Posts with tag 'Working with an Experienced Realtor'
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Selling a Condo in Charleston: What to Ask Before Hiring a Listing Agent
When you are getting ready to sell a condo in Charleston or the surrounding Lowcountry, it is natural to think about the asking price, the photographs, and how quickly a buyer might come along. Those things matter. But before hiring a listing agent, I would encourage you to ask another question: "What will you help me understand before we put my condo on the market?" In my experience, some of the most useful work happens before the first showing.
Selling a condo involves the home itself and the association that helps maintain the community. A freshly painted interior can make a wonderful impression, but it does not answer questions about exterior maintenance, monthly dues, insurance, or upcoming work. I want to understand both sides of that picture. Preparing a condo for sale means looking at what buyers will see and asking about things they may not see at all.
One question worth asking an agent is, "What experience do you have...
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How to Choose a Listing Agent in the Charleston Lowcountry: Questions Worth Asking
If you are looking for a listing agent in Mount Pleasant, Summerville, or elsewhere in the Charleston Lowcountry, it is natural to ask, 'What do you think my house will sell for? That is an important question, but I believe there are others that deserve just as much attention. How has the agent prepared to advise you? Do they understand the homes you will compete with? Will they explain the costs and possible complications? And will they tell you the truth when the answer is different from what you hoped to hear? Choosing an agent should involve understanding how that person will help you make decisions throughout the sale.
I would begin by asking about the agent's continuing education. How many hours have they taken recently, and which classes have they chosen? More importantly, how does that education influence their advice? Completing classes is useful, but sellers also need someone who can apply what they have learned. Ask about situations involving...
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What I Do Differently as a Charleston Real Estate Agent
When someone asks what I do differently as a real estate agent, I sometimes struggle with the answer. Not because I don't know what I do, but because much of it happens before a home ever goes on the market or before a buyer ever writes an offer.
If you ask me to help you sell your home, I don't believe my job begins with taking pictures, entering the listing into MLS, and putting a sign in the yard. Those things matter, of course, but by then some of the most important work should already have happened.
I want to understand your home first.
That means walking through it carefully and looking at it from a buyer's perspective. What will they notice when they walk through the door? What might distract them? What already makes the home special? Sometimes a house needs repairs or updating. Sometimes it needs better furniture placement, less clutter, a little paint, or simply a different way of presenting what is already there. And sometimes my advice may be to le...
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Selling a Home with a Teenager: What Adults May Not Realize
Selling a house is usually an adult decision. Parents decide when to move, where the family can afford to live, which school district makes sense, whether a job requires relocation, or whether the house simply no longer works for the family. Then the real estate process begins. An agent comes through the house, photographs are scheduled, closets are opened, belongings are packed away, strangers begin walking through rooms, and conversations turn toward contracts, inspections, appraisals, repairs, and closing dates. Somewhere in the middle of all of that may be a teenager whose entire world has just become part of a real estate transaction. That does not mean parents should not sell their home. It does mean there is another person in the house whose experience deserves more thought than, "Please clean your room before the photographer gets here."
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