Links of Interest

When you’re ready to sell your home, everyone you meet will have helpful advice to offer. So do we. Here are a few articles that you might help get ready to sell your home. And of course, you can always chat with us. We have all of the inside tips. Just call us [link: contact]

HGTV

If you’re not already completely obsessed with House Hunters, then you should be! A few hours watching this show is an education on how picky and opinionated house hunters and homebuyers can be. Watch and listen, then take action. There are loads of other great programs on HGTV that will help you touch up, stage, and prepare your house for sale.

Realtor Magazine/Realtor.org

Most people outside of professional real estate sales don’t read Realtor Magazine, but it’s filled with great home sales information. We think that you’ll really benefit from this article: Preparing your Home for Sale - 6 Worth-the-Price Fix-Ups. It has a short list of affordable things you can do that will increase your property’s value.

http://realtormag.realtor.org/home-and-design/feature/article/2011/04/6-worth-price-fix-ups

You’ll also find some terrific articles on Realtor.org, like this Field Guide to Preparing and Staging a House For Sale. http://www.realtor.org/library/library/fg303

And this article on Post-contract Pitfalls - Home Selling from A to C (Acceptance to Closing) http://www.realtor.org/realtororg.nsf/pages/post_contract_pitfalls

About.com has some excellent advice for home sellers, including how to disassociate yourself from the home you’re selling, depersonalize the property, and de-clutter everything. http://homebuying.about.com/od/sellingahouse/ht/homeprep.htm

And you’ll want to review the State of South Carolina’s tax requirements for home sales http://www.sctax.org/publications/propguid99.html