Whether your local real estate market is super-heated or sluggish, there are steps you can take to reach the right buyers, pick the best offer, and ultimately get top dollar for your home. Selling Your House: Nolo's Essential Guide will take you through the process from start to finish. And, you'll learn how to do it all in the shortest possible time.

Real estate expert and best-selling author Ilona Bray gives you the inside scoop on:

• setting a price that will attract buyers
• finding the right real estate agent
• determining which repairs and upgrades pay off
• making legally required disclosures to buyers
• evaluating purchase offers, and
• negotiating and closing escrow successfully.

Provides tips from industry pros--including real estate agents, attorneys, home stagers, and more--as well as stories from home sellers.