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Listing Your House: Sell That House - But First List It!

Going with a full listing with an agent over doing it yourself as a FSBO-For Sale By Owner.

Let’s go over some of the services that go with a full listing and service of a real estate agent, these are just some of the services included:

-Agent puts listing on Realtor® MLS- Agents have access to the MLS-Multiple Listing service, so they can take photos, add photos and details about your property onto the MLS so that other agents can search and that data is searched by thousands. This is where agents and buyers all search for properties. This gives you more exposure where other agents can help bring buyers to your property.

-Agent gives ideas on home staging- You can learn a lot of steps about how not to clutter a house, how to put your furniture in the house, and maybe even rent furniture from another company to make your property look it’s best.

-Agent gives tips on how to get in show condition-They will show you how to make your house look best against other properties, such as making it in show condition. You may need to clean it every time you get a showing request.

-Agent will discuss today’s market value (CMA)-Get a market analysis report with recent sold comps of properties that have sold recently just like yours to find out what your property is worth. This can be done before you list your property. This is a great indicator of what your house will sell for.

-Agent will help with the purchase agreement-The purchase agreement and many forms can easily equal 15-35 pages in today’s market with all of the possible contigencies buyer ask for, inspections, financing addendums, addendums, etc etc. Let an agent go over the purchase agreement and explain all of this to you.

-Agent will help with the negotiations-Real estate agents are use to negotiating, so it’s recommended you let them do the negotiating and explain to you what your counter offer really means to you.

-Agent will help with ?’s from buyer’s agents- The buyer’s agent may have some questions, and it’s important that your listing agent answer these questions. First the agent will know some of the answers, second, the agent will tell them what should be disclosed about the property and what shouldn’t be disclosed about your situation.

-Agent will help to get a sign in the front yard- Getting a sign in your front yard is important to let others in the neighborhood know your house is for sale, and it helps for extra marketing and exposure. Agents have signs already made.

-Agent will help to post street signs- These may include directional or open house signs on the corner.

-Agent will help to put out ads for marketing- Your agent often will put out marketing in magazines, newspapers, or fliers for extra marketing of your property

-Agent will help with in-house marketing and flyers- The agent may design a flyer to be delivered or just for the house for those that look at the house on showings.

-Agent will help with seller disclosures and paperwork-There are a lot of disclosures and laws these days, paperwork, and fine print, let your agent help with this

-Agent will help with understanding buyer’s inspections-There are buyer’s that order inspections, learn from an agent what this means to you, and the timelines

-Agent will help with understanding buyer’s appraisals-Let an agent explain to you the appraisal process and the good and the bad from the outcomes

-Agent will help with updates from the loan officer-Your agent will constantly be in contact with the loan officer to explain to you where the buyer is in the loan process.

-Agent will help with the closing process-The agent will have to make sure things are moving along with the title company, buyer’s agent, loan officer and more.

-Agent will help on the closing day, reviewing closing paperwork- Let the agent explain the HUD-1 settlement statement to you and the charges and fees on there

-Agent will help get photos taken and on the MLS-Let the agent do the work of taking the photos and getting this on the MLS for you

-Agent will help with measurements, data, add to MLS- Let the agent do all of the measurements and add a lot of the info to the MLS

-Agent will help get a lockbox on my door-This lockbox will be important for that next agent to get in the property

-Agent will help with communication by email and phone- You will want to be in constant contact by phone and email with your real estate agent on any questions you have a long the way, let the listing agent earn their commission with the hard work they will show you along the way.

If you have a house you want to sell, or are thinking about it and need a home value, please email me ron@minnesotainvestors.com and I’ll put you in touch with one of my associates to help you.

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