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Selling your home
Our mission is selling your home for highest market price, in the least amount of time with the least inconvenience to you!
If you are in the market to sell your home in the Charlotte or surrounding area, you’ll want to interview the most dynamic Realtor in the area! Karen Parsons is a true expert on the local area. As a top Realtor she can guide you every step of the way. Karen has the experience and knowledge it takes to get your home sold at top dollar, no matter what the news may report about the real estate market. Karen will guide you through the entire process and offers tips to consider if you are thinking about selling your home. Here are just a few things to consider before getting started:
1. Pre-home inspections: For homes that haven’t been updated in several years or need a lot of work, have a home inspection done by a reputable home inspector prior to putting the house on the market and provide to buyers as an attachment to the seller disclosure. Either fix anything major, and state that in the seller disclosure, or sell the house in as-is condition. This will avoid buyers negotiating your already discounted price. Even if your house has been updated, but you haven’t had an inspection done in several years, it’s not a bod idea to have a pre-listing home inspection that you attach as part of the seller disclosure. This way you have the option of fixing issues ahead of time, and all other issues will have been disclosed. Surprise free inspections are a good thing!
2. Check your mortgage balances: Home equity lines of credit count! If there is a possibility that your home’s value is less than your mortgage balance, and you don’t have the funds to make up the difference, we can guide you through the process and help you with your options. Same if you are behind in your payments. Foreclosure should be your LAST resort. Short Sales are a better way to go!
3. Before you start investing money fixing your house up for sale, consult with KAREN – your real estate professional.
Staging: Paint colors, Lighting, Furniture, Clutter – it all matters! Staging matters more than ever because the first impression today is online, not in person. I’m happy to help or guide you in the direction of a professional stager.
Professional Photography: it’s so important to get the best photo’s of your home. My photographer will arrange an appointment with you. The photographer and I will capture the best angles of your home.
The busy selling season will soon be underway and what you may not be aware of is that my pre-listing consultations are free of charge and no obligation. So call today …
At my listing consultation, we first walk through your home together, and I will advise you how to prepare your home to put on the market. Sometimes pulling up old carpet or a fresh coat of paint can hugely increase your profit. If appropriate, I will recommend a stager to really maximize your profits.
During my consultation, I will give you all of the information and statistics that you need to gain a clear understanding of the market in your particular neighborhood, we will discuss timing, and go over a personalized marketing, pricing, and timing strategy to get your home sold quickly and for the best price possible.
When you list with me, you also get my administrative team who makes sure that my listings get full exposure with other realtors who have buyers in the area. Other clients can tell you how I target the Internet with videos and social media marketing campaigns. This stirs up tremendous activity for my listings, creating a Seller’s Market within a Buyer’s Market. This combined with a strong pricing and staging strategy brings my clients the most the market can bear.
No one buys a home without being sold first on the community. What sets me apart from other agents is that I create a community around each of my listings through my virtual tour and by providing community information. I reach out to key Realtors who may have Buyers for your home to spread the word fast and create excitement. We also email them the property brochure as well as the unbranded links to your tour and floor plan so they can forward your property on to their buyers.
Feedback! We have 3 ways of getting feedback after showings.
- We email
- We use this website: www.centralizedshowing.com
- We call
Each Realtor has a different communication style so we try all three. You will be kept informed every step of the way.
Through the centralized showing service you can review feedback and upcoming showings.
I hire a professional photographer to showcase your home – he uses a wide-angle lens and spends hours shooting and editing photos of your home. My photographer brings out the best in each of my listings. He will make sure that wed showcase your home in the best possible way, even ensuring outdoor shots with blue skies, and returning to redo the exteriors of your house as needed.
I will have virtual tours and professional photos of your house, automatically link to www.allentate.com and 5,000 other websites (Zillow, trulia, realtor.com). I’m a preferred Realtor with Realtor.com getting the maximum exposure for your listing.
Contact Karen for your personalized marketing plan!
