Home selling in Atlanta tips that will help you sell your home quicker, for and net you more money.

Selling Your Home in Atlanta 

When selling your home in Atlanta, there are no guarantees that a buyer will walk through your front door and buy your home. Wouldn't it be great? More often than not, your agent has to bring your home to the buyers.  An experienced agent, well versed in marketing will have to get buyer's and other agents attention!  Great listing agents will make use of various types of marketing to assist you when you sell your home.  It takes more than luck to sell a home!  Home sales do not occur by just placing a "For Sale" sign in your yard, and entering your listing in the FMLS or MLS system! 

Successful Atlanta listing agents like Jim & Ellen will maximize different forms of effective marketing media, and INTERNET marketing to ensure that your property and home receives maximum exposure to attract a ready, willing and able buyers. Since over 87% of all homes sold begins on the Internet, where is your agent site?  Does it show up when you search for Atlanta homes for sale on Google? Does it show up on page #1?  How many visits a day does the other agents site get?  Don't make a costly mistake when selling a home!  Ask real questions to listing agents!

TOP TEN QUESTIONS TO ASK A REAL ESTATE LISTING AGENT!

1. How long have you been selling real estate?

2. Is this your full time job? Are you available 7/24?

3. What are your personal real estate websites?

4. Does Your real estate site show up on page 1 on Google, MSN, Ask Jeeves?

5. Search for (Your Subdivision )+Homes+For+Sale! What are your results?

6. What percentage of homes comes directly from the Internet?

7. What are your personal real estate website stats?

8. Do you have any experience selling homes?

9. Client Testimonials?

10. Will you advise me what needs to be done to sell?

This form of marketing exposure is also more beneficial to the seller, since you are not relying on the offer of just a single buyer.  The more interested home buyers that are generated through effective marketing benefits the seller with a shorter market time, and assist you in getting the highest possible price.  Isn't that what's important?

The overall appearance of your home, a buyer's first impressions, and other considerations can also affect the sale of your home. Be sure to explore all tips for increasing your home's value. Have you considered that competing home prices in your neighborhood and the value of your property are some of the factors used for pricing your home? What are homes selling for in your neighborhood?  What are the nearby home values on your street?  How long does it take to sell a home?  When you work with a seasoned professional agent like Jim and Ellen Crawford of REMAX Greater Atlanta, you can count on  results!  We have the answers, and they aren't luck.  Experience in the Atlanta market matters!

Jim and Ellen are connected through the RE/MAX Greater Atlanta nationwide network of over 60,000 agents. 

CAN WE INCREASE OUR HOMES VALUE? 

You must remember, the market isn't the only factor that influences whether you get your asking price.  First impressions are very important!  The condition and overall appearance will play a very important part in the successful marketing of your home.    For more detailed information click on the following link:  Jim & Ellen's "Home Seller's Checklist!"

A COMPARATIVE MARKET ANALYSIS (CMA)  WILL GIVE YOU THE PRICES IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD A CMA will give you the average price of homes currently available, and homes sold in your neighborhood.  More weight has to be given to how much homes are actually selling for in your neighborhood is the key factors when determining the listing price for your home. 

Feel free to contact us for your FREE CMA.    We'll come to your home at a time that is convenient for you and present you with a Competitive Market Analysis of similar homes that recently sold in your neighborhood, and discuss ways  to maximize the market value of your property. Should you decide to list with us, we'll ensure your property will receive maximum exposure to qualified buyer's, and other real estate professionals.

PRICING YOUR HOME 

What is Fair Market Value ? Basically, it's Economics!  Supply and demand dictate what a home is worth.   Barring any unseen motivators, it is what a buyer is willing to pay for property and seller is willing to sell for!  In a real world however, this is contingent on:   the buyer's and seller's needs, the amount mortgage company will lend, qualifications of the buyer, the motivation of the seller, credit and other market factors.

One also must acknowledge that the buyer, represented by a Buyer's Agent will try and determine how much the home is worth to him / her based upon  a number of factors.   How long has the home been on the market, the condition of the property, and a comparison to similar priced home currently available or recently sold. In today's' market, especially with the advent of Buyer agency, buyer's are very well informed. Most buyers have a very good picture of the property in question, and current market conditions.

Atlanta Home Sellers Page! Selling your home in: N. Atlanta Georgia suburbs of Alpharetta, Roswell, East Cobb, Duluth north Fulton Gwinnett, Dunwoody and Peachtree Corners? Need a CMA? Want the best listing agents?  Want to hire the best agents that can sell your home in the shortest time, and highest price?  Then  call Jim and Ellen Crawford of REMAX Greater Atlanta 770-238-0122.