So you’re selling your house yourself and lo and behold a nice looking couple walk in, tell you they love it, and they want to buy it.

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Uh oh, what do you do now???

 

 

Before uncorking that champagne and starting the celebration you need to make sure they’re qualified to buy.

It’s pretty common for ‘wanna be’ homebuyers to get the cart before the proverbial horse, rush out, find their dream home, and then…….oops, we forgot all about that……….bankruptcy, job loss, excess debt, bad credit, take your choice of reasons, and all of a sudden your prospective homebuyers turn back into lookers instead of buyers.

To save yourself a possible lost sale, not to mention a potential loss of a real buyer while you’re waiting to learn the sad truth from your ‘would be buyers’, it’s a smart thing to have them contact a local lender (not one of these faraway Internet guys you’ve never heard of) and make sure they can qualify for the mortgage they will likely need to buy your house.

Local mortgage broker Kevin Crisp of the Real Estate Finance Group can talk to them, and in just a few minutes determine if they’re what we term “ready, willing, and most important, ABLE” buyers.

kevin crisp real estate finance group knoxville tn

In fact call him right now and have him work up some financing scenarios for your house, no cost, no obligation.

And when those buyers show up and start wondering about payments, cash to close with, loan costs, PITI, escrow, and all those financing questions; you’ll be prepared with some useful information for them AND Kevin’s phone number.

Keep his local number handy to find out quickly if your would be buyers are for real or just dreaming (and wasting your time).

Call Kevin directly at (865) 237 3947 or you can e mail him at: [email protected]

Making sure you have qualified buyers will let you replace your FSBO sign with one of these. sold sign

NOW, it’s time to pop the cork on that champagne!

And of course if you have any real estate or sales contract questions call me.

Kevin and I are always “ready, willing, and able” to help you.

Jim Lee, REALTOR, Certified Residential Specialist (CRS)

(865) 693-3232 or email: [email protected]

Good luck.

PS, I can display a photo of your home, along with your contact information, on my highly visible website www.KnoxvilleMLS.com and possibly send you some out of town buyers too, no cost, no obligation for this service either. Visit KnoxvilleMLS.com and click “FSBO’s“.