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Selling Your Home - The Game Plan

1. Consult & Create a Game Plan (1-7 months before the move)

When the time to move approaches, it makes sense to develop a plan and you should have your best advisors at the table.  A recent survey indicated that 80% of those who sold a home relied on their real estate agent to help formulate and execute their plan.  Picking the right agent with a team assures you the best price in your timeframe.

When should you formulate your game plan?  The sooner the better.  If new construction is your destination, they may have homes available today or they may still be waiting for permits to start digging.  It could take as much as a year.  Buying a resale home (one that had a prior owner) can be done within a matter of a couple of weeks.  But, there are thousands of details to manage and the sooner your home is sold, the stronger your negotiating position for your next home.  A strong, proactive, progressive real estate team delivers guidance on a number of issues that could save you $1000's:

• Planning, Timing & a Steady, Guiding Hand-Selling a home requires thousands of details to be handled, on-time.  This demands a team and a network of specialists.  You need a single point of contact, a single person who you can trust to watch the process and keep it on schedule, while looking out for your best interest.  A strong real estate team does that.
• Negotiation Experts-Selling your home includes emotion for both buyer and seller.  This creates a delegate balance.  You need a skilled negotiator who knows when to press, when to be quiet and knows how to get you what you want at the best price, net to you. A strong real estate team does that.
• Unique Local Market Knowledge-The same model in the same subdivision with the same upgrades and the same condition can appreciate at dramatically different rates.  This can cost the owners $1000's.  You need to be provided with the broadest body of regional and local knowledge as possible.  A strong real estate team does that.
• A Team of Specialists-Somebody wants to buy your home.  Real estate provides a home for their family.  The government, banks and an army of professional stand ready to spring into action to help you, sell your home.  Understanding your situation, knowing what resources to use and orchestrating the entire event requires a compassion, knowledge, determination and tenacity.  A strong real estate team delivers that.

It possible to do all this on your own.  You should ask yourself: When was the last time you did it?  How long ago was that?  Has anything changed since then?  We strongly recommend that you, at least, contact and interview a real estate agent. 

A strong real estate team has their finger on the pulse market.  They do this everyday, over and over again.  They have a team of professionals who you can trust.  When you weight the cost, with the potential gains, it just makes sense to put us on your team.

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