Sell My House. What Should Good Listing Agents Know and Do? Part 2
As a follow up to Jan and Steves post PART 1 here is part 2 for my Pensacola, Pace or Gulf Breeze sellers. If you are serious about selling your home call for my free analysis and a copy of my 27 step selling program to get you home sold for more money in less time.
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Thanks for stopping by Part 2 of what you should look for when hiring a quality real estate agent to list and sell your home.
The agent you should hire should be able to show you a well designed marketing program that includes classy brochures, individual property websites of their listings, Youtube videos of their client's properties, and many quality photos and slide-shows that they have used to promote the sale of their client's property.
How the agent displays your home to the buying public is in direct relationship to how excited they will be to come see your fine home and make a good offer.
Crummy photos and sub par sales materials do not reflect well on your property do they?
Properly marketing a home takes time, effort, creativity, experience and detailed follow through all the way to the end of a successful settlement where the money gets put in your hand.
Well now, do those pretty marketing efforts work?
Good agents should also be able to demonstrate the effectiveness of their sales efforts by showing you how long it took their listings to sell compared to the neighborhood or zip code average.
The fees of people who provide top level service are generally the same as those who take 6 photos and stick a sign in the ground.
Agents are not interchangeable commodities. Get a GOOD ONE.
When you interview an agent for the job of selling your property, listen to the quality level of their questions.
Is their presentation all about them and their wonder-fullness or do they make sure that their approach matches your needs and desires?
Good agents want to know:
Why you are selling?
When do you need to have the home sold by?
How much do you owe on the property?
Is there anybody else on the deed or mortgage besides you?
What upgrades have you made to the house?
How do you plan to make the property available for showing?
......You get the idea...
You see, good agents should know their stuff, but the interview should revolve around you and your needs...not them.Also, you put a lot of time and money into preparing your home for sale.
Why not hire agents who will match that effort through their ability to display your home online to attract qualified buyers and their agents?
Below are some examples of some of the online marketing efforts of 2 hard working, top producing agents in Northern VA who do their best to get their client's needs met. The properties are of various price ranges:
A video promoting a listing (movie is too long, but it shows the agents knowledge of the area-sold in 25 days)
A seller tips video (an oldie but still valid)
AND individual property websites. The properties below all received winning offers in less than 28 days because their owners prepared their homes properly, they were priced correctly, and they were agressively marketed by the listing agents:
http://243mindyct.IsNowForSale.com
http://5716harrierdr.IsNowForSale.com
http://2920motherwellct.IsNowForSale.com
http://6518haversackrd.IsNowForSale.com
http://6240frostywinterct.IsNowForSale.com
http://15315jordansjourneydr.IsNowForSale.com
Good agents should have a wealth of market data at their finger tips to share with the seller:
How long does it take to sell a home on average in this zip code?
How have prices been trending in our county?
In summary, good agents should stand out.
They know the market, how to explain the entire selling process and how to market your property to get it sold promptly.
They know their stuff and should be comfortable answering your questions.
Good agents take care of all the details so that you can just live your life.
********If you missed Part 1 of this post, you can see it here
all photos by Steve Bachman real estate agent
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