Step 16 to Selling Your Home: The Home Inspection Period
Once you've accepted an offer, which we covered in the last step, you'll see there are a couple of contingencies that need to be removed. The first…
Author: Abraham Walker
Step 18 to Selling Your Home: Select a Title Company
You have the right to choose a settlement agent to handle this transaction. Usually, the settlement company is chosen by the buyer, however, you can…
Step 20 to Selling Your House: Hire Movers, Start Packing!
Now that we've removed all contingencies and have hired a title company in the previous steps its time to select and hire a moving company.Hire…
Step 22 to Selling Your House: Cancel Homeowner’s Insurance
Cancel Homeowner’s InsuranceWhen should you cancel your homeowner's insurance?If you’re purchasing another home, transfer your insurance to the new house and arrange for the transfer…
Step 24 to Selling Your House: Buyer’s Mortgage Approval
Mortgage Approval and Clear to CloseIn the previous step you hired a cleaning company and now you're one step closer to closing. Three days prior…
Step 17 to Selling Your Home: Financing Contingency Period
There's usually more than one contigency when selling a home in addition to the home inspection contingency covered in the last step there's also a …
Step 19 to Selling Your Home: Scheduling closing date
Now that the financing and inspection periods have closed, it’s time to verify closing dates with title and lending companies and schedule your own vacancy…
Step 21 to Selling Your House: Transfer Utilities
Schedule the Transfer of UtilitiesNow that we are getting closer to settlement you want to transfer or cancel all utilities for the property. Unless you…
Step 23 to Selling Your House: Hire a Cleaning Service
Hire a residential cleaning company Most buyers request the home be “broom clean” when you move out. We suggest, out of courtesy, to give it one…
Step 25 to Selling Your House: Final Walkthrough
By this point, the buyer's financing has been approved as we discussed in the last step. The buyer's agent will schedule the final walkthrough soon.…
