The Tax Implications of Selling Property

This is a guest post written by Andrea B, of Round Rock Real Estate in Austin, TX.

A Study of the Tax Implications of Selling Property

Selling your home or investment property can be an exciting experience, and there are plenty of numbers to keep in mind. From principal and interest payments to closing costs and moving expenses, the effect that selling your current home (and purchasing a new home) can have on your budget can be enough to make your head spin, but it’s also important to keep the tax requirements of making a sale in mind. In typical tax code fashion, the tax implications of selling your home can be difficult to comprehend, especially if you’ve never sold a home before, so it’s always a good idea to consult with real estate and tax professionals before listing your property. While there are plenty of ways to go about selling a piece of property, it is important to study all of your options before putting your home or property on the market. By following specific tax guidelines, you could be in line for some major savings when the time comes to file your annual return.

If the property you’re looking to sell has been your primary residence for at least two of the previous five years, federal tax law allows for a tax exclusion on the capital gains from the sale in many cases.

According to Fox Business, you are allowed to shelter up to $250,000 of profit if you’re single (or up to $500,000 if you’re married) when selling your primary residence. If you’ve lived in your home for at least two years and haven’t gone through the sale of another primary residence within the past two years in which you excluded gains, you can, most likely, exclude your capital gains from your annual tax return completely. If you have gains above the exclusion levels, the excess gains are subject to taxation, but any losses on the sale are not deductible. Be sure to consult with your tax professional in order to minimize taxable gains on the sale of your property.

Though you may able to exclude the sale of your primary residence, additional capital gains exceeding the exclusion level are still subject to taxation. Make sure you include every possible cost from the purchase of your home to minimize reported gains.

Capital gains that exceed exclusion ceilings need to be reported on form 1040, Schedule D, Capital Gains and Losses, so it is in your best interest to add all available expenses to the original cost of your home in order to minimize reported gains. If you’ve kept great records, the closing costs from the original purchase of your home, as well as from any refinancing or equity line loans you’ve secured, are one source of added costs that can be deducted from your sales gains. Capital improvements to the residence, including a new roof, windows and landscaping, are also applicable expenses. Selling expenses including realtor’s commission, closing costs and other agreed upon costs in the sales contract are also deductible.

Investment properties require more finesse in order to avoid excess taxation. In many cases, efforts to quickly flip property can result in taxation at two levels that can seriously impact your potential profits.

With the growing popularity of flipping real estate, tax laws were molded to keep an eye on short term investors. According to Bankrate, tax rates depend on how long you own a piece of property. While long-term investments are rewarded by federal tax laws, holding assets for less than a year could cost you. If you sell an investment property after holding it for a year or less, you’re likely to face short-term gains, which are taxed at rates as high as 35 percent. In addition, the IRS has been known to recognize multiple real estate transaction in a short period as a business practice instead of an investment strategy. In this case, you’ll have no escape from paying escalated income tax rates.

If an immediate sale isn’t necessary, consider alternative tactics to keep your tax bill minimized. Moving into the investment property for a few years or completing a Section 1031 exchange are worthy of consideration if you’ve got time to wait.

If possible, it’s always a good idea to look at alternative ways to limit your tax burden. Converting an investment property into a primary residence can be accomplished in two years and, potentially, eliminate your tax bill. On the flip side, 1031 exchanges could be a great idea if you plan to continue investing in property following the sale of your current investment. In any case, be sure to consult with your real estate and tax professionals in order to maximize your tax savings.

Andrea B. loves Round Rock real estate, the round Rock Express, and new restaurants in the Austin, TX area.

Sources:

http://www.foxbusiness.com/personal-finance/2012/08/30/tax-implications-selling-your-home/

http://www.bankrate.com/finance/money-guides/tax-consequences-of-flipping-real-estate-1.aspx

So you want to sell your home in 2015...

Five Crucial Home Selling Decisions if You Want to Sell in 2015

If you’re planning on selling your home in 2015 there are five crucial decisions that can help you maximize your sale price, get your home sold quickly and do it all without the mountain of stress that often comes with the sale of your home.

Decision #1 – Decide to prepare sooner than later. Home sellers who wait until spring to get their home “ready” are already behind the curve. The real estate year is in full swing by March 1st and homes that sell quickly and for top dollar during the “selling season” are the homes where the owner had a plan, got their home ready, staged, and listed early in the year.

