Selling your house Nolo's essential guide
Book - 2015
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Berkeley, California :
Nolo
2015-
- Language
- English
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- Physical Description
- volumes : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes index.
- ISBN
- 9781413330427
- Introduction: What's Ahead in Selling Your House
- 1. First Steps: What You Can Do Right Away to Get Ready to Sell
- No Need to Wait: Start Fixing and Decluttering!
- Assessing Your House's Best Features
- Aiming for a Particular Sale Date?
- What Else Is for Sale in Your Area?
- How Much Will You Spend to Sell Your Home?
- 2. Getting Expert Help: Hiring a Real Estate Agent, Lawyer, and Accountant
- Hiring a Real Estate Agent
- Hiring a Real Estate Attorney
- Hiring a Tax Expert for Advice on Your Home Sale
- 3. Prep Work: Preinspections, Repairs, and Improvements
- Root It Out: Inspect It Yourself
- Hiring a Professional Home Inspector
- To Fix or Not to Fix?
- Skipping All Repairs: Selling "As Is"
- What About Remodels or Home Improvements?
- 4. Telling Buyers What You Know: Disclosure Laws
- What's on the Typical State Disclosure Form
- How Far Should You Go in Disclosing?
- Your Real Estate Agent's Obligation to Disclose Home-Related Information
- When and How to Give the Form to Prospective Buyers
- Legal Liability If You Disobey State Disclosure Laws
- Federal Lead Disclosure Laws
- State Laws on Location of Sex Offenders
- 5. Spiffing Up Your House: Decluttering, Cleaning, and Staging
- First, the Basics: Declutter, Depersonalize, and Clean
- Dress-Up Time! How Staging Works
- Should You Hire a Professional Stager?
- DIY Staging Outside: Maximizing Curb Appeal
- DIY Staging Inside: Room by Room
- Ta Da! Finishing Touches Before a Showing
- 6. Pricing Your House to Sell-and Sell High
- Step One: Take Your Local Real Estate Market's Temperature
- Step Two: Evaluate How Well Located and Desirable Your Home Is
- Step Three: Determine Your Home's Market Value
- At Last, Set the List Price: High, Low, or In-Between?
- 7. Websites, Open Houses, and Other Marketing Tools
- Knowing Your Audience
- Maximizing Your House's Online Exposure
- Other Ways of Getting the Word Out
- Financial Incentives for Buyers
- 8. Receiving and Evaluating Offers
- When and How You Will Receive Offers
- What the Buyer's Offer Will Look Like
- I Like That One! Choosing Among Competing Offers
- Evaluating the Financial Parts of the Offer
- Evaluating Offer Contingencies and Terms
- Evaluating the Buyers' Agent
- Back and Forth: From Offer to Contract
- Making Multiple Counteroffers
- Signing the Purchase Contract
- 9. Demystifying Your House Sale Contract
- What You Should-Or Shouldn't-See in Your Purchase Contract
- Adding Your Own Contract Terms and Contingencies
- 10. Keeping Up Momentum, From Escrow to Closing
- Taking Care of the House While Under Contract
- Getting Past the Appraisal Contingency
- Dealing With Buyer Delays in Removing the Financing Contingency
- Dealing With the Inspection Contingency
- Dealing With the Title Contingency
- Preparing for the Buyers' Final Walk-Through
- Dealing With Damage to the House While Under Contract
- What If You Need to Back Out of the Deal?
- What If the Buyers Back Out?
- The Big Day: Your House Closing
- After the Party's Over (or at Least the Closing)
- Recap and Review With Your Agent
- Make an Appointment With Your Tax Accountant
- 11. Selling Without an Agent: Smart or Scary?
- FSBO-The Way to Go?
- Oops, the Buyer's Agent Wants a Commission!
- Doing Your Own Marketing and Advertising
- Receiving an Offer and Negotiating a FSBO Deal
- Index