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Windermere Exclusive Properties
355 Carlsbad Blvd.
Carlsbad, CA 92008
Phone: (619) 997-3339
Selling San Diego Real Estate
Getting the House Ready to Sell
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Disconnect Your Emotions
When conversing with real estate agents, you will often find that when they talk to you about buying real estate, they will refer to your purchase as a "home." Yet if you are selling property, they will often refer to it as a "house." There is a reason for this. Buying real estate is often an emotional decision, but when selling real estate you need to remove emotion from the equation.
You need to think of your house as a marketable commodity. Property. Real estate. Your goal is to get others to see it as their potential home, not yours. If you do not consciously make this decision, you can inadvertently create a situation where it takes longer to sell your property.
The first step in getting your home ready to sell is to "de-personalize" it.
Step-by-Step Home Buying
- Don't Buy a Car - or Did You Already?
- Things Not To Do Before Buying a Home
- Reasons to Delay Buying a Home
- Are you Buying a House? Or a Home?
- Why Buying a Home is a Good Idea
- The Business Cycle and Buying a Home
- Why Search for A Realtor?
- Looking Ahead - Buyer's Remorse
- Comparable Sales and Your Offer Price
- Factors Affecting Your Offer Price
- Offering to Purchase Real Estate- the Basics
- Writing Offers - Property Safeguards
- How Financing Affects Your Offer
- How FHA and VA Affects Your Offer
- Agreeing with the Seller on Some Services
- Buying a Home for Resale Value - Location
- Buying a Home for Resale Value - the House
- Did You Make a Huge Mistake?
Buying Tips & Insights
- When Your Home's Value is Less Than the Mortgage
- Should You Buy a Home in Today's Market?
- The Home "Wealth" Effect
- Closing at the End of the Month.
- What is the Multiple Listing Service?
- How the Lockbox Helps Buyers and Sellers
- Location, Location, Location - Means...what?
- When Market Value Outpaces Appraised Value
- What Goes With the Home When You Sell or Buy?
- Negotiating Contingencies in Real Estate Contracts
- If you bought cars the way you bought houses
- Asking the Seller to Pay Your Closing Costs
- Where is an Agent's "True Value"..?
- The Earnest Money Deposit
We recommend that you get familiar with the Local Area by taking a look at the current properties available on the San Diego Multiple Listing Service (MLS).
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