Decision #2 – Decide to prepare yourself emotionally. Selling your home can be very emotional. When you receive an offer for less than you think your home is worth, it generates a whole host of negative emotions. You can feel angry, frustrated, and think everyone is trying to steal your home from you.

Well, they’re not. Buyers just want to know they’re getting the best price. We all feel similar when we make a big purchase. So be careful to manage your emotions. And if you get a “low-ball” offer rely on the help of a trusted professional. A good agent can often gently negotiate the price into a range where everyone wins. The key is to keep your emotional swings in check.

Decision #3 – Be realistic and price your home accordingly. One of the big keys to getting your home sold quickly, for the most money, is pricing it correctly. If you price your home too high, thinking you’ll “test the market,” it can be costly. Your home can sit on the market too long and get labeled as a “no-need-to-show” because you’re viewed as being unrealistic.

You see it all the time. Sellers think they are going to “hold out” and get a better price. Well, you need to consider how soon you want to sell? The reality is you can get just about any price you want if you’re willing to wait long enough. If you wait 5-7 years your home will very likely sell for a more than it will today. But if you want to sell in 90-120 days for top dollar, pricing is a crucial issue that you should discuss at length with a trusted real estate professional.

Decision #4 – Reconcile reality quickly. This is somewhat similar to decision #2, but it’s actually more practical and actionable. Emotions can be hard to define and control, like in point #2. But what is fairly easy to judge is your market’s numbers, and the realities of value.

Agents always hear things like, “But my home has this, this and this. Therefor it should be worth a lot more.” In theory that’s somewhat true. However, the reality you have to be prepared to reconcile is, if people won’t pay more for those things, it doesn’t make your home worth more.

Now don’t get me wrong. I’m not trying to soften you up so you give your home away. The goal is to help you get the highest possible price, in the shortest time, with the fewest hassles. But something that’s very important to deal with is reality, not wishful thinking. Wishful thinking backs tens of thousands of home sellers into very difficult positions every year.

Having a clear objective view of reality, as well as a trusted professional to help guide you through the emotional ups and downs, can help you avoid a massive mountain of emotional stress, while your home just sits on the market.

My encouragement is, prepare yourself for the true realities, while maintaining high standards throughout the process. It’s a balancing act that with the help of a trusted professional can be far easier to navigate.

Decision #5 – Trust your gut. When interviewing agents there are few things more important than a deep level of trust between you and the agent you choose to represent you. And trust comes in two crucial parts. The first is professional competency.

To trust someone with what is likely the single biggest financial transaction of your life, you need to have confidence that the agent you choose has the skills, technology and ability to fight hard and win what’s in your best interests. That’s why choosing someone just because they’re a “friend of the family” isn’t always the best choice.

The second layer of trust is personal. When you work with someone on something as important as the sale of your home, you need to know you can trust that person personally.

You need to feel a deep sense of confidence that your agent puts your needs in front of their own. It’s not about flash and glitter, or how many homes that agent sold. What’s important is, “Can I trust this person with my financial future?”

That’s where “listen to your gut” comes in. most of us can sense authenticity and integrity. It comes out in many ways and generally when you’re in the presence of it you know in your gut. Sometimes the person might be a little quirky, other times they’re not, but again it’s not about flash and charisma.

The bottom line, choose someone you trust on both a professional and personal level and “go with your gut.”

This content originally comes from Gary Elwood of Proquest Technologies. You can find the original post by clicking here.

How to Find a Real Estate Agent

7 Tips for Finding the Best Real Estate Agent for Your Property

Real estate agents are a dime a dozen these days, but the good ones are few and far between. Before choosing an agent, do your research. It will pay off tenfold in terms of maximizing the selling price of your home, minimizing listing time and ensuring that the selling and closing process will go smoothly. Choosing the right real estate agent is a crucial part of the selling process. Here are seven tips to help you make the most intelligent decision for your property and your needs:

1. Don't hire a realtor just because a friend recommends them.

Many people hire someone based only on a friend's recommendation and wind up with poor representation.

2. Find an expert

To best serve your needs, find someone who demonstrates knowledge of your area, expertise in the process, and strong marketing skills.

3. Find out how the agent plans on marketing your property

Gone are the days when a home can just show up in MLS and be sold. Top real estate agents actually have a marketing process and their sales volumes speak for themselves. Realtors that are good at marketing and selling homes have strong track records, minimum listing periods and maximum selling prices.

