Why Choose Palmer Realty? A Seller's Perspective
The following is a testimony from one of our clients:
“When buying or selling a property having the right real estate agent is vital to your success.
“Over the past 45 years we have purchased 2 homes and sold 3 homes with the use of a real estate agent. Our experience has taught us how important it is to select the right agent with whom you want to work and your responsibilities (as a buyer or seller) in the partnership. With our experience we have been told we did our part as the buyer or seller and we would like to share with you the positive experience we had with our recent selling transaction using Jeanie Sipes, Palmer Realty.
”As the sellers, we clearly understood we had the responsibility to get the property ready to sell. Don't ever underestimate the importance of this.
“If you have a potential buyer and your property is not ready for sale; that buyer will probably not come back for a second look after your improvements have been made. Listen to your appraiser and your sales agents' suggestions. Do the suggested improvements - that is, if you want to sell your property at fair market value! Today's buyer is not normally looking for a property where they have to do a lot of work before moving in.
”In our case, we repainted the whole interior of the home at the recommendation of the appraiser. Yes, it was a lot of extra work and some expense; however, it was the right thing in our case.
“We prepared a 3-page summary listing the amenities and upgrades of the property to include past tax information; electrical expense and any other ongoing expenses. Yes, your sales agent could prepare this; however, they don't have the intimate knowledge to do this efficiently. As the seller, take the time to do this.
“Oh, by the way, when we were the buyers, we prepared our expectation summary to assist our agent to find the right property for us and it was very successful!
”We felt it extremely important to have an agent working with us that matched our personalities and our expectations. That is what we found in Jeanie Sipes of Palmer Realty.
“Here was our experience:
Follow-through on everything: When we met to list the property, Jeanie had taken the property summary we had provided, and on our first visit, the paperwork was ready for us to sign!
Attention to detail & accuracy: There were no mistakes in any of the paperwork and/or our correspondence – we do realize how rare that is!
Frequent communication: Jeanie kept me in the loop to know when the house would be listed, when showings were planned, and most importantly, she provided feedback after each showing.
“It was Jeanie’s feedback that identified several improvements we could make between showings, to help the house show better. As sellers we understood that it was our responsibility to follow through with these improvements. Admittedly, at this point we needed another set of eyes to assist us in seeing what a prospective buyer might be seeing — we were tuckered out from all of the preparations to get the house to the point of listing it.
“Our past agents have shared with us not all sellers are this motivated. That doesn't make sense! If you want your property to sell at fair market value, it is your responsibility as the seller to position your home to look like it is worth fair market value!
“We met with Palmer Realty on 2/5/2020 & returned all of the paperwork to list the home same date. We had our offer on 2/14/2020, and settled on 2/28/2020. We all agreed – the reason for such a fast turn-around on the sale was the property was 4-fold: it was positioned to be on the market; it had been well prepared to sell; it was priced correctly, and the location was excellent.
“When sellers work with the professionals to list a home, and they follow that professional’s advice, good things will happen!
”Thank you for the opportunity to share with you why Palmer Realty was the right choice for us.”
- Carol Morton Tebo