Seller resource
Your home is under contract. Now the details matter.
This calm, practical roadmap explains the major checkpoints between ratification and closing. Your signed contract, settlement instructions, and transaction team control the actual dates and obligations.
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Important scope Use this page as a planning guide.
Your ratified contract, addenda, written brokerage instructions, lender, title, and settlement communications, and applicable law control. If anything on this page differs from your transaction documents or professional instructions, follow those documents and contact Javier promptly.
The roadmap
Six major checkpoints from ratification to closing.
The order and timing can change by contract, jurisdiction, property type, financing, and settlement provider. Treat your personalized transaction calendar as the source of truth.
Confirm the calendar and communication plan
Review the ratified agreement, key dates, access expectations, contacts, and any documents Javier asks you to provide.
Coordinate inspections and vendors
Keep the home ready for any contract-permitted visits. Javier will help coordinate access and explain what applies to your transaction.
Handle inspection items in writing
Do not start work, promise repairs, or agree to credits without reviewing the written request and strategy with Javier.
Prepare for appraisal and lender checkpoints
Maintain access and presentation. Javier can provide relevant property and market context when appropriate, while the lender controls its process.
Respond to title and association requests
Promptly review requests involving names, payoff information, liens, association documents, settlement details, and identity verification.
Complete move-out, walkthrough, and closing
Finish agreed work, prepare keys and property materials, confirm utilities and possession, and follow verified settlement instructions.
Your weekly control center
Keep every important detail visible and verified.
A smooth closing is usually the result of clear ownership, fast communication, and a calendar built from the actual contract.
Calendar notice: Javier will build or confirm the transaction-specific calendar. Do not rely on generic online timelines for a contractual deadline.
- 01Contract deadlines and scheduled access
- 02Written repair or credit commitments
- 03Invoices, receipts, permits, and vendor records when applicable
- 04Title, payoff, association, and settlement requests
- 05Move-out, utilities, property condition, and possession timing
- 06Keys, remotes, manuals, identification, and closing documents
Clear ownership
Know who is handling what comes next.
Your exact responsibilities depend on the transaction. These lanes help keep decisions organized and prevent important requests from getting lost.
What you handle
Respond promptly, preserve the property’s agreed condition, complete your written commitments, organize move-out, and raise concerns before they become deadlines.
What Javier coordinates
Communication, strategy, access, contract checkpoints, inspection and appraisal preparation, repair discussions, and the path toward closing.
What specialists control
Lenders, inspectors, appraisers, title professionals, settlement providers, associations, attorneys, and other specialists control work within their roles.
Decision checkpoints
Prepare early for the moments that can change the plan.
The goal is not to predict every outcome. It is to recognize the decision point, preserve your options, and respond through the correct written channel.
Checkpoint one
Inspection and negotiated items
What may happen
The buyer may exercise inspection rights or request repairs, credits, or another contract-permitted response. The signed agreement determines the available options and timing.
What to do
Review every request with Javier before authorizing work or money. If work is agreed, keep written scopes, invoices, receipts, and completion evidence.
Checkpoint two
Appraisal and buyer financing
What may happen
The buyer’s lender may require an appraisal and other financing steps. An appraisal supports a lender’s file and is not a guarantee of a future sale price.
What to do
Keep the property accessible and presentation consistent. Javier can prepare relevant property information and discuss options if a financing issue affects the contract.
Checkpoint three
Title, association, and settlement
What may happen
The closing team may request payoff details, ownership information, association documents, lien information, identification, or other transaction-specific records.
What to do
Respond promptly, confirm who is requesting sensitive information, and ask the title or settlement professional for guidance on its requirements and secure process.
Final walkthrough and move-out
Deliver the property with fewer surprises.
Confirm your exact obligations and possession timing with Javier. These reminders help organize the final days without replacing the contract.
Seller questions
Under-contract answers, without the guesswork.
These general answers help you prepare. Javier will apply the ratified contract and your transaction team’s instructions to your specific sale.
What happens immediately after my home is under contract?
Can I continue showing or changing the property?
What should I do before an appraisal or final walkthrough?
When should I turn off utilities?
What if a deadline or the property’s condition changes?
Direct support
Have a question about your contract-to-closing plan?
Contact Javier before making a repair commitment, changing the property, missing a date, or responding to an unexpected request involving the transaction.
This page provides general planning information, not legal, tax, lending, insurance, title, inspection, or settlement advice. Your signed contract, addenda, written instructions, and qualified professionals control. Dates, duties, options, and outcomes vary by transaction.