___ 1) Notify the Multiple Listing Service that your home is for sale - guaranteed
within 24 hours of signing the listing contract, unless otherwise agreed. (You will
receive a computer printout of how your home is being represented).
___ 2) Inform the other agents in our office of our new listing. Leave a description of
your home on the evening voice mail to advantage realty, inc. office.
___ 3) Follow up with agents who have shown advantage listings within the past
10 days and 10% of your listing price.
___ 4) Target - Market your home to our database of over 400 potential buyers whose
wants will be matched against you’re home.
___ 5) Feature your home in our newsletter, which is mailed to hundreds of people with
known intentions to buy a home.
___ 6) Notify your neighbors, by mail and phone, that your home is available. We will
personally call at least 200 people in your area asking if they know anyone who wants to
move into your neighborhood.
___ 7) Inform passersby about your home. We’ll attach a glass front brochure box
to the yard sign with a supply of descriptive fliers highlighting the amenities of your
home.
___ 8) Personally notify top agents. The top real estate agents in town all know and
respect each other’s work. That’s why we’ll design a brochure highlighting
your home and the MLS number for easy access. The National Association of Realtors states
93% of all transactions is done by 5% of the real estate community.
___9) referral network. A large percentage of homebuyers make initial contact
with a real estate agent as the result of a referral. So we stay in very close touch with
our referral network. The Referral Network consists of 2800 offices in 21
countries, and 45,000 agents strong.
___ 10) Monitor area listings and sales. This allows us to maintain a competitive
advantage with our homes in your area in pricing and terms. If we do need to change
strategy, we’ll first find out about it through this monitoring. We will schedule an
appointment with you approximately every 30 days to review the market.
___ 11) Design custom made advertising plan. Prepare and place media advertisements in
local pictorial magazines and local newspaper as considered appropriate and necessary.
___ 12) Advise you on how to help your home sell quickly. Our booklet, "Advice to
Help Your Home Sell Quickly," is full of inside tips we’ve developed to help you
sell your home quickly. It covers what most people are looking for when considering a home
purchase and how to enhance the value of your home in the eyes of potential buyers.
___13) Check on who’s showing your home. Each agent that shows or previews your
home will call our office to schedule an appointment. We know who is showing you’re
home and when. We will contact each agent that shows your home to prospective buyers
asking for feedback. This information will be relayed to you. Sometimes this feedback is
not always what we would want to hear, but it will help us sell your home.
___14) Monitor all contingencies. Often prospective buyers insist that certain actions
be taken to change or improve a property. Or sellers might insist that buyers take one or
more actions usually connected with securing their loan before they’re willing to
sell to them. These actions are called "contingencies." Our staff and we keep
track of all contingencies so the deal can go through as scheduled.
___15) Review proposed contracts. Research the buyer’s qualifications, counsel you
on dates, and keep your best interest at heart during contract negotiations.
___16) World Wide Web. To find the Behr and Behr web page, type http://www.behrandbehr.com or E-mail us at
ed@behrandbehr.com. We will also feature your home on the internet, look up www.realtor.com.
___17) Team Together Everyone Achieves More. We take a team oriented approach to real
estate, not only having Ed as your real estate agent, Renee is processing all the
marketing material and managing the office, Susan Dansby is available to assist
your daily needs and inquiries. Platinum Group Realtors office staff members assist us with
in-coming calls and setting up showing appointments. The Platinum Groups office hours are Monday
through Friday 8 AM - 5:30 PM, Saturdays 8 AM - 5 PM, and Sundays 9 AM - 4 PM. The office
number is 536-4444.
