Answers by Stephanie Tourtellotte

Buyers will want to buy in your "great Neighborhood" and from experience a great deal of buyers will want to come in and do their own renovations to their own taste. If the style is late 90s but well kept then I would test the market to see if you could get an offer close to what your asking for.

Moving twice is a lot of work. List your home with a contingency that if you do not find and close escrow successfully on the next home that your current home does not sell and you still have a home to live in, once you have a buyer in escrow on your own home, then make contingent offers on condos of your choosing.

From my personal experience and what I’ve seen in the market, you’ll usually have a larger buyer pool and often a smoother sale if the home is vacant or owner-occupiable when you list it. While it’s absolutely possible to sell with tenants in place, keeping tenants during the sale can limit interest mainly to investors or buyers willing to wait out the lease. Most traditional buyers looking for a primary residence typically don’t want to inherit tenants, navigate lease obligations, or deal with delayed move-in timelines. That smaller buyer pool can sometimes mean fewer offers or less flexibility on price and the home often sits on the market.

Not necessarily it, depends entirely on how your solar agreement is structured. If your solar panels are financed with a loan, in many cases that loan stays in your name unless it’s paid off at closing or the buyer agrees, and qualifies to formally assume it. Most buyers prefer not to take over someone else’s solar loan, so sellers often end up paying the balance through escrow or negotiating it as part of the sale. If your panels are under a lease or power purchase agreement, the buyer may be able to assume the contract, but they usually have to be approved by the solar company first which needs to be handled early in escrow to avoid any delays in closing.