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Thinking About Selling Your Home Yourself?: Chicago and Lincoln Park Illinois home buying, real estate listings, and homes for sale in Cook County, IL
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There's More to Selling Your Home than a "For Sale" Sign In Your Front Yard: Beware.
 

Even if a simple sign in your yard did produce a buyer knocking on your door, how will you handle the following questions: 

"How does your home compare to others like it in Chicago and Lincoln Park?" 

"How did you determine the fair market value of this property?" 

"What about financing? Can you help?" 

"If I make an offer, who will draw up the paperwork?" 

"Why aren't you using a Realtor? Is there something wrong with the property?" 

"Since you aren't using a Realtor, we can take their fee right off the top, right?" 

Selling your home is one of the most important financial transactions you will make in your life. Don't take risks. Selling your home is nothing like selling a car. Every home is different, and every homebuyer wants to offer you as little as possible. How do you determine the real market value? 

Almost all homes are sold using a Realtor. As a top real estate professional, it is my job to help you negotiate with all those buyers who want something for nothing. Not to mention preparing your home for sale, marketing it locally in Lincoln Park and even nationally, and guiding you through the complex paperwork and pitfalls of escrow and closing. Make sure you are really ready to handle all of that before pounding that sign into your front yard. Errors can be extremely costly. 

Remember: Buyers want to offer you as close to nothing as possible! While that "For Sale By Owner" sign might sound like a good idea, it usually means a different thing to buyers: "Try to steal this one." 

If you must sell your own home, at least let me give you a sense of its true market value. Tell me a bit about your home, and I'll do a quick Comparative Market Analysis and let you know what I feel it is worth. I'll also describe, as an experienced, top Chicago and Lincoln Park Realtor, how I would market your property. This is free, with no strings attached. Simply fill out the form and I will quickly get back to you...
 

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Closing or Settlement >Net Sheet for Sellers

When you consider what price you should accept when selling your home, there are two important factors that will influence your decision. The first factor is the basic sales price. The second, and more important, is the amount you will actually receive from the proceeds at the closing.

Your real estate agent will prepare a seller's "net sheet" showing what your expenses will be. This will aid you in determining who pays what and when. It can help you to focus on the details of the sale.

A seller's expenses will include brokerage fees, real estate settlement fees, title insurance fees and special assessments. In some cases the buyer may ask you to pay some of the loan fees. Local real estate taxes will be pro-rated for you and the buyer, and you may be asked to place funds in escrow for payment of your final water bill. Subtract your mortgage balance any home improvement loans and other liens against the property that will be paid at the closing to come up with your final figures.

Your real estate agent can go over all of these factors with you when you list your home for sale and again as offers come in.

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Tod Pratt, REALTORŪ, real estate agent and broker for Chicago and Lincoln Park Illinois home listings, property and land for sale - NUMBER1EXPERT(tm)

Tod Pratt
Koenig& Strey

1940 North Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60614
312-475-4185
773-744-4433
Fax: 312-943-6500
tod@yourhomeinchicago.com

Tod has been successfully selling residential real estate full time for the past 16 years. Since the beginning of his real estate career, Tod has believed that good listening and communication skills are his keys in assisting his clients toward the successful search, purchase, and closing of their new home. In this service-oriented business, giving clients the timely, appropriate advice they need is what Tod strives to deliver to every client. In 1993 Tod received the GRI designation (Graduate Realtors Institute), and in 1994, the CRS designation (Certified Residential Specialist). Being the recipient of these designations shows Tod's professional commitment to his industry, and more importantly, to his clients. Tod has had much experience in assisting relocating corporate clients into their new city and home. Tod has been a recommended realtor of Johnson & Johnson, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Jannsen Pharmaceutical, along with many others. Tod specializes in the sale of the following downtown areas of Chicago: Lincoln Park, Gold Coast, The 'Loop', River North, River West, Wrigleyville, and Lakeview. Give Tod a call today and let him use his experience to help you find 'your home in Chicago'.

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