Five of the Most Important Strategies Joan Uses to Sell Homes!
1. Joan creates beautiful color brochures and incorporates a virtual tour. The brochures are placed inside and outside the home for prospective buyers. The virtual tour allows buyers browsing on-line to view 20 or more photos of your home in a slide show.
2. Joan provides recommendations for inspections and warranties. This helps discover any surprises that may come up later during a buyer's inspection and puts the seller in a better negotiating position.
3. She provides professional staging and showing recommendations to help the home present its very best appearance! This is a MUST to separate your home from the competition. It has to sparkle! I call this the "WOW" factor!
4. Joan exposes the home to more than fifty web sites in addition to the MLS like REALTOR.com, NUMBER1EXPERT.com, Homes.com, HarmonHomes.com, CraigsList.org, Zillow.com, HomeSeekers.com, Immobel.com, LiveDeal.com, Oodle.com, Sell.com, Google.com, Trulia.com, Yahoo!Real Estate, etc.
5. Joan creates a web site with your home's address as the domain name (www.123MapleBlvd.) Buyers can go straight to your listing with just one click of a mouse!
These are only a few of Joan's marketing techniques. Call Joan if you or someone you know may need help in selling their home. Request your initial consultation at no cost or obligation.
Some real estate agents are "pushy" and try to intimidate you - some are "pushovers" and don't provide information or advice, they are just "order-takers". Neither of these descriptions fit Joan!
Joan works as a Consultant. She tells you the truth about the current market, gives you techniques and hints to sell your home and provides you complete information so - together - you will price your house to sell!
Ask us any question about buying a home anywhere in the Denver Metropolitan Area. It's our job to help you! There's no obligation, and we promise to respond quickly... 
Staging Your Home for a Quick Sale
1. Take a fresh look at your house from across the street. Make a "frame" with your fingers on both hands and focus on what a buyer will see when they pull up in front of your house. After we live in a house for a while, it's easy to stop noticing what needs fixing, cleaning or touching up. Do you think "wow, what happened here?" or "wow, what a great house!"?
2. Green up the grass and clean up the yard. Fix bare spots in the lawn. Prune trees and bushes, weed and clean up the yard. Fill flower beds and planters that are appropriate to the season. Remove toys and other items from the yard and discard or store elsewhere.
3. Check drainage around your house. If the ground slopes and water gets into your foundation it will cause damage. Be sure gutters and downspouts empty away from the house.
4. Wash the windows and paint or stain porches and decks. Our Colorado climate is damaging to wood surfaces. If porch railings are shaky, get them repaired for safety.
5. Refresh paint. If you can't afford to paint the whole house, at least repaint the trim. Make doors and windows pop. Choose a neutral color that fits into the neighborhood but sets your house apart.
6. Focus on the entry. Is the sidewalk or driveway cracked and worn? If replacing them is out of the budget, add a stone or brick border and fix or replace uneven walkways.
7. Pay attention to the details. If the outdoor light fixtures look weathered or the door handle looks worn, repaint or replace them. New address numbers, a new mailbox and fresh doormat shows you care. Shiny, new metal makes the front entry perk up!
Closing or Settlement >Closing Paperwork
When you buy a house you are asked to sign an amazing number of documents, especially if you are obtaining a mortgage loan. It is prudent to read all of the papers before signing them, but it may not be practical to do this at the actual closing. There is a way you can read everything first without holding up the closing.
The title company should have the papers ready for your review several days before the closing, but sometimes the lender delivers the paperwork at the last minute. If you insist on reading the fine print on every page, you will probably draw some serious groans from the others at the table. One practical solution is to request copies of all of the standard forms a week before the closing, so that you can read them at your leisure. At the closing you need only to make sure that the information is filled in correctly.
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Into what category do forty-four percent of home buying households fall?
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Forty-four percent of home-buying households are made up of married couples with dependents. |
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Patty Salam, Home Staging Professional
Your house is probably your biggest asset; selling it can be one of the most important decisions in your life.
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