Thinking about buying or selling a home on your own? Consider these steps you would have to complete on your own.
- Determine how much you can afford.
- Arrange home and pest inspections on new home.
- Negotiate the terms of sale or purchase, including negotiating repairs and concessions.
- Price existing home without the input of market expert.
- Check Credit Report.
- Find attorney to draft contract
- Ability to put existing house on market.
- Review and approve contract.
- Decide where best to advertise to reach best potential buyers.
- Get signed contract to seller.
- Host open houses to sell existing home.
- Schedule appointments to show current home or to see new ones.
- Hire an Attorney or title company to complete research for closing.
- Choose Mortgage Lender.
- Find New Home with All the Features You Want.
- Hire a surveyor to survey property.
- Investigate School Systems
- Order Title Search
- Obtain Title Insurance
- Research Neighborhoods and local amenities.
- Review and Approve Closing Costs.
- Analyze Comparable home sales and Make offer on new home.
- Consider Offers for Current Home.
- Obtain Homeowners’ Insurance.
- Conduct final walk-through’s of home.
- Review homeowners’ association documents for new home.
- Coordinate closing with lender, Title Company and customer.
- Meet home and pest Inspectors for review of current home.
- Review and sign closing documents.