Selling your home can be a fraught venture. Even if you’re glad to welcome a new chapter, it’s not fun to imagine complete strangers wandering through your house, inspecting it, touching things, and passing judgment on what they see. You may have no ambivalence about letting your home go and yet still feel emotional about your move. You are leaving parts of your past behind. We form attachments to the places we live in, and those physical spaces hold memories.
That’s why adequate preparations are so important to keeping stress levels down and selling to the right buyer. Many assume a real estate agent handles everything. In fact that is far from the truth. There is a great deal of work you can do before you even sign the dotted line, not the least of which is the task of finding the right agent. Even if you have experience, realtor fees and closing costs vary by market so it is wise to give yourself a refresher.