As I work with Buyers, I’m often baffled by the lack of information on listings…you know, the Multiple Listing Service or as it is know in Indy, the Broker’s Listing Cooperative (BLC) or just MIBOR (Metropolitan Indianapolis Board of Realtors). Information from this source is what feeds the internet…Trullia, Zillow, Realtor.com and a host of others…95% of Buyers find their next home ONLINE! Are you certain your agent is getting your home online in the best possible way?
In addition to active properties, I am often trolling the expired listings in specific neighborhoods that my clients are interested in…who knows, it may be the perfect home for my Buyers and the Homeowners may still be interested in Selling! I recently found an expired listing in the mid $200,000 price range, over 2,500 square feet and the agent had only 8 pictures of the living area, nothing upstairs, backyard and no virtual tour…and you wonder why this property never sold?
When considering who to hire when Selling your home, ask a lot of questions, not just about what they do to sell homes in general, but specifics! How many pictures do you use? Do you use a virtual tour? Do you work with a lender partner? Besides putting a sign in my yard, what will you do to sell my home? ASK THE QUESTIONS! Remember, YOU are hiring ME to represent you in the best possible way in the sale of your biggest asset!
The BLC allows for 24 photos AND a virtual tour…how many photos has your agent put on your listing? The quality of those photos? It is not necessary for your agent to hire a professional photographer, we’ve been in the business a while and understand the best way to take photographs and are generally quite good at it. There are only 500 characters available for describing you property, but we want to make everyone count!
What about information packets in the home? I always create a packet of information with the sales disclosures, a list of upgrades and features of the home, school, church and shopping information. This same information is uploaded to the listing. I also add a stand-up display for the home flyer along with bottled water and snacks for prospective buyers.
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