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Going FSBO in Kansas City . . . Does it make sense?
Why do most FSBO's in Kansas City decide to sell FSBO? To save the commission.
Why do home buyers in Kansas City who buy a FSBO, decide to buy FSBO? To save the commission.
How can the FSBO and the FSBO buyer both decide to save the some money. Simply, they can't.
So it makes sense about the real estate information that Homegain.com just released from the months of research they just finished, that both the FSBO home seller and buyer can't save the some money and that nearly 90% of the real estate lawsuits in the USA involved no real estate agent in the transactions.
Makes sense to me. I spoke to two title company closers this morning about the information released and was surprised about their take of the information. One closer said that she will never close a FSBO real estate transaction with the buyer not being represented by a real estate agent. The other title company closer said that her title company charges FSBO's and unrepresented buyers a higher closing fee.
Both title company closers mentioned that disputes over interpretation of wording on the real estate contract come up when the settlement statement gets released.
Another problem, according to the title company closers, is known issues around the home do not get disclosed to the buyer. If the buyer and seller can't work out a remedy, the closers said that the buyers and sellers try to draw them in.
Both title company closers were not surprised that nearly 90% of the FSBO sellers and unrepresented buyers end up into a legal dispute.
If you're thinking about either selling FSBO in Kansas City, I would suggest having an attorney draw up the real estate contract and disclosing all know material defects about your home.
If you're thinking about buying a Kansas City home without a real estate agent, I would suggest having an attorney review the real estate contact and having a seller's disclosure be an integral part of the real estate contract.
Need help or suggestions on how to stay out of a legal dispute? Contact the Dowell Taggart Team.
RE/MAX sells more homes than any other real estate company. For a reason...should we talk? Another blog post written by:
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5 Benefits of Pricing a Kansas City Home Correctly
RE/MAX sells more homes than any other real estate company. For a reason...should we talk? Another blog post written by:
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Question: I have a million dollar home in Kansas City. I have had 5 REALTORS tell me the past month that it will never sell for what I want out of it because it has metal siding. Should I replace the metal siding with stucco as suggested in order to sell?Darlene and Pat D. from Kansas City
Answer: Great question, Darlene and Pat. For some reason metal and vinyl siding never took off here in Kansas City. I would get estimates of different siding materials and weigh whether it is worth installing an expensive stucco material or another siding material versus lowering the price and keeping the metal siding.
I'm sure, unless you have acreage, replacing the siding will probably be a good option.
RE/MAX sells more homes than any other real estate company. For a reason...should we talk? Another blog post written by:The Real Estate Wizards of Kansas City
Comments are appreciated! Go ahead and add your 2 cents . . .
Short sales, foreclosures, luxury homes, investor homes, first time home buyer homes, land, investment properties and move up buyers. Gardner, Olathe, Overland Park, Leawood, Lenexa, Shawnee, Mission, Merriam, Prairie Village, Basehor, Tonganoxie, Lansing, Leavenworth, Spring Hill, Eudora, De Soto, Edgerton, Platte City, Smithville, Gladstone, Liberty, Riverside, Independence, Lee's Summit, Pleasant Hill, Raymore, Belton, Grandview, Raytown, Waldo and the surrounding Kansas City communities.
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Question: My wife and I bought our home in Olathe in 2007. This spring we got a divorce. Recently, I have been laid off from work and can't keep up on the mortgage. I offered to let my ex-wife have the home, but she is not in position to make the mortgage either. I had an appraisal done on the home and found out that my home is worth much less than what I owe on the home. What can I do?Jeremy G. from Olathe, Kansas.
Answer: Sorry to hear about your situation, Jeremy. Although I would prepare for a short sale, I would first request a loan modification from your lender. Your lender should offer some options. Mortgage lenders are getting much more aggressive in working out short sales in Kansas. Since time is of the essence, I would also hire a real estate agent who specializes or has experience with short sales immediately.
Need help, lets talk.
RE/MAX sells more homes than any other real estate company. For a reason...should we talk? Another blog post written by:The Real Estate Wizards of Kansas City
Comments are appreciated! Go ahead and add your 2 cents . . .
