The Kansas City Home Seller's Bill of Rights

• Kansas City home sellers are entitled to freedom of speech!  They should be able to speak their minds freely to their REALTOR® and come to a meeting of the minds on the "tough" topics.  The speech may not always be what they WANT to hear from their REALTOR®, but TRUTH should be spoken. Every home seller will be heard. There will be information about the property that will be only gained from the home seller.

• Kansas City home sellers  are entitled to outstanding marketing!  Lousy photos should never happen. The home data on websites and the Heartland MLS should be accurate. The map placement should be where the home ACTUALLY is!  That their home will be placed on over 250 websites including Trulia, Zillow, Point2Homes, as possible to ensure the right buyer finds them!  Every home seller will have their home marketed on the first page of Google as well as on over 105 real estate syndicated sites. There is only one real estate team that can promise that in Kanas City. Should we talk?

• Kansas City home sellers are entitled to proper pricing!  This may sometimes be the toughest truth, but everything else will fail if pricing isn't appropriate. Too low and profits are left on the table, too high and the home stagnates on the market and may take to long to sell. Pricing homes will be backed up with data and not just an "I feel" proposition from the agent. Every home seller will receive a detailed NAR RPR property report and a comparative market analysis.

• Kansas City home sellers are entitled to a secure home!  That only authorized agents will show the home. That the home will be LOCKED when the showing is over. That buyers won't be allowed by the buyer's agent to look in personal spaces like dressers and closed boxes. Every home seller will feel secured.

• Kansas City home sellers are entitled to responsiveness from their listing agent!  This doesn't mean we're taking calls at 1 a.m.!  But we will respond to your emails, your phone calls, your need for new flyers and brochure booklets and each of your questions, and the response will be done quickly. Every home seller will receive a prompt reply. We also guarantee that you will speak to a partner/owner not an assistant who can't answer your questions.

• Kansas City home sellers are entitled to a listing agent who understands the latest in technology!  Can they use the Internet to get your home found?  Do they blog? Do they use QR codes?  Do they have the tools necessary to support your home's sale, or are they still using the equivalent of stone and chisel? Every home seller will have their home marketed using the latest technology.

• Kansas City home sellers are entitled to current information!  They should be kept up to date on their competition and the actions needed to keep their home competitive!  This isn't a "just put a sign in the yard and an entry in MLS" and wait environment.  Conditions change and sellers need to be kept informed.  Whether the market is trending up, down or stable, it is critical to understand this week's market. Every home seller will receive a weekly report.

• Kansas City home sellers are entitled to understanding!  Selling a home is NOT easy. We'll never make that claim. We understand packing up four kids, two dogs and a cat for every showing is NOT fun. That buyers bumping you out and showing up early, or late, or not at all is a hassle. That keeping the home "show ready" all the time is stressful.  We won't arbitrarily ask you to do things that WON'T help you sell your home. Every home seller will get an honest answer on how to show their home.

• Kansas City home sellers are entitled to privacy!  If you happen to encounter a buyer's agent or buyers....now is your time to politely plead the Fifth!  Direct them to the Dowell Taggart Team with any questions. It's part of what we're paid to do.  There's enough public information available for the buyers, keep what's private, PRIVATE.  Why you are moving is no one else's business but your own.  We know how to answer that question and many more without hurting your negotiating position. Every home seller will benefit from our negotiating skills.