8 steps for selling your home.

1. 8 Steps For Selling Your Home
By Preston Guyton
There are many steps involved in the home selling process. While it
may seem like a daunting task in the beginning, a little preparation,
hard work, and guidance from knowledgeable professionals can help
ensure that the process goes smoothly. Let's take a look at the 8
steps to selling your home in any market.
1. Interview Realtors - One of the single most important things that
you can do is to surround yourself with a skilled real estate team that
will help guide you along your path to selling your home. Make sure to
interview several different Realtors and ask them how they would
price and market your home. Then, pick the individual or team whose
plan you liked the best.
2. Make Necessary Repairs - Now is the time to complete those
important maintenance projects and cosmetic repairs around the
home. Many sellers opt for a home inspection so that they can make
sure their future closing won't be held up due to an unexpected repair
item.
3. Set a Price - Now that you are working with a knowledgeable
Realtor and your home is functioning properly it is time to set a price.
Take a look at recent home sales and pricing trends for your
neighborhood, and decide on how aggressively you want to price the
home. Having the right price can mean the difference between a
home that sells quickly, and one that sits on the market for several
months.
4. Clean and Depersonalize - Give you home the most thorough
spring cleaning you have ever done. Wash the windows, touch up
paint, and get rid of or store any unnecessary items to make your
home look more spacious and clean. Additionally, it can be a good
idea to bring in neutral paint colors and decorations because you want
the buyers to focus on the homes personality and not your personal
tastes.

2. 5. Market the Home - Now you are ready to put the home up for
sale and invite people to take a look. Follow up with your Realtor on
their marketing plan, as they will be the most responsible for making
this step a success, but don't forget to mention to friends and family
that you are moving. They might know someone that is looking for a
home just like yours.
6. Negotiate a Contract - When you get your first offer on the home
you will need to look it over with your Realtor to understand the
different elements of the contract and discuss possible counter
proposals.
7. Complete Closing Requirements - After finalizing the negotiated
contract you will need to go through the process of packing up the
home and making the repairs found during the buyers inspection.
8. Go to Closing - Finally you have reached the last step before the
sale of your home is complete. Sign the documents that transfers
legal title to the new owners, pay the real estate commissions and
any other additional fees negotiated in the contract, and receive a
check for the balance of equity after the mortgage has been paid off.
These 8 simple steps to selling your home will help guide you to a
successful closing.
Preston Guyton is a Realtor and Custom Home Builder serving the
Myrtle Beach real estate market. For more information on Myrtle
Beach homes and properties, contact Preston today or visit
http://www.PrestonGuyton.com.