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Buyers & Sellers: Selling Your Home? 

When selling your home, effective and aggressive marketing will ensure that your property receives maximum exposure to attract a ready, willing and able buyer. The key to selling your property is having a qualified listing specialist represent you with an active, professional, and thorough marketing program.

Realtor.com is the world’s most popular real estate website. You’ll find my listings on the top of page one of the elite “Featured Homes”, an exclusive site for the best properties. Find out how your home can be featured to buyers around the world on page one of Realtor.com.

Consider all the facts when selecting a qualified broker: sales history, reputation, expertise, experience, community standing, integrity and success. Consider my qualification to represent you:

  • Realtor and licensed real estate professional since 1985
  • Broker/Owner of Forbes & Associates, a major real estate company
  • Graduate of College of the Redwoods and Humboldt State University
  • California native; Humboldt County since 1953
  • Member of MLS, Humboldt Association of Realtors, California Association of Realtors, and the National Association of Realtors
  • Top selling broker and listing specialist
  • Represents high end, custom properties
  • Consistently in the upper 5% of sales for Humboldt County

When selling your home, there are no guarantees that a buyer will simply walk through the front that your property receives maximum exposure to attract a ready, willing and able buyer.

Selling your home is all about knowing the local housing market. Pricing your home correctly is crucial to maximizing the highest selling price possible. As an area expert, I can help determine what direction the market is trending, so you can make the right choices when it comes to selling your home to get the highest price possible!

Accurate pricing is key to get as many people as possible to tour and make offers on your home, especially when you first list your home.  There’s a current pool of buyers waiting for new listings to hit the market, which is why accurate pricing and staging your home properly is crucial.  

Things to Think About When Selling Your Home

Once we’ve determined the price, I can give you advice about the little things that you can do to stage your home to get you the highest possible price! You’d be surprised by the simple measures you can take to dress up your home to attract more qualified buyers. 

I have a marketing plan that is designed to get maximum exposure to the buyers that are currently looking, and all agents that have buyers.  Through pricing, staging, agent accessibility, and visibility, both on and offline, I can successfully sell your home to help you achieve your goals. 

Curious about what’s happening in your neighborhood? You can create a custom market report to see what’s active, under contract, and sold in your neighborhood! 

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Contact us today to find out how we can be of assistance to you!

Buyers

Buying your new home is a serious venture. It can be an absolute pleasure or a massive headache. Your house is not just your home, it is a serious investment in the dwelling, the area and your future. Please call our office for additional listings, or check our Buyers Information Page.

Humboldt County Real Estate
Forbes & Associates - Sarah Corliss

707.677.1600 - 343 Main Street, Trinidad

 

 

Selling Your Home? Helpful Home Sellers' Checklist

So you've decided to sell your home in Humboldt County. As specialists in real estate in the area, we have helped facilitate the sale of innumerable Trinidad, Arcata, McKinleyville and Eureka homes, and we’ve learned a thing or two about the process. Whether this is the first time you’ve ever put property on the market or you’ve done this before, we hope you’ll find this helpful home sellers’ checklist to be a useful resource. Take a look:

  • Connect with a real estate professional with a proven track record in your area. When you have an expert by your side, that’s more than half the battle won already.
  • Get your home inspected. This will give you a clearer idea of which repairs are most necessary.
  • Find out how much repairs and improvements are going to cost. Set a budget and try to stick to it.
  • Have urgent repairs completed and consider having minor improvements and touch-ups done. It’s best to consult with your Realtor about which improvements will help make your property more marketable.
  • Get an estimate of the closing costs and don’t forget to budget for other additional costs as well such as capital gains tax.
  • Work out a timeline – when you can move out, whether you need to find a new home first, etc. This way your agent will be able to create a marketing strategy that’s suited to your needs.
  • Find out what the fair market value (FMV) of your home is. This will entail getting a Comparative Market Analysis (CMA) from your agent, doing research on market trends in your area, finding out what the average cost per square foot is in your corner of the woods, and so on.
  • Discuss a pricing strategy with your Realtor and set the price.
  • Market your home. If you’re working with an agent, then they will take care of this aspect for you.
  • Rid your home of clutter and make sure that it’s as clean as possible, inside and out. Remember that buyers will want to open closets, shine their flashlights into dark corners, etc.
  • Work out a schedule for showings and open houses with your agent. This will help minimize the stress for you and your family and is especially important if you have a large household.
  • When reviewing purchase offers, don’t just look at the offer. Find out whether the buyer has already been preapproved, what their closing timeline is, when the offer will expire, and other contingencies.
  • Negotiate. Consider providing incentives that will be attractive to the buyer, but won’t cost you too much.
  • Set closing and move-in dates with your buyer.
  • Have all the relevant documents ready for escrow.

Questions about our helpful home sellers’ checklist? For more home-selling tips and to learn more about Forbes & Associates’ marketing plan, browse the site and get in touch with us anytime. Check out our post on top 10 real estate questions answered to get more insights and let us know how we can be of service to you!