| Essential Tips for Selling a Home- Know why you're selling.
- Once you know, keep it to yourself.
- Do your homework before setting a price.
- Go home shopping yourself.
- Know when to get an appraisal.
- Your tax assessment means almost nothing.
- Give yourself room to negotiate.
- Maximize your home's sales potential.
- Rely on other people's judgment as well as your own.
- Clean like you've never cleaned before.
- Fix everything no matter how insignificant it may appear.
- Remove all traces of you from your home.
- The little touches can make a difference.
- Don't let a smell be your downfall
- Disclose everything.
- The more prospects, the better.
- Don't get emotional during negotiations.
- Know your buyer.
- Find out what the buyer can pay.
- Find out when the buyer would like to close.
- Don't sign a deal on your next home until you close the first one.
- Don't move out before you sell.
- Don't give yourself a deadline.
- Don't take a low offer personally.
- A really low offer may mean the buyer's not qualified.
- Don't take a lowball offer seriously.
- Make sure the contract is complete.
- Don't deviate from the contract.
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