My winning entry to the week 4 of active rains  Makeover2Takeover contest!  Ideas for new & seasons Realty I had this one ready so am posting it also, the title lets you know more about what it is & the layout is better & closer to what was in the contest...hope you can use some of my ideas, let me know?  You can view my complete entry just as Rich Jacobson saw it, http://www.hismove.com/week_4.doc

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Your Real Estate Home Shopping Survival Kit

Especially prepared for; Rhett and Scarlet

"My first home"

Compliments of Team Tex-La

In preparation for your arrival we wanted to let you know a few things that will make your First Home shopping easier, fun, rewarding and a magical experience for you both.  Part of Team Tex-La's job as your Realtor is to take as much stress out of the home buyer experience as possible.  While we do this every day, we fully understand that you do not...so we wanted you to know we will provide the following "Survival Kit" in our car for you.  We will make sure there is plenty of everything and two of each item that pertain to the homes;

•1.       Clipboards

•2.        MLS print outs of each home we are going to see

•3.       A home evaluation forms for each home we are going to see

Note; our advice is not to bring these into the homes with you.  The reason is simple, we want you to "experience" the home, envision your things in each home, where will the big screen TV go? If you are busy writing you might overlook or be distracted by something of importance.  Plus buying a home is an emotional experience, so we want you to "Feel" the home as if it were yours.  You will have plenty of time in-between viewing the homes to do your "homework".

•4.        A cooler with plenty of water, soda, and gatorade

•5.       Cozies' for your drinks

•6.       Fruit and Protein bars...we need to keep up our energy J

•7.       A special gift bag with a hemp hand towel, sun block, lavender oil (this helps with headaches), a notepad and pen, sample bottles of Advil and Tylenol.

•8.       Digital camera...we are going to provide you with your own personal web site so you can view the pictures of the homes we have toured at your leisure that evening.  You will also be able to e-mail pictures of your top choices to friends, and family member if you would like their advice or just to share.  You will also have them as your permanent memory book also.

•9.       Video camera...for you top choices if you prefer video over still

•10.   Bags of M&M'S...you might think, "Oh that's sweet another treat"...NO, it's much more than that.  In fact this might be the most important part of your home viewing survival kit!  As we mentioned we do this every day and have years of experience.  After you select a home you might experience what we refer to as "Buyer's Remorse".  This is a normal human emotion, "Oh my gosh did we do the right thing?"  Our prescription...take 1-10 M&M's , get a good night's sleep and rest assured we are helping make sure you did!  You will feel better in the morning.

Please note; wear comfortable clothes and shoes, don't worry about fashion, this is YOUR experience and we want it to be a pleasant one.  Looking at a lot of homes is hard work, and we will be doing a lot of walking and it is HOT this time of year in LA.  Eat a healthy carb rich breakfast, you will need energy.  As your professional Realtors we have previewed all the homes in the four neighborhoods and selected the "Cream of the Crop" for you to see, however since your time is limited we have to fit viewing 20 of the best homes into one day, that's going to be exciting and exhausting for you.  Our goal again is to make it as pleasurable as possible for you.

Please accept this small gift to make our whirlwind day more enjoyable

          Liz & Josh 

      " Your Real Estate Resource For Life!"

                 www.lizcarter.com

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Week 4 complete entry

Don't forget to look at the whole report by clicking her; http://www.hismove.com/week_4.doc.  This entry beat 12 other teams entries to win.  The other Realtors in the contest are the "cream of the crop", all very professional, successful, and highly skilled Realtors, so this was an honor for me.  I will continue to post my entries and ideals to benefit YOU, so make sure to subscribe to my bogs so you get them all. 

Week 1 complete enter

 The other one that has been done is Do you have a data base? Entry from Makeover2Takeover & helpful ideas , which also has the link to my complete entry that is exactly what Rich Jacobson received from me for week 1.  How to create a data base and all the details on what to do with it and which soft ware program to use.  My entry for week 6 of the active rain contest, The Cinco Ranch Community -- Take a Vacation Everyday!

Week 2 complete entry

Another one from week 2,Team Tex-La has a whole new look & attitude! How do you eat CROW?  This challenge was to create a cutting edge, totally digital Pre Listing Package that could e-mailed to the out of town client who would be listing their home, but were interviewing Realtors, it was all done over the Internet.  The link to complete entry from me on week 2; http://www.hismove.com/week_2.pdf

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Please don't hesitate to let me know if you don't understand something or why it is critical to do.  I'll be glad to help you on all six of the entries I did what still in the contest.  I was eliminated with only two weeks to go.  I will also be posting a lot more Real Estate related helpful items based on my 32+ years of being one of the top Salespeople in the US.  See my profile for my credentials as a Realtor.

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Of course when you have referrals for the Katy, Sugar Land and the greater Houston, Texas area I would love to help them.  www.lizcarter.com  281-391-SOLD-(7653) Liz