"Selling Your House: Nolo's Essential Guide takes the reader through the entire home-selling process. This book discusses setting a price that will attract buyers, finding the right real estate agent, determining which repairs and upgrades pay off, making legally required disclosures to buyers, evaluating purchase offers, and negotiating and closing escrow successfully. This book also provides tips from industry pros-including real estate agents, attorneys, home stagers, and more-as well as stories from home sellers"-- Provided by publisher.

Introduction: What's ahead in selling your house -- First steps : what you can do now to get ready to sell -- Getting expert help : hiring a real estate agent, lawyer, and accountant -- Prep work : preinspections, repairs, and improvements -- Telling buyers what you know : disclosure laws -- Spiffing up your house : decluttering, cleaning, and staging -- Pricing your house to sell--and sell high -- Websites, open houses, and other marketing tools -- Receiving and evaluating offers -- Demystifying your house sale contract -- Keeping up momentum, from escrow to closing -- Selling without an agent : smart or scary?