Dowelltown

For Sellers

Thinking about selling your home or property anywhere in Dekalb Country around or under the hill?

Before you sign a contract with any real estate company, ask what are you getting in return for your listing.? What will that listing agent, his or her broker and company do to deserve your business?

Today’s real estate market is much different than years ago. For instance, many sellers want to know their property will be featured in newspaper or magazine ads, but those ads actually do little to promote your home to qualified buyers. In fact, a survey last year by the National Association of Realtors found the simple yard sign the second most effective way to promote a home for sale. Seventy one percent of buyers reported that’s how they learned about homes in their area.

What’s first? The Internet is now where the majority of buyers look first in their search for a home or property. The NAR survey found 77 percent of buyers search online and they continue to look online until they find the right home or property.

That’s why my marketing strategy is Web-based, why I’ve spent so much time developing this website, and why all advertising I do on and offline is geared toward driving buyers to CountryComfortTN.com, where they can find your home.

My plans are to feature every listing on its own page, with the text and pictures that convey its features. I’m new at this, but as a writer I’ve been covering technology for the National Association of Realtors for 15 years. So I know the tools, and how to use them in today’s market.

Once you schedule an appointment, I’ll prepare a comparative market analysis(CMA), showing you comparable properties in the area and what they’ve sold for, and draw on the latest market insight to help you price your real estate to maximize its appeal. I’ll also explain my marketing plan, and outline the innovative tools and technologies Center Hill Realty introduced into this market to better serve our selling clients. I can also advise on how ways to enhance the appeal of your property in virtual tours and when buyers visit.

When you list with us, we’ll sit down together to complete the required property disclosure and other forms. Then, the details about your property along with a photo tour, uploaded to RealTracs, our multiple listing service(MLS). There, listing information can be searched by real estate professionals and buyers interested in this area. When it makes sense, we also use video tours--mini movies of the property which play over the Internet— to give prospective buyers here or anywhere around the world a better idea of its appeal.

When a buyer expresses interest and is financially able to purchase your home, farm or property, I’ll schedule the a visit, at your convenience, and report back to you. If they make an offer, your agent keeps your interests first during all negotiations.

Once you go to contract, Center Hill Realty has an innovative a Web-based system for managing your transaction as it proceeds to closing. All parties to the sale are assigned password and can log on a secure Website to monitor progress, correspond, review contracts and documents, update records or scheduling. It’s a real convenience for everyone involved.

That’s the kind of iinnovative approach full service approach you can expect from Center Hill Realty and why I’m proud to be affiliated with this company.

So if you’re thinking about selling, please give me a call.

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