4. Find out how many properties the real estate agent you are considering has actually listed and sold in the past year

How many properties similar to yours have they personally sold in the last year? (Beware real estate "team" statistics, as the lead agent might be taking credit for the production of several junior agents.)

5. What is the agent's market list time?

How long do similar properties stay on market with this agent compared to the market average?

6. Find an agent that knows how to use the internet and social media to market your home

Make sure your agent is active on the top online home shopping web sites and has experience using technology to market your home (e.g., Twitter, Facebook).

7. Get a first hand feel for the agents

Interview several agents in person and find one you feel you can trust and will enjoy working with, and that will best represent you as a seller before making a final decision.

Grace Frank is a million dollar/top 10% Chattanooga real estate producer, Accredited Buyer's Representative and certified Green Real Estate Agent specializing in Waterfront Property, Real Estate Investing and Chattanooga Green Real Estate in the Chattanooga region. She holds an MBA in marketing and puts her exceptional negotiating skills to work on behalf of her clients to exceed expectations. To learn more, visit Grace on Facebook.

How to choose a real estate agent

The decision to buy or sell a home is one of the most important financial decisions most people make, yet many give little thought to finding the real estate agent best suited to their needs.

Agents are often chosen solely on the recommendation of a friend or an ad in the newspaper. But choosing the right agent can save you time, effort and aggravation in finding the perfect home at a price you can afford or selling your home quickly for top dollar.

"Real estate has always been a mark of independence and freedom in this country," says Donald R. Brenner, professor emeritus at American University. "Owning property is very important, and when you deal with someone who is going to help you buy or sell a piece of property, you'd better find someone that knows what they're doing.

"If you pick up the phone book and choose from the yellow pages, you won't make a better decision than if you picked up the telephone book to choose a brain surgeon," says Brenner.

Realtor Grace Frank isn't interested in hearing the odds, only in beating them. For example, when she took her plan to build South side Village to the banks, they told her she was nuts. She showed them they were wrong.
"It took us a year to negotiate the land deals, and then we started building last May. We've sold nearly an entire street, and we did it when no one thought it was possible," she says.
The banks not only underestimated Frank's ability to build and sell the South side project, also her entrepreneurial spirit, Read More...

Secrets for Staging Your Home!

HGTV recently published an article detailing 15 tips you can observe in order to properly stage your home for sale.

Of course, the goal is not to lie about the condition of your home, there are certain steps you can take to ensure that the strengths of your home are highlighted while making sure that any faults are not the only thing prospective buyers see. Simple things like proper lighting and making use of vertical space can make all the difference to someone interested in buying your home.

Click here to go to the article and read all of the tips. If you're looking to sell your home anytime soon, check out these tips, and contact us if you have any specific questions of concerns!

Moving is Complicated and Difficult: Let's Make It Less So

After all the marketing, price reductions, paperwork, and meetings, you've finally sold your home. But now that the property is sold, you've got to get your stuff out of there! That can be another ordeal in itself, and might just tempt you to reconsider this whole selling-your-home business. What's the insurance like, are there things they won't touch, will they pack for you or would it be easier to just do it yourself, the list goes on.

This seems counterproductive, Sharon.

But it doesn't have to be such a pain! There are steps you can take to help relieve some of the uncertainty and confusion that goes along with moving, and cut through some of the tape holding up the process.

The article below comes from Melinda Duncan, a Re/Max agent based in Kentucky (check out her website). She's provided us with a checklist of things you can ask the movers or moving company before you decide to work with them. While not exhaustive, this list serves as a good guideline for what to ask and look for when it comes to movers.

Fees

• What is the charge for packing?
• Does it include boxes? If not, what do they cost and will you deliver them?
• Is there an additional charge to deliver some items to a storage unit?

Insurance

• How is a damage claim handled? 
• What insurance do you provide and is there a cost? 
• Does the insurance cover items packed by the owner? 
• Can additional insurance be purchased? 
• If items are covered by my Homeowner’s insurance, whose insurance pays first?

Unusual Items 

• Can you ship my car(s)? Will they be in the moving van or towed? 
• What are the charges for shipping cars, lawn tractors, etc? 
• What items cannot be shipped? 
• If a shuttle truck is needed because of the location of my house or size of the drive way, is there an additional charge? 
• If packing and loading are on different days, can you leave the beds and other basics out for us to use?

