For listing agents

How to explain a documented Home History to your seller

The one-sentence version

"Everything you've put into this house is worth more to a buyer when you can prove it — let's put the receipts, permits and photos in one report instead of a shoebox."

Three talking points

1. 1. It answers the appraiser before they ask. A dated list of improvements with receipts gives the appraiser something concrete to work from instead of a verbal claim.
2. 2. It reduces buyer friction. Buyers ask when the roof was done, who serviced the HVAC, whether the permit was pulled. A single report answers all of it, in writing.
3. 3. It travels with the home. At closing the seller can transfer the record to the buyer, which is a genuinely memorable handoff.

What to say it is not

It is not a valuation and it does not claim a dollar increase in home value. It is a documentation tool: it shows what was done, when, by whom, and for how much. Be careful not to promise a specific return on any improvement.

If the seller asks "what does it cost?"

Nothing to them if you're gifting it — you hand them a code at closing that covers a full year. They can renew directly after that if they want to keep going.

Handy links

• • Sample report: wiseravenhome.com/sample-report
• • Closing gift guide: wiseravenhome.com/closing-gifts-for-realtors
• • Redeem page for clients: wiseravenhome.com/redeem

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