What is the cost of selling my home?
Everything you do to prepare your property to sell it is going to be a direct cost to you and will greatly affect your margin – negotiation room. Some costs may be estimates for now, and others may have already been paid. These costs could be anything from a new screen door to closing. Basically, the costs are the out-of-pocket cash expenses you’ve put into the property. Some of these haven’t occurred yet, so do the best you can estimating them. Of course, some of these costs are out of your control such as various closing costs. One way to estimate your closing costs is to look at your previous Settlement Statement and notice what the previous seller paid when you bought the property.
