Careful consideration is always necessary when going into in to any for sale agreement, contract, or home purchase. While employing the services of a local realtor, agent, or broker can be very advantageous, always make utterly certain the agent relationship with both you, as a purchaser, and the home seller is fully comprehended. Think about your requirements before employing an agent and make sure the agent relationship agreement is fully read and fully comprehended. Never assume the agents role if you have not read and understood the agent agreement.

If it has been a long time since you looked at doing some standard maintenance about your home, check how much it would be to have the work performed prior to offering the home for sale. When there is a glut of houses in the marketplace, demand for fixer-uppers may decline -- whenever there are some other homes for sale in your locality that are in a more respectable shape, you will suffer and have to set your sale terms suitably. And even then, a few potential purchasers will either call for further concessions or just be reluctant to look at a house in need of, and requiring repair. font>