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Answers (6)
- Sarah Focht, "Realtor76087"
- Contributions:132
Caroline is correct. If you know your square footage and acreage, which can usually be found on the appraisal district web site, a good appraiser will tell you that a good Realtor can do a marketing analysis free of charge and give you much of the information that they will charge $200 to $500 for. You should remember that there are many Realtors out there and you will be working with this person for possibly 6 months or longer. You should treat this as you would any other estimate on your home. A good Realtor will tell you the reality of your local market and not just what you want to hear in order to get the listing. Remember also that your neighbor down the street asking a certain amount for their property means nothing until they actually sell their home. The sold amount is the important number for you and a Realtor can get that number for you most of the time.
- Caroline York, "CarolineYork"
- Contributions:178
First find out how much your present home is worth and how much equity you have in it. The quickest and most accurate way is to get it appraised. In today's market price is crucial in a quick sale. You have options in selling your home. You can sell it yourself. List with a partial service broker or hire a full service broker. If you choose the latter you should interview at least three local agents that specialize in your neighborhood. If you do not want to pay for an appraisal then have each of these agents prepare a Comparative Market Analysis. Ask very precise questions on how and where they will market your property. 92% of home buyers begin their search on the internet. So ask on what websites they will post your property. There is no set commission rate so make sure you know what commission you will be paying.
To maximize the amount you get for your present home make sure it is clean, uncluttered (pack up half of what you have) and freshly painted. Curb appeal is extremely important so have someone drive by your home and give you an honest opinion on what needs to be changed or repaired.
If you want to move you will have to think of yourself as a buyer when walking through your own home. If you wouldn't want to buy it why should someone else.
To maximize the amount you get for your present home make sure it is clean, uncluttered (pack up half of what you have) and freshly painted. Curb appeal is extremely important so have someone drive by your home and give you an honest opinion on what needs to be changed or repaired.
If you want to move you will have to think of yourself as a buyer when walking through your own home. If you wouldn't want to buy it why should someone else.
- Guy Gimenez, "Broker and Investor"
- Contributions:58
Assuming you're looking for an agent to help you in your sale and purchase, make sure you do your homework before interviewing. Otherwise you will only get "canned" answers that really don't help you determine the knowledge, skills and competence of individual agents.
A good rule of thumb is to believe only half of what you see and none of what you hear. Verify, verify, verify.
- Helen Edwards, "Helen Edwards"
- Contributions:478
Congratulations on moving on up! Ask your friends, co-workers or family if they could refer you to a good agent. Call them to interview and explain your situation. They will do a comparable market analysis ( CMA ). Their MLS system can pull up all sold listings matching your home as well as what is available on the market now. Happy hunting!
- Darrell Self, "Darrell Self"
- Contributions:349
You definitely want to consult a Realtor in your area to get you a CMA as the other agent mentioned. You want to let them know if there is anything unique about your property to help them price the home correctly. Get a reccomendation from your friends or family or search here by your zip code. Another idea is look and see which agent or agency has the most homes listed in your area.
- ConnieK_Oklahoma
- Contributions:2899
If you don't get a response from an agent on here for your question, you might look in the directly for your zip code and find one there. There are a lot of agents that don't interact with the advice section but are still very knowledgable and able to help you. Good luck.
Ask them for a CMA on your house and ask them to do a custom search for you on homes that fit your critieria. there are likely many more houses for sale than what you see on zillow.
Ask them for a CMA on your house and ask them to do a custom search for you on homes that fit your critieria. there are likely many more houses for sale than what you see on zillow.
i have a home and i would like to sell this home to move to a 3 bedroom and two bath house
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