Step 2 To Selling Your Home: You’ve Hired Me as Your Real Estate agent. Now What?
You’ve picked your representation (me!). Yeah! Now what? Now we need to get your home ready for the market. This involves:
More paperwork. Selling your home involves a bit of paperwork.
I will send you a listing agreement via docusign.
Send Utilities Information with average monthly cost.
Fill out and return the Seller Property Disclosure.
Fill out and return the Residential Lead Hazard Disclosure if your home was built before 1978.
Shaina Concierge. If you want to maximize your net proceeds from the sale of your house, you should consider using the Shaina Concierge program. This exclusive program offers home sellers to use the equity in their home without opening a line of credit or accumulating interest. Paint, update, cleanout, stage, repair, or anything that your house could use before hitting the market. Read more about the program on the Shaina Concierge page.
Top 10 List. Write a top ten list of reasons you love living in your home. These reasons should not be things the buyers can easily see for themselves such as your gorgeous kitchen. Rather, write down intangibles that only you know such as the beautiful sunsets visible through your living room windows, that you have great neighbors, the farmers market down the street is every Tuesday, that the train going by outside stops at 10pm and is much quieter than you thought it would be, etc. Click here for examples of a Top 10 List. It can be in a letter format to Future Buyer. I then use this list in the marketing of your home.
Let me know what date you want your home to go live in the MLS. You can have your home listed as Coming Soon for up to 21 days prior to going live or, Active, which allows showings and open houses. Before it goes live on the market you need to de-clutter your home, fix any items that need to be fixed, and either deep clean it or have your home professionally cleaned. I do not recommend having your listing in as Coming Soon unless there are professional photos of your home with few exceptions.
Change the privacy settings on your Facebook page so only friends can see your posts. We don’t want potential buyers Googling you learning that you just got a big promotion at work, are moving across the country or are buying a new house because you’re having a baby. All of these items can hurt my negotiation position, therefore, it’s imperative you change your security settings to make your posts and photos private to strangers. And while you can mention on your Facebook page that you’re selling your home, don’t say why.
Once you’ve completed the above, let me know and I’ll send you your next steps.
