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Selling Checklists
FOR SALE BY OWNER CHECKLIST
48 things you handle yourself, typically over 60–120+ days.
Price & prep
- Research recent comparable sales (comps) in your neighborhood
- Pick a list price (and plan for price reductions if it sits)
- Order a pre-listing home inspection
- Get bids and schedule contractors for repairs
- Complete repairs, touch-up paint and fix code issues
- Clean out the house: sort, sell, donate and haul away belongings
- Rent a dumpster or storage unit if needed
- Declutter every room, closet and the garage
- Deep clean the whole house (carpets, windows, appliances)
- Stage the house to sell (rent furniture or hire a stager)
- Mow, trim, mulch and improve curb appeal
Marketing
- Hire a photographer for professional photos (and drone/video)
- Write the listing description and gather property details
- List on Zillow, Facebook Marketplace, Craigslist and FSBO sites
- Buy and install a yard sign and lockbox
- Print flyers and run online ads
- Answer calls, texts and emails from buyers and agents, 7 days a week
- Decide whether to pay a buyer’s agent commission
Showings
- Schedule showings around your work and family
- Keep the house show-ready every day
- Host open houses (and secure valuables)
- Screen buyers before letting strangers inside
- Verify proof of funds or a lender pre-approval letter
- Collect feedback and adjust price or prep
Offer & contract
- Review and compare offers (price, terms, contingencies)
- Negotiate price, closing date and terms
- Hire a real estate attorney to write or review the purchase contract
- Complete the seller’s property disclosure
- Provide the lead-based paint disclosure if built before 1978
- Collect and hold earnest money with title/escrow
- Open title and escrow with a title company
Under contract
- Schedule buyer inspections and give access
- Negotiate inspection repair requests or credits
- Complete agreed repairs and keep receipts
- Schedule the appraiser and provide access
- Handle a low appraisal: renegotiate, or risk the deal falling apart
- Coordinate with the buyer’s lender and answer underwriting requests
- Order HOA documents and resale certificate, if applicable
- Request mortgage payoff statements and lien releases
- Clear title issues (old liens, judgments, missing heirs)
- Track contingency deadlines so the buyer doesn’t walk away
Closing & moving
- Schedule utility shut-off or transfer
- Pack and hire movers
- Schedule and attend the buyer’s final walkthrough
- Review the settlement statement and closing documents
- Bring ID, keys and remotes to closing
- Sign closing documents and confirm your proceeds wire
- Forward mail and cancel insurance after closing
Checklist If You Sell With PHB
That's it. We handle the rest.
- ✓Show us the house
- ✓Sign the contract
- ✓Schedule closing
- ✓Answer questions from the title company
- ✓Show up to closing
No repairs, no cleaning, no showings, no commissions. Close on your timeline.
Under-Contract Checklist
What we'll need from you between signing and closing. Tap to check items off. Our team sees your progress.
Net-to-Seller Comparison
Type a sale price to see what you'd actually walk away with. Same price, same line items, side by side.
Traditional Sale with an Agent
| Sale price | |
| Sales commissions (6%) | |
| Closing costs paid to buyer (3%) | |
| Repairs | |
| Total you net |
Sell with PHB
| Sale price | |
| Sales commissions (6%) | |
| Closing costs paid to buyer (3%) | |
| Repairs | |
| Total you net |
Estimates only. Actual commissions, closing costs and repairs vary. Not a guarantee or an offer.
Meet the Team
The local Wichita team who will help you from first call to closing. Founded 2001.
Tony Javier
Tony has been an entrepreneur since he was able to start a lawn mower. He has always found ways to give the public a needed service. Today, he adds value to sellers by giving them the option to get their house sold in days and helps buyers with our Rent to Own a Home program. Let’s see what he comes up with next.
Tina Young
Tina is the Project Manager who supervises all aspects of the work done on the homes we renovate, which includes working daily with our service team and scheduling sub-contractors. She also oversees office operations and the homes we buy and sell. Tina has over 15 years of management experience under her belt.
Stuart Ortmann
“I truly enjoy working at Professional Home buyers. I couldn’t ask for a better team to work with. Our work environment is positive, creative and productive. It is very fulfilling to restore and upgrade distressed homes, making them a beautiful and beneficial part of the neighborhood.”
Ty Hardwell
“PHB has a positive organization culture which keeps me motivated an inspired and allows me to challenge myself to reach new career goals.”
Jackie Lekawa
“PHB is an awesome place to work. I get the opportunity to work with so many great people.”
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