Sale of Apartments: How Not to Get a Trouble?

The sale of an apartment is a very serious and troublesome business. Everyone wants the process to be accomplished without the hassle and dirty tricks, with the benefit for both parties, because in this matter a serious approach is important. What can I recommend to the owners exhibiting housing for sale?

First, study the market and determine the amount you want to get for an apartment. It is best to invite a specialist - a professional realtor - to evaluate the market value, who will be able to inform you about the price policy in the real estate market in your region to date. You should not rush and rush into the first office that you find, ask friends who have ever sold or buy housing, let them advise you which agency they should contact. Having chosen an agent, consult with him, it is probably better to do cosmetic repairs in a sold apartment, so, having spent a little on materials, you can increase the price. Try not to overstate the cost, but to listen to the realtor, this will increase the likelihood of finding real buyers. If potential customers are asked to slightly reduce the price of an insignificant amount, do not give up, bargaining in such transactions is quite appropriate.

Showing an apartment, try not to praise it obsessively, because the buyer will see whether the layout, housing condition and other parameters are suitable for him or not. Very rarely, the first people who come to the site agree to the purchase, so be sure that you will see many possible future owners watching your property. Even if in words you agreed with one of them about the sale, you should not stop showing, and, moreover, transfer documents to someone else's apartment until a pledge is made and the transaction is not executed by a notary.

When the buyer is found, talk to him about the form of payment: cash or bank transfer. The safest option is transferring funds to your bank account. Then it will not be necessary to recalculate and check money, and the check for authenticity in banking institutions, among other things, is paid. If you still decided to cash, be sure to insist that the entire amount was tested on the currency detector, you may be able to agree with the buyer that pay this procedure in half. The deal must necessarily take place in the presence of a realtor, it will be better if you also be accompanied by a person whom you trust, in order to avoid cases of fraud.