Comments on: How Your Real Estate Agent Gets Your Home Ready For Listing http://www.huntsvillepr.com/huntsville-alabama/2009/10/how-your-real-estate-agent-gets-your-home-ready-for-listing/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:58:52 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Lisa Bond http://www.huntsvillepr.com/huntsville-alabama/2009/10/how-your-real-estate-agent-gets-your-home-ready-for-listing/comment-page-1/#comment-3308 Lisa Bond Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:49:58 +0000 http://www.huntsvillepr.com/huntsville-alabama/?p=2763#comment-3308 Getting paid thousands of dollars to put the home in the mls and not do any other advertising ?- Alabama wake up - this is what agents do for a living . . . marketing your home - to other agents and to the general public; publishing in newspapers, advertising open houses, advertising in the Land and Real Estate Magazines, etc. that's what agents are paid to do! Get it in writing before you sign and don't sign anything longer than 90 days. If the agent is doing all the above, then you can renew the listing. Make them work for you, the seller - after all your the one that loses the equity but they still get paid a hefty commission even if the house has had numerous reductions. Do your homework - for more great tips. Visit our website at www.thestagehand.info. Getting paid thousands of dollars to put the home in the mls and not do any other advertising ?- Alabama wake up – this is what agents do for a living . . . marketing your home – to other agents and to the general public; publishing in newspapers, advertising open houses, advertising in the Land and Real Estate Magazines, etc. that’s what agents are paid to do! Get it in writing before you sign and don’t sign anything longer than 90 days. If the agent is doing all the above, then you can renew the listing. Make them work for you, the seller – after all your the one that loses the equity but they still get paid a hefty commission even if the house has had numerous reductions. Do your homework – for more great tips. Visit our website at http://www.thestagehand.info.

]]> By: huntsvillepr http://www.huntsvillepr.com/huntsville-alabama/2009/10/how-your-real-estate-agent-gets-your-home-ready-for-listing/comment-page-1/#comment-3306 huntsvillepr Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:52:32 +0000 http://www.huntsvillepr.com/huntsville-alabama/?p=2763#comment-3306 Lisa, well said. The problem most home sellers face is that there are realtors who will not go the extra mile to get this can of advertising done. I have seen beautiful home that stay on the market for a long time because of poor advertising. Lisa, well said. The problem most home sellers face is that there are realtors who will not go the extra mile to get this can of advertising done. I have seen beautiful home that stay on the market for a long time because of poor advertising.

]]> By: Lisa Bond http://www.huntsvillepr.com/huntsville-alabama/2009/10/how-your-real-estate-agent-gets-your-home-ready-for-listing/comment-page-1/#comment-3305 Lisa Bond Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:55:43 +0000 http://www.huntsvillepr.com/huntsville-alabama/?p=2763#comment-3305 Preparing your home for the real estate market is key for a faster sale. Equally important, and what your agent should be providing you, is the marketing plan your agent intends to use while your home is listed. This means your agent should have a definitive plan of where and when your home will be advertised to the general public. If your home is prepared for the market and it is not advertised properly, then all the time and money you have put into the preparing it is wasted. 90% of buyers look on the internet and look at homes with "showcase" photos; so, it is important that you specify and ask questions of how, when, and where your home will be advertised. Open houses should be advertised at least a week before hand and skillfully noted in the MLS , Realtor.com, etc. Professional looking photos that capture your home's architecture, room ambience and special features should be used in your home's advertising. For more staging tips by an accredited staging firm, contact us at www.thestagehand.info or 1-888 STGE NOW! Preparing your home for the real estate market is key for a faster sale.

Equally important, and what your agent should be providing you, is the marketing plan your agent intends to use while your home is listed. This means your agent should have a definitive plan of where and when your home will be advertised to the general public. If your home is prepared for the market and it is not advertised properly, then all the time and money you have put into the preparing it is wasted. 90% of buyers look on the internet and look at homes with “showcase” photos; so, it is important that you specify and ask questions of how, when, and where your home will be advertised.

Open houses should be advertised at least a week before hand and skillfully noted in the MLS , Realtor.com, etc. Professional looking photos that capture your home’s architecture, room ambience and special features should be used in your home’s advertising.

For more staging tips by an accredited staging firm, contact us at http://www.thestagehand.info or 1-888 STGE NOW!

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