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Experience

Jim's 30 years of experience in Central Ohio provides the knowledge of all areas within Central Ohio, awareness of market changes, differing trends, and most importantly what it has taken to get well over a 1,000 homes sold in Central Ohio.

Marketing Advantage

Jim's marketing skills, utilizing the Internet, full color detail oriented fact sheets, custom CD's of your property, and other tools go well above and beyond the norm of most Realtors. For a more detailed explanation of our marketing, please click here

Selling Price

Jim's negotiation skills along with extensive research to initially price a home correctly result in selling a home at its maximum potential within the amount of time desired by the seller. Please click here for details on how we perform a CMA.

Less Time On Market

Jim will list your home at a reasonable price, not an excessive amount where extreme negotiation and frequent price changes are necessary, prolonging the time taken to sell a home.

Helpful Suggestions

Jim's expertise will provide the knowledge necessary to recommend suggestions in order to sell a home at its maximum potential, such as minor repair, painting, etc.

Frequent Interaction

Jim is readily available for any questions you may have during the entire selling process and does his very best to represent you to the best of his abilities in any way possible. Jim is available direct. He does NOT use the strategy of meeting with a client the first day, then delegating all other remaining duties to a less experienced assistant. Jim will represent you in each step.

We do a "Comparative Market Analysis", where we thoroughly research other similar type homes sold in the area to determine the appropriate price of your home. Several factors are considered when doing this type of research, such as the location of your home, its amenities, the condition, square footage, and various other factors. Then, we compare it to similar properties that have sold or are currently in the market, making adjustments for appreciation over time. After evaluating this information and more, we are able to establish a value in which your home should be listed for, and the price range it should likely sell. Our goal is to bring you, the seller, the highest price, within the time range you would like to have your home sold.

We offer suggestions and recommendations with respect to changes or repairs that need to be done to the home (if any) in order for it to bring the highest market value. Usually things of this sort are minor repairs, such as painting touch up or a correction of a plumbing leak. It is extremely important to have your home show in good condition.

We perform all standard marketing that most Realtors do such as install a lock box, sign, enter in MLS and more. We take each step to the maximum in effectiveness by creating the maximum amount of photos and information about your home for the MLS and Real Estate Web Sites.

We carefully determine the fair market value of your home for the maximum net value to the seller with consideration of the current market and sellers goals for the ideal time to get the home sold.

We are willing to arrange and pay for an independent professional appraisal to be done. The seller can select the appraiser within a normal cost budget or we will use an experienced local appraiser that has been remarkably accurate over the past 10 years. Our goal is to get you the best price and terms for your home and a non biased professional opinion could be of help. This offer is available only under certain circumstances. Please ask if you have any questions.

First American Home Warranty. To show our appreciation for your business we will provide and pay for the basic sellers warranty coverage during the listing period and buyers warranty for one year from the closing. By offering a Home Warranty in the marketing of your home it gives the prospective buyers more confidence to buy your home.

We will produce and distribute a CD video tour with detailed information about your home, your community and the area to best present your home to prospective buyers and Realtors working with buyers. The latest in Flash technology will be used for better presentation of your home.

A full color brochure will be prepared and distributed to present the many quality features your home has to offer. This brochure will help present your home to prospective buyers and Realtors in a format that will stand out compared to other properties for sale. Please click here for an example. (Warning: Large File Size Could Take Long Time To Load)

A comprehensive visual tour will be prepared with detailed information and links that will be linked to various web sites. This tour will stand out with exceptional information and get more attention with prospects searching various web sites. A flash intro will show the highlights of your home in an effort to add interest to a prospective buyer. Please click here for an example.

An information box will be installed on the yard sign with color brochures for prospective buyers to take that will help create interest in seeing your home.

We will prepare mini brochure cards and mail to hundreds of local residents to inform them of your home being on the market to give additional exposure for more showings.

A notebook will be prepared and displayed during showings with extensive information about the lifestyle and facts about your community and include local school information.

We will fax a request for the showing Realtor to give us any comments or information that could help us market your home better. If the Realtor does not respond with the fax request we will call for feedback. Note: Sometimes feedback is not given by some Realtors or may not be of help.

We will advise you of any market changes and information that we can gather that will help to get your home sold. We can have periodic meetings to discuss any adjustments in the marketing of your home.

We will make a best effort to help in making sure the lights are on for showings if you are out of town or not available to turn on the lights. It is very important that the home shows bright and light to better compete with other resale and new homes on the market.

We will prepare an estimated net proceeds sheet for you when we receive an offer on your home. I will assist and advise in determining how to respond to contracts in your best interest. I will arrange for and coordinate for the paper work details such as title work, inspections and so on for you. I will attend the closing.

We will have open house for your home a maximum of 2 times per month if you prefer.