OUR GUARANTEE

The Timothy Toye & Associates Marketing & Selling Program

We guarantee to do the following during the period in which your property is listed with us. If we fail to do ANY of the following, you may, after a conversation with the broker, ask to be released of your listing with us.

INITIAL CONSULTATION

• Consider your goals--what you want to accomplish and by when
• Prepare a Comparative Market Analysis (CMA) in writing to establish fair market value based on your goals. Establish a likely selling range for your property based on your time frame 

SETTING IT ALL UP

• Photograph property. Top quality photographs. The more the better. 
• Prepare marketing copy. Include all features and benefits. "The more you tell, the more you sell." 
• Upload listing to local MLS databases. Both Lake County & BAREIS
• Place a 'For Sale' sign on property 
• Place lock box on property, if needed 
• Create an online Virtual Tour of property

INTERNET

• Showcase listing on Realtor.com, the most trafficked real estate site in the world, meaning that you will have up to 6 photos of your property as well as a full text description, catchy headings and a scrolling text. Your listing will also receive priority in the search rankings within Realtor.com. 
• Featured Property on Realtor.com at some point during your listing period. This includes a Featured Home spot where you will be one of a maximum of 8 properties featured in the one of 3 zip codes, causing your property views to triple or more.
• Featured Property on the team website, lakecounty-realestate.com, a Number1Expert website, highly optimized on the search engines and with traffic of around 800-1000 unique visitors weekly.
• Send out listing to our “Homecaster” database-more than 2,200 clients
• Upload listing to other Internet databases such as HarmonHomes.com, Microsoft HomeAdvisor, Homes.com, Yahoo Classified, Craig's List and Bargain.com 

PRINT MEDIA

• Schedule print advertising throughout marketing period. For improved properties, a minimum of one print ad monthly until sold, especially in The Real Estate Book and The Lake County Real Estate Magazine
  

OTHER AGENTS

• Notify the local Lake County Agents of your listing by email, when new and with any price or term changes
• Include the property on the 'caravan', or agents tour, the tour of listings by other Realtors
• Verbally promote the property to other Realtors as opportunity offers
• My Daily Flyer, email broadcast to all North Bay Realtors

COMMUNICATION, OFFERS & ESCROW PROCESS

• Pre-qualify buyers before showings
• Give verbal progress reports to seller on demand
  Send copies of advertising to seller 
• Review marketing activities with owner. Recommend marketing, price or presentation changes.
• Present and discuss all offers on property with you. Consider all options.  
• Negotiate the transaction with other agent.
• Consider legal consequences of contract
• Monitor deadlines of contract during escrow process. Online Transaction Management.
• Finalize the closing

Disclosure Laws >Full Disclosure You are about to list your home. Since you have lived there for many years, you know that it is not perfect. For example, there might be a leak in the basement that is noticeable only after a heavy rain. Your garage door might stick, and the dishwasher may be prone to work stoppages. Every home has a few quirks. When it is time to sell your home, you have a choice of either making the necessary repairs or letting the buyers know about the problems. Material defects must be fully disclosed. Some buyers will order a structural inspection in order to learn exactly what they will be getting. Even if the buyers don't ask for an expert to look at the house, it is the seller's responsibility to disclose any known defects in the property. The seller's agent will provide the disclosure form, wherein the seller may itemize any problems. Sellers may avoid any real estate lawsuits over undisclosed defects by making repairs before the sale or agreeing to a price adjustment during the transaction if defects are discovered. See All Tips In The "Disclosure Laws" Category > See Complete Library Of Hundreds Of Tips In 30+ Categories >

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