For Sellers

Selling your home shouldn't be a stressful ordeal. Making the smart move of choosing an Experienced, Full Time REALTOR® is your first step to ensuring that your investment in your home pays off. My services and 38 years experience allow you to focus on your move while I manage your home sale from our initial consultation to the closing deal, and beyond. I pride myself on referral and repeat business and hope you'll come to understand why.

What I will do for you
Recent Home Sales
Getting the highest price
Closing Costs

As Your Agent, I Will:

Complete a comparative market analysis that will compare your home's value to that of your neighbors.
Compile a comprehensive plan detailing all the efforts I will employ to sell your home, including Internet and local media.
Present your home to as many qualified buyers as possible getting your home maximum exposure.
Help you stage your home and generate curb appeal to ensure you get the highest price.
Assist with obtaining offers and help you in negotiating the best deal as smoothly as possible.
Help you find your next home and answer your questions about the local market area, including schools, neighborhoods, the local economy, and more.
Negotiate the best price and terms for your needs. My many years of experience will insure you get the very best of both.
Open houses? A Brokers open is to alert other Realtors that your property is available. If you decide against open houses then I can assure you of exposure with the many other options available for marketing. Public Open House (typically on Sundays) is to invite people in to see your property. Internet exposure is now a vital part of marketing and if you list your property your property will appear on over a thousand web sites, including mine. Advertising is exceptional. Newspaper / magazine / brochures / signs +++. Networking with other agents & companies in and out of your area. There is so much more to discuss.

Recent Home Sales

What are homes selling for on your street / in your neighborhood / in similar neighborhoods? Feel free to contact me..... BIvy915@aol.com ...415-328-6413 to find out what similar properties are selling for, how long they are typically on the market, ....free of charge, or to receive a more detailed analysis of the value of your home, and all the other things that come to mind when making the decision to sell property.

Getting the Highest Price for Your Home

Curb appeal is key and could make a difference whether people stop and take a flyer, or drive right by. Here are a few tips to increase the curb appeal of your home. Staging your home is important. Many buyers will stay in your home longer if it's staged appropriately. I have compiled some ideas to present your home in the most effective manner.

Closing Costs to Expect:

Title insurance fees depend on the sales price of the home. These fees are traditionally a buyer pay item. This can vary, depending on what type of market we are experiencing.
Broker's commission is a full-service fee and will cost anywhere between 5% to 7%.
Local property transfer tax, county transfer tax, state transfer tax, and state capital gains tax are the charges that you'll pay for the privilege of selling your home. Credit to the buyer of unpaid real estate taxes for the prior or current year are variable and depend on when you close and when your taxes are due.
FHA fees and costs are all fees are now negotiable between an FHA buyer and seller.
Home inspections fees are in some circumstances paid for by the seller and include pest, radon and other inspections. Check out a sample of a home inspection report at www.NBIsAnswerman@goNBI.com
Miscellaneous fees can accrue from correcting problems noticed during the home inspection.

Find out how much your closing costs could be. BIVy915@aol.com 415-328-6413