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TOO
GOOD TO
MISS!
Home
Buyer
Tax
Credits
- May
apply to
you to
if
you're
looking
to buy.
E-X-T-E-N-D-E-D
!!!
Here
are the
basics:
-
First
Time
Home
Buyer
Tax
Credit
of
up
to
$8,000
extended
to
first
time
home
buyers
until
April
30,2010.
-
For
current
home
owners
purchasing
a
new
or
existing
home
between
November
7,
2009
and
April
30,
2010
expanded
credit
to
grant
up
to
$6,500.
To take
advantage
of this,
remember
it can
take on
average
6-10
weeks to
close on
the
sale.
Factor
this
into
your
decisions
so you
are
under
contract
early
enough
to allow
enough
time to
close
before
the
deadline
passes
you by.
For
example:
It will
take
your
lender
on
average
8 weeks
to close
on the
sale
(contract)
with
your
lender.
Allow at
least an
extra
week for
the
unexpected.
That
means
you'd
have to
be under
contract
to
purchase
by the
3rd week
of
February.
There
are more
details/criteria
and
specifics
but this
should
be
enough
to get
you
started.
Contact
your tax
professional
for
specific
advice
for your
personal
situation.
Then
contact
us to
find
your new
home.
Don't
wait til
the last
minute! |
Marketing
Your Property for All Its Worth,
24
hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days of the year.
We
strive to get your property into the MLS systems within 24 hours of
listing with us, giving enticing details to create selling
excitement among all realtors and buyers.
Literally,
thousands
of people visit our sites every year.
Wouldn't
you want that kind of exposure when selling your property?
Are
you thinking about selling property? There are many things you
must consider to make wise, informed decisions and a few will be
briefly highlighted here. Our job is to guide you while working
in your best interests and in accordance with our agency
relationship. Our goal is to make this as easy and enjoyable as
possible. Then help you proceed with your new plans.
When
you decide it's time for a change, we'll custom design a program
specifically for your needs and goals, and we'll review the process
in great detail. In the meantime, here's a brief outline for
some of the selling process:
We are going to get to know each other
and we will get acquainted with your property because that's the
best way I'll really know how best to make suggestions for your
consideration.
Once we know each other a little better and we
know what your true objectives are we are going to let you
know how we work and what to expect from us as your
representative in getting your property sold. Part of this
is a custom marketing plan specific for you, your property and
your situation designed to get you moved. Of course we
will review recent sales activity for similar properties,
but we also need to know what your competition is doing
as well. You should know as much as your buyers who have
been looking at many properties.
You
must base your price on market value, not on your needs or
emotions, what you'd like to sell for, nor what you've put into
it.
Overpricing leads to increased market time, more expenses, more
stress - at the very least.
Buyers become wary of properties with high market times.
This leads to properties selling for less than market value.
Pricing aggressively in the beginning can lead to higher
offers because buyers will perceive you as being very
serious-ready to get it done, and if your price is that
competitive they need to act quickly. Our pricing
strategy is in place, now let's get creative!
What's next? Anytime anyone is selling
something, there's considerable work that goes into the process
before the first people come to check it out. You need to
SHOWCASE
IT and SHOW IT OFF! Once we list your
property for sale, we'll review our suggestions and instructions to
showcase your property for maximum results. Keep in mind, some
people have trouble visualizing how something can look.
So it's best to stage your property properly from the beginning.
While we're there we'll give you the real inside scoop on giving
your property maximum appeal.
Now we need to tell
the World about your property. Everything is ready. It's time to tell the world
it's for sale. While you've been
doing your part getting things tip top, styled, and ready according
to our meeting, we've been working on creating another master piece
for maximum internet exposure. This is the largest pool of
buyers-globally.
Make
sure your you will have a strong internet presence like ours will
give you. I've seen various reports stating that approximately
75% or more of home buyers begin their search on the internet.
Next to our MLS, we consider the internet the second best media
for property exposure to buyers.
After showings, you'll
hopefully receive and be able to review showing feedback directly from the agents who showed
your property. A great resource of information for both of
us. Keep in mind not all agents respond
to this request. Sometimes their client isn't ready to
comment about your property.
Offers:
As your listing agent, we'll review all offers in detail with you,
plus the pros and cons specific for your situation, so you can
make wise informed decisions.
Getting
the Sale Closed: There is a multitude of work to be
coordinated and completed before you receive your sales proceeds
at closing. We will review these steps when we meet and keep
you posted on our progress from the time you sign the offer (at
that point it becomes your contract!) and will be at your closing
table by your side.
Things
you really should need to know...
1.
All offers must be presented to you, unless you direct your agent, in
writing, otherwise. A buyers agent may ask for proof, a
written acknowledgement, the buyers offer was presented to you for
your consideration, especially if the buyers agent cannot personally
present the buyers offer. This is the fair and honest thing to do so
all parties are assured in writing everything was done properly, should
any questions arise later on.
There
are a variety of ways to present your offers and it's YOUR CHOICE
how you want the offers presented.
IN PERSON - One option is to schedule a meeting with you,
your listing agent, and the buyers agent so they may personally
present the buyers offer to you. Of course, you'll be able to ask
the buyers agent to leave you and your listing agent alone to privately
discuss the offer and decide what you want to do - accept, counter, or
reject the price and/or any of the terms.
THROUGH
YOUR AGENT ONLY - Again, your choice - if you don't want to meet
with the other agent, another option is the buyers agent can deliver or
fax the offer to the listing agents for presentation to the
seller. There is now a form you should sign for this option
because the buyers agent has a right to request it before delivering the
buyers offer to the listing agent.
A TELEPHONE PRESENTATION
- with your
agent only, or a conference call with your agent and the buyers agent
presenting the offer. Used a lot for out of area sellers, but there
are circumstances where this would be better/easier/quicker for all
parties (i.e. executives on very tight schedules, nearly impossible to get
all sellers together at once for offer presentation, those working
odd-hours, etc.).
FAX PRESENTATION - where the
offer is submitted to you via fax and you can call your agent to discuss.
Regardless
which way you choose to go, you will always have the right to talk
privately with only your agent so you can freely discuss the offer,
review your options, then make your decisions.
Often times once the initial
presentation has been made, other negotiations are handled by phone and
until either all issues have been agreed to by all parties or the
offer is cancelled because the parties cannot reach an agreement on
price/terms.
2.
We feel to truly know you've received the highest and best offer for
your property it needs to be exposed to the greatest
number of potential buyers - the best way, perhaps the only
way - is through the MLS.
If
your property wasn't entered into the MLS prior to you
accepting an offer from a buyer, how do you know another agent
from another company doesn't have a equally or better
qualified buyer, willing to pay a higher price than what has
been offered?
You
won't know unless your property is exposed to the greatest
pool of potential buyers - those working with all agents
through the MLS (part of the purpose for the MLS any
way).
The
more people that know about a property, the more excitement it
creates, the more activity (showings) it can produce, the
greater your odds for creating more interest from all agents
and prospective buyers, increasing your odds for receiving one
or more offers, resulting in a sale for the highest price and
best terms. Isn't that what you really want....best
price and terms?
FYI:
Our MLS rules give an agent 72
hours from signing your listing agreement
to get your listing entered into the MLS system. It's your agents responsibility to make sure this gets done
on time. Unless you instruct your listing agent, in writing, to withhold your
listing from the MLS, until a certain date before releasing it to the
MLS, your listing must be submitted in accordance with our MLS rules -
72 hours at the most.
When
You're Interviewing Prospective Agents to Represent You,
write down everything you feel is important to you to make sure it
gets covered when you're meeting.
