Once a decision has been made to sell a house, you will need an experienced, professional real-estate agent to insure that the sale is executed quickly and profitably. To assist you with this goal, I will do the following:
- Meet you and get to know you, and offer loyalty to you in every aspect of selling your property
- Review your property
- Review tax and special assessment information, loan information, utility costs, history of the property, etc.
- Put together a detailed report which will include the following:
• My marketing program to sell your home to prospective buyers and other REALTORS®
• Information about my company
• Recommendations regarding price and terms
• Current financing information
• An estimate of selling costs - Prepare the actual paperwork to present your home to the market
- Guidance in preparing the property to show to its greatest advantage
- To market your home I will:
1 • Contact other REALTORS® with pending prospective buyers
2 • Submit detailed facts, highlighting your property’s best features, to other area brokers, sales associates, and serious prospective buyers
3 • Report your property to the Multiple Listing Service immediately, which will expose your property to all REALTORS® within the MLS system
4 • Place a large “for sale” sign in your yard to attract “drive-by” prospects.
5 • Call local Real Estate offices to give them advance information
6 • Present your property at our sales meetings
7 • Advertise locally (this or like properties)
8 • Prepare an attractive feature sheet to highlight the benefits and amenities of your property
9 • Contact neighbors for potential buyers (with your permission)
10 • Send direct mail listing announcements to surrounding communities and neighborhoods (with your permission)
11 • If appropriate, hold your open house
12 • Follow up enthusiastically after open house to all people who have shown interest
13 • Distribute feature sheets to my “top-agent list”
14 • Prepare financing packages of possible ways for buyers to buy your home - Communicate regularly with you during the marketing of your property via:
1 • Monthly marketing reports
2 • Weekly showing reports
3 • Notification (in advance when possible) of any request to show your house
4 • Provide you with a written copy of any documents you may sign
5 • Assist you through the entire closing process - In showing your house I will:
1 • Consider all serious prospective buyers, screen and qualify them in advance (when possible) and counsel them in every available financial alternative
2 • Carefully follow-up on anyone who previews your house - Present all purchase agreements made on your home
- Counsel you on all offers and negotiate the best possible price for you
- Negotiate and follow through with the completion of all major contingencies
- Make certain that loans are processed promptly
- Follow-up on closing procedures and title processing
- Close and deliver your net proceeds
- Assist you in finding a new home
- Contact a cooperating broker, if you are moving to a new area, coordinating the sale here with the buying of your new home there
My pledge of quality:
The sale of your home will be my primary responsibility, supported by my entire organization. I will work for you full-time as your professional sales associate to sell your house for the highest possible price, in the least amount of time, and using my expertise to make this a smooth and pleasant transaction.
I don’t just want to list your home — I aim to sell at the best possible price!
Sincerely,
Audrey J. Hutton
Realtor Associate
CIPS, CRS, GRI, ABR
McGhin & Company