Sellers: Don't List Before Doing These 3 Things

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.