Anyone practice residential real estate? I’m representing my first seller in Illinois? Can anyone provide steps besides reviewing the contract and title? Any advice is greatly appreciated.

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Google real estate sales checklists. Will help you with everything from contract to title to inspection etc. key dates on contract are deposit due/ inspection requests due/ inspection replies due/ mortgage commitment letter due date and targeted closing.

With each new file I open I staple the checklist on the inside and literally check as things come
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Also Building a inspector letter for purchasers. You want to make sure new home buyers have no open permits from prior owners.

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Thank you! I’ll do this.

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In New York, seller’s attorney drafts the contract and holds the escrow payment. You should resolve any title issues or contingencies related to financing. You prepare the deed and recording documents. Prepare a closing statement. Attend closing, show your client where to sign, collect the check, hand over keys.

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If a thing in Illinois, then make sure to get preliminary and final closing disclosures signed (the realtor should do this, but they don’t always). Get an HOA/Condo association clearance letter showing no assessments are outstanding. And if y’all have statutory termite inspections, then order one before closing and send the inspection to buyer’s counsel.

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Thank you!

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Attorney in Oklahoma - title work. Depending on the nature of the sale (seller financed, contract for deed) and as long as client is paying you, make sure title is clear. Simplest option is to do basic county records search, title opinion, or outsource to a title company to do a title opinion or get an abstract. Since you are Representing the seller, you can sometimes pass those costs onto buyer but a clean title would prevent any potential blow-back if the buyer later discovers title wasn’t clear.

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Yes. Very important

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