When it comes time to buy a home, many homebuyers wind up taking the agent they will work with almost at random. Surveys show that most homebuyers will wind up working with an agent that they called from an ad in the paper or from a sign they saw on the street. This makes about as much sense as choosing a doctor in major medical operation by opening a phone book and pointing.

Everyone is thinking of purchasing a home to take the time to first find a real estate agent that they both like and trust. After all, the agent you choose will be helping you make one of the largest financial transactions of your life.

As a full-time real estate agent and loan officer, I can help you through the entire home purchasing process.  Here is just some of what I do for my clients:

• Assistance with loan selection and prequalification.
• Locating your next home.
• Negotiating the best possible terms on the purchase of your home.
• Coordination of the inspection, financing and closing process.

Almost any agent can list your home, slap it up on the MLS and wait for an agent with the buyer to wonder in. They probably even can let it coast through inspections in the closing and complete the sale. It is agents like this that make people list with discount brokers.

When you list with me you aren't just paying me to advertise your home. My real job is to help you stage your home, give you honest information on pricing, negotiate with buyers and keep deals alive between the time buyers make an offer on their home, and when they are signing the final closing papers. That is really what you're paying for.

I've seen many agents with dazzling listing presentations, grandiose plans of how they will market your home and been stunned by the array of prices that they have told their clients or properties will sell for. If you're ready for something better then please call me and let's meet and discuss how I can help you achieve your real estate goals.

Nothing speaks louder than the words of my past clients. I feel that after the transaction is completed, you shouldn't just be satisfied with my work, but should be happy enough with me to refer me to your friends and family.

"Jacqueline Cliff has been my realtor for two purchases and one sale, and I will use her  time and time again. She is very personable and is a great communicator. Any questions that I had, she responded to promptly and was able to answer all my questions, the one's I asked and the one's I hadn't thought of asking, timely and in full detail. I would consider Jacquie to be a good business partner and a friend." Aaron B.