Home Selling Advice

Getting Your House Ready to Sell

• Disconnect Your Emotions
• De-Personalizing the House
• Removing Clutter
• Fixing Up the House Interior
• Fixing up Outside the House

Want to Start Off With a High Sales Price?  Beware!

• Meeting with Realtors
• Which Realtor Do You Choose?
• What Happens Behind the Scenes
• Dropping Your Price... Too Late?

Types of Listing Contracts

• Open Listings
• One-Time Show
• Exclusive Agency Listings
• Exclusive Right to Sell

Details of a Listing Contract

• Price and Terms of Sale
• Real Estate Commission
• Multiple Listing Service
• Agency Duties of a Listing Agent
• Lockbox
• Resolution of Disputes

Listing Commissions and Related Issues

• About Commissions
• How and When the Commission is Earned

The Listing Agent & Marketing Your Home

• The Real Role of a Listing Agent
• Preliminary Marketing

The Listing Agent - Marketing Your House to Homebuyers

• Advertising in General
• Real Estate Office Advertising
• Individual Agent Advertising
• Open Houses

Showing Your House to Home Buyers

• Showing the House