Selling

Top 15 List For Staging Your Oklahoma City Home

August 9, 2011

  Duke University recently completed a study which scientifically proved staging principles. In order of “most bang for your buck”…. Remove personal items from bathrooms Use rooms for their intended purpose Remove evidence of pets Turn on all lights during showings Vacant homes should be furnished (staged) Remove garbage cans Remove personal photographs Remove attention-grabbing [...]

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No Sale — #fail

July 25, 2011

At first glance, Oklahoma City’s sales numbers look pretty good this year. For homes listed since January 1st 2011, those that sold were on the market an average of 44 days! That’s numbers close to the doo-dah days of yesteryear! But now, the rest of the story… That 44 day average represents homes that were [...]

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Your Motivated Sellers Need a Motivated Agent

February 11, 2011

I’m trying to show properties to an out-of-town buyer today. I called early yesterday evening to schedule the first showing for 10:15 this morning because I knew the sellers would need some time to get ready to show this half million dollar plus home. The easiest way to schedule as showing now is ‘Showing Assist’ [...]

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Real Estate Property Marketing Plan To Sell Your Oklahoma City Home — Part 26, Wrap-up

September 14, 2010

We continue to think of new ways to promote your home. Our primary goal is simply to sell your home. We are always working on new ways to draw attention to our homes, new ways to make them more appealing to buyers, and new ways to get the best results we can attain for our [...]

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Real Estate Property Marketing Plan To Sell Your Oklahoma City Home — Part 25, Market Update

September 13, 2010

This is the twenty-fifth post in the series “Real Estate Property Marketing Plan To Sell Your Oklahoma City Home”. From our comprehensive marketing plan: 25. MultiList auto-email. We set you up in the MultiList to receive automatic emails any time new competing listings come on the market or price and status changes occur. We will [...]

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Real Estate Property Marketing Plan To Sell Your Oklahoma City Home — Part 24, Direct Mail

September 9, 2010

This is the twenty-fourth post in the series “Real Estate Property Marketing Plan To Sell Your Oklahoma City Home”. From our comprehensive marketing plan: 24. Direct mail. When appropriate, we will mail a ‘just-listed’ postcard to your neighbors. Sometimes, postcards really make sense. In many cases it’s just a waste of money (in my opinion [...]

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Real Estate Property Marketing Plan To Sell Your Oklahoma City Home — Part 23, Open House

September 3, 2010

This is the twenty-third post in the series “Real Estate Property Marketing Plan To Sell Your Oklahoma City Home”. From our comprehensive marketing plan: 23. Open house. When appropriate, we will do an open house for your home. We will consult with you to determine if we feel we can attract qualified buyers into the [...]

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Real Estate Property Marketing Plan To Sell Your Oklahoma City Home — Part 22, Twitter

August 26, 2010

This is the twenty-second post in the series “Real Estate Property Marketing Plan To Sell Your Oklahoma City Home”. From our comprehensive marketing plan: 22. Twitter your listing. We utilize a service which, multiple times per week, tweet information on your home and a link to our website. Marketing is all about exposure. Tweetlister is [...]

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Real Estate Property Marketing Plan To Sell Your Oklahoma City Home — Part 21, Facebook

August 18, 2010

This is the twenty-first post in the series “Real Estate Property Marketing Plan To Sell Your Oklahoma City Home”. From our comprehensive marketing plan: 21. Facebook marketing. Your property will have its’ own Facebook Fan Page. Our blog posts about your property are fed to our OKCHomeSellers Team Fan Page and the Paradigm AdvantEdge Fan [...]

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Real Estate Property Marketing Plan To Sell Your Oklahoma City Home — Part 20, Trulia Pro

August 16, 2010

This is the twentieth post in the series “Real Estate Property Marketing Plan To Sell Your Oklahoma City Home”. From our comprehensive marketing plan: 20. Feature the listing on Trulia.com. We maintain a ‘Pro’ account with Trulia which means our listings will show as ‘featured’ listings on Trulia searches. You will receive a weekly email [...]

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