready to deal. Buy good clean items & resell them on eBay.
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Contact a Realtor and have them call the seller.  They will negotiate their own commission with the seller.  The agent will have access to the necessary documents and contacts to complete the sale.