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Another successful Northern Liberties settlement !

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Real Estate Agent with The Somers Team at KW Philadelphia

May 05, 2009 01:27 PM

Another Successful Northern Liberties Settlement !

Today, on Cinco de Mayo, we had another settlement in Northern Liberties with very happy sellers. Our folks had the property on the market in the past and had trouble getting their property sold. We showed their property a few times during their prior listing. So when their listing expired, they called us and said. "We want you to sell our property: not only did you show our property but you live in the neighborhood and most importantly we see your marketing all over the Internet ! "

The beautiful part of the process is that we were able to generate multiple offers - 3 in fact which is great for this market ! As a result, we negotiated the best deal with the best terms. It also ended up being the right buyer with strong financing and a smooth home inspection process.

Our sellers are very happy today ! In addition to having a great client, we now have great friends as well.

Stephanie and I really enjoy being part of the Northern Liberties community - we love helping buyers and sellers in the neighborhood ! It is a special and magical place for us. It is where I proposed to her : )

Somewhere Over the Rainbow

The Northern Liberties Settlement Must Go On !

The Somers - Chris and Stephanie Somers

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Stephen Kappre

KW Hometown - Mantua, NJ

Helping You Home

Awesome job guys - 3 offers in this market? That's crazy, but of anyone I could expect it from you two, you are LOCAL, ALL OVER the Internet, and most of all very EXPERIENCED. Certainly sounds like a winning combo to me!

May 05, 2009 01:40 PM

Richard Stabile

Re/Max Real Estate Limited - Oradell, NJ

Bergen County New Homes Builder Realtor

Chistopher and Staphanie:

That is your story, I seen it before. Your marketing and activity in your market stands out.

I just reminisced when I read it. I remember when I first started selling real estate. I was quite young for the industry. I was 24 or 25, and most agents were quite old in my eyes. I always felt like there was something they knew that I didn't. Well, I would show, show and show property. I got listings by expired such as yours, calling me and asking me to stop by, so we could talk.

Other agents would say, "how did you get that listing"? My answer always was, I showed their house a lot and they remembered it and ask me to sell it for them.

That to me was always basic good real estate!

I just thought that the only way I could make money was to show houses and ultimately get listings. So that what I did, I would show houses until my clients signed an offer or it got too late.

:) Richard

May 05, 2009 02:06 PM

Jess Graves

JessGravesDesigns.Com - Bristol, PA

Bucks County Decordiva of Home Staging

Congratulations, ...well done! Northern Liberties and the Somers a winning combination. Your listings are great properties, and you seem to have the recipe for success down to a science. Great going Chris, I think the magic started when she said yes!

Enjoy, Jess

May 05, 2009 02:13 PM

Hannah Williams

HomeStarr Realty - Philadelphia, PA

Expertise NE Philadelphia & Bucks 215-820-3376

Wonderful Job-great settlement..Smartest thing you ever did ! You are a beautiful couple!

(Sorry I didn t get to sat hello this morning you were gone to you settlement when I looked for you-it was a sad morning)

HelpfulHannah your friend in Philadelphia

May 05, 2009 02:38 PM

The Somers Team

The Somers Team at KW Philadelphia - Philadelphia, PA

Delivering Real Estate Happiness

Steve - Wow ! Thanks for the compliment and reinforcement ! It is a very tough market out there so it is great when hard work is rewarded with a successful deal. And more importantly, the result of that deal are very happy consumers and clients.

Richard- That is awesome ! I am glad our blog post was a nice trigger for some good memories. And lessons too. At the end of the day, it does not matter how good you are, it is still about lead generation through hard work. Agents cannot expect to just sit back and wait for the phone to ring with a seller calling and saying "please come over and list my house". Well that does happen sometimes (LOL) , but for the most part, an agent will get to that call from being proactive doing some sort of activities (showing properties, door knocking, sending letters, farming an area) to get to that position.

Jess - I think you are right ! When she said "Yes" I realized how great life is. And from a business standpoint, we love being a husband and wife team, as do our clients. They get double the resources and experience with no extra cost !

May 05, 2009 11:24 PM

Jason Sardi

Auto & Home & Life Insurance throughout North Carolina - Charlotte, NC

Your Agent for Life

Excellent work you two. I actually have a settlement today in your area with a buyer who used the Philadelphia Grant Program, which is matched by an Employer Grant... very cool.

May 05, 2009 11:57 PM

The Somers Team

The Somers Team at KW Philadelphia - Philadelphia, PA

Delivering Real Estate Happiness

Hannah - Yes it was the smartest thing I ever did by proposing to Stephanie. Yes, it was a sad day at the funeral service yesterday. It is a reminder of how precious life is and how short life can be.

Sarah - Yes, I did not plan on ending it that way when I started writing the blog post, but it ended up going in that direction !!

Jason- Sounds like a great program. We helped someone purchase recently who worked for Temple University. He received a $5K grant from the City of Philadelphia and $5K from his employer (Temple University). Was awesome ! And he was a first time homebuyer that qualified for the $8K first time homebuyer tax credit. Would be interested in knowing what type of Grant Program was used for your settlement today.

May 06, 2009 01:40 AM

Cristal Drake

Circa Properties - Fullerton, CA

Realtor - Fullerton Real Estate

Wow, great job you two. Keep up the great work!

May 07, 2009 05:08 PM

The Somers Team

The Somers Team at KW Philadelphia - Philadelphia, PA

Delivering Real Estate Happiness

Cristal - Thanks !!!! We were very happy to help our client out on this one. But then again, we are very happy for all of our sellers on every deal : ) ! Hope all is well with you in Fullerton !

May 07, 2009 11:09 PM

Bill Gassett

RE/MAX Executive Realty - Hopkinton, MA

Metrowest Massachusetts Real Estate

Love to hear it Chris...that is what this business is all about! Hope you are having a great Spring so far:)

May 08, 2009 12:07 AM

Dan Woodworth

The Connection - Garden City, ID

Encouraging Communicator

Hi Christopher & Stephanie, Radical Results! Excellent encouragement! You are constantly climbing! I have been out of touch for about three months finishing up my doctorate. I finally wrote one post today!

May 08, 2009 09:14 AM