Dates 

• What dates are available for our move?
• What date will you pack and how long will this take? 
• What date will you load the van? 
• What date will the van arrive at my new location? 
• If my new home is not ready for delivery, how many days can it be delayed before there is a charge? 
• What is the charge for additional days or weeks?

Terms 

• Are there any additional fees that I’m responsible for that have not been discussed? 
• What are the terms of payment? 
• Is a down payment required? 
• When will the balance be due and who is authorized to accept it?

What Kind of Showing Was It?

Property showings can be confusing for sellers. How to prepare, what kinds of things are

potential buyers looking for, is it awkward to continue binge-watching Breaking Bad while it happens, etc.

But luckily for you, it doesn't have to be. The article below comes from Melinda Duncan, a Re/Max agent based in Kentucky (check out her website). Here she explains the different kinds of showings that can be given of your home, and some tips for preparing for each:

One of the most frequent calls from homeowners to their agents is about the listing’s inactivity due to the lack of showings.  The homeowner commonly believes that the home is shown only when a buyer walks through the house with an agent.

Today’s buyers are more sophisticated than in the past due to the abundance of information available to the public on the Internet.  There are seemingly inexhaustible sites with homes for sale, valuation estimates and virtual tours.  There are extensive mapping sites with satellite images, traffic conditions, entertainment, shopping and other points of interest.

There are actually three legitimate types of property showings.  A knowledgeable buyer can view a home for sale online and make a reasonable determination of whether the home will fit their needs.  Occasionally, buyers will drive by a home to get a feel for the home and also the neighborhood which might cause them to eliminate any further examination or consideration.

The third type, the physical showing, certainly gives the buyer the opportunity for the closest scrutiny but is generally reserved for properties that have passed the inspections of at least one other type of showing.

Sellers should be aware of the different types of showings and that a sales agent’s job is to help the buyer find the right home.  The listing agent’s job is to market the home so that the right buyer finds it either through their own efforts or that of the buyer’s agent.

Should You Fix Up a Home Before Selling It?

This article originally comes from RISMedia.com, and was written by Jack Guttentag. You can find the original here.

Recently I put my home up for sale, and because it needed a new roof, deck, and septic system, came face to face with this question. This article is based heavily on that experience, in which I made a serious mistake that other sellers can avoid.


It is easier to sell a house that is attractive to potential buyers, which means that you spend a little time and money on cosmetics. This is partly just a matter of making sure the house is clean, the yard is neat, the driveway is swept, bushes pruned and so on. Easily fixed structural defects, like a loose shingle, should be fixed.

Houses almost always look better when furnished than when empty — and they also look larger. If you are moving to another residence and plan to take your furnishings with you, try to arrange to show the house before you move out of it.

But if your house also has structural defects that are costly to fix, as mine did, the challenge is in deciding whether or not to fix them before sale.

Every house has defects, some obvious and others hidden. Both types will affect the price a buyer is willing to pay. It is a mistake to think that a potential buyer will assume that the only defects that exist are those that are visible.

So what should you do? Click here to read the rest of the article and find out a few recommendations.

Home Sales in Chattanooga are Looking Good

This article originally appeared in the Chattanooga Times Free Press. You can find it here.

It's shaping up to be a solid year for the housing market, as home sales and new housing starts rose across the board in September.

Sales of existing homes in September rose 19 percent over the year to 615 homes sold across the Chattanooga area, as homeowners rushed to put nearly 1,000 new homes on the market during the period, according to the Greater Chattanooga Association of Realtors.

Home starts year to date are up 12.4 percent to 1,178, including 760 new homes started in Hamilton County and 224 in Bradley County so far this year, according to research firm The Market Edge.

But though unit sales are promising, the recovery has yet to hit the high end of the market. Big homes, defined as those with more than 4,000 square feet or costing more than $400,000, are actually lagging 2012's numbers, with only 30 permits for large homes secured so far this year.

Builders aren't the only ones feeling the squeeze. Realtors say the median sales price in the Chattanooga area squeaked down 1.7 percent to $137,000. But buyers seemed to like the lower prices, as the number of days a home stood on the market decreased

2.5 percent to an average of 119 days, and the months of housing inventory decreased 6.3 percent to nine months, or about 5,173 homes for sale.

