6: Give you guidance in preparing the property to show to its greatest advantage

7: To market your home, I will:

• Contact other REALTORS with pending prospective buyers
• Submit detailed facts, highlighting your property's best features, to other area brokers, sales associates and serious prospective buyers
• Report your property to the Multiple Listing Service immediately, which will expose your property to all REALTORS within the MLS system
• Place a "for sale" sign on your property with a brochure box to attract "drive-by" prospects
• Present your property at our sales meetings and include an office tour
• Advertise in area publications appropriate to the price of your property
• Prepare an attractive feature sheet to highlight the benefits and amenities of your property
• Send direct mail postcard announcements to surrounding communities and neighborhoods, top producers and my past and present client lists
• If appropriate, hold you house open. This may include a public and/or broker open house
• Follow up after the open house to all people who have shown interest
• Distribute postcards and/or feature sheets to my "top agent list"
• Use the internet to reach potential buyers both locally and nationally. Your property will be included on several different web sites such as homes.com, realtor.com, cyberhomes.com and homeseekers.com

8: Communicate regularly with you during the marketing of your property via:

• Monthly marketing reports with copies of all marketing pieces, including ads run
• Provide you with a written copy of any documents you may sign
• Assist you through the entire closing process

9: In showing your house, I will:

• Consider all serious prospective buyers, screen and qualify them in advance (when possible) and counsel them in every available financial alternative
• Carefully follow up on anyone who previews your house
• Provide requested information for area schools, commuting options, county offices and contacts, recreational and shopping choices, etc.

10: Present all purchase agreements made on your home

11: Counsel you on all offers and negotiate the best possible price for you

12: Negotiate and follow through with the completion of all major contingencies

13: Make certain that loans are processed promptly

14: Follow up on closing procedures and title processing

15: Coordinate final walk through of property prior to settlement

16: Arrange and attend the closing

17: Assist you in finding a new home, if applicable

18: Contact a cooperating broker if you are moving to a new area and coordinate the sale here with the purchase of your new home there

My pledge of quality:

The sale of your home will be my primary responsibility. I will work for you full time to sell your house for the highest possible price, in the least amount of time, using my expertise to make this a smooth and pleasant transaction.
I don't want to list your home, I want to sell it!