Selling Your Home My goal as a listing agent is to help you sell your home for the highest price, in the shortest period of time, with the least amount of inconvenience to you. On this page, you willl find helpful tips about marketing your home and also information on what you can do to increase the value of your home.

My Objectives
Marketing Plan
Pricing Your Property
Preparing Your Home for Sale

  My Objectives

• Listen carefully to make sure YOUR objectives are understood
• Explain the home selling process thoroughly
• Discuss agency representation
• Price your home for sale
• Help prepare your home for sale
• Discuss and implement my marketing plan
• Work hard to sell your home promptly
• Generate and follow up on leads
• Communicate all activities with you
• Network your home to all real estate agencies
• Monitor the closing process on the sell of your home

  Marketing Program

In order to receive top dollar for your home, you need top exposure. My proven marketing plan provides you with that exposure. This includes:

• Gate City Real Estate "Buy of the Week"
• Pine Ridge Mall kiosk exposure
• Listing your home on the Multiple Listing Service
• Internet exposure
• Property profile flyers
• Installation of a "For Sale" sign (if you desire)
• Installation of a lock box (if you desire)
• Office tour-Gate City agents tour your home and give helpful feedback
• "Just Listed" cards sent to neighbors
• Open House events
• Verbal feedback from all showings

  Pricing your Property

Determining price is one of the most critical steps in preparing your home for sale. A well priced home often sales quickly once it is put on the market.
Pricing your home correctly:

• Can save you thousands of dollars on your family's largest investment
• Reduces the risk because overpriced homes may eliminate some buyers if it is listed out of their price range
• Ensures that other agents will show the home
• Is good when it comes time for appraisal. Your home must appraise at the selling price for the buyer to get financing

  Tips for preparing your home for sale.

• Curb appeal is very important. Have the front door looking nice. Keep lawn clean and trimmed. Tidy up the porches and garage.
• If any painting or decorating is necessary, do it now. Twenty dollars worth of paint will make a much larger difference in sales price.
• Have bathroom's looking fresh and clean
• Replace any needed light bulbs
• Wash dishes, make beds, and put clothes/toys away
• Keep pets out of the way during showings
• Let the buyers real estate agent show the home, if possible leave the home during this time
• Don't discuss anything about price with the potential buyers or their agent. As your agent, I will be qualified to bring negotiations to a favorable conclusion
• Pack away valuables and let your agent know if you suspect something is missing