Steps Involved in Selling Your Home
Selling your home is easier when you have a clear plan, the right preparation, and an experienced Realtor guiding you through each step.
I’m Dave Holt, and my role is to help you prepare, market, negotiate, and close your sale while protecting your interests throughout the process.
Sell Your Home for Top Dollar
Contact Dave Holt as your Trusted Realtor. Real Estate is not a difficult business however like most things in life, there’s a right way to do things and there’s a wrong way to do things and life’s challenging enough without making it any more difficult. I treat each and every one of my clients like they’re my Family- I do right by them by treating them with honesty, putting their best interests first and being the resource they need me to be. I’m with my clients each step along the way and I’ll make sure the sale goes as smoothly as possible for everyone involved.
Find Out How Much Your Home Is Worth
Find out much your home is worth- I’ll prepare a comprehensive report that draws on the recent sale MLS sales of comparable homes in your neighbourhood. My honest and realistic evaluation of your home is defendable and not inflated to win your listing.
Review and Sign the Listing Agreement
Review and Sign the Listing Agreement- I review and explain the RECO Information Guide, MLS Listing Agreement and MLS data forms with you first before you sign anything.
Prepare Your Home for Sale
Prepare your Home for Sale- My stager and I will provide a list of repairs, improvement and decluttering suggestions you’ll want to complete before we list your home for sale.
Stage Your Home
Staging your home- May involve moving/removing certain pieces of furniture, adding decorative items, deep cleaning or decluttering - all important activities which enhance the emotional appeal of your home helping to sell your home faster and for top value.
Virtual Tour, Floor Plans and Drone
Virtual tour, floor plans and drone- Professional photos are a powerful, compelling marketing tool and together with virtual tours, floor plans and drone videos and are an integral part of my Marketing Campaign.
Pre-List “Coming Soon” Campaign
Pre List campaign “Coming Soon” (market to my database and Team Forward). Your home will be marketed to the contacts in my data base who may be looking for a home like yours’ and to the 150+ Realtors in Team Forward.
Hard / Full Launch
Hard/Full Launch- Powerful marketing programs including listing your home on MLS platforms such as Realtor.ca, TRREB, daveholt.ca, eXp website and Google. Social media platforms include facebook and Instagram and e:mail blast to thousands of Realtors in the GTA who may have a Buyer looking for a home like yours’.
Showings and Open House Exposure
Showings and Open House exposure- Appointments to show your home are approved by you first before anyone shows your home. A Public Open House is encouraged to further increase exposure and awareness for your home.
Review Offers and Negotiate
Review Offers and Negotiation- I will review the details of each offer with you and explain the terms and conditions that have been included.
Accepted Offer and Close the Sale
Accepted Offer and Close sale of your home- Once the deposit has been delivered and the Buyer has fulfilled (completed) all of the conditions in their offer your is now sold firm. In the meantime your lawyer will have completed all of their responsibilities and on the day of closing you’re simply waiting for a call from your lawyers’ office saying the transaction has closed and congratulations on the sale of your home.