Guides for selling a house in New Jersey
I wrote these for sellers who want to understand their options before they pick up the phone. Where the law or a tax rule matters, each guide links the official source.
Behind on Your Mortgage in New Jersey: Options Before Foreclosure
The options a New Jersey homeowner has after missing mortgage payments, from repayment plans to a short sale to selling outright.
How a New Jersey Home Sale Works, Step by Step
Each stage of a New Jersey home sale, with a close look at the three-business-day attorney review period.
How Fast You Can Really Sell a House in New Jersey
The pieces that set the pace of a New Jersey closing, and which ones a cash sale removes.
How Foreclosure Works in New Jersey
A step-by-step look at New Jersey's court-based foreclosure process and where you still have choices along the way.
How Investors Price Houses: Inside a Cash Offer
The math behind a cash offer, from after-repair value to repairs, costs and margin, with a worked example.
How to Vet a Cash Home Buyer Before You Sign
Questions to ask a cash buyer, what proof of funds should look like, and the warning signs that should slow you down.
Inherited a House in New Jersey You Don't Want
What to sort out first when you inherit a New Jersey house you don't want, from tax waivers to carrying costs to selling.
Listing With an Agent or Selling to a Cash Buyer in New Jersey
When listing with an agent beats a cash sale, when it doesn't, and how to compare the two on what you actually take home.
Seller Closing Costs in New Jersey
A line-by-line look at what can come out of a New Jersey seller's proceeds at closing, and why who pays what depends on the deal.
Selling a Hoarder House in New Jersey
What families should know before cleaning out or selling a New Jersey house filled by hoarding.
Selling a House During a Divorce in New Jersey
What can have to happen before a marital home is sold in a New Jersey divorce, in plain terms.
Selling a House During Probate in New Jersey
A plain walk-through of probate in New Jersey for executors and administrators who need to sell the family house.
Selling a House That Needs Repairs in New Jersey
How to decide between repairing a New Jersey house before selling and selling it as-is, with a real pricing example.
Selling a House With Multiple Owners in New Jersey
Co-owners, siblings who inherited together and owners who disagree: how a shared house gets sold in New Jersey.
Selling a Rental Property With Tenants in New Jersey
What tired New Jersey landlords should know about selling a rental with tenants still living in it.
Selling New Jersey Property When You Live Out of State
The GIT/REP forms and the estimated income tax payment New Jersey collects from out-of-state sellers at closing.
Selling Your House For Sale By Owner in New Jersey
What it takes to sell a New Jersey house without an agent, from the contract and disclosures to pricing and closing.
Selling Your New Jersey House When Relocating or Downsizing
Timing a sale around a move, handling a lifetime of belongings, and the tax paperwork that changes if you leave New Jersey.
Smoke Certificates and Resale Inspections When You Sell in New Jersey
The state smoke, carbon monoxide and fire extinguisher certificate for home sales, plus the local resale inspections some towns add.
The New Jersey Realty Transfer Fee, Explained for Sellers
Who pays New Jersey's Realty Transfer Fee, how it's figured, and how the graduated fee above $1 million changed.
What New Jersey Home Sellers Have to Disclose
The disclosure statement, flood risk questions and lead paint rules that apply when you sell a New Jersey home.
Why Your House Isn't Selling, and What to Do Next
Reasons a house can sit unsold, starting with pricing a fixer like a renovated home, and the options that remain.
Your Zillow Zestimate and What Your House Is Really Worth
Why automated estimates can't see condition, what Zillow says about its own number, and what to use instead.