Short sales, foreclosures, luxury homes, investor homes, first time home buyer homes, land, investment properties and move up buyers. Gardner, Olathe, Overland Park, Leawood, Lenexa, Shawnee, Mission, Merriam, Prairie Village, Basehor, Tonganoxie, Lansing, Leavenworth, Spring Hill, Eudora, De Soto, Edgerton, Platte City, Smithville, Gladstone, Liberty, Riverside, Independence, Lee's Summit, Pleasant Hill, Raymore, Belton, Grandview, Raytown, Waldo and the surrounding Kansas City communities.
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Question: I was recently contacted by mail from the Litigation Law Group out of California offering to reduce my house payment and lock in a low interest rate. I am currently not behind on my mortgage. I called them and after answering a few questions about our finances a representative called me back in less than an hour and said they could knock my house payment nearly in half. He also added that he could do this because he was knocking my mortgage interest rate to below a 2% interest rate. All he needed was $2995 upfront to get started. It sounded great to my wife and I but what made us hesitate is that he wanted the money and other documents within 48 hours. If we waited we would not get such a great deal. It is called the Homeowner and Stability Program. Do you know of this program and is it a scam?–Jim L. from Overland Park, Kansas
Answer: Sounds like a scam to me.I would not send them any money until I saw some type of committment letter. Most banks do not ask for more than $500 upfront to negotiate a loan modification or to approve a refinance. Try calling the state banking hotline to see if this is a legitimate lender. Good luck!
RE/MAX sells more homes than any other real estate company.For a reason...should we talk?Another blog post written by:The Real Estate Wizards of Kansas City
Comments are appreciated! Go ahead and add your 2 cents . . .
Short sales, foreclosures, luxury homes, investor homes, first time home buyer homes, land, investment properties and move up buyers. Gardner, Olathe, Overland Park, Leawood, Lenexa, Shawnee, Mission, Merriam, Prairie Village, Basehor, Tonganoxie, Lansing, Leavenworth, Spring Hill, Eudora, De Soto, Edgerton, Platte City, Smithville, Gladstone, Liberty, Riverside, Independence, Lee's Summit, Pleasant Hill, Raymore, Belton, Grandview, Raytown, Waldo and the surrounding Kansas City communities.
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How long should you list your Kansas City home for sale with a Kansas City real estate agent and who should I choose to list my Kansas City property for sale with this spring?
Did you know that 90% of the real estate activity during the listing period is during the first 30 days?
Yep. So it doesn’t make sense to list for more than 30 days, doesn’t it?
First, a professional Kansas City real estate agent will have an aggressive 30 Day Listing program for Kansas City homeowners.
Second, what is more important than how long you list your Kansas City home for sale is the real estate agent you choose to list with to market and sell your Kansas City house.
Choose a veteran full time professional real estate agent who understands that 92% of the Kansas City home buyers use the internet to search and view Kansas City homes online sometime during the home buying process.
An aggressive real estate marketing program by a Kansas City REALTOR should consist of a large networking base on social media, a vibrant web marketing program, and an aggressive new media program.
Although choosing a company brand may seem like a safe bet, the real estate company you choose will do very little to market your Kansas City property. It is the individual real estate agent you choose who will market and sell your home. In a nut shell, not all agents from Coldwell Banker, Reece and Nichols, Keller Williams, Realty Executives, RE/MAX and Prudential are they same. Kansas City real estate agents from each real estate brand have individual marketing and sales plans.
Many Kansas City home buyers find searching Kansas City real estate on Google and interviewing the top 3 real estate agents they find helpful in choosing a Kansas City REALTOR.
Research and choose a Kansas City real estate agent wisely. If you choose a Kansas City REALTOR who can’t be found on Google or can’t get your Kansas City listing found on the internet, how will Kansas City home buyers find your home?
Checkout the Dowell Taggart Team’s 30 Day Listing Program!
RE/MAX sells more homes than any other real estate company.For a reason...should we talk?Another blog post written by:The Real Estate Wizards of Kansas City
Comments are appreciated! Go ahead and add your 2 cents . . .
