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Selling your house : Nolo's essential guide / Ilona Bray, J.D.
"Selling Your House: Nolo's Essential Guide takes the reader through the entire home-selling process. This book discusses setting a price that will attract buyers, finding the right real estate agent, determining which repairs and upgrades pay off, makinglegally required disclosures to buyers, evaluating purchase offers, and negotiating and closing escrow successfully. This book also provides tips from industry pros-including real estate agents, attorneys, home stagers, and more-as well as stories from home sellers"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781413328189
- ISBN: 1413328180
- Physical Description: 273 pages ; 23 cm
- Edition: Fourth edition.
- Publisher: Berkeley, California : Nolo, [2021]
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Includes index. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | House selling > United States. Residential real estate > United States. |
Available copies
- 10 of 10 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
- 2 of 2 copies available at Cass County.
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- 0 current holds with 10 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cass County Library-Harrisonville | 643.1209 BRA 2021 (Text) | 0002205547363 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
| Cass County Library-Northern Resource Center | 643.1209 BRA 2021 (Text) | 0002205547413 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
Selling Your House : Nolo's Essential Guide
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Table of Contents
Selling Your House : Nolo's Essential Guide
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction: What's Ahead in Selling Your House | p. 1 | |
| 1 | First Steps: What You Can Do Right Away to Get Ready to Sell | p. 7 |
| No Need to Wait: Start Fixing and Decluttering! | p. 8 | |
| Assessing Your House's Best Features | p. 12 | |
| Aiming for a Particular Sale Date? | p. 15 | |
| What Else Is for Sale in Your Area? | p. 17 | |
| How Much Will You Spend to Sell Your Home? | p. 19 | |
| 2 | Getting Expert Help: Hiring a Real Estate Agent, Lawyer, and Accountant | p. 25 |
| Hiring a Real Estate Agent | p. 26 | |
| Hiring a Real Estate Attorney | p. 51 | |
| Hiring a Tax Expert for Advice on Your Home Sale | p. 54 | |
| 3 | Prep Work: Preinspections, Repairs, and Improvements | p. 59 |
| Root It Out: Inspect it Yourself | p. 62 | |
| Hiring a Professional Home Inspector | p. 63 | |
| To Fix or Not to Fix? | p. 68 | |
| Skipping All Repairs: Selling "As Is" | p. 72 | |
| What About Remodels or Home Improvements? | p. 73 | |
| 4 | Telling Buyers What You Know: Disclosure Laws | p. 79 |
| What's on the Typical State Disclosure Form | p. 81 | |
| How Far Should You Go in Disclosing? | p. 82 | |
| Your Real Estate Agent's Obligation to Disclose Home-Related Information | p. 87 | |
| When and How to Give the Form to Prospective Buyers | p. 88 | |
| Legal Liability If You Disobey State Disclosure Laws | p. 89 | |
| Federal Lead Disclosure Laws | p. 89 | |
| State Laws on Location of Sex Offenders | p. 90 | |
| 5 | Spiffing Up Your House: Decluttering, Cleaning, and Staging | p. 91 |
| First, the Basics: Declutter, Depersonalize, and Clean | p. 93 | |
| Dress-Up Time! How Staging Works | p. 98 | |
| Should You Hire a Professional Stager? | p. 103 | |
| DIY Staging Outside: Maximizing Curb Appeal | p. 107 | |
| DIY Staging Inside: Room by Room | p. 109 | |
| Ta Da! Finishing Touches Before a Showing | p. 117 | |
| 6 | Pricing Your House to Sell-and Sell High | p. 119 |
| Step One: Take Your Local Real Estate Market's Temperature | p. 122 | |
| Step Two: Evaluate How Well Located and Desirable Your Home Is | p. 125 | |
| Step Three: Determine Your Home's Market Value | p. 126 | |
| At Last, Set the List Price: High, Low, or In-Between? | p. 129 | |
| 7 | Websites, Open Houses, and Other Marketing Tools | p. 135 |
| Knowing Your Audience | p. 136 | |
| Maximizing Your House's Online Exposure | p. 141 | |
| Other Ways of Getting the Word Out | p. 147 | |
| Financial Incentives for Buyers | p. 156 | |
| 8 | Receiving and Evaluating Offers | p. 161 |
| When and How You Will Receive Offers | p. 163 | |
| What the Buyer's Offer Will Look Like | p. 165 | |
| I Like That One! Choosing Among Competing Offers | p. 167 | |
| Evaluating the Financial Parts of the Offer | p. 169 | |
| Evaluating Offer Contingencies and Terms | p. 177 | |
| Evaluating the Buyers' Agent | p. 184 | |
| Back and Forth: From Offer to Contract | p. 185 | |
| Making Multiple Counteroffers | p. 189 | |
| Signing the Purchase Contract | p. 190 | |
| 9 | Demystifying Your House Sale Contract | p. 191 |
| What You Should-Or Shouldn't-See in Your Purchase Contract | p. 192 | |
| Adding Your Own Contract Terms and Contingencies | p. 197 | |
| 10 | Keeping Up Momentum, From Escrow to Closing | p. 201 |
| Taking Care of the House While Under Contract | p. 203 | |
| Getting Past the Appraisal Contingency | p. 207 | |
| Dealing With Buyer Delays in Removing the Financing Contingency | p. 208 | |
| Dealing With the Inspection Contingency | p. 209 | |
| Dealing With the Title Contingency | p. 213 | |
| Preparing for the Buyer's Final Walk-Through | p. 213 | |
| Dealing With.Damage to the House While Under Contract | p. 214 | |
| What If You Need to Back Out of the Deal? | p. 214 | |
| What If the Buyer Backs Out? | p. 215 | |
| The Big Day: Your House Closing | p. 216 | |
| 11 | Selling Without an Agent: Smart or Scary? | p. 219 |
| FSBO-The Way to Go? | p. 221 | |
| Oops, the Buyer's Agent Wants a Commission! | p. 224 | |
| Doing Your Own Marketing and Advertising | p. 226 | |
| Receiving an Offer and Negotiating a FSBO Deal | p. 235 | |
| Index | p. 241 |
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