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Buyer Step One: Wants/Needs
The first, and most important, part of the search is to find what you want! Talking through the number of bedrooms, bathroom, and location is standard. However, in this buyer consultation we talk in depth about some of the other features that are incredibly important to you.
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Buyer Step Two: Financing
Assembling your real estate sales team isn’t just finding an agent, it is also finding a lender. We will be able to give you recommendations upon request, but will also take the time to talk through some of the key financial points to consider in your home search. This crucial step allows you to confidently look at homes knowing the true and transparent cost to you.
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Buyer Step Three: Home Search
The real estate market is ever changing and having someone talk through what the current market conditions mean to you is imperative. With this third step we will take the time to explain what you can expect in your search based on your search criteria. Often times seeing a variety of homes early on helps you figure out what works best and what you may want to eliminate.
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Buyer Step Four: Make an Offer
When you find the right now, and you will know when that happens, you will work with us to put in an offer on the home. There are many obvious and non-obvious nuances to an offer. Having professional help from Mary and Dan is invaluable when creating the winning offer for your dream home.
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Buyer Step Five: Negotiations
Real estate purchase agreements, or offers, are tricky and require expertise at every step and decision. Knowing the full scope of your offer and how it will be received by the seller is instrumental for having your offer accepted. There are characteristics to an offer that the seller values, and no one seller views those characteristics the same. Having an experienced agent like Mary and Dan to assist will give you the best possible chance at having your offer accepted.
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Buyer Step Six: Closing
Your offer has been accepted! Now there are many steps to take to get to closing, most of which occur between you and your lender. Dan will act as an adviser for you to answer your questions, but since you selected the perfect lender for yourself at the onset you already have a trusted financial partner. Next step, sign the paperwork and move into your dream home!
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Seller Step One: Sellers Consultation
The beginning journey of your home sale is incredibly unique to you. Some people are selling to upsize, downsize, or are selling a home for a loved one. Understanding the most important end results for you is crucial, and a seller’s consultation with us will help you get in your goals aligned with your expectations of the current market.
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Seller Step Two: Finances
Understanding the financial implications of selling your home is also a crucial step to the process. We will outline your net proceeds from the sale of your home based on any and all fees along with any outstanding balances on your mortgage. This net proceed is calculated on your personalized comparable market analysis (CMA) for the sale of your home. Market conditions are ever changing so this CMA is grounded in comparable sales in your area.
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Seller Step Three: Prep Your Home
Every home has a unique process to get ready to go to the market. Some homes need quite a bit of work, some homes are almost completely ready. Wherever your home is, we will give you professional advice on how to prepare your home to maximize your net proceeds from the sale. In this process you will have your home staged and ready for professional photos, the better the photos, the more interest in your home!
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Seller Step Four: List it on the open (or off) market
Knowing the small nuances to maximize the sale of your home is what sets us apart from other agents. Writing a well-crafted public and agents remarks, knowing the timing of the “coming soon” listing, and getting the listing price right is what you can expect from our team. There is also an option to look at selling your home off market through the extensive Coldwell Banker Realty brokerage office exclusives web portal.
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Seller Step Five: Choose the Right Offer
No offer on your home is crafted the same. There are many characteristics that have a profound effect on the process of selling your home and the net proceeds from that sale. Being able to present complex offers in a simplistic and easily digestible way is the hallmark of the skills you can expect from us.
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Seller Step Six: Close
The next step is to close on your home! There may be some stages to navigate, such as inspections, appraisals, and potentially negotiations based on what happens from an inspection and/or appraisal. You will have a strong ally and supporter throughout those stages so that you net the highest revenue in the easiest way possible with us on your side.
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Seller and Buyer Step One: Sellers Consultation
The beginning journey of your home sale is incredibly unique to you. Some people are selling to upsize, downsize, or are selling a home for a loved one. Understanding the most important end results for you is crucial, and a seller’s consultation with Dan will help you get in your goals aligned with your expectations of the current market.
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Seller and Buyer Step Two: Finances
This step is crucial to determine whether you must sell your home before you can buy the next one. The lender of your choice will outline your options and provide clarity in the appropriate steps we must take. Once it is determined the best course of action, Dan will advise you through your individual steps.
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Seller and Buyer Step Three: Prep Your Home
Every home has a unique process to get ready to go to the market. Some homes need quite a bit of work, some homes are almost completely ready. Wherever your home is, Dan will give you professional advice on how to prepare your home to maximize your net proceeds from the sale. In this process you will have your home staged and ready for professional photos, the better the photos, the more interest in your home!
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Seller and Buyer Step Four: Execute Your Individual Plan
The next few steps will be unique to each individual situation. You may be listing your home immediately and looking at the next home of your choice. It is just as likely that you will be looking at homes and waiting to put your home on the market. Regardless of your situation, you have an individual plan being executed by an experienced agent.