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Seller Special
Report
How to Avoid Tying
Yourself Up
With a 3 - 6 Month Listing
An Easy Exit Listing Puts YOU
In Control!
MONEY SAVING ADVICE! Never sign
a listing based on vague verbal promises. Some agents will tell you whatever
you want to hear in an effort to get you to sign a listing.
Traditionally, real estate agents
have required home sellers to sign a long term listing agreements.
Unfortunately, many sellers found that after listing their homes, the promised
marketing efforts did not occur.
This is understandably a key reason
why home sellers are concerned about listing their home with a real estate
company. How do you know that the company will uphold their promises? How
do you know that you have an agent who fully understands the art of marketing
and is skilled at attracting a steady stream of qualified, ready-to-buy buyers
through your home?
NEW PROGRAM: While a written
agreement is necessary, there is no reason that you have to be locked into a
long term listing agreement. Now the risk and anxiety associated with listing
your home can be eliminated, thanks to my EASY EXIT listing. |
The Easy Exit listing allows you to
cancel your listing at any time, for any reason. If at any time you are not
100% satisfied with my marketing effort, you can exit from the listing just by
calling me on the phone or sending me a letter. No Hassle. No questions
asked.
WARNING: If you decide to list your
home with a real estate company, don't be tied up with a listing without
specific, written, verifiable performance guarantees and an EASY EXIT
listing.
Our listing contract should state
exactly and specifically what services and marketing the agent and the
company will do for you. How many advertisements in the newspaper? How many
feedback calls will you receive every month?
MOST IMPORTANT: Your listing contract
should state that if the agent does not perform and produce results exactly as
promised that you can cancel the listing, at no cost or further obligation to
you. Without this protection clause, you are gambling with what may be your
most valuable asset.
Statistically, a real-estate agent
skilled in marketing can sell your home for 3 to 6% more than an agent
unskilled in marketing. On a $300,000 that is a whopping $6,000 to $12,000!
Know your agent and his or her qualifications!
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Buyer Special
Report
How To Save
Thousands Of
Dollars When Buying A Home
Have You Ever Seen A For-Sale
Sign In Front Of An Interesting Home And Wondered About The Asking
Price?
If you're like most people
thinking about buying a home, you see ads about homes - and signs in front of
homes - that catch your eye.
Perhaps, like thousands of home
buyers, you hesitate to call the real estate company on the "for sale" sign
because you don't want real estate agents calling you at all hours of the day
and night. We don't blame you. Well, now there's a way to obtain all of the
information on homes for sale in a prompt, courteous manner, with absolutely no
cost or obligation -whatsoever.
Instant Facts - By Fax, Mail, Or
E-Mail!
If you see a home that interests
you, just jot down its address and call 760-9440919x216 anytime, 24 hours a
day or e-mail me at RicLeVander@adelphia.net. Just leave the address of the
home and how you would like the information delivered to you -by fax, postal
mail, e-mail, by us leaving a message for you, or calling you
directly.
We'll find the listing (no matter
which company has it listed) that same day on our Multiple Listing Service
Computers. We'll print a detailed listing sheet with all the details for you.
Most people like us to pop it in the mail that same day so that you have all
the information the next day - with no hassle, no cost, and no
obligation.
We Call This Service Our HomeFinder
Service - And It's Free To You! We render this free service in the hope
that when you find the perfect home that you will use our free Preferred Buyer
Service to help you get the home at thousands of dollars below the list price.
(But please note that, unlike many real estate salespeople, we will not be
calling you or bugging you.) We feel that true real estate service begins first
with furnishing you with the factual information that you need. Any information
that you want. When you want it. Unfiltered and unscreened. Without cost or
obligation.
Sit Back. Relax. We'll Put Our
Powerful Computers To Work For You! If you're checking out the real estate
market by calling on real estate for-sale ads or driving around and calling on
signs, you will probably miss out on the perfect home because many listed homes
don't have for-sale signs. Many brokers never have open houses, and most
"discount" real estate brokers never even advertise their
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Free Personalized Home
Searches
We have two computers hooked up to the
Multiple Listing Service (MLS) computers. At your request, we'll be happy
to program our computers to search homes for sale that meet your exact
specifications.
Just tell us exactly what type of house
you want - the price, the school district, the style, and whatever else you
find important. We'll put our powerful computers to work for you, download
all the information on the homes that meet your exact specifications, and
deliver all of the information to you a professional, courteous fashion. There
is never any obligation on your part.
