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THINKING OF SELLING YOUR HOME?

Find out how much your homes worth in today's market. Once you request your estimate, we'll follow up with a custom report for your review.

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Step 1: Understand Why You're Selling

What do you want to accomplish with the sale of your home? Do you want to make a certain amount of money that you can put toward a larger or nicer home? Do you need to sell it as soon as possible to facilitate a move to a new city or area? Once you understand your needs, you can better craft your offer. For example, if you need to sell quickly, you might want to price your home lower than if your goal is to make a certain profit margin. Make sure you convey these needs to your real estate agent once you choose one so he or she can adjust your selling price accordingly.

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Step 2: Determine Selling Price

Knowing how to price your home is one of the most important parts of the selling process. When you set a fair price in the beginning, you’ll get the most interest from other real estate agents and prospective buyers. Overpricing your home could lead to reduced interest, and underpricing leads to receiving less than what your home is worth. Working with a real estate agent is the best way to determine the right selling price for your home. An agent with experience can determine what other comparable homes are selling for, evaluate the current market, and may even suggest a home appraisal.

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Step 3: Start Preparations

If you’ve kept your home in showroom condition since you’ve lived in it, you’re in the minority of homeowners. Once you price your home, it’s time to start getting it ready to be shown to potential buyers. This includes getting rid of clutter, depersonalizing the space so that buyers can envision themselves in the space, making any small repairs, and doing a deep clean to make sure your home is in pristine condition.

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Step 4: Develop a Marketing Strategy

I will develop a marketing strategy that is perfect for advertising your home. This involves listing the home and then driving the right people to that listing through social media campaigns, agent-to-agent referrals, traditional media, or SEO advertising. My team creates a marketing campaign that aims to get the most possible traffic to your listing in the first three weeks after becoming a client.

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Step 5: Evaluate Offers

Receiving an offer is an exciting part of the process, but it doesn’t mean the journey is over. I will evaluate each offer and make sure the party making the offer is prequalified or pre-approved by a mortgage lender and that their offer is acceptable to you. If the offer is too low, you can make a counter-offer or offer other ways to bridge the gap, such as covering some or all of the closing costs, making repairs, adjusting the move-in date, or leaving some appliances or fixtures for the new buyer.

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Step 6: Accept an Offer

Once I deem the offer is acceptable, I will review the proposed contract to make sure it’s all in order and includes the necessary components such as deposit amount, down payment, financing, inspection rights and repair allowances, contingencies, settlement date, and a list of fees and who will pay them. When both parties have agreed to the term, a final contract will be prepared by your agent.

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Step 7: Get Ready to Close

You have accepted an offer and are now very close to the end of your selling journey. But first, you and the buyer must make a list of what needs to be done before closing. In some cases, your home may need to be formally inspected, surveyed, and appraised. In other cases, major or minor repairs will need to be made before the house can close. I will head up efforts to develop and execute this list, get each action item paid for by the correct party, and make sure everything is in order by the closing date. A few days before the closing date, we will call the company closing the transaction to make sure everything is ready to go. If you haven’t done so already, you also need to make arrangements to move out of the home so the new buyer can take possession.

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Step 8: Close

You’ve reached the last step in the seller’s process. When you close on a home you are selling, you are legally transferring ownership of the property to the new buyer. I will meet with the company closing the transaction to sign the final paperwork and go over any issues that have not yet been taken care of. During this time, you can also make plans with your real estate agent to handle final details such as canceling utilities, cable, and lawn or trash services, changing the name on accounts that the new owner is retaining and ensuring the new owner has instructions for all appliances that will remain in the home.

Congratulations!

Once you have sold your home, you’re free to take the next step on your journey. Whether this is relocating to a new city, moving into a larger home, or downsizing and enjoying your life as empty-nesters, knowing all your selling responsibilities have been taken care of will help you achieve peace of mind for your new path.

WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY

Kelly Williams was my agent for the sale of my home as well as the purchase of my new home. There's really only one thing to say: Kelly is top-notch! She is extremely knowledgeable and very organized - two must-have qualities for an agent. She stayed on top of everything and made sure I understood all the documents I was signing as well as timelines. In addition to all that, she also was a great support ...

— Renee H.

WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY

Kelly was awesome! She worked diligently to help us finally get to where we are and spent a great deal of this process calming my anxiety during the more stressful times. Thanks so much, Kelly!

— Charisse K.

WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY

Kelly is awesome! She is very professional, responsive, flexible, and very responsible! My family and I loved working with her! We sold and bought a house, we are now in our dream home. Thank you, Kelly!

— Buyer and Seller

WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY

Kelly is amazing! She takes the time to really know and understand what’s the need of a buyer. She was able to find the perfect home that met all of her needs and got it done quickly. She helps all along the process and has all the information you can ask for! I have and will continue to recommend her every chance I get.

— Jeff L.

WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY

I recently worked with Kelly on selling my condo and buying my townhome. Kelly gave me great tips on how to set up my condo before listing it. She worked with my schedule to make sure everything went as planned. My condo had an offer on it in under a week! Kelly was very flexible and understanding when it came to my ideas or wants for my new home. She took me to many homes and sent me homes she thought I...

— Brittany T.

WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY

Kelly went above and beyond. She began working with us long before we listed our property to be sure the property was in tip-top shape and even made many of the design decisions for us. She also located the best-priced materials which enabled us to do more to the house.

— Buyer and Seller

WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY

Kelly did an outstanding job as our realtor! She went above and beyond to help us find the home that was just perfect for us. She was always very prompt and responsive as well as communicative to all parties involved in the purchase of the house. As first-time home buyers, the process of buying a house can be overwhelming, but Kelly simplified it and taught us a lot about what to look for along with the ...

— Mary M.

WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY

Kelly assisted my husband and me with the purchase of our Howard County home in late 2014. She was incredibly responsive, flexible, and professional. She showed us many homes to help us narrow down and eventually find the right home for us. I felt like she really understood what we were looking for and helped us find it and negotiate it for a good price. I would highly recommend her.

— Buyer

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Great personality and highly professional. She has tremendous local knowledge and is highly responsive to all the questions I had as a first-time buyer. Would recommend her highly to anyone looking for a dependable and skillful agent.

— Binyam K.

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Kelly was very efficient and helpful. She is always ready to walk the extra mile with you. I’m very happy with the search she did for me and made my life easier. I recommend her without hesitation.

— Buyer

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