Short sales, foreclosures, luxury homes, investor homes, first time home buyer homes, land, investment properties and move up buyers. Gardner, Olathe, Overland Park, Leawood, Lenexa, Shawnee, Mission, Merriam, Prairie Village, Basehor, Tonganoxie, Lansing, Leavenworth, Spring Hill, Eudora, De Soto, Edgerton, Platte City, Smithville, Gladstone, Liberty, Riverside, Independence, Lee's Summit, Pleasant Hill, Raymore, Belton, Grandview, Raytown, Waldo and the surrounding Kansas City communities.
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It's no secret that the days of houses selling like school supplies at the start of school are over. Sure real estate in Kansas City is starting to turnaround, but it will take a few more months or maybe the whole year to see some noticeable improvements.
Any turnaround in the real estate market, may get wiped out by higher gas, food and utility cost.
After the real estate market appreciated at an accelerated rate in Kansas City during the first half of the last decade, home prices and sales totals have dropped like unpredictably in the past couple years. The current Kansas City real estate market had shifted to a favorable buyers market over the desirable sellers market in the 1990’s and early 2000’s.
Just because the real estate market is a buyers market and not a sellers market doesn’t mean your Kansas City home will not sell. It just means that if you’re getting ready to sell, you need to do a lot more preparing. Gone are the days of putting a sign in the yard and getting seven offers the first two week. Homeowners in this current real estate market need to have a plan. Here are my five tips to include in your home selling plan in order to get a timely sale at a fair sales price.
1) Make the necessary repairs - Why wait until after the sale to fix items around the home. Fix the items before home buyers start viewing your home. When a home buyer sees dirty carpets they think they need to be replaced. When they see repairs that need to be done like an older roof, home buyers will over estimate the repairs and deduct the repair cost from the offer. Make your home more marketable by fixing all necessary repairs prior to when the buyers view your home.
2) Be flexible - It is Friday night and you’re hosting a small get together at home. Five minutes before the party starts, you get call from your agent. A buyer wants to look at the home in 30 minutes. Do you deny the showing and risk loosing the buyer or accept the showing and inconvenience your guest? Buyers don’t care what is inconvenient for the homeowner. Inconvenience a home buyer and they will pass on your home. Being flexible and prepared for showings is a must for selling your home timely and for a fair price.
3) Be Nice - You will be tested during the showing and selling process. Be nice and courteous to all buyers, no matter how much they stress you out.
4) Price your home to sell - There is nothing worse than overpricing your home. Think about it. Would you offer to pay more for a home, just because the seller needed more money?
Remember when you last car shopped? You probably went to various car dealerships and looked at cars, right? Next, you may have shopped online. When it came time to buy your car, you had a sense of what it was worth by comparing it to previous cars you viewed. When it came time to buy it, you made an offer using the knowledge you had gained right? Would you pay thousands more for the same car you can go down the street and buy for less?
If you said no, then why would you expect a buyer to pay more for your home than fair market price? Look at comparable listings and price your home to get multiple offers. This will drive up the sales price.
5) Choose a real estate agent wisely - Most homeowners will do more research on what grass seed they will use on their lawn this spring than the real estate agent they will hire to market their single biggest investment.
Choose a veteran full time professional real estate agent who understands that 92% of the Kansas City home buyers use the internet to search and view Kansas City homes online sometime during the home buying process.
An aggressive real estate marketing program by a Kansas City REALTOR should consist of a large networking base on social media, a vibrant web marketing program, and an aggressive new media program.
Although choosing a company brand may seem like a safe bet, the real estate company you choose will do very little to market your Kansas City property. It is the individual real estate agent you choose who will market and sell your home. In a nut shell, not all agents from Coldwell Banker, Reece and Nichols, Keller Williams, Realty Executives, RE/MAX and Prudential are they same. Kansas City real estate agents from each real estate brand have individual marketing and sales plans.
Many Kansas City home buyers find searching Kansas City real estate on Google and interviewing the top 3 real estate agents they find helpful in choosing a Kansas City REALTOR.
Research and choose a Kansas City real estate agent wisely. If you choose a Kansas City REALTOR who can’t be found on Google or can’t get your Kansas City listing found on the internet, how will Kansas City home buyers find your home?
Hope these five steps help you in successfully selling your Kansas City home in a timely manner and for a fair price.
