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is to take a good look at your property and try to view it objectively, as a buyer would. Remove clutter (even if you have to store some things temporarily), spruce it up (repair those drawer slides, repaint--it's cheap and easy, trim the shrubs, etc.), and, if necessary, have those repairs done that you have postponed. A small investment will be worth it. Otherwise, a buyer will see the blemishes and estimate their cost to fix them, and then deduct that amount from their offer. Remember also that if you leave fixtures in place which you expect to exclude, their omission may affect the buyer's offer; it is better to remove or replace fixtures like your grandmother's chandelier before you show the property.

If you need the assistance of an appraiser to establish a price for the property, a surveyor, Mortgage Company, repairman or contractor, a title company to provide title insurance and handle the closing, or additional legal assistance beyond the basic sale documents, we can make referrals to other professionals in these fields.

When you have prepared your property for the best presentation, list its features. A Fact Sheet for Residence and a Fact Sheet for Land are located on this website. If you complete one of these and fax it to us, we can use it to prepare advertising text for newspaper and website listings. We will take photos, or you can provide them to us, for use in advertising and in preparing flyers to be made available to those who drive past your property. When the property is listed with us, we will provide you with signs to direct traffic to your property and to point out your property, showing prospective buyers how to contact you and, if you are unavailable at that phone number, how to contact us and we will get that information to you. Advertising will be in the Star News unless other arrangements are made. The listing will continue for up to three months.

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