List with Me and I'll Tell My Prospective Buyers
35 DYNAMITE QUESTIONS TO ASK
TO GUARANTEE YOU THE BEST BROKER AND GAIN YOU THE HIGHEST SELLING
PRICE
- What type of guarantee do you
offer?
- Will you guarantee the sale of our
home in 120 days?
Kathleen Murphy guarantees the sale of your home
within 120 days or she will reduce the commission by $500.00.
- Am I locked into this listing with
you?
Kathleen Murphy gives you the absolute right to cancel the listing
agreement anytime, for any reason, with no strings attached.
- Will you guarantee me that you will
return all of my calls within the same day?
If Kathleen Murphy or her
staff does not return your calls within the same day, you may deduct $20.00 per
call from her commission.
- Do you work as a full-time Realtor?
- How many homes have you sold in your
career?
- How many properties have you sold
within the past six months? Ninety days? Thirty days?
- How many listings do your presently
have?
- What is your list to sales
ratio?
- May I contact your previous clients?
Kathleen Murphy will be happy to give you names of clients who have
generously offered to answer any questions regarding her professional as well
as caring services during the sale of their home.
- Do you have a guaranteed marketing
plan in writing?
- How does your marketing plan work?
- May I see your resume?
- Do you have a full-time administrative
assistant to make sure no details are overlooked?
- What systems do you have in place that
will keep you in constant contact with me during the listing and the
transaction?
- How much time monthly do you invest in
professional training and career development? Can you give me proof?
- Are you fully automated with personal
computers, fax machine, voice mail, etc?
- What is your average market time
versus the average market time?
- How much time do you spend
prospecting?
- What open house programs do you offer?
How does it work? What is your response?
- Could you give me seven reasons why I
should list with you?
- How long do you see yourself selling
real estate?
- What percentage of your business is
from referrals?
- Do you request that a prospective
purchaser be pre-qualified in writing by a certified lender and have a
letter/certificate of verification at the time of contract presentations?
- Do you advise me weekly during the
listing and sale pending period of all activities regarding the sale of my
home?
- Do you create professional brochures
on my home? Do you send them to real estate agents in the area for their
review?
- Do you follow-up on all showings of my
home and advise me of all comments?
- Do you base the marketing price of my
home on actual sold listing prices, rather than current listing prices, to
establish a realistic selling price?
- What kind of advertising budget do you
have? Are all advertisements for my home proofed before printing to minimize
errors?
- Do you send me a copy of all
advertising for my home?
- Do you recommend efficient and cost
efficient attorneys specializing in real estate?
- Do you have a fully staffed relocation
department to handle incoming and outgoing transferees?
- Is your company a member of the
multiple listing service?
- Are you fully versed in real estate
tax reduction to maximize salability of my home?
- Do you try to respect personal and
family time? Do you request that all contract presentations be made at my
convenience, on my behalf?
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Relocation >Help Your Real Estate Agent
Once your home is listed for sale, it may be difficult for you to step aside and let your agent take over. When prospective buyers arrive, you may want to stand by to point out the closet extenders, the hidden spice cabinet behind the kitchen door, the energy-saving storm windows or the updated copper plumbing. If you really want to help, however, you will leave the house whenever it is being shown!
We have found that the sales process does not really begin until buyers have begun to voice their objections about a property. Sometimes these concerns are serious enough to remove your house from consideration. Often, however, people voice objections as an automatic response when they really love the house and want to buy it. Real estate professionals are trained to know the difference.
If a seller is standing at the agent's elbow, the buyer won't be comfortable enough to allow the process of raising objections take place. If the buyer feels intimidated or suppressed, we could lose the sale. The best way to help is to give your real estate agent room to make the sale.
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What private residence is considered the most expensive house ever built?
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The William Randolph Hearst Ranch in San Simeon, California cost over $30 million, equivalent today to $276,883,320. Bill Gates recently built a home for over $40 million.
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