Depending on the size of your project and how strongly you need your partner's credit rating to get the needed loan, a reasonable percentage to offer will be in the range of 3% to 5%. Planning a selling strategy for one's house is the most important aspect in the entire process. Prices in certain areas have more than doubled these past three years and there is no fundamental to account for it. Consequently, the marketing plan to sell your home should make the Internet an important component, along with other traditional marketing channels such as direct mail.