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Southern California Sellers Guide
The California Sellers Guide
Plain-language guides for Southern California homeowners who are planning a sale. What it costs, how agents work, how to prepare, when to sell and how to handle a sale during a life change.
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How to use this guide
California sellers guide: start where your question is
The guides below are grouped by the question most sellers are asking at that moment. If you are early in your planning, begin with the costs and proceeds group. If you are comparing agents, go to choosing an agent. If you are preparing to list, the process and prep group walks you through it.
Each guide is written for California sellers, in general terms. Tax, legal and escrow questions depend on your facts, so confirm specifics with your CPA, attorney or title and escrow company.
Group 1
Costs, taxes and proceeds
What it costs to sell, what you owe and what you take home.
Group 2
Choosing an agent
How to evaluate a listing agent and what to do when a listing stalls.
Group 3
Process and prep
The steps of a sale and how to get your home ready.
Group 4
Market timing
When to list, and what the calendar means for your sale.
Group 5
Life situations
Selling when the circumstances are not routine.
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