Top 10 Questions to Ask a Realtor When Selling Your Home

If you’re thinking of selling your home, you probably have questions that need answering. As a matter of fact, asking the right questions is ESSENTIAL to making sure your expectations are met and your house sells for top dollar. When you are interviewing a real estate agent, here are pertinent questions to 

1. How much is our house likely to sell for on today’s market? What should the listing price be?

2. What are the selling costs?

3. How long will it take to sell? What happens if our house takes longer then expected to sell?

4. How do we prepare our house for the sale? Will we need to make any major improvements?

5. Will we need to hire a professional stager? Can we do some of that staging work ourselves?

6. What happens when we get an offer? How does the negotiation process work?

7. What happens after an offer is accepted? What happens on closing day?

8. How do we find a new home while selling our current one?

9. What other professionals do we need? How do we find them?

10. What can we do to make the selling process easier and less stressful?

Getting answers to these important questions will provide you the framework you need to develop a plan for selling that is sure to meet your real estate goals and help set your expectations for your sale.