Need any help, feel free to contact the Dowell Taggart Team.
Checkout our 30 Day Real Estate Listing Program!
RE/MAX sells more homes than any other real estate company.For a reason...should we talk?Another blog post written by:The Real Estate Wizards of Kansas City
Comments are appreciated! Go ahead and add your 2 cents . . .
Short sales, foreclosures, luxury homes, investor homes, first time home buyer homes, land, investment properties and move up buyers. Gardner, Olathe, Overland Park, Leawood, Lenexa, Shawnee, Mission, Merriam, Prairie Village, Basehor, Tonganoxie, Lansing, Leavenworth, Spring Hill, Eudora, De Soto, Edgerton, Platte City, Smithville, Gladstone, Liberty, Riverside, Independence, Lee's Summit, Pleasant Hill, Raymore, Belton, Grandview, Raytown, Waldo and the surrounding Kansas City communities.
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Choose a 30 Day Listing Program with a Kansas City real estate agent when listing your Kansas City home for sale!Did you know that a majority of the real estate activity during a listing is during the first 3 weeks?
So why list for 6 months, or longer?
What happens if you choose the wrong real estate agent?
You will spend months preparing your home for sale and the "Top Dollar" home buyers will miss seeing your home.
How do you remove the of listing your Kansas City home.
RE/MAX sells more homes than any other real estate company.For a reason...should we talk?Another blog post written by:The Real Estate Wizards of Kansas City
Comments are appreciated! Go ahead and add your 2 cents . . .
Short sales, foreclosures, luxury homes, investor homes, first time home buyer homes, land, investment properties and move up buyers. Gardner, Olathe, Overland Park, Leawood, Lenexa, Shawnee, Mission, Merriam, Prairie Village, Basehor, Tonganoxie, Lansing, Leavenworth, Spring Hill, Eudora, De Soto, Edgerton, Platte City, Smithville, Gladstone, Liberty, Riverside, Independence, Lee's Summit, Pleasant Hill, Raymore, Belton, Grandview, Raytown, Waldo and the surrounding Kansas City communities.
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Choosing a Kansas City real estate agent is like a box of chocolateRemember the 1994 American epic comedy-drama romance film classic Forrest Gump starring Tom Hanks?  There are many famous quotes from this popular film classic, but one quote that stands out is, “Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.” The quote is good but how Tom Hanks delivers the quote in the movie with his slow southern accent to made it authentic makes the quote memorable and great.
Alongside death and public speaking, buying and selling real estate is listed as one of life’s most terrifying situations, so there is probably no surprise that choosing a Kansas City real estate agent is very stressful for many Kansas City homeowners.
If you choose the wrong Kansas City real estate agent when listing your home, there is a possibility that you will spend the next 210 days keeping your house spotless and wondering why home buyers never find your house online.
Choosing a Kansas City real estate agent is like a box of chocolate. You never know what you’re going to get.
How do you eliminate the  when choosing a Kansas City Real Estate Agent?
First, write down your goals. What are you trying to achieve? Get a bigger home, relocate across the country, or maybe downsize? What is most important to you: pricing, time, convenience? Is good communication important? These are some important questions to address before choosing a real estate agent.
Second, research real estate agents. Google Kansas City real estate agents. Professional real estate agents will have a marketing plan to market their listings online; as well as, be able to market themselves online.
Then, interview the top 3 choices. Schedule an appointment with your top three choices and ask questions that will address your goals. Don’t fall for the sales spiel.
Overall, when choosing a real estate agent, you will choose the agent, not the company. Make your decision based on the sales professionals knowledge of the market, their professionalism and customer service skills. Lucky for you, the agents of the Kansas City Real Estate Network are trained with these factors in mind, so choosing one should be an easy choice when you are ready to sell a home. RE/MAX sells more homes than any other real estate company.For a reason...should we talk?Another blog post written by:The Real Estate Wizards of Kansas City
Comments are appreciated! Go ahead and add your 2 cents . . .
