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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 . . .
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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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Change is Coming Kansas City Home Owners, Bring Out Your Change!"Is it a good time to sell Kansas City Real Estate? I mean, interest rates are good, and the stimulus package should bring more Kansas City home buyers, right?" Yes and yes. Add the fact that Winter buyers in Kansas City are traditionally more focused, and have less competition, and we are definitely in the "Selling Season."  So, what are the specific factors that drive our Kansas City real estate market? There are many factors that contribute, but the common influencers include; 1-$8,000 First Time Buyer Tax Credit
2-$6500 Move-Up Buyer Tax Credit
3-Record low mortgage rates
4-Stabilizing home values
5-Increased Buyer Confidence Why " Increased Buyer Confidence", you ask? OK, I understand unemployment figures are still higher than anyone would like....A wage-earning, working person has more to be confident about than someone who may be unemployed, or underemployed...Makes sense. And I realize tightening of FHA home lending guidelines will make money tougher to come by in the second half of the year. Yet the numbers tell a different story for the first half of 2010. Home starts are up and rising. Resale numbers are growing as well. And conversations with jumbo loan lenders lead us to believe that homes selling above the median (for us in the Kansas City Metro around $229,000) are picking up momentum....Consumers are EXPECTING good news. In the face of short-term optimism, our local market will face challenges this year.... 1-Interest rates WILL rise. The Treasury department voiced its intention to discontinue purchasing mortgage-backed securities....READ AS FAILING OR DEFAULTED MORTGAGES....FHA lending guidelines are tightening, with minimum score requirements and rising upfront mortgage insurance premiums adding fuel to an unstable fire. 2-Home values are stabilizing. Look, no more fat to cut, very few "low ball" offers accepted....Foreclosure sellers,and pre-foreclosure sellers have seen values stabilize. As sales on resale homes increase, the market is moving from a "Buyer's" focus to a Neutral focus.... 3-Obama steps out. The Tax Credit Incentives are expiring, with contracts accepted into the program only until April 30th. The process to redeem the credit is also tightening....In a discussion with a well-known, local CPA firm, I learned that the program has had it's fair share of attempts of consumers attempting to dodge the guidelines in an effort to secure a credit they may not have earned fairly. As a result, processing the credit takes more effort, and receiving your check will take more time. So What's Next?", you ask....Hum....Sold my crystal ball at a mid-winter garage sale to Bernie Madoff's lead defense counsel, so I'm left with chicken bones and the coin toss....Or my ten year-old can make one of those paper thingys you run with both hands.... LOVE CHANGE. Eat it with a spoon, embrace it. You should be left with a fair number of questions about what best course to take as a home-seller, or home-buyer. If you are able, BUY NOW. Take advanttage of the programs available, and the current climate. Run with it. Are you selling? Tougher questions for you....More variables than I can address in a blog post....Should we talk? As always, "If you believe an professional is expensive, screw it up with an amateur and then call me to fix it."Blog post written by the Dowell Taggart Team of RE/MAX Best Associates. Your Kansas City Real Estate Marketing Masters! Technorati Tags: Kansas City, Real Estate, Tax Credit
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