Selling real estate is a huge endeavor and entails a variety of steps in order to go from initial listing to sealing the deal.
Marketing the home, holding open houses and showings, staging the property, keeping the home in pristine condition at all times, fielding offers, and negotiating contracts takes a lot of time, work, and effort. But before the closing dates arrived, there are still a few things that need to take place.
If the real estate contract that the buyer drafted up included clauses, they will need to be either fulfilled or waived before a deal can go firm. If the contract did not include any clauses, the deal will be considered firm once both the buyer and seller agree to the terms and sign off on the agreement.
But what happens once the deal is firm? Is there anything that sellers should do before the actual closing date?
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