Short sales, foreclosures, luxury homes, investor homes, first time home buyer homes, land, investment properties and move up buyers. Gardner, Olathe, Overland Park, Leawood, Lenexa, Shawnee, Mission, Merriam, Prairie Village, Basehor, Tonganoxie, Lansing, Leavenworth, Spring Hill, Eudora, De Soto, Edgerton, Platte City, Smithville, Gladstone, Liberty, Riverside, Independence, Lee's Summit, Pleasant Hill, Raymore, Belton, Grandview, Raytown, Waldo and the surrounding Kansas City communities.
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By Taking Our Johnson County, KS. Home Off the Real Estate Market Then Re-Listing, We Can Prevent Home Buyers from seeing that Our Home has been on the Real Estate Market for over 8 Months, Right?
Question: Our rural Johnson County, KS. home has been on the market for approximately eight months now. I suggested to my wife that we take it off the market and re-list this coming spring or summer. It will also help our home look fresh on the MLS. My wife felt we should keep it on the market. Our home is located in the rural area and gets very little traffic. Our Realtor said it wouldn’t matter with the listing.
Buyers who view our home will notice that it has been on the market 8 months. By taking our home off the market, buyers may miss that it has been on the market so long when we re-list it, right? What do you think?
Alan P. from rural Johnson County
Answer: Sorry to break the bad news. Our MLS in Kansas City makes it easy for real estate agents and their buyers to view the total days on the market. In addition, the Kansas City Heartland MLS, provides a link for the MLS history of its listings, including seeing price changes and cancellations. The days on the market may get reset if it is off the market 75 days, but this will not change the history. Real estate agents in Kansas City routinely look at the days on the market and the MLS history. By taking your market off the market, you will not mask how many days your home has been on the real estate market.
I would have your real estate agent provide you a pricing analysis and then aggressively price your home to sell. We have had a mild winter and rural properties priced right and show well are selling.
RE/MAX sells more homes than any other real estate company.For a reason...should we talk?Blog post written by the Dowell Taggart Team of RE/MAX Premier Realty Comments are appreciated! Go ahead and add your 2 cents . . .We have 3 easy steps to find you the perfect home . Click here to get started, today! Short sales, foreclosures, luxury homes, investor homes, first time home buyer homes, land, investment properties and move up buyers.
Gardner, Olathe, Overland Park, Leawood, Lenexa, Shawnee, Mission, Merriam, Prairie Village, Basehor, Tonganoxie, Lansing, Leavenworth, Spring Hill, Eudora, De Soto, Edgerton, Platte City, Smithville, Gladstone, Liberty, Riverside, Independence, Lee's Summit, Pleasant Hill, Raymore, Belton, Grandview, Raytown, Waldo and the surrounding Kansas City communities.
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Question: I'm thinking of selling my home in Kansas City, Missouri. All 5 of the real estate agents I have interviewed have said that the schools are affecting the value of our home. Approximately how important is the quality of the schools to potential home buyers buyers?Larry J. from Kansas City, Missouri
Answer: Thanks for the question, Larry. I agree with the 5 real estate agents you have interviewed. Schools are important. Home buyers like homes in good school areas whether have school age children or for the future when they decide to sell.
I market in areas that home buyers request because they have heard about the schools and the request those ares by their school districts. There is no city called Blue Valley. Ask any relocation agent and the most requested community in Kansas City for relocation home buyers is the Blue Valley area, a school district area.
Are homes any better in the Blue Valley area. No. Matter a fact, I showed a home yesterday for $690,000. I had showed a similar sized home with more bells and whistles in the Brookside area for $329,000.
Schools will affect the real estate values in a neighborhood. Good schools will have a positive affect and poor performing schools will have a negative affect.
Home buyers, especially relocation home buyers, will take the schools into consideration, when buying a home. Schools are important.
RE/MAX sells more homes than any other real estate company.For a reason...should we talk?Blog post written by the Dowell Taggart Team of RE/MAX Premier Realty Comments are appreciated! Go ahead and add your 2 cents . . .We have 3 easy steps to find you the perfect home . Click here to get started, today!Short sales, foreclosures, luxury homes, investor homes, first time home buyer homes, land, investment properties and move up buyers.
