So you've decided to sale your home
You've found
the Realtor®, signed the listing agreement. It's all in the hands of
the professionals. Sit back, relax and wait for Smooth
Selling till the check arrives.
In your dreams
There are
several waves on this ocean that most Sellers
and Realtors® seem to overlook until later. Me for one, a North
Carolina Licensed Home Inspector, Radon and Wood Destroying Insects. With over
30 years of construction experience, in today's world, I am usually in the
buyer's corner and may be your worst nightmare come true, an expert hired gun.
Issues with your home you never have considered may come to light. After this
wave swamps your boat you will end up spending money to correct issues you didn't
even realize existed, reducing your price or worse be washed ashore with a dead
deal.
By giving you
this brochure your Realtor® has shown concern for these issues and
their desire for you to be a well-informed competitive Smooth Seller.
The Home Inspection will happen
Buyers
want a Smooth Sell
and are no longer
willing to gamble on hidden problems, unexpected repair costs or potential major
disasters. Today’s smart consumer demands better information for the largest
long-term investment of their life. A professional home inspection by a skilled
home inspector is a home buyers best
defense against pitfalls, costly repairs, inconvenience, animosity,
disappointment and their consequences.
Think
about it, wouldn't you want me in your corner for the new home you buy?
Most
experience to date involves “Pre-Sale Inspections” which protects the buyer
usually at the expense of the seller and to the great dismay and consternation
of Realtors®.
There is a better course
to Sell
Much
consideration is now being given to “Pre-Listing Inspections”. Properly
used, this may accelerate the sale, generating a higher price. A Home Inspection
report could serve as a marketing tool while protecting you and your Realtor®
against pre-closing hassles.
Why
not calm this angry sea by having me in your corner before you sale your home
instead of in the buyers corner after the fact? Have you ever been involved in
athletic competition or a pageant? What were the important issues to consider
becoming a winner? You had to be fit, prepared and looking and performing at
your best.
What
is different about this transaction? Is this not a competition? How many homes
are on the market in your neighborhood, your community and your county? You are
now in daily competition with 100's of other properties. Which one will the
buyer pick? How many out of shape, unprepared, homely athletes or beauty queens
do you see in those high paying ads? What chance does your home have standing up
to the competition? As the Boy Scouts of America say, you must "be
prepared". Are you prepared? Will your home be a winner, another
pre-closing hassle or a sunken ship? \
The Pre-listing Inspection, Report and Consultation for Smoother
Selling
A
Pre-listing inspection, Report and Consultation will make your listing standout,
Sell faster for the highest amount possible and go far in eliminating
pre-closing hassles.
Sell
faster at top dollar
Give
your home a competitive edge for Smoother
Selling. Make sure it's in good physical condition. A pre-listing home
inspection is a prudent first step in the process of Selling
your home. You must present the most
Saleable
property possible. A home inspection report will reveal the
current condition of your home and guide you toward enhancing the value and
marketability of your property.
Approximately
half the resale homes on the market today have at least one significant defect.
Most home buyers don't want to invest a great deal of money correcting problems
in critical areas. If you have been putting off those repairs, now is the time
to make them.
Most problems
in a home are minor and can be rectified inexpensively. You live there and may
overlook such shortcomings, but buyers focus on them. If the perceived problems
do not derail the sale, they provide grounds for price negotiation.
A pre-listing
inspection enables you to attend to problems before the house is put on the
market and removes the questions for you and the home buyer about the condition
of your home. Buyers are positively influenced by a professionally produced home
inspection report, which improves the speed, price, and likelihood of a Sale.
You may elect
not to correct every defect reflected in the inspection report. Instead,
acknowledge the defects to buyer and explain that the asking price has been
adjusted to reflect the estimated cost of repairs. Such candor tends to shorten
negotiation time because buyers have fewer objections that could foil the Sale.
In addition
to facilitating the Sale of a home, an
inspection report helps comply with full-disclosure laws. By focusing on the
condition of the property, the Seller
and Realtor® are less likely to overlook a defect or material fact
for which you later could be held liable. In recent years, home buyers have been
inclined to file law suits against Sellers
and Realtors® involving allegations of misrepresentation,
negligence, and fraud.
Some
judgments against Sellers
and Realtors®
have been severe, even when the omission of facts was unintentional.
What's included
