Before choosing a Realtor to market & sell your home, do your homework!

Friends, neighbors, relative and calendar senders are nice people, but can they sell your home?

Do your homework as a seller!

1) How much business did that agent do LAST YEAR? How much did they actually SELL? Are they full time? Part time? The proof is in the pudding - how many houses did they actually sell? How does this compare to other agents?

2) Almost 90%+ of all home buyers begin their search online. Google that agent's name. What do you see? One entry? Two? Do they even have their own website? Do they have any internet presence whatsoever? Is that presence in marketing actual homes - or merely a "fluff" page marketing themselves?

3) In 2008, "curb appeal" means WEB APPEAL. The presentation of your property online determines whether a potential buyer is going to eliminate your home from consideration!

The Wall Street Journal recently did a story on why so many Realtors market homes with such horrible photographs! Sadly, it's very true.

• Look at their current listings - Do they take high quality photographs of every room? Are they clear? Do they show the actual room - or just the corner window and dresser?
• Do they offer a virtual tour of any value? (not just recycling the original MLS photos into a zooming slideshow!)
• Do they offer maps? Aerial views?
• Complete descriptions without arcane abbreviations that only realtors can interpret?
  
• Are they web savvy? Do they have the capabilities to communicate with you electronically at any time? Many realtors proclaim that they "utilize" technology, which unfortunately means they "know how to email" - and very little else!

Visit my online listing presentation at your convenience at ISoldThisHouse.com

Here, I outline exactly, point by point, with specific examples, of what I will do to market your home.

1) Your listing will receive it's own, unique domain name, such as www.6MainStreet.com
2) Your listing will receive it's own unique web page, or in some cases, multiple pages
3) Your home will be professionally photographed with a wide angle lens and quality photographic equipment. An online photo gallery, with 12-40 full size, enhanced photographs will be available on your website as well as through the Multiple Listing Service (MLS).
4) You home will have a full motion, high definition, narrated video tour - regardless of price. This video is also viewable on the MLS, as well as over a dozen video sites, such as YouTube, Google Video, Yahoo video, etc.
5) Your listing and video will be emailed to over 2,000 registered buyers in my monthly newsletter every month until it sells.
6) Your video podcast will be available on The New Hampshire Real Estate Show, available free on iTunes as well as dozens of other websites.
7) Your video and photos will be on a custom DVD, available at the home for any prospective buyer to take with them after viewing your property. This makes your listing stand out among the competition after they get home from viewing mulitple properties. Everyone else has a little flyer or listing sheet (maybe) on other properties - yours has a full, high definition DVD.

And more...... Visit ISoldThisHouse.com

Be a smart consumer - do YOUR homework before you hire a Realtor!