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Preparing for a Home Sale
Buying or selling a home can be a challenging, time-consuming process. Protect your family's assets by taking some of the following precautions when you are buying or selling a home:
1. Call on an expert
Before making important decisions like the 'asking price' for your home, or an appropriate offer to make on your next property, make sure you are seeking the counsel of a seasoned expert. Few other transactions in your lifetime will have as significant of an impact on your family's financial health and future. The RE/MAX - Premier RealPro Group agents are professionals who have established themselves as top performers in their industry; they can apply their expert knowledge to save you time and money.
2. Know the pace of the market
Your agent will help you to establish realistic expectations of how long it will take to sell your home or to find and purchase an appropriate new property. In fast-paced markets, for example, the most desirable properties often receive multiple offers within days of being listed for sale. Making the decision to become a homeowner or to change residences are processes that require significant time and attention. Once those decisions have been made, however, you will need to be prepared to act at, or ahead of, the pace of your local market.
3. Identify your priorities
As a seller, your agent will conduct a CMA, or comparative market analysis, to determine a realistic sale price of your home. Your agent will also help you to evaluate the results of that CMA within the framework of your own needs and priorities.
4. Ask questions
You should interview your real estate agent in the same manner as you might interview any other trusted professional - from doctor to dentist, attorney to financial advisor. Make sure you understand what your agent will do for you and how he or she will be compensated.
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