Financial Due Diligence for Home Sellers (and Their Agents) As a former corporate attorney and CPA, one of my strengths selling real estate is helping Sellers “vet” the Buyer’s finances. Before they get to closing. In a nutshell, it comes down to this: “Can the prospective Buyer financially perform?” (legalese for “can they afford the property in...Read More

Determining Whether Buyers are “RWA” (“Ready, Willing and Able”) I don’t know about other listing agents, but when prospects come through my Sunday open’s, I quiz them (gently) to see whether they’re “ready, willing, and able.” Here’s what I mean by that: “Ready“:  The prospect wants (needs) to buy now — not six months (or two...Read More