SELLING YOUR HOME

The most comprehensive real estate sellers guide on the North Shore of Lake Tahoe

When it comes time to selling homes in Incline Village or the North Shore of Lake Tahoe, you are going to want to have the best real estate brokers in town. Any town or area located within the Lake Tahoe Basin is requires specialized real estate brokerage skills because of regulatory agencies such as Tahoe Regional Planning Association or TRPA . Selling a home in Incline Village or Crystal Bay presents its own set of unique challenges because it is an area that is in high demand for buyers all over the world. There are few places in the world as beautiful as the North Shore of Lake Tahoe.

So how do we sell homes?
As quickly and for as much as possible! How do we do it? After selling Incline Village and Crystal Bay since 1980, we have a solid system for selling homes. One of the best way to get on the correct path to selling your home is to get educated on the process. In this guide, we attempt to answer any question possible that you might have regarding the sale of your home. If we miss something, contact us and we will get you an answer promptly.

The steps of selling your home:
1. Educate yourself.
2. Select a real estate Broker
3. Get relevant real estate market data
4. Prepare your home for sale
5. Determine your sales price
6. Market the property
7. Close Escrow!
8. Remember you after the closing!

1. Educate yourself.
What is my home worth?
The simple steps of a real estate transaction.
Title & Escrow.
Home Warranty.
Home Inspections.
1031 Exchanges / Qualified Intermediaries.

2. Select a real estate Broker
What is the difference between a real estate salesman and a real estate broker?
Selling your own home?
What questions should I ask a realtor?
Why realtors?
National Firms / Franchises – no mergers – productivity per agent.
Agents sell properties.

3. Get relevant real estate market data.
Lakefrontage vs Lakefronts.
Condos versus homes.

4.Prepare your home for sale
Move Out!
Staging.
Cleaning.
Get rid of the clutter.
Paint and carpet – first impressions.

5. Determining sales price
How to come to a sales price
Overpricing / underpricing
Looking at statistics – what’s most important?

6. Market the property
Message
What is important?
What works?
World Wide Web – Facts and Figures
Print advertising
It snow’s here, ya know!

7. Close Escrow!
Negotiating
That is our ultimate job
Team effort
Stay on top / focus

8. Remembering you after the closing!
Buying or selling again? We are here for you!