By asking the following questions, you can dramatically
improve your odds of having a successful home selling
experience.
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How long
have you been an active, full-time Realtor®?
 We have over 20 years
combined real estate experience and have been rated as
one of the top 3 real estate teams in the Austin area
for 3 consecutive years by the Austin Business Journal. |
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What
professional designations do you have?
We hold the following
designations: GRI and CRS |
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How many
homes have you sold in the past 6 months? The past year?
We have listed over 45
homes in the last 6 months and 100 over the last year. |
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How many
homes have you sold in the past 6 months? The past year?
We have sold over 43
homes in the least 6 months and 167 over the last year. |
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What is the
average amount of time one of your listings is on the
market before it sells?
The average amount of time
homes are on the market is 45 days. |
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How does
your average sales price compare to the original list
price?
Our homes
sale on an average of 97% of their list price. |
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What can you
tell me about your share of the marketplace compared to
other Realtors® in the area?
We are in the top 1% of
local agents for the market share. |
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What
percentage of your business is based on referrals?
We are excited to say
over 80% of our business is referred to us. |
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Do you have
a personal staff? How many are licensed? (A Realtor® who
has a support team to handle office chores, and routine
details can usually devote more time to the business of
serving a client’s highest priority needs, getting the
house sold.)
Please see our team page. We compare the team to a
Doctor’s office. Would you be comfortable if you doctor
was the receptionist, office cleaning person, insurance
submission person, etc? We have specific experts for
marketing your home from staging and decorating to
listing management and buyer follow up. |
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How will you
market my home?
We have one of the top visited sites for homebuyers in
the Austin area. We have top placement on
Realtor.com
and
AustinHomeSearch.com. We have placement of the top
local real estate magazines, full color professional
flyers and inter-connected flyer boxes. |
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Do you have
your own personal website?
Check out –
TimKress.com
and
BuyAPad.com.We direct buyers to our listings
through
homebuyerupdate.com |
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How will you
help me stage my home?
We have our own fabulous
decorator on staff. |
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How will you
keep me informed?
We update our clients every
week by weekly written reports including feedback and
web traffic, or please call anytime. |
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What listing
price would you recommend for my home? How did you
arrive at it?
We
have years of hard work in the most extensive home
analysis available. We look beyond square footage and
evaluate your home features. |
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What are
your pricing/marketing philosophies 30/60/90 days down
the road?
Just
give us a call; we would love to share this information. |
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What is your
commission on a sale? What if I sell it myself?
Check out our commission
page and yes, it is 0% commission if you find the buyer. |
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Can you
provide me with references?
We love our clients! The
following reference phone numbers are available upon
request. |
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Do you have
any personal marketing materials I can review? (The
qualities of a realtor’s own marketing pieces are a good
indicator of how well he/she will represent you and your
property.)
Please request our (70) page prelist package.
512-744-4123 |
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19. |
Am I
comfortable with this person? (This question is not for
the agent – it’s for you!)
You Decide!
Helping Home Owners like
you sell
their home Hassle-Free
in Austin, Pflugerville, Cedar
Park and Georgetown Texas
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