Real Estate transactions involve one of the biggest financial investments most people experience in their lifetime. Transactions today usually exceed $100,000. If you had a $100,000 income tax problem, would you attempt to deal with it without the help of a CPA? If you had a $100,000 legal question, would you deal with it without the help of an attorney? Considering the small upside cost and the large downside risk, it would be foolish to consider a deal in real estate without the professional assistance of a REALTOR®!

In selling your home, a REALTOR® will:

• Compile information about your home that may include the home's size, type of heating/cooling, schools, and community information, etc.
• Use comparable sales in your area so the right price can be set to sell your home.
• Coordinate and pay for the advertising and marketing of your home, including placing your home in our regional multiple listing service, its public site on the Internet, and REALTOR.COM TM.
• Screen prospective buyers so that only qualified, serious buyers go through your home.
• Free you from showing your home by handling phone inquiries, appointments, and showings.
• Maintain objectivity in the Present offers and advise you on aspects of the sales contract, and negotiate for a better price.
• Write offers, escrow the buyers' deposit and handle the other documents necessary to bring the home to a successful closing.
• Explain the closing procedure to you.
• Accompany you or attend the closing for you.