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What should you do to prepare your home, and yourself, when selling? Today I have five must-do actions to successfully sell your home.

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What do you have to do to prepare your home to sell? Today I have a list of the five must-do actions.

1. Recognize that all real estate markets are local. While paying attention to national trends is helpful, it is even more important to understand your local market. Area conditions will have the greatest influence on your sale.

2. Declutter. Clean up the house to make it feel open and as spacious as possible. We have a courtesy cargo trailer you are more than welcome to use free of charge. You can also get rid of belongings you no longer need by donating it or giving it away.

3. Stage your home. As statistics show, staging your home adds value to your listing. Doing so will make your property feel more organized, and will help buyers feel at home when they tour your listing. Staging is not only about design, but also about making the space feel open and comfortable. Our team works with a staging service, and we would be happy to connect you with them so that you can schedule a consultation.

Staging is not only about design, but also about making the space feel open and comfortable.

4. Interview agents to sell your home. All agents are not created equal. At the Hauer Home Team, we represent the top 1% of agents in the entire country. We highly recommend you interview as many agents as you need to make sure you hire the professional who best fits your needs.

5. Pick the best price for your home. You have to sell your home twice: Once to the buyer and then to the appraiser. At the end of the day, though, you are not the one who picks the price, and neither is the agent. The marketplace determines what your home is worth. Picking a strategic price will allow you to net the most money from the sale of your property.

If you have any other questions or would like more information, feel free to give me a call or send me an email. I look forward to hearing from you soon.

When selling your home, there are a few key things to do before starting the listing process.

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There are a few important things all sellers should do before listing their home. Today we’d like to list these steps so that you can be better prepared for your transaction.

1. Have a preliminary title search. It is always good to make sure there aren’t any liens or judgments against the property. The last thing you want when selling your home is to encounter an unpleasant surprise at or near closing.

2. Add earthquake straps on your hot water tank and install a carbon monoxide detector. Both of these are critical to ensuring your property is safe and meets legal requirements. In fact, Washington state law requires that each level of a home have at least one carbon monoxide detector. A detector is about $25 and can generally be plugged into any wall outlet.

It’s critical to ensure your property is safe and meets legal requirements before you list.

3. Take care of legal issues like distribution of sale proceeds. This can be a difficult aspect of the transaction to navigate, but my team and I would be happy to help guide you on this subject.

If you have any other questions or would like more information, feel free to give us a call or send us an email. We look forward to hearing from you soon.

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Chad Hauer
Hauer Real Estate Group
Keller Williams

7525 28th St W
Tacoma, WA 98466

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Chad@HauerHomes.com
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Frankie -“His organization does a lot of charity. I was working at the rescue mission at the time and his group, they usually go there a couple of times a year to help out, feed the homeless population, and support. So, we met there. I asked for his card, you know, maybe interested in the future. Once I found out that my family, we decided that we wanted to sell the home and move to another location we called him up and he was very happy to help me out. He gave me a lot of help, I mean, in less than a couple of days one of his associates called me up and we were just moving at lightening speed. They’re very courteous, always calling, they make you feel like a family.”

Amy -“I didn’t work with Chad directly, I worked with another member of his team. She really sat down with us during the time when she was giving us comps for the area and size of our home. She really sat down with us and taught us and she had the heart of a teacher and went above and beyond details that other realtors that we interviewed did not give us. I would definitely refer someone to the team and let them know that they really work one-on-one, are very personable, and they’re on top of all the details.”

Bethany -“He was a referral from a friend of a friend and he helped me purchase my first home about seven years ago. I was so impressed with his customer service and his attention to detail, so when I decided to sell my home I decided to stick with him. He is a passionate and driven person who is service minded. He will hold your hand through the whole process and make sure that you make the best decision for you.”

Lynette -“Great! Most of what he did was above and beyond. Some of the things that happened were quite frustrating and he was there with a solution every time.”

Yvonne -“Chad sold my house in one day! He also helped me with the process, he gave me advice on how to best sell my house on whether or not to do that by owner, what type of financing to request, he put me in contact with a real estate attorney. He sold my house in one day and helped me do all of this stuff, so I think he did pretty darn good!”

Rob Lenza -“And one of the reasons that we continued to use him is because of the dedicated resources that he gives to the clients. In particular, the marketing resources and the additional staff members that kind of helped and push everything forward. In my opinion, that kind of goes above and beyond the one-person real estate agent who doesn’t do a whole lot of marketing and that sort of thing.”

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