Gardner, Olathe, Overland Park, Leawood, Lenexa, Shawnee, Mission, Merriam, Prairie Village, Basehor, Tonganoxie, Lansing, Leavenworth, Spring Hill, Eudora, De Soto, Edgerton, Platte City, Smithville, Gladstone, Liberty, Riverside, Independence, Lee's Summit, Pleasant Hill, Raymore, Belton, Grandview, Raytown, Waldo and the surrounding Kansas City communities.
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Real Estate Assessed Value VS Fair Market ValueQuestion: What is the difference between assessed value and fair market value? I have noticed that most homes in Overland Park have been selling above the assessed value.Janet L. from Overland Park, Kansas
Answer: The assessed value is the valuation placed on a property by a public tax assessor for purposes of taxation. The assessed value is NOT the actual value of the home and is some cases may be far from the actual value. The Fair Market Value of a home on the other hand is the agreed upon sales price between a willing and informed buyer and seller under USUAL and ordinary circumstances. That doesn't mean a distressed home or a seller selling a home to a relative at a reduced price is the Fair Market Value. The Fair Market Value is the highest price which the property will bring when exposed for sale on the open market to a buyer who is purchasing with full knowledge of the properties highest and best use.
RE/MAX sells more homes than any other real estate company.For a reason...should we talk?Blog post written by the Dowell Taggart Team of RE/MAX Premier Realty Comments are appreciated! Go ahead and add your 2 cents . . .We have 3 easy steps to find you the perfect home . Click here to get started, today!Short sales, foreclosures, luxury homes, investor homes, first time home buyer homes, land, investment properties and move up buyers.
Gardner, Olathe, Overland Park, Leawood, Lenexa, Shawnee, Mission, Merriam, Prairie Village, Basehor, Tonganoxie, Lansing, Leavenworth, Spring Hill, Eudora, De Soto, Edgerton, Platte City, Smithville, Gladstone, Liberty, Riverside, Independence, Lee's Summit, Pleasant Hill, Raymore, Belton, Grandview, Raytown, Waldo and the surrounding Kansas City communities.
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If your Kansas City home squeaks and creaks when you walk across the floors, you could be scaring potential home buyers away. Most Kansas City home buyers will figure the squeaky floors are a major problem. I have had home buyers guess that the home sellers spilled water on the floors and now they are warped to home buyers thinking the floors will fall through. No matter what, home buyers will not be happy with the squeaky floors.
Do your best to identify the source of squeaky floor sounds and resolve the issues. While you're at it fix any holes in the walls also.
RE/MAX sells more homes than any other real estate company.For a reason...should we talk?Blog post written by the Dowell Taggart Team of RE/MAX Premier Realty Comments are appreciated! Go ahead and add your 2 cents . . .We have 3 easy steps to find you the perfect home . Click here to get started, today!Short sales, foreclosures, luxury homes, investor homes, first time home buyer homes, land, investment properties and move up buyers.
Gardner, Olathe, Overland Park, Leawood, Lenexa, Shawnee, Mission, Merriam, Prairie Village, Basehor, Tonganoxie, Lansing, Leavenworth, Spring Hill, Eudora, De Soto, Edgerton, Platte City, Smithville, Gladstone, Liberty, Riverside, Independence, Lee's Summit, Pleasant Hill, Raymore, Belton, Grandview, Raytown, Waldo and the surrounding Kansas City communities.
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Why I eliminated the word listing agent on my professional real estate resume . . .
I not a listing agent. I don’t list property. Matter a fact I can't remember the last listing contract that I have actually completed. I create strategic marketing plan for home sellers. I directly influence the marketing and sales process on behalf of my home sellers.
The words “listing agent” completely devalues the work of an effective full time professional real estate agent. Anyone can list property for sale. A minimum wage worker can list a home for sale. My assistants can list a home for sale. My kids can list properties for sale. The listing process has gotten so automated that even my computer can list a property for sale. Do you get the idea?
A listing is essentially a commodity. A listing can be done by anyone who can read and write and fill in the blanks. That is why I am not a listing agent. Listing agents get their real estate commissions reduced because the offer no real value and they're replaceable. Listing agents are all the same and must compete on a fee. If you don't need much service or marketing, there is an eager agent who will gladly reduce their fee. Listing agents are most certainly not worth the many thousands of dollars they are often paid.
