Step by Step Guide to Selling Your Pleasanton CA Home Like a Pro

There is much more to selling a home than simply placing a ‘for sale’ sign in your yard – it’s a daunting process! It’s a time-consuming process that can be quite stressful.

Without any experience and a complex, emotional transaction on one’s hands, it’s easy for home sellers to make lots of costly mistakes. Being prepared before

putting your home on the market is key to a relatively smooth process.

I will share with you tips and strategies that can help you sell your Pleasanton CA home like a pro. Here is an eight-step guide to break it down, and walk you

through the basics of how to sell your home.

STEP 1: Determine your motivation for selling

Here are some of the top reasons why people sell their homes:

- Home has become too small

- It’s time to upgrade- Job Transfer- Personal Relationship- Neighborhood Changes- Downsizing- Retirement- Lifestyle Changes

If your reason is not valid, you would later regret selling your home.

STEP 2: Enlist the services of a qualified real estate agent

STEP 3: Learn your home’s market valueYour home’s value or its market value is how much your property would sell for under normal conditions. It has nothing to do with your mortgage statement or

how many special memories you’ve created there.

STEP 4: Determine your selling price

When setting the price for your home, several factors usually come into play. However, as a general rule, sale prices are based on:

- How much similar properties have recently sold for in the same area

- The supply and demand of your area, based on the local economy

- A fair market value of the home, based on an appraisal

- Your needs as the seller

As a Pleasanton CA real estate agent, I know the pricing strategies that work in the current market. We will discuss the price regularly, as well as the other factors

that can change the conditions in order to get the best price for your home.

STEP 5: Make small upgrades

STEP 6: Amp up the curb appeal

You want your property to have a wow factor!When it comes to selling your home, first impressions make a difference. Your

home must look attractive to potential buyers even before they take one step inside.

Here are some reasons why curb appeal is an important factor in selling your home:

1. Your home’s curb appeal is the first thing buyers see2. It is a reflection of your home’s maintenance3. An unimpressive curb can be a deal breaker4. It helps your home stand out from the rest of the competition5. It can increase the perceived value of your home

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STEP 7: Hire professionals to stage and photograph your home

Photography and staging go hand in hand.

STEP 8: Review each offer and close the dealYou’ve received offers – hooray! You need to review each offer carefully to be able to pick the right one to accept. Here’s a plan for evaluating offers:

With each term, ask yourself: Is this a deal breaker, or can I compromise to achieve my goal of closing the sale?

There are several procedures that must take place in order to complete the sale of your home. These include:

- A home inspection where an inspector will do a thorough examination of the physical structure and systems of your home

- A title search to verify you really own the property and there are no other claims to it

- A property survey, which shows the boundaries of your home and includes a written description of your property

- A final walk through where the buyer is allowed to inspect the home within 24 hours prior to closing

- Disclosing to the buyer anything that may interfere with their decision to purchase the home

Congratulations, you have sold your home!Learning how to sell a home will take some time, but with the help of a

trusted professional like me, we can make it happen!

Let me be of service to you! I am Doug Buenz, your top real estate agent from Pleasanton CA,

and with my help, we can successfully sell your home! Call me at (925) 621-0680 to get started.