Selling a home can be complicated. There is lots to do, from preparing the property for sale, to marketing the listing, to the negotiations and paperwork. If you are ready to embark on the home selling process, or just get a head start on planning, take your first step with the RE/MAX Home Selling Guide. This is a resource to help you navigate through the home selling experience, from “listed” to “sold.”

The RE/MAX Home Selling Guide features relevant information including...

What is Home Staging?

Staging means preparing a home for sale to appeal to the largest number of buyers, increasing the chances of selling quickly and for a higher price. As a seller, you can stage your own home, have your Realtor® help you stage it, or hire a professional home stager. A new twist on home staging is “virtual” staging, which means that photos of a home are digitally enhanced to demonstrate the possibilities of the space.

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It is official: you have signed the papers, dotted all the i’s and crossed the t’s—you own a new home! You have almost reached the end of your journey. However, now, faced with the daunting task of moving, it may seem as though the journey has just begun. Moving can be a time-consuming and stressful experience if you let yourself be overwhelmed by the job. Remember, though, having a successful move means taking care of the details, one by one. If you break the process down into steps...

Do not get discouraged if your property has not sold during its first appearance on the market. Your home may actually have been one of the most appealing listings of its kind—and the reasons it did not sell may have nothing to do with the property itself or the market. Rather, a number of separate factors may have influenced the outcome. Take a step back, break your original selling method into parts, and allow yourself time to evaluate each one. Make a commitment. Establish a new approach....

The process of buying or selling a house seems to involve a million details. It is important that you educate yourself on as many parts of this process as you can—this knowledge could mean the difference of thousands of dollars in the long-run. The legal issues involved in the process are often particularly intricate, ranging from matters of common knowledge to subtle details that might escape the untrained eye. Any of these issues, if not handled properly, could develop into larger problems....