The Listing Process
Steps I take to list your home:
The purpose of researching county records is to fully represent the property. We need to ensure the tax figures we use are for the proper year and to determine if there are any outstanding assessments.
The documents needing to be signed at the time of listing are both disclosures, things I am obligated to discuss with you, and agreements or listing contracts. Listing agreements spell out the terms and conditions under which we work together as a team. Some of those disclosures must be left in plain sight for buyers to review when first seeing the home. This includes the Truth in Sale of Housing (TISH) and the seller statement of disclosure. The seller statement is a 10-page document you fill out
concerning the property during your ownership.
I will fully explain all the documents and, providing you are comfortable moving ahead, will have you sign. You will receive copies of all documents you sign.
Finally, I will complete an “Estimate of Net Proceeds.” This is a rough estimate of what we might expect from a sale in the market place. I like to use this first estimate as a “worst case scenario.” This way we hope to expect higher offers.
Once I go back to the office with all the paperwork, it is handed over to the office staff and they will upload the information. Once uploaded they contact me to let me know the home is “live.” At that point, I upload all the photos from the photographer, along with the disclosures required.
Showings can start within an hour after your home has gone “live” on the Multiple Listing Service.
- • Research county information Taxes / Assessments
- • Draft 15 Documents of disclosures and agreements
- • Prepare an in-home information folder / Seller statement of disclosure
- • Explain all forms to owner and get signatures
- • Complete an “estimate of net proceeds” for the seller
- • Attach a lockbox to the property
- • Turn in all agreements and disclosures to office staff
- • Office staff uploads listing to the Multiple Listing Service
- • Upload photos and all disclosure forms
- • Showings can begin within hours of the property going “live”
The purpose of researching county records is to fully represent the property. We need to ensure the tax figures we use are for the proper year and to determine if there are any outstanding assessments.
The documents needing to be signed at the time of listing are both disclosures, things I am obligated to discuss with you, and agreements or listing contracts. Listing agreements spell out the terms and conditions under which we work together as a team. Some of those disclosures must be left in plain sight for buyers to review when first seeing the home. This includes the Truth in Sale of Housing (TISH) and the seller statement of disclosure. The seller statement is a 10-page document you fill out
concerning the property during your ownership.
I will fully explain all the documents and, providing you are comfortable moving ahead, will have you sign. You will receive copies of all documents you sign.
Finally, I will complete an “Estimate of Net Proceeds.” This is a rough estimate of what we might expect from a sale in the market place. I like to use this first estimate as a “worst case scenario.” This way we hope to expect higher offers.
Once I go back to the office with all the paperwork, it is handed over to the office staff and they will upload the information. Once uploaded they contact me to let me know the home is “live.” At that point, I upload all the photos from the photographer, along with the disclosures required.
Showings can start within an hour after your home has gone “live” on the Multiple Listing Service.
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