Homes For Heroes ~ Service Deserves Its Rewards!
Eileen Scates, CDPE
Specializing in Lake & Surrounding Counties


Your Plan


1. Find the right representative
The experience and knowledge of a dedicated real estate professional can be priceless. A good Realtor® forms a powerful team with his or her clients that makes it possible for them to have a smooth, successful, stress-free sale.

2. Determine your needs/wants for the sale and for your new home
Selling your primary residence can be tricky because you have to simultaneously be thinking about where you would like to buy. First weigh your priorities – selling price is certainly important, but having a quick and efficient sale can often be worth accepting a slightly lower offer. Talk to your agent and make sure you’re comfortable with where your priorities are.

At the same time, you should be compiling a needs/wants list for the home you will buy. You will probably have to act fairly quickly when your house sells, so any amount of preparation you can do will serve you well.

3. Prepare your house for showing
Underprepared homes can be sales disasters. Your home will never get as much attention from potential buyers as when it is first listed, so clearing clutter, cleaning, making repairs, and putting your home’s best foot forward is essential. Don’t “open for business” until your home is ready to be seen as favorably as possible.

4. Find out what your local market looks like
Being realistic about your market is the key to a smooth sale. There is no substitute for a professional real estate representative when it comes to local market knowledge.

5. List away!
Lots of photos and online exposure are the key to getting a good response for your listing. Working with an agent who uses Point2 Agent software is a great step in the right direction. Now just “open” the house and sit back and wait for the flood of eager buyers! 

 


Your Comparative Market Analysis


I can give you an educated idea of what your home’s value is based on experience, local knowledge, and comparable actual sales in your area! I am happy to be able to provide this service free of charge.

   
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Your Industry News


real estate - Yahoo! News Search Results
New Jersey | In the Region — A Broker’s Domain of Domain Names2/16/2012 5:53 PM
A broker who owns 1,300 Internet domain names, all real estate related, plans to build a hyperlocal network for home buyers.
MSU taps Clifton resident's real estate skills for new program2/17/2012 12:31 AM
Ankit Duggal
Brookfield Real Estate Services Inc. Declares Monthly Dividend2/16/2012 3:00 PM
TORONTO , Feb. 16, 2012 /CNW/ - Brookfield Real Estate Services Inc. (TSX: BRE.TO - News) today declared a dividend of $0.092 per share for the month of February 2012 , payable March 30 th , 2012 to shareholders ...
Leasinvest Real Estate - year results financial year 20112/17/2012 12:34 AM
Strategic reorientation of the portfolio continued a.o. through divestments of offices in Belgium, and further growth to retail/logistics and further geographical diversification Canal Logistics phase ...
Empty buildings haunt Spain amid real estate crash2/16/2012 10:31 AM
Towering apartment blocks, complete with swimming pools and playgrounds, loom over empty streets, weed-filled lots and gaping excavation pits. The lone bank in this mega-development nicknamed "Ma
Real estate agents guilty of multiple cases of unsatisfactory conduct2/16/2012 9:44 PM
A real estate agent strung along a buyer for months even though the house had already sold, another put a clause in a purchase agreement which said a particular building inspection company could not be used, and another did not cancel...
Zillow Is Building Something Good2/16/2012 12:58 PM
The fast-growing real estate portal has another blowout quarter.
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. Announces Dates for Fourth Quarter 2011 Earnings Release and Conference Call2/16/2012 3:15 PM
NEW YORK, NY-- - Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. , announced today that the Company will hold a conference call to review its fourth quarter financial results on Wednesday, February 29, 2012 ...
Howard Hanna Real Estate Services Expands National Reach With Realtor.com®2/16/2012 5:00 AM
PITTSBURGH, Feb. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Howard Hanna Real Estate Services, the fourth largest real estate company in the United States, today announced an industry leading alliance that will showcase ...
Real Estate Market Shows Positive Signs2/16/2012 5:52 PM
Portland's real estate market is showing signs of stabilization. The average time a home was up for sale has dropped -- from 160 days to 136 days.

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