Benefits of Utilizing a Professional Real Estate Agent to Sell your Home
While it may be enticing to try to sell your home on your own (FSBO- For Sale by Owner) and forego the standard commission rate, you may not fully understand everything that truly goes into the selling of your home to garner the best results and highest price for your home.
For some reason, many people have the illusion that real estate agents lead a life of luxury. A few open houses, long lunches, and a few showings and returning phone calls. That couldn’t be further from the truth…especially for a full-time dedicated real estate professional. Let’s delve in and take a look at what you are really getting when you partner with an agent to sell your largest asset.
As your local professional, I have my fingers on the pulse of the market. I understand the nuances of not only the national market but more importantly the Champaign area and neighborhoods. I know what homes are selling for, what new improvements have been made in the neighborhood, city, and most importantly what you’ve made in your home, and how that stacks up to the homes that have sold recently. It allows me to accurately access your home alongside the others to give a clear market value. It also allows me to give you an unbiased view of your home. Whether we believe it or not, we all develop emotional attachments to our home, so it is sometimes difficult to see any flaws or areas that may take away from what a potential buyer sees in your home. An agent can gently point out those areas, as well as all the great features that can be bolstered.
As your agent, I will also help you to stage your home in the best possible way to highlight all those fantastic features and amenities & help build your curb appeal to create the best possible entrance to the market. First impressions are lasting, and you only get one. I have high-quality photos or videos taken for distribution in marketing on the MLS and hundreds of websites, brochures, flyers, and email marketing. Creating your home’s story that will be seen by targeted groups of qualified buyers.
From there I will begin building a homebuyer database for your home. Fielding phone calls and emails, setting up showings, holding open houses, and fielding questions from buyers and realtors alike. This takes up an extraordinary amount of time. I don’t know about you, but the average homeowners work at least one full-time job, most married couples work two, leaving very little time for doing all this additional work.
Then comes all the submission of offers. What will you do when you receive offers on your home if you’re doing this on your own? Do you know what to access? Which offer is best? What are the contingencies? What are the legal ramifications of offers? If you’re partnering with me, I’ll walk you through each one and review the pros and cons of each. Eventually helping you select the one that best suits your needs and goals.
Once the offer is accepted, you have a due diligence period. Do you know what takes place during that time? As your agent, I will work hand in hand will all parties involved to ensure all deadlines and details are met and to protect you throughout the process. I will be by your side and schedule all meetings through to the closing date.
Still think this is an easy peasy process? As a dedicated, full-service broker and real estate professional with 33 years of experience and $100+ million in home sales, I’ll provide you the support and expertise you’ll need to garner the highest dollar amount for your home, in a timely manner, in the smoothest way possible. Let me handle the hard stuff for you and make your real estate goal a reality.
Call me today to get started. Rose Price 217-202-8843 or [email protected]