Decorate your yard signs for more pizazz!
Decorating your signs will get more attention and help set you apart from the pack of realtors. Maybe your office could adopt a "new signature look"? Anyway, in addition to this quick tip, here's what I would do and I am sure many of you do when you get a new listing.
Before the ink dries on the listing agreement and before you go home or to the office, knock on as many doors as you can in the neighborhood of the new listing BEFORE you put up the yard sign. If they aren't home, leave a flyer or listing sheet with a personal note. Why?
Because, you want the neighbors to hear about the new listing from YOU and not from another realtor they might call AFTER they see the sign.
Many times neighbors buy homes in their neighborhood for their parents or children that you can capture!
When you get in front of them, be very friendly and tell them about the listing and the price and some information about the reason the sellers are selling if your sellers give you permission. (Be sure and ask the sellers for this permission because this would help in your rapport building with the neighbors.) Then offer to give them a personal tour before you have an OPEN HOUSE for the NEIGHBORHOOD and then for the GENERAL PUBLIC.
Then, before you leave, ALWAYS ASK if they know anyone you can call that might be looking for a nice home in their neighborhood. If they don't right now, leave a few cards and ask them to hand them to anyone they might think in the future or ask them to call you directly.
In addition to getting plenty of buyer prospects from this, you will be making a name for yourself that you are a pretty good listing agent and that is going to help with more LISTING referrals too!
They are going to say to themselves that you are a go-getter and very nice and friendly too!
Also, you should mention this work that YOU ARE GOING TO DO to your prospective sellers DURING your listing presentations so the sellers are more likely to SIGN the listing agreement in the first place.
If these tips help you attract a new buyer soon, please call ME so I can help you close them soon too!!!
Sam Thompson, PHH Mortgage
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Sam, great ideas and I love the photo....you've put a lot of thought into the presentation and I'm sure any buyer would be impressed. Thanks for sharing your ideas.