Selling your home yourself?
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Build the number with your own figures: expected price, mortgage payoff, liens, selling expenses, concessions, and any compensation you agree to pay. Equity is not the same as cash at closing. Use the net proceeds tools in the Decision Room, and update the estimate when the market or your plan changes.

Be honest about your calendar. Pricing, preparation, marketing, inquiries, showings, follow-up, and transaction coordination add up to a part-time job. Track your hours, and know that your time has value even when no one is paying you for it.

Know your contract's financing contingency and default terms before you accept an offer, and keep a backup plan: a second offer, a cash buyer, or a decision point at which you change strategy. A failed closing is a risk you plan for, not a surprise you discover.

Apply one consistent procedure to every buyer: confirm identity, representation, and financing method, request a preapproval letter or proof of funds, and keep records. Never vary your requirements based on protected characteristics, and never collect sensitive financial documents.

Show by appointment, verify visitors, have another adult present when you can, and secure valuables, medications, and documents before anyone enters. Keep exits clear, avoid sharing your routines, and end any showing where you feel unsafe. Screening reduces risk but never eliminates it.

Decide this before you sign anything. A real estate attorney can review the purchase agreement, and an escrow or title professional handles closing. If you do not have a reviewer lined up, get one before the offer, not after the deadline has passed.

Put every contract date on a calendar the day the contract is signed: earnest money, disclosures, inspections, financing, appraisal, and closing. Check it weekly. The Contract-to-Closing Checklist in the Decision Room maps the sequence so nothing slips.

Set a review point before you start, and diagnose the funnel at that point: exposure, inquiries, showings, and offers. Fix what the evidence points to, whether that is price, photos, presentation, or response time, and compare your options, including selected professional help.

Your alternatives include continuing with changes, hiring selected professionals, engaging full-service representation, considering a direct or cash offer, renting or holding the property, or pausing the sale. Compare the costs, timelines, and responsibilities of each before you need to decide.

Exposure is how many people see your listing. Qualified demand is how many of them are ready, able buyers who inquire, show up, and make offers. A listing can be seen thousands of times and produce almost no demand if the price, photos, or filters are wrong. Track both, and fix the funnel where it stalls.

A preapproval reflects the buyer's credit, income, and assets at a point in time. It does not verify the property, the appraisal, or the buyer's circumstances at closing. Employment, income, debts, and loan conditions can change, and underwriting can raise new requirements. Treat preapproval as strong evidence of intent, never a guarantee.

Remove mail, documents, medications, family photos, and anything with names, addresses, or routines before showings. Use a separate business phone number, never publish your schedule, and keep children and vulnerable household members away from visits. Buyers need to see the home, not your life.

Yes. A higher price can come with heavy concessions, requested repairs, buyer-agent compensation, a long closing, or financing risk that eats the difference. Evaluate the full terms and estimate the net of each offer under your own priorities before you choose. The Offer Comparison tool lays the offers side by side.

Concessions reduce your net and can signal a buyer at the edge of their budget. Evaluate them as part of the whole offer, and consider whether the buyer's financing can support the terms. You can counter, limit, or decline concessions, and you should understand what they reveal about the buyer's position.

The buyer's agent represents the buyer, not you. No one at the table is automatically protecting your side. If you want representation, hire your own professional to review pricing, offers, and the contract, or engage a listing agent. Know whose side each person is on before you negotiate.

Call the escrow or title officer on a trusted phone number you obtained from a reliable source, never a number that arrives by email or text, and confirm the account details verbally. Wire fraud is common in real estate closings, and fake instructions arrive at exactly the wrong moment. Verify every time, without exception.

An incomplete or inaccurate disclosure creates legal exposure that can surface long after closing. Nevada requires the Seller's Real Property Disclosure Form to be completed and served before conveyance. Complete it accurately, keep your delivery records, and ask a qualified professional if you are unsure whether something must be disclosed.

Typically just placement: your listing entered into the MLS and syndicated to the major portals. Pricing, marketing, showings, negotiation, and closing remain your job. Read the provider's scope before you pay, and compare what is included against what you are willing to handle yourself.

Estimate the hours you will spend on the sale, assign them a value, and subtract that from the commission you are saving. Your time is a real cost, even though it never appears on a closing statement. The FSBO Savings Calculator keeps time value separate from transaction expenses so you see both.