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Getting Ready to Sell  •  The Selling Process  •  The Closing

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For most families, their home is their largest financial asset, and deciding to selling a home is a big decision that involves a lot of preparation and work. When you're ready to sell your home, it's important to have an experienced real estate professional handle the details involved in the successful sale of a home for top dollar.

As an experienced professional who has helped many Home Sellers, sell their homes, I know how to handle every aspect of the sales process - from strategically marketing a home for sale and showcasing your home to making sure everything's signed, sealed and delivered by the closing date. I also can assist my home sellers in staging their homes prior to listing it which only helps in getting a higher price for your home.

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THE BEST TIME TO SELL

Many events affect when the “right time” to sell your home is, such as: a marriage, a growing family, an empty nest, retirement, a divorce, death, job loss or job re-location.

If your current housing situation or life circumstance is not addressing your needs than the time to sell your home is now!

However if these life circumstances are not a driving force behind your desire to sell your home, than the most strategic time to sell a home is when competing inventory and interest are low and market conditions are favorable to a home seller.

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PRICING YOUR HOME RIGHT

This process begins with the examination of the history of Homes that have SOLD are PENDINGS and ACTIVE that compete with your home. Characteristics of these homes are examined and then compared to your home. Comparable factors that are focused on include: style, location, lot size, indoor living area, number of bedrooms, number of bathrooms, condition, amenities and age of the property.

Additional factors that have an effect on a home's value are real estate market trends such as; available mortgage interest rates, financing options, competing listings of homes for sale, utility costs, real estate taxes and supply and demand.

After analyzing this information, a “Fair Market Value” of your home can be concluded. Fair Market Value is defined as: an estimate of the market value of a property, based on what a knowledgeable, willing, and unpressured home buyer would probably pay to a knowledgeable, willing, and unpressured seller in the real estate market.

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HOME STAGING

Home staging is preparing your home for sale. While it is vital that a home be clean and uncluttered, real estate staging also prepares a home to emotionally and visually appeal to a wider variety of potential buyers.

Top 3 reasons why staging is important.

1.) Studies show buyers make an unconscious decision within 3 seconds of entering a home on whether or not it appeals to them. 1st impressions are everything! A home that is not staged may not be given a full-chance for consideration. 

2.) 84% of buyers find homes to consider previewing on the internet and choose which ones to see based on their photos. Staged homes photos’ will create more appeal, showings and traffic.  

3.) Staging your home will create an advantage over competing homes in the same price range, giving you the opportunity to sell quicker and for more money than others.

Why stage a home if it will sell eventually?

1.) The longer a home sits on the market, the more likely you will have to adjust your list price to keep up with current market trends.  

2.) A home gets the most traffic during the first 30 days that it’s on the market. The timing of staging is crucial. You want to make sure it is presented as its best, so staging should be completed prior to listing. If you have already listed your home, staging now is better than never.

What is the difference between redecorating and staging?

•  Decorating and design concentrate on personalizing a space.

•  Staging is used to depersonalize a home so that is appeals to a wider range of potential buyers.

What we will do for you! - Our service begins with a walk-through of your home, sharing ideas and suggestions that will maximize your home’s unique features, as well as your equity. We will put together a "plan of action" according to your time-frame and budget. This Service is included as part of our listing and marketing plan.

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EASY EXIT LISTING GUARANTEE

What is your biggest fear when you list your home with a real estate agent? Is it you worry about being stuck in a prolonged listing agreement with an incompetent agent, costing your home precious market time and exposure on the market?

Well, worry no more. Realtor, Melissa Mancini and Goodwin Realty Group take those worries and concerns out of listing your home with a real estate agent through our EASY EXIT GUARANTEE.

When you list your home with us, we take the pressure off you and put it on us. With the EASY EXIT GUARANTEE, you have the option to cancel the listing at any time after 60 days*. NO HASSLES and NO QUESTIONS ASKED!

Here is how it works:

• You can cancel your listing at any time after 60 days with a written notice. (No reason necessary)

• Enjoy peace of mind knowing that your agent is motivated to produce results.

• Feel confident that everything possible is being done in order to get your home sold.

• Know that talk is cheap, but a guarantee is priceless!

The reason why Goodwin Realty Group offers the EASY EXIT GUARANTEE is because our business is built upon referrals from our clients. We believe that if a client is unhappy with their agent, they should have the right to fire them.

It takes supreme confidence in the way you treat your clients and in the results you can produce to offer this type of guarantee. We are confident that you will be 100% satisfied selling your home with Melissa Mancini & Goodwin Realty Group.

Our goal is not only to get your home sold at an acceptable price in a timely fashion, but to insure that you are comfortable and well informed of the progress during the process. We know that if you are satisfied with our service you will refer us to your friends and family members.