Seller's Guide

Step-by-Step Seller's Guide

Putting your home on the market can be a stressful process, especially when you don’t know what to expect. Fortunately, with the help of an experienced team of real estate agents and this easy to follow guide, you can smoothly complete the process. Following these steps will help you prepare so you can get organized and sell your home for the best price possible.​​​​​​​

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Step 1: Understand Why You're Selling

What do you want to accomplish with the sale of your home? Do you want to make a certain amount of money that you can put toward a larger or nicer home? Do you need to sell it as soon as possible to facilitate a move to a new city or area? Once you understand your needs, you can better craft your offer. For example, if you need to sell quickly, you might want to price your home lower than if your goal is to make a certain profit margin. Make sure you convey these needs to the Chaggar & White Realty team so we can advise you on your selling price accordingly.

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Step 2: Start Property Physical

If you’ve kept your home in showroom condition since you’ve lived in it, you’re in the minority of homeowners. In order to price your home, we’ll discuss any potential liabilities: defects or other affecting the property. We’ll help you arrange for a pre-inspection, if necessary, and discuss resource options in order to address corrections. If the property is ready to move forward, you can get rid of clutter, depersonalize the space so that buyers can envision themselves in the space, make any small repairs, and do a deep clean to make sure your home is in pristine condition.

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Step 3: Determine Selling Price

Knowing how to price your home is one of the most important parts of the selling process. When you set a fair price in the beginning, you’ll get the most interest from other real estate agents and prospective buyers. Overpricing your home could lead to reduced interest, and underpricing leads to receiving less than what your home is worth. Working with an expert team of real estate agents is the best way to determine the right selling price for your home. Experienced real estate agents can determine what other comparable homes are selling for, evaluate the current market, and may even suggest a home appraisal.

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Step 4: Develop a Marketing Strategy

We will develop a marketing strategy that is perfect for advertising your home. This involves listing the home and then driving the right people to that listing through social media campaigns, agent-to-agent referrals, traditional media, or SEO advertising. Our team creates a marketing campaign that aims to get the most possible traffic to your listing in the first weeks after becoming a client.

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Step 5: Evaluate Offers

Receiving an offer is an exciting part of the process, but it doesn’t mean the journey is over. We will evaluate each offer and make sure the party making the offer is prequalified or pre-approved by a mortgage lender and that their offer is acceptable to you. If the offer is too low, you can make a counter-offer or offer other ways to bridge the gap, such as covering some or all of the closing costs, making repairs, adjusting the move-in date, or negotiating appliances or fixtures.

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Step 6: Accept an Offer

Once we deem the offer is acceptable, we will review the proposed Agreement to make sure it’s all in order and includes the necessary components such as Earnest Money deposit amount, down payment, financing, inspection rights and repair allowances, contingencies, closing date, and a Net Sheet that includes the fees and who will pay them. Once both parties have signed all documents included in the Agreement, all pertinent parties will be notified that the contract is pending!

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Step 7: Get Ready to Close

You have accepted an offer and are now very close to the end of your selling journey. In some cases, your home may need to be formally inspected, surveyed, and appraised. You and the buyer will agree on a list of major or minor repairs that will need to be made before the house can close and any post-closing agreements. We will head up efforts to develop and execute this list, get each action item paid for by the correct party, and make sure everything is in order by the closing date. A few days before the closing date, we will contact the company closing the transaction to make sure everything is ready to go. You will be busy packing, making arrangements to move out of the home so the new buyer can take possession.

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Step 8: Close

You’ve reached the last step in the seller’s process. When you close on a home you are selling, you are legally transferring ownership of the property to the new buyer. We will meet with the company closing the transaction to sign the final paperwork and go over any issues that are not yet complete. During this time, you can also make plans to handle final details such as canceling utilities, cable, and lawn or trash services, changing the name on accounts that the new owner is retaining and ensuring the new owner has instructions for all appliances that will remain in the home.

Congratulations!

Once your home is sold, you’re free to take the next step on your journey. Whether you are relocating to a new city, moving into a larger home, or downsizing, knowing all your selling responsibilities have been taken care of will help you achieve peace of mind for your new path.

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Joshua B.

Kim is an excellent agent, very personable, and really gets to know what her clients want. She is knowledgeable, personable, flexible, and very communicative. I cannot recommend her enough!
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Christopher G.

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Brian & Sara M.

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Jonathon C.

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M. Campbell

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Preeti Chaggar is a highly skilled real estate professional. I have been working with her for the last 2 months and she found the best home for my family. She followed up from the beginning to the end and finally we are in our ...
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Seller

Preeti and Kim were very informative and professional during every step of the buying and selling process. They both answered all questions with a sense of urgency. I would highly recommend both Preeti and Kim!
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Buyer

Ms. Chaggar’s experience and professionalism were met with a true sense of pride in helping me find a home in such a competitive market. Her willingness and ability to work outside of conventional business hours as well as foll...
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Kim O.

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Brian & Sara M.

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Lisa P.

Kim is the most hard-working and thorough realtor with the highest integrity. She went above and beyond every step of the way, and ultimately helped us sell our home in less than 48 hours for significantly more than what we asked.
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