The real work is not listing a home for sale. It is implementing a marketing program.
That is why I'm a marketing agent. Marketing agents create strategic plans to have the greatest influence on price for their home sellers. Marketing agents have unique ideas that create real value. Marketing agents are worth more than their pay. Great marketing agents are irreplaceable.
A listing agent will list a home for sale, put the home on the local MLS and pray that a hodge podge of ads will create results.
Marketing agents know how to market. They are so good at it that they are found on the top of Google on popular keywords. Heck, if a agent can't market themselves, how are they going to be effective in marketing your home for sale?
If you're thinking about listing your home for sale in Kansas City, compare a listing agent to a marketing agent. In this real estate market you may be happy you did.
RE/MAX sells more homes than any other real estate company.For a reason...should we talk?Blog post written by the Dowell Taggart Team of RE/MAX Premier Realty Comments are appreciated! Go ahead and add your 2 cents . . .We have 3 easy steps to find you the perfect home . Click here to get started, today!Short sales, foreclosures, luxury homes, investor homes, first time home buyer homes, land, investment properties and move up buyers.
Gardner, Olathe, Overland Park, Leawood, Lenexa, Shawnee, Mission, Merriam, Prairie Village, Basehor, Tonganoxie, Lansing, Leavenworth, Spring Hill, Eudora, De Soto, Edgerton, Platte City, Smithville, Gladstone, Liberty, Riverside, Independence, Lee's Summit, Pleasant Hill, Raymore, Belton, Grandview, Raytown, Waldo and the surrounding Kansas City communities.
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Some home sellers don't see winter as an ideal time to sell their home. There are advantages though when you sell your Kansas City home during the winter months.  | | Is this home warm and inviting? |
Winter does not have the selling frenzy that comes during hot selling springtime. Home buyer's have fewer homes to pick from and you have fewer homes to compete against Since there is fewer homes to compete against, a little staging can really help in getting your home sold during the winter months. Take care of the exteriorSelling your Kansas City home during any season requires a little maintenance so that your property appears to be well maintained. Make sure the surroundings are clean and needed maintenance repairs are completed. You may not be able to paint during winter time but you can wash the paintwork and also clean the siding with water and soap. You can also wash the windows so they will be fresh in case a potential buyer views your home. Trim the foliageTrim down branches or shrubs which may be blocking entrances or getting into pathways. Prune the dead and overgrown branches on trees and shrubs as necessary. Make sure that your walkway is ice and snow-free every time your home is being shown. Buyers dislike walking through snow to get to the front door. This is a sign of courtesy and also helps potential buyers avoid any injuries, for which you will be responsible. Decorate the entrance Some sets of Christmas lights, wreath on the door, or some garlands will make your Kansas City home very welcoming to potential buyers. Don't go overboard and decorate your home like the Griswold's home. To much can be viewed as clutter to potential buyers. First impressionWhen a potential buyer visits to see your Kansas City home, you need to make most of the first fifteen seconds. The first impression is important. Also make sure your home is warm and inviting. Lights on during the night will make your home appear bigger during the winter. Light candles and the fireplaceCreate some ambiance by lighting some candles and burn some wood in the fireplace. You can also make use of flowers like poinsettias for the main rooms. A little soft music will help the ambiance. Have questions or comments, feel free to contact the Dowell Taggart Team.
RE/MAX sells more homes than any other real estate company.For a reason...should we talk?Blog post written by the Dowell Taggart Team of RE/MAX Premier Realty Comments are appreciated! Go ahead and add your 2 cents . . .We have 3 easy steps to find you the perfect home . Click here to get started, today!Short sales, foreclosures, luxury homes, investor homes, first time home buyer homes, land, investment properties and move up buyers.
Gardner, Olathe, Overland Park, Leawood, Lenexa, Shawnee, Mission, Merriam, Prairie Village, Basehor, Tonganoxie, Lansing, Leavenworth, Spring Hill, Eudora, De Soto, Edgerton, Platte City, Smithville, Gladstone, Liberty, Riverside, Independence, Lee's Summit, Pleasant Hill, Raymore, Belton, Grandview, Raytown, Waldo and the surrounding Kansas City communities.
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