Buying Services
Whether it’s your first home or if you’re an experienced buyer, purchasing a home is a complex process. By working with me, you’ll find a home in the neighborhood where you want to live, one that fits your budget and meets your goals for features, quality and value. Once you’ve found the home that’s right for you, I will guide you through the process of making an offer; negotiating the terms of the sale; getting your potential purchase inspected, repaired and appraised; and closing the sale.
When you work with me, you will:- Be more likely to find the home that meets all your criteria
- Discuss your goals, needs, and priorities in buying a home
- Discuss your desired neighborhoods and the features you want in a home
- Lessen the amount of time it will take to find your home
- Understand all the terms, processes and documents used when buying your home
- Have up-to-date market information that will allow you to make informed decisions
- Have a skilled negotiator working on your behalf, one who is committed to looking after your best interests
- Enjoy peace of mind, knowing that all the details of your purchase are being taken care of by an experienced and knowledgeable professional
- Discuss your goals, needs, and priorities in buying a home
- Discuss your desired areas including neighborhoods and the features you want in a home
- Discuss your financial expectations
- Search for properties based on your requirements for location, features included in the home and financial budget
- Provide you access to the most up to date listings
- Schedule showings to view properties
- Work together to determine the best terms and price
- Work together going through the purchase agreement to make sure all your needs are addressed
- Clarify, adjust and discuss all terms included in purchase agreement
- Negotiate any and all terms from a counter offer from seller
- Guide you in reaching the best purchase agreement for you
- Recommend home warranties, inspections, pest control, financial lenders as needed
- Ensure that earnest money is deposited into escrow
- We will review together Preliminary Title Report
- We will discuss all reports from inspections and any disclosures, making sure in compliance
- Stay in contact with title and escrow processes
- Schedule and attend closing
- Final walk through
- Arrange for you to receive your new home keys
- After Closing
- Help with any moving or relocation needs
- Follow up after you have settled in
- Assist you with any future real estate needs
- Assist with any referrals
Selling Services
How I Can Help You Sell a Home
Helping find a buyer for your home is only one facet of a real estate professional’s job.
There are many more aspects including explaining the basic real estate practices and principles and all the related paperwork, Performing a Comparative Market Analysis (CMA) to help determine your home’s value, helping to prepare your home for sale, listing your home, marketing your home, keeping you informed throughout the process.
When the sale begins, it’s important to work with someone who will assist you with the paperwork, negotiate on your behalf, make sure deadlines are met, and work with the escrow company.
By working with me, you will:- Be more likely to realize the highest return on the sale of your home
- Reduce the number of days your home is on the market
- Become familiar with all the terms, processes and paperwork involved in selling your home
- Have confidence that your home will enjoy exposure to more buyers and agents with qualified buyers
- Receive regularly updated market information that will enable you to make informed decisions
- Have a skilled negotiator working on your behalf
- Have peace of mind knowing that all the details of your sale are being handled properly by a licensed and trained professional
- Initial Visit
- Discuss your priorities and goals in selling your home
- Discuss what financial expectations you have
- Present a CMA, Competitive Market Analysis. This report will include information on similar properties in your area that are currently for sale, pending, or have recently sold for comparison
- Discuss a competitive pricing strategy
- Discuss a marketing plan for your property
- Listing Preparation
- We will do a walk through of your property
- Discuss and make recommendations on what we can do add value and enhance the appeal to prospective buyers
- Discuss any changes that need to be made in order for the property to show at its best
- Marketing Property
- Your property will be placed in the Multiple Listing Service (MLS)
- A sign will be placed in the yard and a lock box at the door which will allow agents access for showings
- Photography and videos will be added to marketing materials for full exposure of property
- Host open houses
- Feed back will be collected
- Agent/Broker open house
- Set up Showing services
- Presenting and Accepting Offers
- Review all offers to purchase
- Negotiate any terms, issues via counter offers
- Assist in scheduling all paperwork that needs to be signed
- Guide you in reaching the best offer for you
- We will be in contact with title, lender, attorney, co agent and brokerage
- Closing
- We will be in contact with escrow and title
- We will insure all paperwork and terms and deadlines are adhered to
- After Closing Service
- Assist with any moving information
- Assist with any future real estate needs you may have and assist your referrals
