For Home Sellers
Selling your home shouldn't be a stressful ordeal. Making the smart move of choosing a REALTOR® is your first step to ensuring that your investment in your home pays off. Our services and experience allow you to focus on your move while We manage your home sale from our initial consultation to the closing deal, and beyond. We pride ourselves on repeat business and hope you'll come to understand why.
Special Introduction Message From Our Broker:
Not all real estate practitioners are REALTORS®. My name is Michael McGinnis, I am the Broker/Owner of Michael M Group and I’m proud to say that I am a REALTOR®. My team of agents are REALTORS®. The term REALTOR® is a registered trademark that identifies us as real estate professionals that are members of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION of REALTORS® and subscribe to its strict Code of Ethics. It will pay you to work with Michael M Group. What follows are 10 reasons why I think you should list with Michael M Group.
1.Integrity above all. We believe that all parties to every transaction must be treated fairly and fully within the applicable Federal and State regulations and the ethical requirements set forth by the National Association of Realtors®. We will represent only those clients that are willing to conduct their affairs accordingly.
2.Navigate a complicated process. Selling a home requires disclosure forms, scheduling viewings, preparing for showings, staging, document collection, insurance, warranties, offers and counter offers, and multipage settlement statements. We are knowledgeable experts and we will help you: 1) develop the right price; 2) prepare your home to attract buyers; 3) assess buyer offers; 4) construct counter offers; and, 5) avoid delays or costly mistakes.
3.Information and opinions. We can provide your prospective buyers with local community information on utilities, zoning, schools, and more to your prospective buyers. We will provide you with objective information about your specific property. As a professional REALTOR®, we will be able to help you answer these two important questions: What is my property worth in today’s real estate market? Second, if I wait to sell, what are some of the financial considerations?
4.Security. When a property is marketed by The Michael M Group, you do not have to allow strangers into your home. A REALTOR® will generally prescreen and accompany qualified prospects through your property. Any REALTOR® wanting to show your home must first obtain a showing appointment through a central showing service. You will be contacted by the service to get permission for the showing and to approve the time.
5.Negotiating skills. There are many negotiating factors, including but not limited to price, financing, terms, date of possession, and inclusion or exclusion of repairs, furnishings, or equipment. In addition, the buyer may expect the purchase agreement to provide an option period to complete appropriate inspections and investigations of the property before they are bound to complete the purchase. Michael McGinnis has been involved in negotiating for more that twenty years and assist you with all phases of negotiating the purchase contract.
6.Someone who speaks the language. If you don’t know a CMA from a PUD, you can understand why it’s important to work with a professional like Michael McGinnis who is immersed in the industry and knows the real estate language. More importantly, he will break all of that language down into lay terms that everyone can understand.
7.Experience. Most people buy and sell only a few homes in a lifetime, usually with quite a few years in between each. Even if you have done it before, laws and regulations change. The professional REALTORS® with Michael M Group, on the other hand, handle hundreds of real estate transactions over the course of their careers. Having experts like those on your side is critical.
8.Objective voice. A home often symbolizes family, rest, and security — it’s not just four walls and a roof. Because of this, selling can be an emotional undertaking. For most people, a home is their biggest investment that they have ever made. Having a concerned, but objective, third party helps you stay focused on both the emotional and financial issues most important to you. We will provide you with a personalized Comparative Market Analysis together with an estimate of net sale proceeds and a time/money analysis to help you arrive at the best price.
9.24 Hour Special Information Line. Your home will have its own 24 hour access line that prospects can access to learn more about your home. The recorded information will work with technology based marketing to deliver a comprehensive message to motivate the caller to call for an appointment to see your home.
10.Real estate doesn’t sell due to advertising alone, but it sure does help. While a large share of real estate sales comes as the result of a practitioner’s contacts through previous clients, referrals, friends, and family, NAR reports that 95% of people begin their home search on the internet and 84% of home buyers actually saw the home they bought on the internet. The Michael M Group has a strong presence on the Internet. Your home’s listing information will be available to prospective buyers through our internet syndication technology. See the graphic below to get an idea of the iternet visibility your home’s listing will have.
Here is additional information about our range of services to home sellers.
What We will do for you
Recent Home Sales
Getting the highest price
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- Complete a personalized comparative market analysis that will compare your home's value to that of your neighbors.
- Compile a comprehensive plan detailing all the efforts we will employ to sell your home, including Internet and local media.
- Present your home to as many qualified buyers as possible getting your home maximum exposure.
- Help you stage your home and generate curb appeal to ensure you get the highest price.
- Assist with obtaining offers and help you in negotiating the best deal as smoothly as possible.
- Help you find your next home and answer all of your questions about the local market area, including schools, neighborhoods, the local economy, and more.
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Getting the Highest Price for Your Home
Curb appeal is key and could make a difference whether people stop and take a flyer, or drive right by. Here are a few tips to increase the curb appeal of your home. Staging your home is important. Many buyers will stay in your home longer if it's staged appropriately. We have compiled some ideas to present your home in the most effective manner.
- Title insurance fees depend on the sales price of the home.
- Broker's commission is a full-service fee and will cost anywhere between 5% to 7%.
- Local property transfer tax, county transfer tax, state transfer tax, and state capital gains tax are the charges that you'll pay for the privilege of selling your home. Credit to the buyer of unpaid real estate taxes for the prior or current year are variable and depend on when you close and when your taxes are due.
- FHA fees and costs are all fees are now negotiable between an FHA buyer and seller.
- Home inspections fees are in some circumstances paid for by the seller and include pest, radon and other inspections.
- Miscellaneous fees can accrue from correcting problems noticed during the home inspection.
