Understanding the Selling Process/Feeling a Bit More Comfortable… In my many years of real estate sales, I can honestly say that I’ve never heard a home seller exclaim that they enjoyed the process of marketing their home. It is a disruptive process to normal home life, with outsiders making judgments about good taste or…… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Sellers
The Importance Of A Carefully Chosen Price…
If we take a particular home that has just been listed for sale and introduce the property to a buyer relocating from, say, Chicago and to a second buyer from Mason City, Iowa, it is possible that one may see the home as a bargain and the other substantially overpriced. The “Bargain Buyer” in…… Continue Reading
Create A Positive Showing – You Get Only One Chance!
When agents tour your home with clients or preview by themselves, you only get one chance to make a good impression, so you want to make that visit count. Admittedly, even if your home is priced right and shows like a million dollars, the layout and/or amenities, and/or location may not fit certain buyers, and…… Continue Reading
We’ve Received An Offer On Our Home – Now What…?
INTRODUCTION: For home sellers, this message from their agent is welcome, at least most of the time. Nowadays, most offers to purchase are sent to me, your agent, via e-mail attachment and would need to contain an acceptable mortgage pre-approval letter for the buyer, a properly completed and signed purchase agreement, and, though not absolutely…… Continue Reading
Radon Mitigation
Radon is an important issue here in Minnesota as I mentioned in my blog on the subject:http://johnchrisney.com/?p=742 The cost to install a radon mitigation system ranges between $500 to $2,000 , depending upon the home’s configuration, with a generalized average in my experience of around $1,400 or so. You can view a typical installation by…… Continue Reading
What is Arbitration?
YOU DIDN’T TELL US…! WE DIDN’T KNOW…! WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT…? The seller disclosure document stated that they never had water in the basement, yet after the first modest spring rain you found several puddles around the laundry tub; the seller stated that there were never any sort of infestations, yet…… Continue Reading
Staging a Home…Why It Matters…
Homes sell for emotional reasons! Yes, even rental properties have emotions tied to them as well. Emotions are behind home purchases and staging plays directly to the emotional appeal of a home. Great staging leads to great home photos, and agents more and more are relying on MLS photos as the basis for developing home tours…… Continue Reading
Projects to Improve a Home’s Marketability…
Before placing the marketing of your home in my capable hands, you might want to consider some projects that will improve the marketability of your home. When I use the term “marketability”, I’m thinking more about the length of time it takes to sell your home than I am about price, because, frankly, the two…… Continue Reading
Why Should I Pay for Buyer’s Closing Costs?
“I had to pay my own closing costs when I bought…” Everyone knows that real estate transactions almost always involve some degree of negotiating between buyer and seller. Buyers have been aided dramatically by low interest rate mortgages and the attendant low payments, but they may not have enough extra cash to comfortably handle both…… Continue Reading
Sellers Disclosure
The Seller Disclosure Statement pictured here needs to be filled out entirely by all home sellers, and must be available for buyer review at the time your home is listed for sale. It has been my experience that the more you disclose about your experiences while living in your home, the better it is…… Continue Reading