Tustin, CA
(714) 271-6204
A grey board-and-batten home with a pool and loungers, one of Sur West Homes' Orange County listings

For sellers

Selling adds a line to the ledger too.

What it sold for, and how fast. Priced properly from a real comparative market analysis, prepared properly by our own vendors, then sold. Seven stages, and we have the closed numbers to show they work.

The seven stages

A house does not sell itself.This is what actually gets it sold.

Every stage below is a real step we take on every listing, in this order, whether the house is a starter condo or the largest lot in North Tustin.

Search

Find a real estate agent

Selling is more emotional than buying. We start by uncovering why you are selling, establishing a timeline and a marketing plan, and seeing honestly how your home compares with what else is on the market.

Learn

Learn your home's market value

We assess features, size, location, market demand and recent comparable sales, then build a comparative market analysis. That is what sets a listing price that attracts qualified buyers rather than silence.

List

List your home

A listing agreement gives us permission to advertise and handle the sale, and it sets out the terms of our mutual commitment including how long the home is listed. You should feel confident about the plan before you sign it.

Shine

Make it shine

Our network of stagers, photographers, window washers and contractors gets the house ready inside and out. You have a matter of seconds to make a first impression, so it is worth making properly.

Market

Market your home

Online marketing strategy combined with the things that still work: high-quality fliers, energetic open houses, and alerting local buyer's agents directly. A distinctive home needs a plan built for it rather than a template.

Negotiate

Negotiate the best price

We coach you through terms, contingencies and the buyer's financing, and use every tool available to arrive at a price you and the buyer can both live with.

Finish

Seal the deal

We work with the buyer's agent and the lending institutions so requirements are met, inspections happen, financing lands on time and the disclosures are all provided. Then you sign.

What is my home worth

A real comparative market analysis, not a guess from an algorithm.

An online home-value tool will give you a number in seconds. It cannot walk your rooms, see what you have already updated, or know that the house two doors down sold for more because of the lot line, not the square footage. We build a comparative market analysis by looking at the things that actually move a price: the home’s features and condition, its size, its exact location, current demand in your specific neighbourhood, and recent comparable sales nearby, the ones that closed, not the ones still listed and hoping.

Think of an automated online estimate as a starting point for the conversation, not the answer to it. We will tell you honestly where we think your home lands, and why, before you decide whether to list.

7 days

Escrow, start to close

Negotiated for a seller who needed to move fast, at $180,000 over the listing price.

3 offers

In under a week

On a rental property, closed inside thirty days.

The exterior of a sold Orange County condominium prepared for market by Sur West Homes
We actually had 3 offers in less than a week and closed it within 30 days.
Seller · Published by Sur West Homes

Considering selling

Find out what your home is actually worth, honestly.

Send us the address and a little about the property, and we will put together a real comparative market analysis, not an automated guess. There is no cost and no obligation to list.