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Prepare

Quick Overview

• Prepare to sell your home: Quick overview

Considerations

• A - House Selling Situations: Got a problem?

• B - Marketing Home: Best time to sell ?

• C - Home selling "AS IS": Pros and Cons?

• D - House Trade: Swap your home?

• E - Auction Sale: Sell at an auction?

• F - Upgrades: What can sellers expect to get back?

Prepare house

• A - Exterior Appeal: Improve your "Curb appeal"?

• B - Your Home's Interior: Need improvement?

• C - Interior Improvements: Need more suggestions?

Home staging

• A - Home Staging: What's it all about?

• B - Staging Tips: Want free advice ?

• C - Home Staging Directory

Price

Pricing Overview

• Price a house to sell: Overview

Set price

• A - Home Pricing: Internet sites offer help?

• B - Leave Room to Negotiate: How important is it?

• C - “Price Points and “Price Ranges”: What are these?

• D - Home Pricing: Need tips and tactics?

• E - Asking Price: THE best source for an asking price?

Price tips

• A - Maximize Profit: Best approach?

• B - Set Asking Price: The wrong reasons?

• C - The Appraisal: Misleading?

Reduce price

• A - Asking price: Buyers aren't complaining?

• B - Lower the Asking Price: When?

• C - Drop Asking Price: How much?

• D - Price Reductions: How should you promote a reduction?

Advertise

Advertising Overview

• Advertise a house: Overview

Selling promos

• A - Home Brochure: Help sell a home?

• B - Neighbor Resource: Can neighbors help?

• C - Target your ad: An effective home flyer?

• D - For Sale Signs and Info Boxes: "Must Use" tools?

• E - FSBO Co-op Commission: Offer a commission?

Phone inquiries

• A - Phone Inquiries:Prepared to handle calls?

• B - Recorded Message: Is this a sound strategy?

Good ads

• A - Advertise the Asking Price: Yes or no?

• B - Home Sale Marketing: Effectively organized?

• C - Professional Ad Help: Need help writing your ads?

• D - Pictures of your Home; How necessary are they?

By-owner sites

• A - FSBO (For-Sale-By-Owner) sites: Pros and cons?

• B - Nationwide or Local FSBO Sites: Which are better?

• C - Flat Fee: What's it all about?

Show

Showing Overview

• Showing a house: Overview

Show home

• A - Showing Success: Increasing your odds?

• B - Subliminal Selling: Home sales techniques?

• C - Buying Signals: Can you take advantage?

• D - Traffic noise: Not a problem?

• E - Selling furnishings: Potential problem?

• F - Pets: Remove them?

• G - Two Minutes Notice: Does speed count?

Seller quiz

• A - Buyer Questions: Top 10 toughest?

Showing tactics

• A - Buyer Objections: Need a great technique?

• B - All Buyers Are Liars: Say what?

• C - Buyer Urgency: Can you promote it?

• D - Successful Salesmanship: What are the basics?

Open houses

• A - Open House: Need Tips?

• B - Open Houses: Situations to be aware of?

• C - Open House Promotion: Want an expense-free promo?

Negotiate

Negotiating Overview

• Negotiate a home sale: Overview

Purchase Offer

• A - Purchase Contracts: Opening offers?

• B - Negotiate Contract: Typical situations?

Contingencies

• A - Home Sale Contingency: Buyer contingency?

• B - Buyer Financing: Standard contingency?

• C - Real Estate Sale Contingencies: Other key ones?

• D - Attorney Review: Necessary approval contingency?

Counter offers

• A - Offer and Counteroffer: Typical scenario?

• B - Low-ball Offers: How to counter?

• C- Counteroffer negotiating: Techniques and tactics?

Negotiation Problems

• A - Buyers want to “think about it”: Procrastinating home buyer?

• B - Increase Buyers Offer: Situations provide opportunities?

• C - Multiple Purchase Offers: Negotiating multiple contracts?

• D - House Warranty: Home warranty protection?

• E - Buyer Tactics: Commissions, a buyer CMA and more?

• F - Buyer's Agents: Home buyers want a professional?

Close

Closing Overview

• The Closing / Settlement: Overview

The paperwork

• A - Home Sale Paperwork: No big deal?

• B - Title or Escrow Company: Closing functions?

• C -Real Estate Contracts: Offers or contracts?

• D - Seller Home Disclosure: Property disclosure required?

• E - Real Estate Attorney: Is a lawyer necessary?

Selling issues

• A - Cancel sales Contract: Buyers use weasel clause?

• B - Resell Your Home: Prepare to resell it?

• C - Earnest Money: Does amount provide security?

• D - Possession Date: Critical in house sale?

• E - Home Closing Checklist: Want a moving checklist?

Home inspection

• A - Home Inspection Problems: Can you minimize them?

• B - Pre-Inspection: House selling tactic?

• C - Agents and Home Inspections: How pros negotiate?

• D - Radon, Lead Paint and Mold: Addressing a home inspection?

The appraisal

• A - House Appraisal : Minimize appraisal problems?

• B - Good House Appraisal: Ensuring a good one?

• C - Bad House Appraisal: Including appraiser mistakes?

Final walk through

• A - Final walk-through: Avoid walk-through problems?

List

Listing Overview

• List your home with an agent: Overview

Select agency

• A - Evaluating: Choose a real estate agency?

• B - Switch Real Estate Agencies: How to fire your agent?

• C - Guaranteed Home Sale: Real estate agencies offer buyout?

• D - Top Real Estate Agencies: How do the best ones work?

Choose realtor

• A - Real Estate Agents: Interviewing and hiring criteria?

• B - Choosing a Realtor Agent: Seller interviewing and hiring mistakes?

• C - Referral Network Agents: Real estate sales helper?

• D - Listing Agents: Listing tactics and mistakes?

Commission savings

• A - Real Estate Discounters, Flat Fee and Fee For Service: Best choice?

• B - Real Estate Discounts: Negotiating agent commissions?

• C - Real Estate Commissions: Bonus incentives?

• D - Dual Agency: Agent represents both buyer and seller?

Listing agreements

• A - Real estate contracts: Change the listing agreement?

• B - Listing Contract Agreement Length: How long?

• C - Real Estate Commission: Payout disclosed on listing agreement?