Mark Blazek, president of the Realtors association, said the combination of new home sales and buyers looking to downsize are driving the home sales surge.

"Some baby boomers are ready to look for less space, nudging Junior out of the basement," Blazek said. "The pizza boxes and late-night video games get old, plus there's a fresh crop of buyers looking for a bigger space to raise their own little darlings."

Awakening the Dormant Seller

This content was originally posted on the Buffini & Co. website. It was written by Joe Niego, the Buffini & Co. presenter and trainer. You can find the original post here.

Generally speaking, yesterday’s market moved at a slower pace and the MLS was overloaded with homes for sale – many of them foreclosures or short sales. Prices adjusted downward and people seemed nervous to “buy into” an unstable market.

Today, however, there’s a sense of better times ahead. We’re seeing multiple-offer presentations and there are more buyers than homes available! Inventory is limited and it requires more work to find your buyer a home. The lesson here is: different markets require different approaches, strategies and skill sets.

How did we get here?

I (Joe) sell real estate in the Midwest – a region that’s usually last to feel an economic up or downturn. But our market is definitely starting to feel this inventory shortage. As I travel coast-to-coast talking to real estate agents, I can tell you that many regions are already experiencing this phenomenon in full force: California, Nevada, Arizona, Texas, Massachusetts, Virginia, Florida and even markets in Canada.

The five economic factors causing an inventory shortage

1. Slowdown of New Construction Starts

In the U.S., 1.6 million new construction homes must be built each year just to keep up with current demand (due to population growth, homes lost to natural disasters, tear downs, etc.). Over the last five years the U.S. has averaged approximately 600,000 housing starts per year. That’s a million homes short – each year! You don’t need to be a mathematician to realize this is a contributing factor to our current inventory shortage.

2. Re-entry of The &lduqoBoomerange Buyer”

A Boomerang Buyer is a homeowner who had trouble weathering the recession and as a result, lost their home to a foreclosure or short sale. These people are rebuilding their credit, however, and seven in 10 will return to homeownership within eight years of their foreclosure or short sale. Do the math; they are re-entering the market now! They represent over 20 percent of buyers in California, over 30 percent in Arizona, Nevada and Florida, and we’re starting to see a larger percentage of Boomerang Buyers here in the Midwest. So the re-entry of the Boomerang Buyer is causing an intense demand for homes, furthering the impact on inventory.

3. Arrival of The Echo-Boom Generation

The Echo Boomers are the offspring of the Baby Boom generation. There are 80 million of them and they are between the ages of 18 and 31. Why is that so important? Because the average age of a first-time buyer is 30 years old. What this means is there’s a massive conveyor belt of demand moving your way. And it’s just started up.

4. Increase in Life Expectancy

Good news for all of us: people are living longer! According to the U.S. Census Bureau, life expectancy in 1970 was 71 years old. The projected life expectancy in 2015 is 79 years old. As we grow older we’ll still need a place to live, which results in fewer available homes on the market.

5. Increase of Immigration And Population

It’ll come as no surprise, North America is still the promised land for many people. Population and immigration growth – both in the U.S. and Canada – are ticking upward with no end in sight. More people means more housing needs. It’s that simple!

So from a macro-economic perspective, these are the five forces affecting the market. The bottom line is, markets are experiencing a housing shortage, and if you don’t feel it yet, it’s coming.

As I mentioned, new markets create new challenges, but they also create new opportunities. This new market demands a new solution, and here it is: you must create your own inventory.

The days of sitting in the office, checking the MLS and waiting for other agents to bring you listings to show your buyer are over. You need to get out into the market. And you need to be strategic in your approach to acquiring more listings.

What are you going to do about it?

Are you feeling the pinch of the inventory shortage? If not, what are you doing to prepare for its inevitable arrival? Over the past couple of years, Brian would talk to me about sharing the strategies and resources I had used to generate listing opportunities in difficult markets. To be honest, I was reluctant at first because I knew it would require a tremendous amount of time and energy; two resources I had already maxed out.

However, after a number of conversations, Brian’s ability to persuade, and a lot of thought, I made a commitment: I would formalize a 10 strategy system to help real estate agents generate three additional listings each and every month. I did, and it’s here.

Selecting the wrong listing agent can (cost you dearly) (bruise your bank account) (ruin your chance of profit) (destroy your profits) (be a very costly mistake) etc.

