• Stress of showings, remodels, cleaning, phone calls — Let your agent handle the bulk of the responsibilities of selling your home. • Facing inspection requirements — Know what is expected for your home to pass. • Being prepared for closing — Your agent and title company should let you know what to expect. • Flexibility and readiness to show your home — Make preparations, so showings do not interfere with your family and your life. • Letting buyers see your home in your absence — Buyers prefer to view homes without the seller present to listen to their critiques. Any questions should be fielded by your agent. • Weeding out non-qualified buyers — You can request that only qualified home buyers view your home. If they are not eligible, even for creative financing, it’s a waste of everyone’s time — especially yours. These are but a small number of issues that a professional real estate agent handles in a day’s work. Our team has a piece of art that our closing co-ordinator designed for our office that we love to refer to when we hit one of the often unavoidable pot-holes on the road to a smooth closing: “We Rush At Problems and Solve them with Grace and Charm”... and a smile, because we know were it not for our training and persistence, these real estate transactions would be so much more untenable for our clients. Be sure to vet your agent. Do they have the experience and knowledge to protect your interests? This is what is needed to get the job done. I have enjoyed recalling and putting into print some of the important considerations for selling your home for the
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