Next After I Put My House

Selling your home can be an emotionally taxing process, but it helps to know what to expect before the for sale sign is posted in your front yard. Unless you were a amenable neat freak to begin with, your habits towards your home will have to change for the duration of the sale. Below are a few common questions that people have in mind when they are getting ready to work with an agent.

How Long Does The Process Last

The steps to selling a house from posting to closing take between 2 to 3 months, longer if the market is slow towards sellers. You must keep in mind that it will be a marathon rather than a sprint, and putting in all your energy into the work for an extended period of time can wear you out quickly. If you do not have 2 months of time to showcase and sell your home, and you need to sell your house quickly, consider talking to a real estate investor.

What Happens After I Sign The Listing Agreement?

These steps don’t always fall in the same order but here is what you should expect, in general, after you sign the listing agreement. By signing the contract you are agreeing to keep your house in showing condition at all time and to work with your agent to try and get your house sold. To go a little bit further this means keeping your house clean, be flexible with your time for showings, doing minor repairs, etc.

One of the big steps to getting your house ready is to declutter it and get rid of your personal items. But because the process can usually take at least 2-3 months you will have to keep your house in this condition for the entire time you are trying to sell it. Even though the people looking might not be the cleanest people in the world or that you don’t think that some dirty dishes or toys in the yard are a good reason to not buy a house, but your opinion does not matter you have to keep the house ready at all time. If you want to make sure that your house is sold you need to always make a good first impression and that the house is always clean and ready to be showed off to prospective buyers. This can be very difficult especially if you have kids and/or pets living with you.