Here are tips that could be helpful when looking at homes for Sale. Looking at homes for sale via the internet is fun and exciting.
At first. After a while, it gets a little frustrating, but you’ve learned a lot. You have a general idea of what homes look like in the area, prices, differences in costs for numbers of bedrooms and bathrooms and you have ideas about what community you want to search. Read more »

Step 1: Creating a Marketing Plan

Create a marketing plan for your home that will help distinguish it in your local marketplace and attract buyers to your property. This may include advertising in the newspaper, posting your listing on the Internet, holding an open house and more. CENTURY 21 Sales Professionals often use the CENTURY 21 Customized Marketing System to create a personalized selling program for clients. Its purpose is to sell a home at the best price possible in the shortest amount of time. Read more »

13 Questions Real Estate Agents Should be Prepared to Answer.

With so many agents in Canada’s real estate marketplace, many trying to win the same listing, it is important for realtors to take measures to stand apart from their competition.

As posted on RISMedia.com the other day, the Seller Agency Council went out and asked some home sellers what questions they would ask a prospective agent to help them determine who they would pick to represent them in selling their home. Here are their responses:

1. How many homes have you sold in the last ___ days, not your company or your office, but you personally? How long did they stay on the market?
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1. Don’t buy if you can’t stay put.
If you can’t commit to remaining in one place for at least a few years, then owning is probably not for you, at least not yet. With the transaction costs of buying and selling a home, you may end up losing money if you sell any sooner.

2. Start by shoring up your credit.
Since you most likely will need to get a mortgage to buy a house, you must make sure your credit history is as clean as possible. A few months before you start house hunting, get copies of your credit report. Make sure the facts are correct, and fix any problems you discover.
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A good buyer’s agent works to meet your needs and wants. Use these to help you find the agent that’s right for you.
 
 
 1. Which do you prefer to work with — buyers or sellers — and why ?
 
 2. Do you work full time as an agent? If not, why not ?
 
 3. How many buyers are you presently working with? Are you busy ?
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