Selling a Home

Selling a Home

Before you list with us:

  1. Review your tax records.
  2. Review township and neighborhood comparisons.
  3. Walk through and suggest any changes before listing.
  4. Arrive at a price and marketing plan.

Listing your home:

  1. Stage and photograph the home (for vacant homes we will bring in items).
  2. Copy the listing contract for your files.
  3. Make an update sheet with your assistance.
  4. Put signs up and lockbox on the door.
  5. Put flyer box out and create flyers.
  6. Set up the title/deed with the closing company.
  7. Place listing in BLC (MIBOR) system, as well as a number of other resources.
  8. Seller’s disclosure and home update sheet at home and BLC media links.
  9. Order home warranty for listing period (free).
  10. Have lender make up financial worksheets for monthly mortgage payments.
  11. Write up neighborhood and home information sheets, along with purchase agreements.
  12. Create "just listed" postcards for your neighborhood and invite neighbors to open house.
  13. Give out materials to buyers during open houses.
  14. Communicate with agents/brokers who sell in that area.
  15. View showing feedback (www.showings.com) via email, phone calls and through your personal password to check on schedules/feedback.
  16. Weekly: Check home for appearance, light cleaning and restock the flyer box.
  17. Monthly: Re-evaluate price and condition and any changes in the market.
  18. Seasonal: Clean walkways and door, place any seasonal items (pumpkins, X-mas wreaths, flowers in pots), and change photos and BLC descriptions when needed.

After we get an offer: (See flow chart for more information on "after the offer" process)

  1. Negotiate with your best interest in mind, including any repairs during inspection.
  2. Meet with any contractors/vendors.
  3. Check in weekly with buyer’s agent, lender and title company.
  4. Go through all net proceeds.

"How has Diane performed for us as our Realtor of Choice?  In a word – Outstanding!!  We’ve used Diane to both sell and buy two homes in the Carmel community over the past six years. With her superior marketing and advice, we got the prices we wanted, even, most recently, with a market on a downturn.  She found us homes that not only fit our lifestyle but exceeded our expectations in style and location, well within budget. She’s become a trusted agent for us and a true friend. We recommend Diane without any reservation. She will be the first we call if we sell and/or buy a home again."

~ Bill and Shelia Brooks


"Our home had been on the market for a year with another realty company and did not sell. We had heard good things about Diane from a friend, all of which proved to be true. Within a week of listing our house with her, we got an offer! We had moved out of town several months prior, which added a degree of complexity to the situation, but right away Diane made us feel so confident our house was in good hands. We were greatly impressed with Diane's commitment and determination to sell our house, her attention to detail and conscientiousness, and her high level of customer service, which included making frequent trips to our house to do anything from tidying up to replacing a light bulb. Diane is truly a great advocate to have when trying to sell a house, and we were most impressed by her work for us."

~ Jared Dhaemers