Our state-of-the-art computers have
direct access to MLS mainframe computers. You'll often know about new listings
the day they are entered into the MLS computers. This is often 4 to 7 days
before other buyers know about these homes - and a week or more before these
homes are advertised or held open.
No matter what style of home you want, if
it's out there, our computers will find it. Do you want two or three baths?
A 2 car garage? How about a fireplace? An acre of land in the country? If you
specify it, and it's out there, you can have that information the same day it
appears on the computers - even before many real estate agents are aware of
it!
You Decide Which Homes You Want To
See - And When You Want To See Them!
After you see exactly what homes are
available for sale, there may be some that prove interesting. If you would
like to see them inside, just let us know. We'll make arrangements for you to
tour any home, anywhere, at your convenience, no matter which real estate
company has its sign in the yard. Before, during, and after the showing of a
home, we promise to never make you feel under any obligation. It will be a
pleasant, guilt free, learning experience. That's the way we do
business.
If you would like to make an offer on one
of the homes you see, we'll help you prepare the offer and negotiate in
your best interests as a buyer's agent - all for no cost to you. We've been
trained in the skills of presenting and negotiating offers. On the average, we
help buyers buy homes for $5,329 under the listed price. In fact, we've become
so skilled at helping our buyers get their homes for thousands below the asking
prices that we offer a written guarantee that says that if we don't get your
home for at least $2,000 below the list price that we'll pay you $500 at the
close of escrow. Be sure to ask us for a copy of our $2,000 Savings
Guarantee.
My Goal: To Provide You With More
Service Than You Expect! Again, all this costs you nothing. We are paid by the
seller if you buy a home. And if you look at homes for a while and decide not
to buy, that's just fine. Call us direct anytime at 760-632-9302. We're here
for one reason - to help you find the perfect home at the very best price and
terms.  June 2006 Tip: Proven Practices Eradicating Household Aromas
One of the most common reasons a home does not show well is due to bad or unpleasant odors. To ensure your listings pass the "odor test", here are some tips:
- Try sprinkling a bit of baby powder on the pillow covers before putting the case back on.
- For persistent smells, try lemon oil or spray on the carpet, curtains, sofas, and even mattresses.
- Use a waterlogged sponge for bad kitchen odors such as those created from fried foods. On a plate, place a big sponge (natural or loofah) in very hot water. The vapor will replace the molecules responsible for the annoyance. Repeat as necessary.
- Place a few cubes of charcoal in a container and put the container in the closet. It removes that damp, musty smell. Blackboard chalk will work, too.
- Before throwing away orange or lemon rinds, toss them into a pot of simmering water on the stove to make the kitchen smell inviting and lift the cook's spirits. Combining them with cloves or cinnamon sticks is also very pleasing.
- Use all of those candle stubs after burning the bulk of the candle. Melt the stub in an old pan over water (like a double broiler). Pour the melted wax over pinecones and use as fragrant fire starters.
- To remove cigarette odors, put a saucer of white vinegar in the room. When the vinegar evaporates, the smell will be gone.
- Sprinkle a few lavender bath beads into water waste receptacles in the bathroom and kitchen. The scent is more subtle than that of "air fresheners", but still quite pleasant.
- Put a dab of vanilla on the tops of your light bulbs. Your home will smell delightful without causing your guests' allergies to be agitated by potpourri.
- Rose water, when put in a steam iron, gives your linens a fantastic, fresh scent - just like they hung outside next to a rose bush.
Written by Patrick Stracuzzi
Time to Move >Advantages of Buying Down
Your youngest child has just left home! Your present house now seems enormous. Your "empty nest" has prompted thoughts of selling your home and moving to a smaller, more manageable house.
Before you make a move, you should consult two important professionals--your real estate agent and your tax planner. A good real estate agent will be able to tell you the value of your current home and the availability of alternative houses in your preferred area.
Buying a smaller home or condo can have important advantages, such as lowering your property taxes, simplifying property maintenance, and generating cash which can be put into income-producing investments. You will also want to consider the tax laws which allow capital gain exclusions whether you "buy up" to a more expensive home or "buy down" to a less expensive one. If you are moving downtown from the suburbs in order to be close to cultural centers, theaters and restaurants, there may be "quality of life" issues, such as noise or parking. Your real estate agent and your tax planner can provide valuable information to assist you in making such decisions.
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During what great land boom (1919) did investors pay up to $25,000 for lots that had not yet been dredged up from the ocean?
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The Florida Land Boom--Carl Fisher founded Miami Beach that year and brought hundreds of investors to the state. |
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