The Wall Street Journal recently published results of a study showing experienced agents sell homes for an average 12% more than their less experienced counterparts. According to the article, this amounts to an average sales price gain of about $25,000. You can find that it here if you're interested.

But selecting a poorly qualified listing agent can cost you much more.

Earlier this year, I represented a buyer who wanted to find a home on Chattanooga’s thriving South Side. She mentioned she had driven past a house and seen the For S
ale sign, but could not find the listing in the Multiple Listing Service (MLS).  My research discovered that the listing agent had entered the wrong zip code for the property, and therefore potential buyers did not find it on searches of the MLS, Zillow, Trulia or similar web sites.  In addition, the listing agent had only posted one (very sloppy) photo and had significantly understated the actual square footage of the property.

During phone conversations, the agent demonstrated little insight into new construction, failing to recognize the term “C.O.” (certificate of occupancy). As a result, we were able to negotiate a sales price for the buyer approximately $50,000 below the actual market value of the home, creating $50,000 of instant equity for the buyer (and that amount of lost profit for the seller).

Picture is not unrelated.

In the Wall Street Journal article, Bennie Walker, Professor of Finance and Real Estate at Longwood University, points out “the more experience you have, the more likely you are to sell the properties that you list, the more likely you are to sell it at a higher price and the less time it stays on the market.”  

Experienced agents have greater knowledge of neighborhoods, a larger network of buyers and sellers, and well developed relationships with home inspectors, appraisers and mortgage brokers. These connections can also really make a difference, and should be considered when you are deciding on who will represent your interests when it comes time to sell.

Selling Your Home? Here's a Few Tips

*This article was originally published by Simon Campbell on RealityTimes.com, and you can find it here.

Long gone are the traditional ways of selling a home. It used to be that placing a sign in the front yard of your home and a small classified advertisement would be good enough to get the job done. Times have changed, though, and the process of marketing your home for sale have, too.

Hiring a real estate agent can certainly assist you in the marketing process, but there are some tricks that go underutilized even by their standards. Here are a few tips of ways to market your home that may just be outside of the box. Consider these into your budget, and there can be a lot of success that go into selling your home.

Facebook

Facebook has easily become the most popular social networking site in all of the world. Everyday, hundreds of millions of people log on and check what’s going on with the people in the lives. There is, however, much more use to Facebook than that. Companies are beginning to utilize the site as a marketing tool, and there’s no limit on to what can be marketed, including real estate.

Listing your home on Facebook is a simple and cheap process that only takes mere minutes to get your advertisement seen by many of the people in your social network. You can set a daily advertising budget on the site and how many people worldwide will be able to see it.

Since you will obviously be looking to advertise to those that are within a short radius of the area, this will save a lot of money focused on just a couple of cities.You can also set what type of customer that you are looking for, all the way down to the age of the viewer. The budget should be around $7 to get started and you can input your credit or debit card to make the payment. It’s that simple (and effective).

Individual Website

While a realtor is able to provide a listing for your home on their website, why not try a dedicated website to promote your listing? For a year of having a good looking website with technical support, it should only cost around $100, which is not bad for a marketing budget.

This will certainly set your home apart from the other listings in the area as you can showcase every glorious detail of the property and home, something that the realtors have limited capability of doing. It doesn’t have to be a fancy website that was created by a state of the art graphic designer, but a basic knowledge of aesthetics will go a long way.

Creative Staging

Having your home look identical to a model home that a realtor is selling can be nearly impossible. However, if you are willing to spend a little extra money to improve the look of your home, it can garner a lot of positive attention. This will help you to sell your home even faster than normal.

If you rent furniture that is a dramatic improvement over the furniture you currently have in the home, it will give it a more decorative and positive feel. People pay attention to details like that, and will appreciate the effort of upkeep the home has had. Not many people consider renting furniture just for the aesthetics, but it can go a long way in helping the sale.

Now that you have considered some of the “out of the box” ideas, it may be time to put them to good use. It’s a lot cheaper than listing your home the traditional way, but still gets the point across beautifully. If you don’t feel comfortable using these ideas, then a realtor will be able to answer any questions you may have. But try it out to see if it works, and you just may be pleasantly surprised.

For more information on selling your home, head on over to SecretsforSellers.com, our website dedicated to helping you sell your home!