Discover Tampa Bay with an Experienced Team

For Sellers


Selling your home shouldn't be a stressful ordeal. Making the smart move of choosing a REALTOR® is your first step to ensuring that your investment in your home pays off. Our services and experience allow you to focus on your move while We manage your home sale from our initial consultation to the closing deal, and beyond. We pride ourselves on repeat business and hope you'll come to understand why.

What We will do for you
Recent Home Sales
Getting the highest price
Closing Costs

As Your Agent, We Will:

 

CREATE A MARKETING PLAN
Designed to expose your home to the largest group of potential buyers through a variety of advertising methods.


PROMOTING YOUR PROPERTY
A full market exposure approach is taken when promoting your property to potential buyers. We have a variety of advertising methods to ensure the best possible exposure of your property to the potential buyers marketplace.


ADVERTISING METHODS

  • Virtual Home Tours
  • Internet Marketing
  • Newspaper and Magazines
  • Full color property fact sheets
  • Open House Events
  • Established community networking with targeted groups for specific areas
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COMPARATIVE MARKET ANALYSIS
Before listing your home we will provide you with a comparative market analysis to determine the value of your home. Our comparative market analysis will provide an estimate of value based on comparable sales in the neighborhood. We will utilize listing prices of current homes on the market as well as those that have sold, currently under contract and homes that did not sell. This detailed comparison will help us to determine the best possible price for your home.


You can find the answers ? and peace of mind ? by working with Larry and Janet and The Mendez Team. Smith and Associates Realtors are the Tampa Bay Area leader in experience and service for more than 30 years.

 

Recent Home Sales

What are homes selling for on your street? Feel free to contact us to find out what neighborhood homes are selling for, free of charge, or to receive a more detailed analysis of the value of your home.

Getting the Highest Price for Your Home

Curb appeal is key and could make a difference whether people stop and take a flyer, or drive right by. Here are a few tips to increase the curb appeal of your home. Staging your home is important. Many buyers will stay in your home longer if it's staged appropriately. We have compiled some ideas to present your home in the most effective manner.

Closing Costs to Expect:

  • Title insurance fees depend on the sales price of the home.
  • Broker's commission is a full-service fee and will cost anywhere between 5% to 7%.
  • Local property transfer tax, country transfer tax, state transfer tax, and state capital gains tax are the charges that you'll pay for the privilege of selling your home. Credit to the buyer of unpaid real estate taxes for the prior or current year are variable and depend on when you close and when your taxes are due.
  • FHA fees and costs are all fees are now negotiable between an FHA buyer and seller.
  • Home inspections fees are in some circumstances paid for by the seller and include pest, radon and other inspections.
  • Miscellaneous fees can accrue from correcting problems noticed during the home inspection.
Find out how much your closing costs could be.

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Larry Mendez