What we do:

When you request information about how much your home might be worth. We conduct both a technical search on your property and your local market. Then we use our personal of the Mountain to adjust the potential value.

How much is a qualified buyer willing to pay?

After we have toured your property, reviewed the data, we will be able to give you a real property valuation.

Give us a call:

Question: How much is my home worth? 

Answer: What a qualified buyer is willing to pay for it. 

As you probably know, that's not how most home sellers and many real estate agents determine "their" price for a home. Most people have an idea of what homes in their neighborhood were "listed" for. Most of them, don't actually know the price the home actually sold for. That is a critical difference. 

I will give you a quick example. We had a house in one clients neighborhood sell for $361,000. The home had been put on the market for $384,900. That's a $23,900 difference! Our new client expected they would be able to sell their home for at least $384,900. When they learned that the neighbors house actually sold for nearly $24,000 less they were not happy. Fortunately for them, when I toured their home it was clearly in a lot better condition and they had completed a number of recent upgrades. Together we were able to determine that they could likely sell their home for the high $390’s!  

That's why I ask you to focus on three main issues: 

Price, presentation and performance. 

Price - is always based on what homes in your area have actually sold for...never just the initial asking price. 

Presentation - I help you to determine exactly what needs to be done in order to be ready to sell. No more and certainly no less. Together you and I keep what the buyer will think in mind.

Performance - I perform. Selling your property for the right price and in the right time frame is a lot more than planting a sign in the yard, putting it on the Multiple Listing Service and hoping (should I say praying?) that it sells.

If things don't go perfectly: 

Usually things move right along from listing to final close, but they don't always. Even with the best of efforts things can happen. If they do that's when I step it up another notch and make sure that you are supported in every way possible.

Pricing - The Art of Getting Home Values Right:

A computer pricing algorithm does not know if your granite countertops were put in correctly or what lies beneath those new floorboards or if that third bedroom used to be a garage. It doesn’t know the new development changes in the neighborhood that are going to raise the values of the homes in your neighborhood.

To properly sell a house, I have spent my career learning about neighborhoods, zoning laws, rates of return on investment, and financing. There is no magic pill or home seller cheat sheet and you can’t just “Google” it. I can enter an online search for how to fly a jumbo jet, but I doubt seriously you would want to see me in the pilot’s seat on your next flight back east! Or anywhere else for that matter.

The real estate industry is about “real property,” but it’s also about the real human beings who buy and sell those properties. Every transaction has its own story; every seller has their own motivation; and every buyer has their own goals they wish to achieve.

As real estate professionals we spend our lives as mediators and educators, using our experience to help a successful outcome to occur. When negotiations get testy, we can be a much needed cooler head to prevent emotions, misunderstandings or hurt feelings from derailing a positive transaction.

Low-cost brokerage models and For Sale By Owner champions will often claim that by cutting out the real estate commission, you can see a higher net from a transaction. But they fail to mention that most buyers are savvy enough to discount their offer because it’s a For Sale By Owner!  When you don't use a full service real estate professional you aren't going to get a full price offer and that's just for starters. The number of people (not serious buyers) who will take your time and tromp through your property goes up dramatically. 

Concerned about honesty? A professionally licensed real estate agent is governed by the laws of both municipal and industry legislation, and when working with an agent in this agency capacity, we are bound by law to be honest and work in your best interest. We are also proud members of the National Association of Realtors® and have agreed to abide by their even higher level of standards and ethics. 

Finally, working with a real estate agent is about time - your time.  Properties sell faster when an agent is involved, saving you carrying costs, stress and the added workload of being your own real estate professional.

And according to research by the National Association of REALTORS® you are likely to end up with more money in your pocket at the end of the transaction by working with a real estate agent!