Preparing for Selling – Checklist

Prepare your house for selling

Getting ready to sell your home can be an overwhelming task. There are things that a REALTOR® needs to know about your home in order to list your home with optimum efficiency and effectiveness.

This information assists with pricing, communication, entering data into the MLS, generating a Comparable Market Analysis and scheduling showings. This step must come first prior to scheduling the photo shoot and marketing of your home.

✓ Home Documentation

  • Blueprints
  • Plat maps
  • Warranties
  • Schematics
  • Manuals
  • Survey
  • Improvement Location Certificate ILC

✓ Loan Information

  • Loan Company
  • Payoff Amount

✓ Contact Information for all Owners

  • Names, email and phone numbers

✓ HOA information

  • HOA contact information

✓ Appraisals

  • Any past appraisals

✓ Security System

  • Access codes for security system and system lease agreement

✓ Property tax information

  • Copy of your most recent tax information

✓ Utility Bills

  • Average utility bills for the previous 12 months

✓ Special Features

  • Complete list of special features of your home

✓ Upgrades/Improvements

  • List of all improvements you have made to the property

✓ Keys

  • 2 sets of keys to the property