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Practical, step-by-step guides for buying and selling a home — free, and written to be actually useful, brought to you by Scott Gentry.
How to Sell Your Home for Top Dollar
The complete step-by-step guide to protecting your equity — from the months before you list through the closing table. Pricing strategy, high-ROI prep, reading an offer beyond its price, and the last-minute surprises that cost sellers real money.
Send Me the Seller's GuideWhat you’ll learn- What actually comes out of your proceeds — commissions, transfer taxes, title, concessions, payoff — and how a net sheet shows what you keep
- How to pressure-test a listing price so an over-optimistic number doesn’t cost you your first three weeks on market
- Why a listing draws peak buyer interest in its first two to three weeks, and what overpricing wastes
How to Prepare to Buy a Home in 3 Months
A month-by-month playbook that takes you from “thinking about it” to holding the keys. Pre-approval, the real monthly number, choosing representation that works for you, and how to move fast on the right home without overpaying.
Send Me the Buyer's GuideWhat you’ll learn- How to build a budget on the full PITI payment rather than the price tag your pre-approval allows
- Why a pre-approval is a ceiling and not a target, and the four cash amounts you need at closing
- What a buyer-agency agreement covers, and why agent compensation is now negotiated openly and up front