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Real Estate Agent with MN-Houses

Stillwater Realtors are not created equal!

Picture of Downtown StillwaterIt's easy to see why Stillwater, Minnesota was named by Forbes Magazine as "one of the prettiest cities in America", but with this comes lots of elbow rubbing amongst Stillwater realtors to gain a share of the real estate market.

The days of realtors in Stillwater just uploading a listing to the MLS and watching buyers schedule showings...are well behind us.  So what should home sellers be looking for in a Stillwater realtor?  Great question!

 

 

 

  1. All realtors will post your home listing on the local Multiple Listing Service (MLS), but what will prevent your listing from being soaked up and shadowed by the other Stillwater homes for sale?
  2. More than ever home staging becoming a separator in the Stillwater marketplace.  Is your home full of mixed and matched furniture?  If so, prepare yourself for a long listing!
  3. Have you seen those listings online where the picture is "supposed to be" a picture of the master bedroom, but really all the picture is doing is highlighting the master bed because a simple point-and-shoot camera was used?  Don't be a "bed showcaser"...make sure your Stillwater realtor is associated with a reputable professional photographer!
  4. Do you recall looking at listing photos online, and some are so randomly out of order that you jump from the kitchen, to a bathroom, to the deck, and then back to the living room?  Online is our first (and likely only chance) to create an impression and "story" of a home.  Don't you want home buyers to see your listing as a compelling "story"?  If so, you should seriously consider having a professional virtual tour made of your home.  This is an automated slide deck that gives an "online" tour of your home...to help create that vital first impression.
  5. Lastly, any realtor that is easy to find online already has a leg up on the competition.  That is, he/she probably understands the fundamentals and importance of extra online advertising in our current market place.  So don't make a mistake by choosing the Stillwater realtor with the lowest commission rate that promises to advertise your home on MLS.  There is so much more to it than that!

MN-Houses is a RE/MAX real estate team that serves and specializes in Stillwater, MN.

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