Home selling

Home Selling Guidance in Southeast Tennessee

Selling a home is often connected to a major life change. Christa helps sellers understand their options and take the next step with clarity.

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Selling usually means something else is changing

Whether someone is relocating, downsizing, moving closer to family, or preparing for a new season, the house is rarely the whole story.

Christa starts by asking what the move is for. A seller with a job starting in six weeks and a seller who is testing the water need different advice, and the same house can be prepared differently depending on the answer.

From there she can guide clients through preparing the home, reviewing market conditions, and navigating the offer process.

  • Talking through timing, and what has to line up
  • Preparing the home: what is worth doing and what is not
  • Reviewing current local market conditions together
  • Reviewing offers, including terms that matter as much as price
  • Inspection responses, appraisal, and closing
Before you list

Preparing a home to sell

Usually worth the effort

  • Deep cleaning, decluttering, and taking down the most personal items
  • Small repairs that a buyer would otherwise notice immediately
  • Fresh, neutral paint where the current color is doing damage
  • Yard and entry: the first ten feet a buyer sees
  • Gathering documents: permits, warranties, recent work on the home

Talk it through first

  • Large renovations started on the assumption they will pay for themselves
  • Replacing systems that still work, without a reason tied to the sale
  • Pricing from what a neighbor says their home is worth
  • Turning down a showing because the house is not perfect that day
Questions sellers ask

Home selling questions

That question is answered with current local data for your specific home, not with a number over the phone or from an online estimate. Christa can walk the home and review comparable local sales with you.
It depends on your financing, your timing and how much uncertainty you can carry. Both orders have real trade-offs, and Christa will lay them out for your situation rather than recommend one by default.
Selling costs typically include commission as agreed in writing, plus closing costs and anything negotiated with the buyer. The specific numbers belong in a conversation about your home, not in a general estimate.
It depends on the home, the price, the season and current conditions in your area. Christa will tell you what she is seeing locally rather than quote an average.

Christa Tippit is an Associate Broker with Keller Williams Athens.

She serves buyers and sellers in Athens, Cleveland and the surrounding Southeast Tennessee communities. Her brokerage profile is public at https://christatippit.kw.com/.

Have a question? Ask before you are ready to move.

Christa answers questions from people who are months away from buying or selling, not just those ready to sign. Call or text 423-716-0658.

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