Home-Selling Checklist (Click here for additional info)
Learn the basic steps of selling a home and track your progress with this handy checklist

Making Home Improvements Before the Sale
Find out which home improvements may be good investments and how you can use your home equity to pay for a remodel.

• Be aware that all home improvements are not equal investments.

Home Comparisons
Buyers, sellers, insurance agents, and appraisers all typically value a home through comparable home sales, or comps. Learn more about this way of valuing a home. Find out about:

• Location
• Size
• Age
• Condition
• Features

Home Appraisals
More formal than a home comparison, an appraisal provides a useful document to settle value disputes or set a convincing sale price.  This method is used mainly by lenders before they decide to make a mortgage loan. If the appraised value of the house does not meet the lender's requirements, it can affect the buyer's loan and potentially the deal itself.

Investing Your Profit
What are you going to do with the profit from your sale? Consider how you can invest your profits both near- and long-term.  With careful planning, you can use the proceeds of your home sale to invest for your future.

Moving
If you've chosen your new location and are ready to call the movers, it's time to plan for the expense of moving. Sufficient pre-planning will minimize your expenses and prevent any unexpected surprises on moving day.

• Make yourself a moving checklist to keep yourself organized and balance costs.
• Moving is a major event.  Do all the necessary research on your new location.
• Real estate ads alone will not tell you all you need to know about the community.
• Look into moving insurance.