Ready To Sell Your Vancouver Home?
(If you want the short version (it's a picture!) head on over to The Sellers Flowchart)
When you have reached the decision to sell, here is how to proceed.
1) Determine the value of your home. This is best achieved by having real estate professionals, seasoned with experience; provide you with a Comparative Market Analysis. Realtors are trained to evaluate your property in light of the currently existing market conditions. Interview several who commonly work in your area.
2) While the realtor provides you with the evaluation, he/she will likely outline the merits of their marketing capability. Pay attention to the types of resources, skill and experience they evidence in their presentation.
3) How do I Select a Realtor? After interviewing them, rank them on the basis of how you perceive their marketing skills. A common mistake made by sellers is to select a Realtor on the basis of their “market evaluation.” If all Realtors are using the same data in their evaluations, you should be objective in assessing how they have used this information in relation to your property. Here the more experienced realtors, members of Team Andruff, combined have seen many, many homes, and can give you a realistic assessment, in relation to other homes sold in the area.
4) Price your home to sell using the advice of your Realtor.
5) When a buyers’ offer does arrive, remember the numbers used in the evaluation. If it’s not square with your previous expectation, determine with the aid of your Realtor which trends might be affecting the offer. This step will help in your decision making process.
However, it has often been said, and experience has shown, “the first offer is often the best offer.” Be realistic in your expectation. As a seller we always want the most we can get. Just remember, buyers, too are value based and will only pay what they believe a home to be worth.
How to Market your home with Team Andruff
Selling real estate is a very exciting experience. Team Andruff have a quality marketing process. It is related to the number of buyers we can expose to your property. We believe our approach is one of the best systems available. It will lead to your property selling faster, for more money and with fewer hassles.
Digital Technology, Virtual Capability
The heart of our marketing system is our digital image-making capability. We use digital photo imagery of your property so buyers can efficiently learn about what you have for sale. More importantly, we control our own image making and can have your property to the market in literally hours, for World Wide Web viewing on our own independent web site. We have sound technical ability that is state of the art in the industry. Additionally, we can take your input immediately, whereas with most realtors the seller has only one opportunity to provide input.
The digital photo images used by Team Andruff are not simple images, or like the five to a page that most realtors use. We provide images that feel like you are actually standing in each room. We will take as many images as necessary to display your property to the market. What is more, these images are available through our web site TeamAndruff.com to buyers throughout all of North America. That’s right! Not just in the neighborhood, not just in the city, but basically everywhere.
Realtylink.org
Most realtors will have one picture posted on realtylink.org, the public MLS system. We consistently offer multiple views of our properties with links back to our more comprehensive website at www.TeamAndruff.ca
Print Media, Brochures
Team Andruff produce a monthly newsletter with a distribution of 7,500 households. We consistently advertise new listings for sale on the Westside using our newsletter, which provides unique branding relative to other advertising forms.
We consistently use colorful brochures at Open Houses, in bank lobbies, in PDF format email attachments, and in mail outs to clients.
Realtor Contacts
Most realtors with the experience of Team Andruff have a network of realtors that we use to fast track the property to the market. We typically will use the Agents’ Open as the key method of bringing people to the property. These are the most serious buyers.
People Contact
“Who do you know who is looking for a …”, is a constant part of our dialogue in the people we meet, greet and network with. Supplement this with the full color images of your property that we carry on our hand held Palm Pilots, and one could call us “the human bill boards of real estate.”
Brand Identity, Signage
RE/MAX is a key brand name in the real estate industry. It attracts the top professionals because of the dedication to the success of the individual realtor. The advertising process used by RE/MAX is unrivalled in the industry and the RE/MAX rate of growth speaks for itself. People who use a RE/MAX realtor identify with this branding. In 2002, 41% of Vancouver’s top realtors worked for RE/MAX.
Team Andruff use the distinctive RE/MAX "For Sale" post signs with their website address prominently displayed. This allows the buying public to go directly to the Team Andruff website to view the photo-images of your house and characteristics of your property.
Realtors' and Open Houses
In some circumstances it is a good idea to have Open Houses. However, our experience shows Open Houses are far more beneficial for us as realtors to meet buyers and your lookie-lou neighbours! Most realtors agree Open Houses seldom "sell" homes. Some would say it exposes the property to risk of loss, as the public in general is invited into your home, rather than serious buyers.
Open Houses give the impression to sellers that their realtor is actually "working" to sell the house. The difference between selling and marketing — selling is one-on-one where as marketing is appealing to the masses. Sellers have more chances of getting better value with multiple buyers.
Realtors' (Agents') Opens are often held weekday mornings exclusively for agents and their clients.
We pull out all of the stops for you, that's why we're proud to say we're you're Premier Real Estate Service Providers. When you list your home with us, we make sure your real estate goals are achieved.
Read on to learn about the 9 Critical Mistakes that could cost you thousands when selling your home, or if you're ready, fill out the form below to get a free home estimate.