Has this ever happened to you, or someone you know? You’ve listed your home; a buyer makes an offer. To negotiate a mutually acceptable offer, you and your real estate agent determine your “bottom line” by calculating your selling costs. The bottom line is the net amount you will walk away with from your sale. You and the buyer come to terms. You relax knowing your home is sold. Then, a few days later, the nightmare begins with a phone call from your agent informing you the buyer wants to inspect your home. The inspector will need to schedule several hours to turn your home inside out, so he can report everything that is not quite up to par to the buyer. You discover that if problems are found and you refuse to fix them, the buyers can cancel their contract. On the other hand, if you agree to fix and repair the home to make the buyer happy, you will probably give away a great deal of the money you thought you were going to net on the sale. At every turn, more surprises. People are chipping away at the money you thought you had made on your home. Wouldn’t it make better business sense to know in advance what all your costs are instead of finding out after you agree with the buyer on a price? Of course it does. That’s simply a smarter way to sell!