Value of Using a Realtor

Your REALTOR can help you determine your asking price and work out your personal plan for maximum marketability of your house. Based on that price, your REALTOR will be able to give you an idea of your expected expenses and your estimated proceeds-or net “walk-away” cash.
Your REALTOR can review all financing options, including seller financing and other acceptable terms.
Your REALTOR can suggest repairs or improvements that will increase the marketability of your house. These repairs may bring you back more than they cost you and are likely to help sell your house faster.
Your REALTOR can place your property in the Multiple Listing Service (MLS), which exposes your house to all the buyers working with cooperating member brokers. This effectively puts every agent in town to work helping to get your house sold.
Your REALTOR exposes your property to a large pool of qualified buyers the agent spends a career generating. Without that network, a for-sale-by-owner home seller is reduced to a yard sign, some classified ads, and lots of luck.
Your REALTOR also prequalifies buyers to know what they want and how much they can afford. Screening prospects saves you from the hassle of keeping appointments with “sightseers” and protects you from the threat of “unwelcome visitors”.
Your REALTOR shows your house to its best advantage. Buyers often shy away from asking homeowners questions; homeowners are sometimes defensive about defects in their houses. An agent can answer necessary questions objectively and guide the buyer to a purchase.
Your REALTOR monitors changes in the real estate market, telling you what’s new in mortgage loans, what sales have recently been made, and what price fluctuations, if any, are in view. You’ll be up-to-date on activity concerning the sale of your house: what advertising has been done and what responses have come back from people who have seen your house. The Doris Carlin Team will confer regularly with you so that you stay informed and can consider any changes in your marketing plan.
Your REALTOR’s good closing skills play a vital part in helping you negotiate a contract to effect a sale at a good price when a buyer makes an offer.
Your REALTOR protects your interests from contract to closing with an understanding of real estate procedures. An agent has the ability to smooth the way toward agreements and the experience to attend to all the details that must come together before settlement can take place.