Services for Sellers

“I like to use my background in marketing and communication to help my clients’ homes stand out in the market place. With increasing competition and most buyers shopping on the internet, this has become increasingly important for a good sale.”

EXCEPTIONAL MARKETING FOR EXCEPTIONAL HOMES

Carol will:

  • Help you price your home.
  • Help you prepare it for marketing, drawing from her list of hand-picked painters, stagers, house cleaners and other service providers.
  • Help you establish its condition, drawing from her list of well-respected pest and home inspectors.
  • Walk you through required seller disclosures.
  • Prepare a complete packet of disclosures and reports and make them avaiable to prospective buyers both electronically and as hard copies.
  • Design, write, produce and place advertisements and other marketing materials that highlight your home’s most marketable features, including 
    • Newspaper and other print advertising using an original, artist’s sketch of your home.
    • Four-color property brochures using professional photographs of your home’s interior, exterior and neighborhood.
    • Internet advertising with professional, color photographs on more than 15 web sites, including the MLS, Realtor.com, Gruggco.com, Craigslist, CarolBrownre.com, and a property web site for your address.
    • Promotional postcards sent to more than 1000 of Carol’s personal real estate contacts.
    • Personal open house invitations to 200 neighbors.
    • Inclusion in Carol’s real estate newsletter with a distribution of more than 1200 homeowners in the area.
  • Hold open houses for agents with lunch.
  • Hold Sunday open houses for the public.
  • Set up and track showings.
  • Distribute disclosure packages to interested parties; keep track of and manage interest levels.
  • Provide you with reports twice a week on all marketing and showing activity.
  • Schedule appointments for reviewing offers. 
  • Oversee and manage all offers, counter offers, and contingency removals.
  • Negotiate strongly on your behalf with buyers and their agents.
  • Obtain required signatures from all parties through the close of escrow.
  • Be present when you sign your closing documents at the title company.
  • Represent your best interest at all time.