Listing your WNY home for sale

Helpful list of things to prepare before our meeting.

I am really excited about listing your home and our upcoming meeting to get all the paperwork completed.

To ensure that this meeting goes quickly and I have all the information I need to list it we will need the following:

• All parties on the deed to sign the paperwork
• Your current title insurance policy
• Your current survey
• Did you build the home?  Floorplans are nice addition to my web advertising
• Copy of your property tax bill
• Type of heating and cooling systems
• Age of appliances
• Annual heating, electric and water bills
• List of Deed restrictions (if any) and zoning

Read Also: Preparing your home for sale

About the description of the home:

I write copy all the time.  I regularly write about Real Estate here on my site.   It is always helpful when I sit down to write that copy that I have some starting point.  So don’t feel like you have to have a finished professionally written copy.   I can polish it up, what I need is some ideas why you home is so wonderful.  I may focus on the granite counter tops, and might miss that custom built spice drawer your husband built for you.

• I want you to remember when you purchased the home.  What was the deciding factor.  Most likely it might be the reason the next buyer purchases it!
• What are some of the great features of your home?
• What improvements have you done?
• Anything interesting in the community that might be something a potential buyer would like (a park, playground, bike path, school, a celebrity that lives in the neighborhood — that kind of stuff only an insider would know)

Read also: Does your home have a YouTube Video?

Preparing for Photography

I will be taking photographs at this meeting.  I may also come back to take additional photographs or schedule a photographer to take additional photographs.  You will need to do the following:

• Clean the home
• Make sure beds are made and rooms are neat and tidy
• Change the light bulbs to higher wattage
• Remove the art gallery from the fridge
• Clear counters
• Remove anything that might be distracting

Read also: Examples of Bad Real Estate Photography

Fee fee to call me if you have any questions about getting your home ready to list at (716) 743-5297.   If you would like to speak with me about possibly listing your home for sale, please feel free to fill out our free Comparative Market Request Form.