Putting your real estate pieces together.
When you enlist the help of an expert REALTOR®, you’re not just gaining support to buy or sell a house – you’re gaining an ally who’ll help you make the most out of your home. REALTORS® can guide you through every step of the process, explain the current market, help navigate complex paperwork and offer invaluable advice. When you’re ready to make a move, do yourself a favour… get the right REALTOR®.
You’re trusting me, your REALTOR®, with your most valuable possession. Your home. I take this responsibility very seriously. Here’s what I bring to you:
- As a trained professional, I have taken extensive pre-licensing courses in order to obtain credentials for practicing in real estate, and keep pace with the times by taking continuing education courses to upgrade my knowledge on a broad range of real estate related issues in order to be able to continue to provide you with current advice.
- Registered under provincial laws that govern exactly how real estate can and cannot be traded, I would do everything by the book. These regulations are your legal guarantee of my professional behavior. As an ethical businessperson, I am bound by the extensive Code of Ethics of the Canadian Real Estate Association as well as the Real Estate Council of Ontario. Your interests will always be put first.
- You have the opportunity for recourse, should you have concerns about the professional behavior of a REALTOR®, provincial regulators and your local real estate board or association take these matters very seriously and work quickly to resolve any issues.
- Access to a local Board’s MLS® System is the single most powerful tool for buying and selling a home. I can provide you with exclusive features of the Board’s MLS® System, such as immediate notification when new properties are listed. You don’t have to wait for it to be posted on a web site.
My duty is to help you get the most for your home and remove stress and confusion from the process. Here are just some of the advantages.
A Champion for Your Home.
When you sign a “Listing Agreement” with me, it is my promise that I will use all my skills and resources to get the most for your home.
REALTORS® know how to attract the most potential buyers. As your REALTOR® and an expert home promoter, connected to a network of agents and their buyers, I would write compelling ads for your home, that only REALTORS® can place on a Board’s MLS® System.
REALTORS® will help you increase your homes “sale-ability”. You probably have an emotional attachment to your home, and therefore can’t view it objectively. As your REALTOR® I will help you present your home in the best light, so buyers will fall in love with it more easily.
Market Knowledge. REALTORS® are masters of reading the market and pricing your home for maximum return. As your REALTOR®, my experience literally pays!
Negotiation Skills – to keep the deal on track. REALTORS® are indispensable when it comes to bargaining with buyers. Tempers can flare and heels can dig in. Your REALTOR® is an expert at smoothing things out.
Many people who try to sell their own home end up using a REALTOR® in the end anyway. Before anybody decides to fly solo through this complex, time consuming and financially perilous process, they should consider these questions.
Will you really “save” the real estate commission?
When buyers see a home for sale ‘by the owner’, they see a bargain. They imagine the REALTOR®’s fee going into their pocket, not yours.
How many potential buyers will you reach?
Selling a home takes more than just hanging a “For Sale” sign. How will you promote your home? Will you write your own ads? How will you use the Internet? MLS® and the corresponding web site www.REALTOR.ca have changed the way people search for homes, and it’s hard to court buyers without it.
Do you have the time?
Promoting a home is a full time job, and you may already have one. Will you be able to take calls at any time? How about screening the callers to figure out if they’re suitable candidates? Not everybody who calls is even suitable, safe even, to walk through your home, but how do you tell?
Do you know the market well enough to get the most for your home?
Lacking years of experience, the average do-it-yourselfer is merely guessing at their listing price. Often they set the price too low and miss out on thousands of dollars, or they price their home too high and drive away willing buyers.
Do you have the negotiation skills to keep a deal on track?
When an offer comes in, emotions can run high with so much money on the line. This is why direct seller-to-buyer deals often end in disaster. REALTORS® keep it professional and are indispensable when it comes to bargaining with buyers.
