Posted on 18 March 2008
1. Price your home competitively.
2. Get an inspection before you put your home on the market.
3. Make repairs that show up on the inspection report.
4. Put over-sized, ugly and unnecessary furniture in storage.
5. Landscape your front and back yard. This is the number one money maker and is the most ignored.
6. Paint over your Trading Spaces purple faux paint job, circa 1999.
7. Hire a Realtor that knows what the hell they’re doing. Ask them how many homes they have sold in the last 12 months, average days on market, average list to sales price ratio, what is their marketing strategy? If they can’t answer any of these then you need to call me ASAP.
8. Hire a Realtor that knows how to exploit the internet when exposing your home to internet buyers and also knows how to capture those leads so they can follow up. During the interview, ask the Realtor if their listings will show up on other real estate company websites. If they don’t know the answer to this you need to call me ASAP.
9. Did I mention price your home competitively?
10. Hire Jeff Duffey. Yeah. I said it. You need an agent that will tell you what you need to hear instead of what you want to hear.
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Jeff Duffey - who has written 7 posts on Real Estate Radio USA.
Jeff is a Realtor with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Dallas, TX where he was born and raised. He provides an unparalleled level of customer service to all of his clients regardless of price range. With over 5 years of expertise he has consistently ranked among the Top 10% of all Realtors nationwide each year he has been in the business. Jeff feels that educating his clients about the nuances of the home buying/selling process is one of his most important repsonsibilities as a Realtor and finds this helps his clients enjoy the smoothest transactions. This focus on education coupled with his superior market knowledge, strong negotiation skills and marketing strategies sets him far apart from his competition. His clients seem to agree considering over 95% of his business comes in the form of referrals.
Jeff's interests include playing competitive USTA league tennis, volleyball, traveling and he loves to talk about real estate. Full of advice and opinions, he enjoys being engaged in "spirited" dialogue. Check out his blog www.duffeyhomes.com and let him know what's on your mind.
Jeff can also be reached via email at jeff@duffeyhomes.com.
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