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10 Reasons To Hire
Kelly As Your Agent
(and 200
hundred
reasons why you'll be glad you did)
Buying a home is one of the
most complicated decisions we make in life. You need a
profession
with experience and training that will guide and represent
you.
Here are 10 reasons why you need Kelly to represent you before, during
and after
your real estate transaction.
1. Education &
Experience
You
don't need to know everything about buying and selling real estate if
you hire a real estate professional who does. Henry Ford once said that
when you hire people who are smarter than you are, it proves you are
smarter than they are. The trick is to choose
the
right agent ! If you hire someone with
little
experience, less education and/or minimal motivation...you may be able
to save a little on commission, but it can cost you a lot in both time
and money i the long run. Kelly
is a licensed
agent in good standing with the California Department of Real Estate,
and a REALTOR®
with GRI,
SRES
and ABR
designations. She is part of Alain Pinel the most
prestigousand
distinguished group of real estate professionals in the bay area.
Kelly has proven over and over that her experience and dedication saves
her clients precious time, helps them avoid pitfalls, makes the process
as smooth as possible, and saves them more money in the overall
transaction. See all of
Kelly's listings, including solds, here.
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2. Kelly is your Buffer
Kelly takes the spam out of your property showings and
visits. If
you're a
buyer, Kelly will whip out her sword and keep the
seller's and seller's agents at bay. If you're a seller, your
agent will filter out all the lookie
loos and unqualified buyers, and she will induce serious
buyers to
immediately write an offer.
3. Neighborhood
Knowledge
Kelly possesses intimate knowledge of the West San
Jose, Los Gatos and
Saratoga neighborhoods. She can identify comparable
sales of each particular neighborhood and hand these facts to you, in
addition to pointing you in the
direction where you can find more data on schools, crime or
demographics. For example, you may know that a home down the street was
on the market for $750,000, but Kelly will know it had upgrades and
sold at $685,000 after 65 days on the market and after twice
falling out of escrow.
4. Price Guidance
Contrary to what some people believe, agents do not
select prices for
sellers or buyers. However, Kelly will help guide
clients
to make the right choices for themselves. Kelly will ask clients to
weigh all the
data supplied to them and to choose a price. Then based on market
supply, demand and the conditions, she will devise a negotiation
strategy.
5. Market Conditions
Information
Kelly will disclose current market conditions
publically not available,
which will govern your
selling or buying process. Many factors determine how you will proceed
and up to date, in depth and real time data such as the average per
square foot cost of similar homes, median
and average sales prices, average days
on market and ratios of list-to-sold prices, among other
criteria,
will have a huge bearing on what you ultimately decide to do.
6. Professional
Networking & Services
Kelly has a high reputation working and networking
with other
experienced and knowlegable Realtors within Alain Pinel and among all
the major brokers. These relationships gives her the inside
information and insights that help her clients stay ahead. She also has
acquired over the many years a vast knowledge of professional services
and resources that help her clients buy or sell. The list of
needs are almost endless, whether they be financial, home repair or
inspection, staging, or even something simple as window cleaning to the
very complex issues such as legal advice. Kelly, knows which
vendors and professionals have a reputation for
efficiency, competency and competitive pricing and can provide
background information and references of past clients who have
successfully work with them. You can be sure Kelly works with
no
conflict of interest, she never takes referral fees nor kickbacks from
any of the services or vendors she recommends, her interest is 100%
dedicated towards satisfying her clients and making sure it is a
lifetime relationship that is forever rewarding.
7. Negotiation Skills &
Confidentiality
Top
producing agents like Kelly negotiate well because, unlike most buyers
and
sellers, they can remove themselves from the emotional aspects of the
transaction. Kelly's goal is to represent her clients for life, and she
is skilled and trained to know how to prevent short term needs from
sacrificing long term goals. Kelly is not a messenger, she
does
not simply deliver buyer's offers
to sellers and vice versa. She is a professional
who has
the training and experience to
present their client's case in the best light and agree to hold client
information confidential from competing interests.
8. Handling Volumes of
Paperwork
Today's purchase
agreements can total many many pages of forms. Beyond just
the
agreements, there are federal- and
state-mandated disclosures, disclosures dictated by local cities and
neighborhoods, and much more. The typical real estate file
average thicknesses from one to three inches of
paper. Without proper guidance, one tiny mistake or omission could
result in many headaches and thousands of dollars.
9. Answer Questions
After Closing
Even
the smoothest transactions that close without complications can come
back to haunt. For example, taxing authorities that collect property
tax assessments, doc stamps or transfer tax can fall months behind and
mix up invoices, but one call to your Kelly can straighten out the
confusion. Many questions can pop up that were overlooked in the
excitement of closing. Kelly stands by ready to assist. Kelly is your
Realtor for life, before, during, and after your transactions.
10. Develop Relationships for
Future Business
The
basis for Kelly's success and continued career in real estate is
referrals from her clients. Kelly not only has strong
incentives
to make her clients happy and satisfied, but to maintain that
relationship for life. Beyond that she simply loves this
business, and she loves helping people in this business.
Whether
you involve Kelly in a transaction or not, she is always glad to help
and provide advice, it simply is her nature.
In
Summary:
Superior Service
In Every Real Estate Transaction
200
Typical actions Kelly
performs for you
(and
secret reason #11
to hire Kelly)
There are countless duties
that a
great agent will perform for you, and the value of that relationship
can best be measured by the clients wanting to continue their
relationship with Kelly after the transaction. These
are the detailed research steps,
procedures,
processes and review stages a successful
residential real estate transaction Kelly normally provides.
Depending on the transaction,
some may take minutes, hours, or even days to complete, while some
may not be needed, and of course each transaction has its own unique
set of issues that cannot be listed here but only an experienced agent
(that has seen almost everything) can successfully handle.
Here are
200 specifics on what to
expect from a superior service oriented agent such as Kelly (seller's
version - ask Kelly for the buyer's version on your first appoinment):
Kelly's Tasks For Sellers Comprehensive List
Kelly's Tasks For Buyers
Comprehensive List
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