Four Tips on being a successful short seller!
1) HAVE A GOOD AGENT – You need someone who will be effective and get the job done. One of the best ways to tell if an agent is for you is to consider – Is the agent interviewing you?
There are a variety of factors an agent should be considering when taking on a short sale. If they are not asking you a lot of questions during your initial meeting, perhaps they do not know a lot about short sales.
2) FLEXIBILITY – The top priority is selling your home and agents will need to showcase your home as much as possible to do this. You may still be living in the home you are selling, but you need to be aware of how important flexibility is. This includes evening and weekend showings, the reality of when most potential buyers will be seeking to view properties.
3) BE PREPARED – Your agent should provide you a list of items that need to be ready to go once an offer is made on the home. Certain paperwork, receipts, and the like need to be readily available once an offer is made for a smooth step to the next short sale phase.
4) TRUST YOUR AGENT – If you have hired a good agent in the first place, this step should be easy. If the agent makes suggestions on price or accepting an offer, you need to trust their experience, otherwise the process will be slowed right down. There are steps your agent has to take with the bank following an offer and timeliness is best practice.
- Original Youtube vid – Sacramento Short Sale Sellers 12/21/2011
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