Throughout the selling process, your listing agent will serve as a reliable, straightforward advocate, who will strive to help you achieve your goals. You can count on your listing agent to:
- Clearly explain and manage the selling process.
- Help you price your property appropriately; by preparing a comparative market analysis of similar, nearby properties, that have sold recently.
- Provide our user-friendly Seller Net Worksheet; so you can calculate approximately how much money you’ll walk away with after closing.
- Tour your property, and tell you how to prepare it for showings.
- Provide digital pictures of your property.
- Provide a lockbox; so cooperating brokers, home inspectors, appraisers, and insurance agents can enter your property – without you needing to be there to let them in.
- Install an attractive, professional yard sign (where permitted).
- Upload your property information sheet onto the local MLS. Your property will also be advertised on Zillow, Trulia, Realtor.com, and a wide variety of reputable real estate marketing websites.
- Advertise and host an Open House.
- Manage all private showing requests from unrepresented buyers, cooperating brokers, home inspectors, appraisers, and insurance agents.
- Analyze feedback from private showings.
- Present each offer objectively, pointing out all of its pros and cons.
- Prepare counter-offers, amendments, notices, addenda, and other paperwork.
- Handle all negotiations on your behalf; protecting your best interests, and working to get you the best possible result.
- Work to satisfy contingencies on time.
- Review the preliminary settlement statement; so there aren’t any surprises at closing.