Fortunately, there are a lot of good, and mostly free, tools available on the Internet to help you set your savings objectives and goals.

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You can use these same home tours to get a head start on selecting your listing agent by asking the agents you interview to give you a preview of what they would recommend in the way of preparing your home, timing your listing and marketing your house to achieve the objectives you set in Step 1.

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