Ilona Bray 
Selling Your House [EPUB ebook] 
Nolo’s Essential Guide

Buyers can’t wait to get a look at your home—but what’s the best way to earn the highest return? You may hope to inspire multiple offers, but also want to make sure to choose a buyer who will close the deal without last-minute issues or drama. Selling Your House: Nolo’s Essential Guide provides the practical and legal guidance you’ll need to make the deal happen.



Whether you’re moving up or downsizing, or selling because of a job change, growing family, or financial troubles, you’ll get useful information that will help you:



figure out how much comparable homes are selling for

decide on the right price

hire real estate professionals to help you

dress up, market, and otherwise set your house apart from the pack

make required disclosures, and

negotiate and successfully close the sale.



Selling Your House: Nolo’s Essential Guide draws on input from a wide range of experts, helping you conclude a sale you’ll be satisfied with, no matter the state of your local housing market.

İçerik tablosu

Introduction: What’s Ahead in Selling Your Home

1. First Steps: What You Can Do NOW to Get Ready to Sell

2. Getting Expert Help: Hiring a Real Estate Agent, Lawyer, and Accountant

3. Prep Work: Pre Inspections, Repairs, and Improvements

4. Telling Buyers What You Know: Disclosure Laws

5. Spiffing Up Your House: Decluttering, Cleaning, and Staging

6. Pricing Your House to Sell—and Sell High

7. Websites, Open Houses, and Other Marketing Tools

8. Receiving and Evaluating Offers

9. Demystifying Your House Sale Contract

10. Keeping Up Momentum, From Escrow to Closing

11. Selling Without an Agent: Smart or Scary?

Index

Yazar hakkında

Ilona Bray, J.D. is an award-winning author and legal editor at Nolo, specializing in immigration law, real estate, and nonprofit fundraising. She has been quoted as a real estate expert in publications across the country, including Money Magazine, Kiplinger, The New York Times, the Boston Herald, and the San Francisco Chronicle. Many of her books are consistent Nolo bestsellers, among them Effective Fundraising for Nonprofits, U.S. Immigration Made Easy, and Nolo’s Essential Guide to Buying Your First Home. She particularly enjoys interviewing people and weaving their stories into her books.



Bray’s working background includes solo practice, nonprofit, and corporate stints, as well as long periods of volunteering, including an internship at Amnesty International’s main legal office in London. She received her law degree and a Master’s degree in East Asian (Chinese) Studies from the University of Washington. In her spare time she enjoys writing children’s books, going to open houses, and gardening.