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Selling
Info
Why
list your house with Jon Sieck?
Jon will
provide you with a list of comparable home sales to help you establish
an accurate market price for your house.
By placing
your home on the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) your property
gains maximum exposure.
Jon will
update you with frequent reports by phone or personal visit on
what's being done to sell your property.
He will assist
you in evaluating and negotiating all offers to purchase your
property for the best price and according to your best interests.
Jon will
work with attorneys, lending institutions, surveyors and cooperating
Multiple Listing Service Realtors, associates and brokers in obtaining
all the documents needed to finalize the sale.
Prepare
for the listing appointment.
To prepare
for the listing appointment, you will need to collect and provide
the following information:
- The legal
description of the property.
- The number
or rooms and their sizes.
- Past utility
bills, property taxes and insurance.
- Information
about your mortgage, including the type, terms and assumability.
- Any liens
against the property.
- Special
items or improvements about the house. Be sure to point out things
that may not be apparent to others as they walk through the house.
- The positive
points about your neighborhood, such as demographic information
and proximity to services, shopping, schools and other areas.
Tips
and tricks for selling your home.
- Curb
Appeal
Many
people will decide to view your home or not based on its appearance
outside. Make sure your home is clean, your lawn is trimmed and
edged, or that snow is removed and ice is treated in walks and
steps.
- Welcoming
Light
During the day, open curtains and clean your windows to allow
for natural lighting in your home. For an evening showing, turn
on all your lights to show your house at its best.
- Paint
Scratched and dinged walls reduce the appeal of your home. Your
house will show best with a fresh coat of paint.
- Clean
and organize
Make sure your kitchen and bathroom are spotless. Remove unnecessary
items from your closets to make them look more spacious. Straighten
up and sweep out your garage.
Receiving
an offer.
A buyer makes
an offer by submitting a written and signed offer to purchase.
This document becomes the sales contract when signed by all parties
involved.
As the seller,
you will be given a sample net proceeds sheet. The calculations
on this sheet are done to let you see the "bottom line."
Part of this presenting the offer meeting also includes determining
that the buyer is financially qualified to make the purchase.
You now have
three options:
1. You can
accept the offer as written.
2. You can
make a counteroffer
3. You can reject the offer if it is totally unacceptable.
When both
buyer and seller agree to all terms and indicate agreement by
their signatures, the contract becomes "firm."
Multiple
offers
It is possible
to receive more than one offer to buy. All offers that are registered
before a final acceptance must be presented to the seller. As
the seller, you should hear each offer and ask questions. You
do not need to act until you've heard all offers. If more than
one offer is accepted or countered, an order of precedence must
be established, such as primary, first backup, second backup,
and so on,. Jon will answer your questions as they occur.
Jon will
present the buyer's offer to you and assist in the negotiating.
As the seller, you may accept the offer, counter with different
terms or reject the offer. Once you and the buyer find acceptable
terms and have signed the document, it becomes a valid contract.
Closing
day.
Closing day
may be from a few days after the offer is accepted to 90-120 days
later in some cases. Closing does not have to be scary. Jon will
help to make sure all the necessary inspections and paperwork
have been completed and that everything is in order so that on
closing day, everything goes smoothly.
Congratulations!
Once the
papers are signed and money is exchanged, the sale is complete.
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