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Real Estate and Technology for Today’s Buyers and Sellers
July 30th, 2007 Categories: Home Buyer Tips, Home Seller Tips
Whether you are considering buying or selling a home, finding the best prepared real estate professional to assist you is a crucial step.
Today’s savvy real estate agent embraces technology not just to stay ahead of their competition, but primarily to provide their clients with exceptional customer service and a high level of productivity.
How Technology Benefits Home Sellers
As a home seller, you deserve a tech-savvy agent that can expose your home’s best features to the growing number of buyers searching for homes on the Internet. This can easily make the difference between your home selling, or just sitting. Cllick here to learn more about marketing your property.
How Technology Benefits Home Buyers
As a home buyer, if your agent can offer you on-the-spot mobile access to hot new listings entering the marketplace you have a clear advantage when searching for your dream home. Ready to see this in action? Contact us today, or Click here for access to an online home search.
Of course these benefits just scratch the surface of how today’s technology can benefit your next real estate transaction. We would be happy to share more details with you and answer any questions that you may have.
In the News
The Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal profiled the way that John Kurtzer embraces the needs of the Internet savvy consumer here: Read more about Hardware, software help agents land big deals.
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Pricing Your Home to Sell
July 26th, 2007 Categories: Home Seller Tips
Determining the asking price for your home will be the most critical step in the process of selling your home.
You and your professional real estate agent will need to work hard to determine a fair market price and to avoid the pitfalls of overpricing your home for sale.
The 5 Pitfalls of Overpricing Your Home
- Qualified potential buyers may overlook your home because they immediately believe it is out of their price range.
- Your home may be used as a comparison for a buyer looking at what is available on the low-end and high-end of his or her price range.
- Overpriced homes tend to be on the market for an extended period of time. This causes agents and buyers to possibly believe there may be an underlying problem with the home.
- Receiving an offer on your overpriced home may result in the potential buyer’s loan appraisal being rejected due to an unfair price.
- Your home’s time on the market will be longer if your home is overpriced. This can be inconvenient to your daily life as well as your future plans.
For a comprehensive market analysis of your home at no obligation,
We can help you avoid the pitfalls!
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Quiet on the Set! We’re Staging a Home!
July 9th, 2007 Categories: Home Seller Tips, Livermore Real Estate
Home Staging Defined
MSN Encarta defines home staging as beautifying the home for sale: cleaning, repairing, and updating the decor and furnishings of an older home to make it more attractive when shown to potential buyers
Home staging is to the inside of your home what curb appeal is to the outside of your home. By removing household clutter and arranging furniture you can highlight your home’s best features. As a bonus, you will be allowing potential buyers to subconsciously “move-in” to your home.
The company, StagingHomes.com found in a 2004-2005 survey of homeowners that staged homes sold for 6.9 percent more than homes that were not staged. It is also believed that a staged home sells faster.
Contact us for more information about home staging, or to be referred to an expert..
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How Do I Choose the Right Real Estate Agent to Sell my Home?
June 22nd, 2007 Categories: Dublin Real Estate, Home Seller Tips, Livermore Real Estate, Pleasanton Real Estate
Is it Time to Sell Your Home?
Your home may very well be your largest single investment so when it’s time to sell, your choice of real estate agent can either make, or break the deal.
Keep in mind that the individual agent you hire is more important than the agency they represent.
Here are some quick pointers to help you make your choice:
- Look for an experienced real estate agent
- Find an agent that is devoted to real estate full time
- Seek out an agent that possess the following qualities:
- Knowledgeable
- Negotiating skills
- Loyalty
To learn more about how we can put our years of experience, top-notch negotiating skills and client loyalty to work for you, contact us today!
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Does My Home Need a Virtual Tour?
June 5th, 2007 Categories: Home Seller Tips
The benefits of having a virtual tour created of your home far outweigh the temporary inconvenience of a photographer taking professional images of your home.
Think of the virtual tour of your home as a portable brochure that can be emailed, copied to a CD, or viewed on numerous real estate marketing websites.
Home buyers like the interactive technology of a virtual tour. It gives them a peek inside without having to set an appointment. This can also save you the disturbance of a home showing.
The buyer that views a virtual tour and then makes contact with your Realtor® can be considered a serious buyer. They already liked what they saw inside via high-quality digital images.
Tips to Prepare for the Virtual Tour
- Clear out the clutter everywhere
- Remove and pack away personal mementos
- Store valuables out-of-sight
- Turn on all the interior lights
- Park you vehicle in the garage or across the street
You might also consider having a professional home stager visit your home before the virtual tour photos are taken. Give us a call or email us and we’ll help you locate a local professional home stager to assist you.
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Creating Curb Appeal and a Warm Welcome
June 2nd, 2007 Categories: Home Seller Tips
It’s true; your home only has one opportunity to make a favorable first impression to your potential buyers. The fact is most buyers won’t do more than drive by your home if what they see from the curb is not inviting or welcoming to them.
Another thought to consider is that more and more buyers are finding their first or next home on the Internet. They use high-tech home search tools like the one offered on our website. When your home pops up on their computer screen it will need to exude curb appeal just the same as if they were driving by your home.
Quick Tips:
- Paint it – or pressure wash it
- Clean the windows – fix the bent or torn screens
- Manicure the lawn – fix any bald spots on the lawn
- Plant flowering seasonal plants – or place potted plants
Don’t forget your home’s evening curb appeal. Serious home buyers will choose to return to your neighborhood in the darkness to experience what living in your neighborhood would be like at night. Place low voltage or solar outdoor lighting along your driveway or pathway or use feature lighting on trees.
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