Once you have made the decision to sell your property, it's time to consider the steps to take for a successful sale. Having multiple realtors offering the house will bring you faster results, so be careful about exclusive sales agreement because many sales agents will rather offer other homes to a potential client, instead of co-brokering with an exclusive agent that will impose exceptional rules to others. Always make sure that the contract you sign is non-exclusive.

PRICING
Pricing a house can be done in multiple ways, the best one through a certified appraiser. Some people like to value their property well above the market, because of several reasons, but in the end most  buyers will make their offers according to real market prices, forcing the owners to cut on prices in the long run. The real value is given by calculating the cost of construction per meter, based on a standard to luxury level. The land location, size and cost will also influence, be it oceanfront or beachfront or with views. Trying to make a huge, overestimated profit is quite hard unless you own the property for a long time. We can help you find the right price but that takes getting information on the property itself.

SIGNS
Having a sign in the property helps broadcast the availability of the house to possible buyers in the area, but posting your own sign might not be a good idea. Having a real estate agency screen the clients through the office is much better than having strangers directly coming to you.  Another thumbs down is allowing many different signs posted in the property, from many different companies. This only tells the buyer that the house has not sold for long, bringing down its value. Imagine those homes with deteriorating signs and new ones. The first listing agent should have the right to the sign, unless otherwise decided by the property owner.

PHOTOGRAPHS
High quality pictures can make or break a sale, you can have someone take good photos and make copies in CD, send them over email or have them in a USB key to distribute to agencies directly to their computers. It saves you time and effort, making sure everyone will display the best photos. In case you don't have good ones, we take them when we visit the house. It is best to take photos in a bright day with the blue sky as a backdrop, we sell the sunny Caribbean.

COMMISSION AGREEMENT
A commission agreement should be signed specifying the fees of the agency, make sure you read it and understand it before you sign it. This is mainly to protect the realtors from undesired circumvention from unscrupulous buyers who use agents to get information and then try to buy directly from the owners. Every potential client visiting the house with the realtor should be duly noted in a registration sheet, signing the date and time of every visit.