Karen these are my favorite kind of sellers. I tend to sell their homes fairly quickly and handle all aspects of the transaction. I have had both out of state and country sellers and nothing but praise. Thank you for sharing your marketing plan.

Heather,    Thank you for the comment.  I,too, have marketed homes for many out-of-country sellers.

We all get lucky once in a while.  It does sound like your customer service, and phone etiquette was adequate, or things could have gone badly.

I have a seller listed now that I have never met face to face....interesting isn't it?

This is more and more common with the technology available to us!

Gregg,  Thank you - it does take good communication

Jeffery  Yes, it is interesting and a measure of your professionalism

Courtney,  This is true if agents take advantage of it

Karen, If you count a bank as not meeting face to face than I have sellers like that too. 

So wonderful that yours sold so quickly and the sellers were on ths same page as you.

Stacy  A seller is a seller - of course they count

That is a good accomplishment and I tip my hat to you for being able to achieve it in that manner.

I have to say that that is very impressive! Do you actually get a power of attorney to handle the transactions or is it contract based? Just curious.

Charles - I DHL the settelement docs to the seller and enclose a return DHL envelope - my firm does not allow POA,  Karen

Derrick,  Thank you - the technology is the "driver"

Wow, Karen - That is impressive!  What a great goal to shoot for in 2008.

Dale,  Thank you for the comment - the hardest part is to be contacted by an out-of-town seller

Karen - That is excellent work. I actually think these are harder to close than meeting face to face. At least in my experience it is harder to close if they are gettting information from more than one Realtor and you are not able to meet in person. Often times in these arrangements I have found that the seller will choose the agent that gives them the highest price. 

Bill  I agree with you 100%, but I try to caution them about agents that "buy listings"