Home Seller's Checklist: Everything You Need to Know to Get the Highest Price for Your House [Paperback]

Robert Irwin (Author), Robert Irwin (Author)

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Publication Date: March 1, 2004

America's top real estate expert helps home sellers save time, money, and headaches

"Broker-investor Irwin is a prolific writer on real estate, and among the best."

--USA Today

Missing any step in the complex home selling process can cost a seller dearly in time, taxes, and profits. Now Home Seller's Checklist makes it easier than ever for home sellers to cover all their bases--in the right order and at the right time.

Following the same step-by-step format as Bob Irwin's bestselling Home Buyer'sChecklist, it:

• Arms sellers with a simple, comprehensive list of tasks to check off as they go
• Covers every step in the process, from first repairs to picking an agent to closing the sale
• Poses all the questions sellers need to ask themselves, their agents, appraisers, escrow officers, and contractors

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From the Back Cover

Expert Tips on Getting the Most Money for Your Home--With the Least Headaches!

"Broker-investor Irwin is a prolific writer on real estate, and among the best." --USA Today

Getting the most for your investment is the concern of every home seller. To do that, you need to arm yourself with the necessary strategies and techniques to both maximize the value of your home--and make it as attractive for a prospective buyer as possible.

With Home Seller's Checklist, America's leading real estate writer Robert Irwin gives you all the information you need--taking you step by step through the selling process, from getting your house in tip-top shape to avoiding bungling agents, through the closing process. This detailed checklist offers a fail-safe plan to make sure you:

• Make a Winning First Impression--the finer points of making your home look great, inside and out
• Choose the Right Agent--all the ins and outs of "selling by owner" . . . or choosing an experienced, trustworthy agent
• Don't Get Burned by Details--become familiar with the vital technical aspects of listing agreements, agent commissions and disclosures
• Become a Savvy Negotiator--come out on top when it comes to counter offers, inspections fees, corrective work and more

These and many more tips will make the process of selling your home go smoothly and trouble-free, so you can focus your attention where it belongs--on your new home.

About the Author

Bob Irwin is one of the country's top authorities on real estate and the author of many bestselling real estate books, including the Tips & Traps series. He lives in Westlake Village, California.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (March 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071432159
• ISBN-13: 978-0071432153
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,736,398 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Front cover off base-, August 21, 2006

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This review is from: Home Seller's Checklist: Everything You Need to Know to Get the Highest Price for Your House (Paperback)

The cover text reads "Room-by-room do and don'ts for increasing the value of your home" - I was disappointed there is nothing in here that even resembles a room by room checklist. The bathroom in mentioned once in the first chapter as is the kitchen and garage- (that's it!)- More legal mumbo jumbo than anything else. I was specifically looking to prep my home for sale not the actual sales process. If you want the legal stuff- this is it.