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How to Avoid Tying Yourself Up With a 3-6
Month Listing
An Easy Exit
Listing Puts YOU In Control! MONEY SAVING
ADVICE: Never
sign a listing based on vague verbal promises. Some agents will tell you
whatever you want to hear in an effort to get you to sign a listing. Traditionally, real
estate agents have required home sellers to sign long term listing
agreements. Unfortunately, many sellers found that after listing their
homes, the promised advertising and marketing efforts did not occur. This is
understandably a key reason why home sellers are concerned about listing
their home with a real estate company. How do you know that the company
will uphold their promises? How do you know that you have an agent who
fully understands the art of marketing and is skilled at attracting a
steady stream of qualified, ready-to-buy buyers through your home? NEW PROGRAM: While
a written agreement is necessary, there is no reason that you have be
locked into a long term listing agreement. Now the risk and anxiety
associated with listing your home can be eliminated, thanks to my Easy
Exit listing. The Easy Exit
listing allows you to cancel your listing at any time, for any reason. If
at any time you are not 100% satisfied with my marketing effort, you can
exit from the listing just by calling me on the phone or sending me a
letter. No hassle. No questions asked. WARNING: If
you decide to list your home with a real estate company, don't be tied up
by a listing without specific, written, verifiable performance guarantees and
an Easy Exit listing. Your listing
contract should state exactly and specifically what services
and marketing the agent and company will do for you. How many open houses
each month? How many showings (minimum) every month? How many
advertisements in the newspaper every month? Will your home be in every
issue of the Homes magazine? How many feedback calls will you receive
every month? MOST IMPORTANT: Your
listing contract should state that if the agent does not perform and
produce results exactly as promised that you can cancel the listing, at no
cost or further obligation to you. Without this protection clause, you are
gambling with what may be your most valuable asset. Statistically, a real estate agent skilled in marketing can sell your home for 6% more than an agent unskilled in marketing. On a $100,000 home, that's a whopping $4,000! Know your agent and his or her qualifications! Copyright © 1998-2006 Chris Mattix All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part in any form or medium without express written permission is prohibited.
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