Selling Your Home Yourself - Introduction

So….you’d like to sell your house? Great! Everyone’s doing it.  But this is your first time and you’ll be doing the sale yourself.  Nervous?  Of course!

The fact is, it’s only unnerving because you haven’t got a clue about the dynamics of selling a house – your house.  It’s the one asset you have where you’ve plunked down your lifetime savings.  Now you want it all back! 

That equity you were slowly building over these years will come back to you a hundredfold because you’ve thought about it long enough to realize that there is a handsome profit waiting to be made. 

   

Don’t worry!  This episode in your life doesn’t need to be a drama of horrors.  In this book, we’ve collected important tips for you – the first timer - all 101 of them, in fact. 

And when that check finally lands on your hands and the last box has been shipped out of your house to make way for the new owners, it will be exhilarating – more exhilarating than you’ve ever imagined it to be.

   

Study the tips.  Some you already know, no doubt.  But even with 101 or 1001 tips, you’d still need professional advice – you managed to eliminate the real estate agent, but you’ll still need your lawyer (or notary) and your accountant. 

You need to consult with other professionals as well – like the professional house inspector who can dish out valuable advice about repairs and maintenance. 

These tips can help you map out a selling strategy for your house, and when you turn the lock for the last time, you’ll come out of the experience wiser.  And yes, wealthier, too.

   

The confidence you gain by getting your feet wet the first time could – who knows? – make you want to do it the second time, and then a third time…and more!

Continue to: Part 1: Knowledge is Power