Sanford NC Buyer Seller Information
Whether you are buying or selling a home I know the process can be overwhelming. Let my years of experience help you navigate through the challenges of either process. If you are buying a home, let me help you by providing you special tips to make sure you get the best value for your money. If you are selling a home I will create a comprehensive marketing plan that showcases your home to sell quickly with a maximum value.
Buyer Information
The homes on the market in the Sanford area are always changing, sorting through the thousands of homes at any one given time to find the one that is right for you can be a challenge. Once you have found the right home you have only started the process of buying a home.
Please conatct me on my Contact Me page for a list of some basic tips.
I have provided a complete list of real estate terms in my Real Estate Terms Glossary to help answer any terminology questions you may have.
I have also provided a direct link to the City of Sanford's website Utility Phone List to help you quickly find resources that every home buyer needs.
Wondering how to calculate your mortgage? Please check my mortgage calculator tool provided by ERA .
Seller Information
When it is time to sell your home, don't sell yourself short by using an agent that will only take 1 photo and stick a sign in the yard!
I will use a comprehensive marketing plan designed for you to get the maximum offer in the minimum amount of time. Some of the services I commonly offer include:
- Put up a sign. We can also put up directional signs to drive traffic to your home.
- Take a series of photos using a high quality digital camera. Pictures are important - many buyers decide which homes to view based on the pictures in the MLS. They may never see a home with 1 picture or poorly done pictures.
- Take measurements of your home and prepare a floor plan. This allows buyers to visualize your home before and after they see it.
- Make flyers of your home using the best pictures and the floor plan. Well done flyers can be an important marketing tool.
- Put the flyers in your home and distribute to local real estate offices. The flyers in your home help buyers remember your home after they have forgotten others without flyers. Distributing flyers to other real estate offices is important because another agent may have a buyer looking for a home like yours.
- Create a slide show virtual tour using the best pictures. This will allow buyers to see more pictures of your home.
- Place your home in the local MLS system using the best pictures and the virtual tour.
- Place your home on my website. We can control exactly what we want buyers to see on my website.
- Advertise your home on additional websites (Trulia, Craig's List, Active Rain, etc.). There are many websites out there where homes can be advertised - we will pick the ones that will work the best for you.
- There is more - call me for an appointment and I will give you a full presentation!
Getting Your Home Ready for Sale
There are some factors that you cannot change like location and market conditions. There are also a number of factors that you can change like curb appeal and condition of your home. You can often add a lot of value just by making small inexpensive changes such as a pot of colorful flowers near the entry or a fresh coat of paint. You will want to take care of any maintenance tasks before you list your home. The most showings usually occur in the first few weeks and buyers will assume the worst when they see problems. A buyer may assume the light doesn't work in the closet because of bad wiring instead of a burnt out bulb. Contact Me for seller tips on how to get your home ready. I can help you decide what to do before you list your home to bring you the maximum offer in the minimum amount of time.
The Right Price
Some clients want to list their property at a high price knowing the price will most likely have to be lowered later. Doing this can take your home longer to sell and bring you a lower selling price. You probably understand why it would take longer but why it lowers the final selling price is a bit harder to understand. The reason for this is most showings for homes occur in the first few weeks. This is your best opportunity to sell your house - when it is new to the market and "fresh". After a few months a home becomes "stale". The agent for the buyer will know how long the home has been listed and may encourage their client to offer less knowing that you may have become desperate for a sale. Setting the right initial price will bring you the maximum offer in the minmum amount of time.
