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Selling Your Home
Would you like to have your house sold in less than 90 days? You can do so with the proven expertise of Sarasota Weichert Realtor Gerard Pirot. Selling a Sarasota home can be one of the most important and most rewarding financial transactions in your lifetime. It's important to have an experienced Sarasota realtor working for you who can accurately calculate the value of your property, including premiums for views and upgrades you've made while living in the residence. It's also important to select a Sarasota real estate firm who actively markets your property through different channels including the Sarasota MLS, print advertisment and the Internet.
When selling your Sarasota property, you need to define your sales strategy. From initially pricing the property to preparing the home, you will want to implement an effective marketing plan to sell your home in a timely fashion. You will also want someone to protect your interests by negotiating an offer and ensuring a smooth closing of your property.
Pricing Your Property
 This is obviously the single most important aspect of the home selling process. As an experienced Sarasota realtor, I can provide you with a Comparative Market Analysis of your property based upon other homes recently sold in your neighborhood. The CMA will also help you to value premiums of your property including water views or golf course views as well as upgrades you've made while living in the residence. You will also want to consider current Sarasota Real Estate market conditions including the inventory of similar properties listed on the Sarasota Multiple Listing Service.
In order to expedite the sale of your property, it is best to set a price at fair market value. Lately, Sarasota home sellers have been have prone to set a price above fair market value due to the robust Sarasota home seller market. As our real estate market cools down a bit, we are once again seeing homes selling at their fair market value. It is also not a good idea to overprice or undervalue your property. If buyers see your home as overpriced, they will shy away from it and if they see it as undervalued, they may think that something is wrong with it.
Preparing Your Home
As with any product, people buy what they see. If your home has curb appeal and is well maintained, it will obviously sell quicker than a home without. For home sellers who list with me, I can help advise you of do’s and don’ts to stage your properly for a quick sell.
Marketing Your Home
Clearly, a well-marketed home will sell quicker than one that is not. It’s important to select a Sarasota Realtor who employs a proven marketing plan to market your property through the MLS, The Internet, “just listed” postcards, yard signs, Realtor caravans, as well as presenting your property at weekly Sarasota Association of Realtor meetings. Also, the advertising I have in place on search engines such as Google, Yahoo, MSN and others rank my site in the top search results and are drawing thousands of visitors to my web site looking for their dream home.
I also use the areas top photographer to create photos of your property including virtual tours of your home. Since the majority of home buyers are now looking to the Internet for their home search, it’s more important than ever to have virtual tours and stunning photos of your property online.
Receiving An Offer
When a buyer decides to make an offer on your Sarasota condo or Sarasota home, I can advise you if the buyer is qualified to purchase your property or not. I can save you the headaches of taking your home off the market only to find out that the buyer was not fully qualified to purchase your property after all.
Negotiating to Sell
To reach a successful agreement on your property, there will likely be some negotiating to ensure a smooth transaction. As the Sarasota Real Estate markets slows down a bit, buyers are commonly negotiating the following:
Purchase Price
Closing Costs
Financing Terms
Closing Date
Cost of Home Repairs
Furniture
Home Inspections
As your Sarasota listing agent, I represent you and am responsible for protecting your selling interest.
Closing
The closing of a property is defined as the legal transfer of the property from the seller to the buyer. I will be present with you at the closing to ensure that everything goes smoothly.
As the seller of your Sarasota property, you will be required to turn over any necessary documentation regarding your property and, depending on the contract, you may be required to have certain repairs completed in order to officially close.
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