Selling your home
An honest price backed by comparable sales, a preparation list you can actually finish, and marketing aimed at the buyers for your specific home — through RE/MAX Realty 9.
The first two weeks decide the whole thing
A listing gets more attention in its first fourteen days than in the following three months combined. Overpricing spends that attention proving the price is wrong — and the reduction usually comes anyway, from a weaker position.
Price on evidence
Comparable closed sales, current competition and the listings that are failing — shown to you, not summarised at you. You make the final call with real information.
Prepare with a short list
A specific walkthrough list of what returns money and what does not, so you are not renovating into a loss before you sell.
Launch properly
Professional photography, accurate and complete MLS data, syndication, and a launch timed for maximum first-weekend traffic.
What Karen does that you should expect from anyone
- A written net-proceeds estimate before you list
- Professional photography, not phone photos
- Complete, accurate MLS data — wrong fields lose buyers silently
- Showing feedback relayed to you honestly, including the unflattering parts
- Every offer presented, with the terms explained, not just the price
- Deadlines tracked through attorney review, inspection, appraisal and closing
What she will not do
- Quote a high number to win the listing and push a reduction later
- Hand you off to an assistant after the listing is signed
- Present an automated estimate as though it were an appraisal, or promise you a price
- Recommend a renovation that will not return its cost
- Pressure you to list before your timing actually works
Seller questions, answered
Karen prepares a comparable market analysis: recent closed sales of genuinely similar nearby homes, adjusted for condition, size, lot, updates and location, then checked against what is currently competing with you and what is failing to sell. You see the comparables yourself and the reasoning behind the range. It is an informed professional opinion, not an automated estimate and not an appraisal.
Some, not all. Paint, decluttering, deep cleaning, landscaping and small visible fixes reliably return more than they cost. Large renovations usually do not return their cost at resale in this market. Karen walks the house with you and gives you a specific list — including the things you should deliberately leave alone.
It depends on price, condition, property type and season. Once you have an accepted contract, expect roughly 45–75 days to closing for a financed buyer. The part you control is the marketing period, and the main driver of that is pricing correctly at launch — the first two weeks generate the most attention a listing will ever get.
Typically: negotiated brokerage compensation, your attorney, the New Jersey realty transfer fee, any municipal certificates or smoke and carbon monoxide certification required by your town, payoff and recording costs, and any credits negotiated with the buyer. Karen provides a written net-proceeds estimate before you list, so you know your approximate number in advance.
New Jersey sellers are required to disclose known material defects, and most transactions use a seller property condition disclosure statement. Concealing a known defect creates real liability. In practice, disclosing early is also the better negotiating position — a problem found by the buyer’s inspector at week six costs far more than one disclosed at week zero.
Start with a conversation
No obligation, no pressure — even if your move is a year away. Call or text Karen directly, or send a message.