Seller's Guide - Condition

 Preparing Your Home for a Successful Sale

With the typical agent, you only discover potential deal killing repairs after you are already under contract - when the buyer hires a home inspector to scrutinize every aspect of your home.

When you list - and close - your home with me, I will pay for a pre-listing inspection by one of Austin's most experienced, and respected, inspection firms.

Discovering and repairing problems early in the marketing process places you in control, eliminating the stress of making repairs on the buyer's schedule.  

Having your house in move-in condition also helps you avoid delays to closing and demonstrates to buyers, agents and the buyer's home inspectors that your house has been very well maintained.  We want buyers to focus on how they would live in your home - not what they would have to repair.

Additionally, you house will stand out from the competition as a better value and command a higher price.

I will also recommend trustworthy, professional contractors to address any repairs that are needed.  The extent that these repairs are made will directly affect your listing price.  You have the ability to command a higher asking price, and substantiate it, when your home is in top condition.

Home Staging

Once we have had your home inspected and made the necessary repairs, we will focus on presentation.  You will only get one opportunity to make a positive first impression with potential buyers.  Well staged homes look better, photograph better, show better, and sell faster than non-staged homes.

When you list - and close - your home with me, I will pay to have it staged by one of Austin's most experienced professional stagers.

Home staging is not decorating.  Decorating appeals to the person living in the house; staging is positioning the home to appeal to the psychological needs of buyers by creating a series of impressions that build an emotional connection to help buyers imagine living in the home.  An AOL Money & Finance poll revealed that 87% of respondents said home presentation makes the difference in most sales.

Also, while many agents overlook the presentation of your home and push for price reductions, the problems, whether perceived or real, still exist.

Home Warranty

While you home is listed with me, it will be covered by a nationally recognized home warranty.  The benefit to you is many of the normal day-to-day repairs are covered under this plan while your home is listed.

When you list - and close - you home with me, I will pay to have a home warranty transferred to your buyer.

By advertising a comprehensive warranty for your home, we increase buyer confidence in you home and set you apart from the competition.