8 New Marketing Laws Law 13: Top 5 Questions to Ask Before You Hire an Agent

8 New Laws to Sell for 11% More –
13 Top 5 Questions to Ask Before You Hire a Colorado Springs Area Agent

Not all real estate agents are the same. If you decide to seek the help of an agent when selling or buying your home, you need some good information before you make any moves.
Some agents may prefer that you don’t ask these questions, because the knowledge you’ll gain from their honest answers will give you a very good idea about what outcome you can expect from using this agent. And let’s face it – in real estate, as in life – not all things are created equal.

8 New Marketing Laws Law 12: Top 5 Tips To Help You Get Ready for Photos

8 New Laws to Sell for 11% More –
12 How to Get Ready for Photos
The number one question we get from home sellers is what to do to prepare their homes for sale.
Our team is structured to help you get ready and it includes our Pre-Marketing Coordinator, our stager, & our photographers and staff who will help you along the way. To give you a preview of our systems

8 New Marketing Laws Law 11: Trade-Up Mistakes

8 New Laws to Sell Your Home for 11% More – 11 Trade Up Mistakes – How to Sell and Buy a House

Trade Up Mistakes: How to Sell and Buy a House

In this robust Real Estate market many home buyers fear their home will sell their home so fast and they have not yet found their next home. This video is about the How to Sell and Buy a House at the Same Time and some Costly Home Sellers Mistakes when moving up to another home.

8 New Marketing Laws Law 10: Top 5 Tips for Downsizing Your Home

8 New Laws to Sell Your Home for 11% More – 10 Top Five Tips for Downsizing a Home
Many people decide to downsize their home because they are too big, too much space to clean and take care of or they need to move closer to family or those wonderful grandchildren. Yet the Task of DOWNSIZING can be daunting!

8 New Marketing Laws Law 9: Pricing Realistically Vs Optimistically

A shocking fact is, according to the National association of realtor statistics homes sellers will net less money if they price high (for negotiating room) then slowly walk the price down!
Pricing a home is the first impression of a home.

Many websites are set up for buyers to search in $50,000 increments. So, if you price just above your $50,000 increment for “negotiating room” the right buyer may not even see your home.

8 New Marketing Laws Law 8: Market Expertise

8 New Laws to Sell Your Home for 11% More – 8 Market Knowledge
The second most popular question from consumers I get is…’ How is the real estate market”. If that agent cannot answer these facts, their market knowledge is just not there.
Here is what I mean: Good news is right now inventory is still very low at 1198 residential properties Active on the market in El Paso Teller and Elbert counties, as compared to a year ago..1462..19% drop in inventory, sales are up from a year ago, that means an increase in prices.

8 New Laws Law 7: Offer Negotiation

As Platinum Accredited Real Estate Professionals we are trained and certified to offer negotiation and people to serve their clients.
Regardless of how well a home is positioned to attract the perfect buyer, home buyers will likely make demands that are not acceptable to you.

8 New Laws Law 6: Operational Execution

To handle one of the largest assets you have, you need a real estate professional who has excellent Operational Execution.
Because there are over 115 unique individual variables that go into the successful sale of every home, you need an agent who has systems in place to help manage the sale.

As Platinum Accredited Real Estate Professionals we are trained to use systems so that nothing gets dropped in the process.
We use sophisticated contact management systems that connect with our clients, sometimes in less than a minute.

8 New Laws to Sell Your Home for 11% More – Law #5 Quick Responsiveness

Hiring a professional who has developed an immediate response system is critical to acquiring a buyer for your home. Think of this like the circuit breaker in your house.
Emails, calls and showings are like electricity for the sale of your home, so without a system to process and qualify their flow, you risk shorting out a top dollar offer.

7 Colorado Springs Area Market Update During the Corona Virus

Many people are asking me what’s happening with the real estate market during these challenging times. We are still in a red hot seller’s market and at the end of this blog, I’ll be sharing with you a market update to show you just how hot this market really is as well as how you can get information on area home sales. Here’s an update on the local market and how we’re taking precautions during this Coronavirus outbreak. In this past week, the governor issued a stay at home order but a lot of businesses are excepted from this including real estate services as a critical business.