There are a lot of decisions to make a long the way as you decide to sell your home and prepare it to be sold. This guide will walk you through the process and offer suggestions for each step of the process.

Step 1: Making the Decision to Sell
Are you ready to sell?Selling a home happens thousands of time a day and can be routine for the experienced, but if you haven't moved in a while have you asked yourself these questions:
- How are you feeling about moving? Are you motivated and ready to leave memories behind, have you review the condition of the home (is it ready to sell)?
- What do your finances look like? Do you owe less than what you home is worth?
- Have you spoken to a lender or have the cash to have the ability to position your self to be able to purchase the next home that suits your needs?
- What's my home worth? Let's Find Out
- What will be my net proceeds after the sale of your home. That is truly your bottom line. Most people look at how much they want to sell it for, but in reality you should be looking at your net proceeds and working backs to determine how much you should sell it for. Click here to request a net proceeds sheet for your home.
- What should I list my home for? This will be determined by the answers to the first two questions and what the market research tells you the market value is worth.

Step 2: Options to Selling Your Home Successfully
You have done your evaluation, feel confident in selling your home, and have an idea of what you can sell it for. The next big decision for you to make is what options do I have to sell my home?There are 3 common ways a seller will sell their home:
- Sell with the support of a real estate agent.
- List the home on your own .
- Look at offers from instant buyers.
Option 1: List with a real estate agent
- They have a much larger network and marketing reach than the vast majority of home owners.
- Real Estate agents have the ability to get in front of hundreds of agents who's job is to look for homes for their clients who are already qualified and able to purchase a home quickly. IT'S THEIR JOB!
- Time and money savings is key - Real Estate agents can find qualified buyers faster and use their experience to navigate thru the multitude of contracts and forms as well as negotiate effectively to save sellers time and money.
- They have the ability to be objective and take the emotion out of the sale. Selling a home can be very emotional and buyers can be very critical at times. Real Estate agents can help take the emotion out of it and make sure your interests are met, you are getting the most for your sale, and your sale closes.
- Finally, paying a commission to a real estate agent can be worth every penny and more. Real estate agents typically sell a home for 6-8% more than the average home owner. Reduce your time and stress and still have a larger net proceed.
- Perform an analysis of the local real estate market to price your home at fair market value.
- Assist with home preparation and staging. They will give you advice on where to spend your money and where not to waste it on repairs buyers won't necessarily care about.
- Offer a network of professionals to offer home staging, professional photography, virtual tours, and pre home inspections to help get you the most for your home.
- Marketing thru channels only available to real estate agents across 100s of website, multiple listing services, social media channels, and brokerages.
- Working with buyers to schedule appts, answer questions, and showing your home.
- Negotiate offers to get you the best price.
- Finally, handle tons and tons of confusing paperwork.
Option 2: For Sale By Owner
Saving MONEY
Saving TIME
If you decide to list your home by owner here is a Step by Step Guide to selling your home by owner.
Step Option 3: Instant Buyers

3: Preparing your Home to Sell
Repairs
Staging and decluttering
Marketing
Now you have made the decision to sell, determined how and who you are going to use to sell your home, and prepared your home to sell. Next steps get your home on the market.
For more information on what to do after your home is listed including Finding Buyers, Negotiating Contracts, and Closing a Deal reach out to a member of THE 123 SOLD TEAM.