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Dallas Home Guidewith Travis Plumb

Sellers

Selling a home in Dallas

What actually moves the outcome: pre-listing condition, a price range built from comparable sales, offer terms beyond price, and a clean path from contract to closing.

Pricing
A range from comparable sales, not a single number
Offers
Judged on net proceeds and terms, not headline price
Disclosure
Plain descriptions and documents reduce renegotiation
Controlling figures
Your title company's settlement statement

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Get an Accurate Home Assessment

Give us the address and Travis reviews your property against current comparable sales, then sends a documented range with the reasoning shown.

1

Travis pulls the comparables

Closed sales similar in location, size, age and ownership form, selected first and then adjusted for the differences.

2

You get a written range

A documented opinion of value with the comparables used and the reasoning shown — not a single black-box number.

3

You decide what happens next

List, wait, or do nothing. There is no obligation, and many owners request a review simply to understand their position.

How a sale runs

Five phases, in order

By the time a listing goes live, the decisions that determine the result have already been made. What follows is execution.

  1. 1

    Pre-listing preparation

    Fix what inspectors reliably find and buyers reliably over-price: active water intrusion, drainage against the foundation, electrical safety defects, non-functioning HVAC components, roof damage and visible deferred maintenance. Gather permits, warranties, survey and HOA documents now.

  2. 2

    Pricing

    Comparable sales in your segment, adjusted for size, condition, era, lot and ownership form, produce a range. Where you sit in that range depends on your timeline and your tolerance for time on market. A price set above what the comparables support usually costs more than it captures.

  3. 3

    Presentation and marketing

    Clean, decluttered, well-lit photography; an accurate floor plan; a description that states facts rather than adjectives; and complete disclosure materials available up front so buyers can act quickly.

  4. 4

    Evaluating offers

    Compare net proceeds, not headline price. Financing type and lender quality, appraisal terms, option period length, requested credits, closing date and possession terms all change the value and the risk of an offer.

  5. 5

    Contract to closing

    The buyer's option period, inspection responses and repair negotiations come first, then title curative items, survey acceptance, and the appraisal if the buyer is financing. Keep the property in the condition represented through the final walkthrough.

Understanding your net proceeds

The number that matters is what arrives in your account, not the contract price. Between the two sit loan payoffs and per-diem interest, agreed brokerage compensation, title and escrow fees allocated by contract, prorated property taxes, any buyer credits negotiated after inspections, HOA transfer fees, and anything title curative work uncovers.

The seller proceeds calculator lets you model those items with your own inputs. The controlling figures always come from your title company's settlement statement.

Disclosure

Complete, accurate disclosure protects sellers. Describing known conditions plainly and providing supporting documents — repair invoices, engineer reports, permits, warranties — reduces both renegotiation and post-closing disputes. Questions about what a specific disclosure obligation requires should go to a real estate attorney.

Repairs that matter

Leaks, drainage, electrical safety, roof, HVAC.

Documents to gather

Permits, warranties, survey, HOA materials, invoices.

Offer terms to weigh

Financing, appraisal terms, option days, credits, possession.

Frequently asked questions

Find out what your home could support

Request a documented value review based on your property's characteristics and current comparable sales — with the reasoning shown.

Get your home value