[M04/S11] The Real Estate Auction Sales Model

The real estate auction sales model is not widely used in the United States. It may surprise you to learn that in many parts of…

[M04/S14] How to Maximize your Home Sale Price

If you want to know how to maximize your home sale price, there is one very important thing to know: when you put your home…

[M04/S15] The Virtue of Underpricing your Home

For some homes - in particular newer tract homes in a particular subdivision - it's going to be fairly clear what the market price of…

[M05/S01] Inspecting your Home Prior to Selling It

In California, there is no law regarding inspecting your home prior to selling it. However, a smart seller will do standard inspections, such as: Termite/Pest…

[M03/S01] Why You Should Use a Real Estate Agent to Sell Your House

So why should you seriously consider hiring a real estate agent for the job of selling your home? There are many reasons for it, so…

[M04/S12] Overpricing Your Home for Sale

In any discussion on real estate pricing, we need to talk about the phenomena of overpricing your home for sale, that is, where a home…

How Pricing Affects the Time to Sell Your Home

It's important to understand how pricing affects the time to sell your home. Once you have done your homework on the market, you'll have an…

[M04/S16] Selling your home with little or no equity

After you have crunched the numbers it may be apparent that, after including the costs of the sale, you are in a situation where you'd…

[M02/S06] Serious Buyers work with Real Estate Agents

When selling "by owner," you will come in contact with all kinds of potential buyers, but one thing you're bound to discover is that serious…

[M03/S02] Drawbacks to Using an Agent

Of course, there are some drawbacks to using an agent. Or, more specifically, there's some drawbacks to using the wrong agent.Broadly speaking, there are three…