Ok, folks, last week we talked about someplace that people looking to buy a home that had gone through foreclosure could check out.
So, in the interest of balanced reporting, I'm pleased to let you know about another website that offers some great tips for people thinking about selling their homes. I'll be honest-I started thinking about when one of my colleagues, after months of trying to sell a home, switched listing agents and got two offers in two days. So I started doing some digging to see what advice was out there that was USEFUL, not just some Real Estate agent or broker's personal page designed to get you to use their services.
So often, if you hunt for help on selling a home, that's exactly where you end up-getting some canned and pre-packaged RE agent site. Now, I'm not knocking RE agents (at least not yet...but fair warning, look for a future rant on the topic), but how exactly can you entrust what may be the biggest financial transaction of your life to somebody based on their website, especially when so many of them look the same?
Similarly, how do you get a good understanding of settling costs and other seller's issues? I'm pleased to report that at least SOME of our tax dollars are helping homeowners answer questions like this (although don't forget to read Rebelliously and make up your own mind!). The US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has put together a fairly user-friendly and accessible site to help. You can find it at http://portal.hud.gov/portal/page/portal/HUD/topics/selling_a_home and look for tips on everything from interviewing a broker to understanding settlement issues.
So, if you're thinking of selling for any reason, I bet there's information there that will be helpful. Go Gettit!
Rebelliously,
Larry
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