Most sellers find out what they're actually netting at signing. We start there instead — a written net sheet, a price built from real comparable sales, and a repair plan priced by our own licensed contractor, not guessed at. If the house needs work to sell, we can do the work and get paid at closing.
Your broker walks the property, then builds a comparative market analysis from recent sales, active competition, and pending contracts in your immediate area — not county-wide averages that tell you nothing about your street.
Before you decide anything, you get an estimated net sheet: commission, Washington excise tax, title, escrow, prorated taxes, and payoff. Then we pick a price strategy against that number, not against a hopeful listing price.
Room by room, we separate work that returns more than it costs from work that doesn't — using actual Pierce County job costs from our contractor, not a national survey. Paint, flooring, landscaping, and decluttering usually pay. A kitchen remodel three weeks before listing usually doesn't.
Professional photography, full NWMLS listing syndicated to Zillow, Redfin and Realtor.com, targeted social advertising, and direct outreach to buyer brokers working your price band in Pierce and South King County.
Offers get compared on total terms, not just headline price — financing type, contingencies, closing date, and buyer strength. Our transaction coordinator manages inspection responses, appraisal, and title through to signing, with the designated broker reviewing the file at each stage.
Clawhammer Construction — a licensed Washington general contractor owned by our designated broker — can complete the cosmetic repairs a house needs to get financed and sell, front the cost, and get paid from your proceeds at closing. You list with North Realty Brokers; the work gets done; you net more than you would have selling as-is to a cash buyer.
Clawhammer Construction, WA General Contractor CLAWHC*750MW. Separate company, common ownership, disclosed in writing. clawhammerpnw.neocities.org
In a park or on your own land. We handle title elimination questions, HUD tag and data plate issues, park approval, and the difference between a buyer who needs chattel financing and one who can use a conventional loan — which decides your buyer pool and your price.
If you've received a Notice of Default or a Notice of Trustee's Sale, you still have options and a clock. We can list and sell before the sale date, negotiate a short sale with your servicer if you owe more than the house is worth, and explain what each path does to your credit. We don't buy houses from people in this situation — we represent them.
Inherited a property, moved away, or own a rental you've never seen in person. Someone from this firm shows up for every part that needs a body in the room — contractor access, inspections, cleanout, tenant communication, the walkthrough. Our designated broker holds a Washington notary commission, so signing is handled remotely.
Condos fail escrow for reasons single-family homes never do: a reserve study that spooks an underwriter, a pending special assessment, a rental cap that kills the investor pool, an owner-occupancy ratio that makes the building ineligible for certain loans. We order and read the resale certificate before listing, not two weeks from closing.
Washington and Tacoma notice rules are specific and unforgiving. Because the firm manages rentals through Modern Property Management, we know how to market an occupied property, handle showings lawfully, and decide whether to sell with the tenant in place or after they've moved.
Court timelines, personal representative authority, and heirs in three states. We coordinate with the estate attorney, handle cleanout and repairs, and keep the sale on the schedule the court expects.
A comparative market analysis using recent closed sales, active competition, and pending contracts in your immediate area, adjusted for condition, layout, lot, and features that genuinely move a buyer.
The strategy question is separate from the number. Sometimes pricing slightly under market generates competing offers and nets more than listing high. Sometimes it doesn't. That depends on inventory in your price band right now, and we'll look at it together.
You'll get an estimated net sheet before you list. It covers brokerage commission, Washington real estate excise tax, title insurance, escrow fees, prorated property taxes, your loan payoff, any pre-listing repair cost, and credits you expect to negotiate. Commission is negotiable and set with your broker in the listing agreement.
It depends on what's wrong and who your likely buyer is. If the house won't pass an FHA or VA appraisal as it sits, you've cut out most first-time and military buyers — and in Pierce County that's a lot of the market. Curing those specific items is usually worth it. Cosmetic upgrades beyond that rarely return what they cost.
We'll give you both numbers: estimated net as-is, and estimated net after a priced scope of work. Then it's your call.
No. It's an option we offer because we own the company and can price it honestly. You can use your own contractor, do the work yourself, or sell as-is. If you do use Clawhammer, the relationship is disclosed in writing and the cost appears on your net sheet before you commit.
Preparation runs one to three weeks depending on repairs. Once listed, a well-priced Pierce County home in decent condition typically goes under contract within two to three weeks, then 30–45 days to close on a financed sale. Cash closes faster. Manufactured homes and short sales take longer, and we'll tell you how much longer up front.
Pick whichever is closest — no forms, no sales calls.
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