Straight answers about selling a home in Lee County

The questions sellers in Auburn and Opelika ask Kurt most, answered the way he'd answer them across the table.

• How to sell your home in Lee County, Alabama

  The seven steps from deciding to sell to handing over the keys, and where sellers usually lose time or money.

• How to sell your home fast in Auburn or Opelika

  Speed comes from price and the first two weeks on the market. Here is what to do, and how to lock in a date.

• Should I sell my house for cash?

  Cash is quick and certain, and usually lower. How to compare a cash offer with a market sale before you choose.

• What is a guaranteed home sale, and what's the catch?

  What the guarantee covers, what you and Kurt agree to up front, and the questions to ask before you sign.

• What is my home worth, and how is the price worked out?

  How value is really set, why the first number you hear may be wrong, and how the market tells you if the price is off.

• Can I sell my house if I'm behind on payments or facing foreclosure?

  In most cases yes, right up until the foreclosure sale. What to do this week, and why time is the thing to protect.

• How to buy your next home before you sell the one you have

  Sell first and you may have nowhere to go. Buy first and you may carry two mortgages. Here is the way around both.