Plan

If you are going to sell and buy simultaneously you need a plan.

You don’t want to take a haphazard approach to making your move in this volatile market.

We want to identify where you would like to live, the specific requirements of your dream home and ultimately make a list of homes that suit your needs.

We can easily target homes specific to your needs by connecting with a local title office. Once we have created a list we can then further prospect for opportunities by reaching out to homeowners directly from several different outlets. Outlets such as direct mail, hand written letters, social media ads (both still and video ads), and cold calling. 

You also want to assure you are working with an agent that has great local relationships with the realtor community. Agent to agent, we like to work with one another when we know the opposing agent will do a great job and execute with no snags throughout the transaction.

Aside from identifying your ideal location and a plan to find your dream home we want to discuss how to properly market and sell your property.

Many homeowners think that if they were to place their home on the market that they would need to sell in the event that they were to procure contract.

The one and most important thing is to assure you place a seller contingency in your agreement with any buyer. 

The sale of your home would be contingent upon finding and simultaneously closing on a replacement property.

The reason you must have this as a contingency is because we do not want to sell your home without you having a place to go.

Execute

Execution on the above plan of course is no easy task.

Having an experienced realtor is extremely important. Having an agent who is well versed in negotiation and execution of a sale and simultaneous purchase is extremely important. Three questions you want to ask your agent prior to committing to work with them on this type of transaction…

1. Have you ever helped a client sell and simultaneously buy a home?
2. How can you assure that I don’t have to sell my home if we procure contract with a buyer and I can’t close on the purchase side?
3. Why should I work with you?

This is potentially one of the biggest moves you will ever make in your life, the last thing you want is to work with someone who does not fully understand CA real estate contracts and or the process of selling and simultaneously purchasing a home.

Overcome

The market will always pose its challenges, if you properly plan and execute you will ultimately overcome.

With the right plan and the right agent you can rest assured knowing you can make the move from your current home to your dream home a reality, even in this tight inventory market.