You decide to sell property
Easy enough! Let’s get to work.
Select Bonnie Spindler as your real estate agent
Bonnie will help you with the entire process. She and her team can help with listings, exposure, scheduling and hosting home tours, and with all of the legal paperwork, negotiations, and contracts.
Determine needs
We’ll help you decide how much you want to list the house for and how quickly you would like to aim for the process to be completed.
Prepare home for marketing
You will clean the house, fix any obvious flaws that need repair, and possibly have it staged and styled for marketing photographs and home tours. We can put you in touch with some of the best stagers and contractors and oversee any projects with you.
Marketing, marketing, and more marketing!
We will list the home on the Internet, print out flyers, and post signs to advertise the sale of the home.
Accept, reject, or counter offer
Once a buyer has made an offer, you can choose to accept the offer if it meets your needs, reject it if the offer is outrageous (or if you got something better), or counter the offer.
Offer accepted
The buyer made an offer you could not refuse, but the sale is not complete just yet. The offer will include certain contingencies, including the next two steps: the loan and the inspection(s).
Loan application
If the buyer is unable to pay full price up front, which is more than likely to happen, they will have to apply for a mortgage loan with their financial institution.
Inspections
The buyer will request certain home inspections, depending on their personal concerns and on the requirements of the bank loan. These inspections will include evaluations of the property itself, the foundation, plumbing/electrical systems, and more.
Title search
This step involves searching public records to determine whether the seller has the authority to sell the property.
Appraisal
The buyer’s financial institution will require an appraisal before they can approve the loan. A certified, state-licensed professional will examine the house to determine the actual value. If the amount of their pre-qualified loan exceeds the actual value of the home, the loan may not be approved and the sale will not go through.
Loan approval
If all goes well with the inspection, title search, and appraisal, the bank should approve the buyer for the requested loan amount.
Closing papers signed
One of the last steps of the home selling process includes you, Bonnie, the buyer, and their real estate agent. Bonnie will advise you on reviewing and signing legal documents. These will include the bill of sale, transfer tax declarations, the house deed, and buyer/seller settlement statements.
Documents recorded
This step makes the home purchase a public record. The title company delivers the purchase documents to the county courthouse to make the sale official.
Funds available to seller
Typically, funds will be available to the seller on the same day that the sale is finalized. Although, the exact date will depend upon the buyer’s financial institution.
Seller moves out
You must vacate the property by the date agreed upon between both parties.
Buyer moves in
Finally, the buyer will get to move into their new home.
