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Relocating to Carmel Indiana Tips and Home Buying Tips

By Cindy Marchant

Real Estate Agent with Keller Williams Indy NE 317-290-7775 www.marchantteam.com

July 20, 2009 01:27 AM

Purchasing a new home in Carmel will probably be the most major expense you will make during your lifetime. Having the right agent working for you will be the key in getting the best deal in the right location with the smoothest transaction. Here is what you will receive when working with this Carmel Realtor:

Careful consideration of your needs and wants for a new home. I will not send or show you volumes of homes hoping one of them will work. I will send you homes that match as many of the criteria you give to me. I will make suggestions if needed; for example if you want a lot of acreage and a newer home, we may want to talk through that. Typically new homes don't play well with large lots, they more than likely will come on smaller lots. Another example is if you want a particular commute; I will go over traffic patterns with you so that you understand glitches that don't exist on Mapquest.

I will help familiarize you with our city pointing out areas with good schools (that usually equate to better resale values), points of interest to make you comfortable in navigating our city and a variety of neighborhoods to help you find the right match.

Flexibility in showing you the homes. I try to manage the number of clients I have so that I am available when you need me to be. If you are an out of town buyer, I may need to be your eyes and/or video tape homes for you when you are unable to view something new on the market that meets you requirements.

I will do a series of analytics to help you understand the value/pricing of the home once we narrow down our selections. I love working with numbers so this is an area I excel at with my clients. This will include days on market, whether it has been listed before, what the last sales price was, what else in the neighborhood or surrounding area has sold for, and absorption rates to determine how it is placed in the current inventory.

I will discreetly try to determine seller's motivation to help in our pricing strategy. Of course, your motivation will also play into the scenario. My favorite argument is when the seller says he needs a certain amount to cover his costs; the market doesn't care what he needs and I feel very comfortable pointing that out.

Once our pricing is determined, I will use the negotiating skills I have perfected as an accountant in another industry to get you the best price on the home you have chosen.

I will work with you during the inspection to be sure you have representation and to help direct you to vendors who can quote the cost of the repair to be sure we get what we need.