Homes and neighborhoods have personalities as varied as the people who live in them. There is a match of the personalities of the people and the culture in a neighborhood that’s a recipe for a classic story.

Our team enjoys the relationship with our clients that goes beyond the purchase or the sale of a home. We enjoy the continued conversations with clients creating the plan or the roadmap for how to use the value of real estate to create an amazing story for the future.

Selling?

Selling your home is a big deal no matter the size of your house or the land it is on. It involves a lot of planning, decisions, and good timing.

Our Team can help you make the plan well in advance of getting your house correctly marketed.

The home selling plan requires you to do some steps to be successful.

1. Know exactly why you are moving
2. Meet with a real estate professional to…
   1. Get a potential market value for your home
   2. Build a marketing plan for your home sale
3. Decide how much money you want to net from your home sale
4. Pick where you want to move to
5. Clearly define what features you want in your next home
6. Start cleaning out the clutter and minimize what you want to move
7. Start boxing up thing you are not needing to live with but want to keep
8. Have a garage sale
9. Clear out more clutter, and give things to charity
10. Put more things in boxes to minimize the items in closets and storage areas
11. Have another garage sale (trust us, you don’t want to move stuff you don’t want…let other people give you money for things you no longer need)
12. Complete needed home repairs to get your home ready for buyers walking through
13. Wash the windows – inside and out
14. Plant flowers and lay new landscaping fill or mulch
15. Re-arrange rooms or stage them so they look amazing
16. Have professional listing photos taken
17. Let your Realtor list your home on the multiple listing service
18. Watch your home sell quickly

If you are looking for your first home or are moving to a new town, the process of buying a home is a process with deadlines. The process is a fairly simple 9-step process.

Before you start, you are going to need to know some information because people are going to ask you for information, and you need to have the answers.

1. How much do you make each month/year?
   • Gather paycheck stubs
   • Gather tax returns
2. What are your monthly debt payments?
   • Make a note of your credit card payments and payoffs.
   • What is your car payment and the loan payoff?
   • Note your student loan payments and their payoffs.
   • What is your current mortgage payment and the loan payoff?
   • Do you have any additional consumer loan payments and payoffs?
3. Write down your monthly living expenses?
   • Your monthly household budget for food and supplies
   • Your monthly automobile budget for gas and maintenance
   • Your monthly health insurance payments
   • The monthly amount going to retirement savings
   • The monthly amount for entertainment
   • Any additional monthly expenses

Now that you have all the paperwork pulled together and ready, The rest is a pretty simple 9-step process:

1. Meet with a real estate professional
2. Get pre-approved (not just pre-qualified) for a mortgage
3. Search for homes in your price range and target neighborhood
4. Make an offer to purchase
5. Negotiate and sign a contract for the purchase
6. Enter into escrow
7. Order an appraisal, complete inspections, and review your loan terms
8. Close the purchase, and grab your new home keys
9. Move in and enjoy

It may sound overwhelming, but a simple call our office at (503) 799-8354 or email us and we will help start the conversation toward developing the plan toward homeownership. It is amazing to own your own home, and it can be a great investment if you manage it correctly.

We would enjoy the chance to be the best advisor on your real estate journey. We are here to guide you through the process and help you stay on track to your goal.