I so appreciate you visiting me here. This is a pretty important decision you’re about to make to list your home. My job will be to make you feel comfortable and confident that I can get your home sold and show you why so many people have decided to choose me as their Realtor.
I am your real estate consultant. When we meet for the first time, I will have invested my time in researching your specific situation. My job is not to list your home but to help us discover together the best move for you and your family, whether that’s selling, staying put for a few years, leasing or seeking a short sale.
First I like to look at your home through the eyes of a buyer. I know many agents have you take them through the home and quite frankly in today’s market is important to know what a buyer will see and how they will react. We must not only attract the buyer, we have to find the buyer that will buy your home.
Most buyers in this type of market view 12-15 homes before they decide to buy. So, in essence your home is competing with 11-14 homes at any given time. They look for the one that offers the most features and benefits for the least amount of money (that’s what we call value in the eyes of a buyer.)
As the market shifts daily, I will be interpreting it and giving you feedback on what is happening. Day after day after day clients hire us who previously worked with another Realtor and they have not been updated about their showings or new competition. They listed with an agent who placed their home on the multiple listing service (mls), stuck a sign in the yard and prayed someone else would sell it. Let’s look at it this way, if you went to the doctor and the doctor knew you had a terrible disease, would you want them to tell you, “Go home and enjoy.”. No! You would absolutely want to know what you had and how you could get better. I prospect for Buyers and price watch everyday.
Maybe you’ve placed your most expensive possession into the hands of someone that has proven to you that the best sales tactics and negotiations they know how to do is lower the price. If they lower the price then, you don’t save money, in fact you could lose money. See what we do to get your home sold
You may be thinking: “I’m going to stay with the same agent.”. Many people feel obligated to their last agent since they invested a lot of time and money in your home, right? Well, you don’t owe me anything and you really don’t owe them anything but you do owe yourself the very best. It certainly wouldn’t hurt to know my points of difference.
“I’m thinking about doing it myself.” If you’re the DIY type that wants to learn how to do all this stuff yourself:
as for ‘for sale by owner’ (FSBO)…
Let me ask, why would a buyer buy directly from you when an agent doesn’t cost them any money, unless it was to get a great deal? If I could show you a way you could net more money doing business with me, would you do so?
There are 4 types of buyers…
1. Serious and in a hurry. They may be moving to town and have one weekend to find a home. Or maybe they just sold theirs and need to get into another or they will lose their contract.
2. Serious, but not in a hurry. They can qualify; they may be a first-time home buyer proceeding cautiously, or they may be looking for that special home. Most first-time home buyers want someone to proceed with them cautiously and hold their hand right?
3. Investors. They want to buy everything 10 cents on the dollar. I bet some have called you already; did they ask you how much you would come down? If you wanted a home 10 cents on the dollar would you call an agent or are you going to call a FSBO?
4. Looky Lous. I really shouldn’t call them buyers; they can’t qualify. Agents won’t put them in their car, so they go out and prey on FSBO’s.
Would you expect to pay a jewelry store price for a watch you found at a garage sale? Anytime people buy directly from an owner, they expect to pay less! Now let’s say we put that same watch up at an auction, and I could get you a couple of bidders, what do you think would happen?
or with a discount broker…
Consider this: Any agent can list your home and yet it’s like your job. Do you think you do a great job? And what if you knew you could do the job and your boss wanted to hire someone at a cheaper rate that didn’t have a track record? What if he gave them your job? Would it make sense for him to lose money? Training that person, allowing them to learn what you already know means you can do it faster and so save him money. So sometimes hiring someone for less actually costs you more.
Many people think they will get the same price regardless of who is conducting the negotiations, which we already know isn’t true -otherwise top companies wouldn’t pay thousands of dollars to hire the best negotiators. Be careful with agents that are already showing you their negotiation skills by giving up their own money. What will happen when you ask them to take care of your money? (They’ll likely give it away faster.)
Ready to talk to me about what you need? Then set up your appointment now and we’ll be chatting soon. I’ve been here a while, I know what works, and even better…I know how to make it work for YOU.
You don’t have to take my word for it, here are what some of my past clients have said about me:
“I met Joanne about a year before I finally listed my home with her, and let me say this…I wish I had gone with her sooner. My husband and I “inherited” a house with a mortgage and it was a money pit. We were stressed to the max, after having listed with 2 different realtors in the area and having our home on the market for over a year. I mentioned letting the house go back to the bank to Joanne and she said “give me a month”, so we did…and we are so glad we did! Our home sold, we were able to move on and not have our credit trashed. She probably got so tired of seeing emails from me, but she was super nice about answering all of our questions, easing our worries and dealing with our tantrums. She and Tom are great folks to work with and(not that I ever want to go through it again)I would definitely call them if we need to sell a home in the future. We really appreciate all they did for us.” – Amanda & Richard H.
“Excellent job handling the sale of our home! After only 3 weeks of showing, we had two excellent offers. Especially appreciate the way you kept the second offer “alive” during the first offers’ period of indecision…nice work! You’ll have our recommendation for any of our friends looking to sell, or buy. Thanks again.” – Richard & Anita Colahan
“Job well done! Joanne has a plan, she executes to that plan! As a seller you need someone with an actionable plan and Joanne and team have a proven plan and it’s executed with precision. Listen to what she says, do as she asks, and your house will be sold…bottom line!” – Bert Omer
“I am an executive in the field of sales management, so I’ve never been short of words, however, when it comes to a full and proper description of why everyone should be using the services of Joanne Curtin, I seem to come up shorter than I would like. So, here goes, “If you or anyone else you know, needs the services of a realtor who is friendly, professional, caring, works for you, fun, creative, patient, well versed in the business and always accessible – choose Joanne.” If you don’t, you may very well not find the home of your dreams or sell within any reasonable time frame. Did I say I was totally impressed by Joanne? I have bought and sold 4 homes in the past and nothing came close to this “easy” experience.” - Charles Van Elten
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