The Value of Listing With Thom Montrois

Enhancing Your Home Selling Experience

Selling your home can be a complex and overwhelming process, but with the right real estate listing agent by your side, it can be a smooth and successful journey. A professional listing agent brings a wealth of expertise and services to ensure your home sells quickly and for the best possible price. Here’s how a listing agent can add immense value to your home selling experience:

Customized Listing Research

1. Create Custom Listing Package for Sellers: Tailored to meet your specific needs and goals, ensuring maximum exposure and appeal.

In-Depth Research and Analysis

1. Research Seller's Property Tax Info: Providing a clear understanding of your financial obligations.
2. Research Comparable Sold Properties for Sellers: Helping to set a competitive and realistic price.
3. Determine Average Days on Market: Giving you insights into the local market dynamics.

Personalized Consultations

1. Gather Info From Sellers About Their Home: Understanding the unique features and selling points of your property.
2. Meet With Sellers at Their Home: Offering a personalized touch and gaining a deeper understanding of your property.

Expert Advice and Planning

1. Get To Know Their Home: Thoroughly understanding your property to highlight its best features.
2. Present Listing Presentation: Detailing the marketing plan and strategies for selling your home.
3. Advise on Repairs and/or Upgrades: Suggesting improvements to increase your home’s value and appeal.
4. Provide Home Seller To-Do Checklist: Ensuring you’re organized and prepared for the selling process.

Market Insights and Strategy

1. Explain Current Market Conditions: Helping you understand the market to make informed decisions.
2. Discuss Seller’s Goals: Aligning the selling strategy with your personal and financial goals.
3. Share Your Value Proposition: Highlighting the unique benefits you bring as a listing agent.
4. Explain Benefits of Your Brokerage: Demonstrating the advantages of working with a reputable firm.

Advanced Marketing Techniques

1. Present Your Marketing Options: Offering various marketing strategies to reach potential buyers.
2. Explain Video Marketing Strategies: Utilizing videos to showcase your home effectively.
3. Demonstrate 3D Tour Marketing: Providing immersive virtual tours to attract more buyers.

Professional Preparation

1. Explain Buyer & Seller Agency Relationships: Clarifying roles to ensure smooth transactions.
2. Describe the Buyer Pre-Screening Process: Ensuring only qualified buyers view your home.
3. Create Internal File for Transaction: Keeping all documents organized for a smooth process.
4. Get Listing Agreement & Disclosures Signed: Ensuring all legal documents are in order.

Accurate Property Details

1. Provide Sellers Disclosure Form to Sellers: Helping you disclose important information about your property.
2. Verify Interior Room Sizes: Ensuring accurate listing details.
3. Obtain Current Mortgage Loan Info: Understanding your financial position.
4. Confirm Lot Size from County Tax Records: Verifying property dimensions.
5. Investigate Any Unrecorded Property Easements: Ensuring no surprises during the transaction.

Showing Coordination

1. Establish Showing Instructions for Buyers: Setting clear guidelines for property showings.
2. Agree on Showing Times with Sellers: Ensuring convenient times for showings.

Comprehensive Support

1. Explain Appraisal Process and Pitfalls: Preparing you for the appraisal process.
2. Verify Home Owners Association Fees: Understanding any additional costs.
3. Obtain a Copy of HOA Bylaws: Ensuring compliance with community rules.
4. Gather Transferable Warranties: Providing data to buyers and title company.
5. Determine Need for Lead-Based Paint Disclosure: Ensuring legal compliance.
6. Verify Security System Ownership: Clarifying ownership and transfer of security systems.
7. Discuss Video Recording Devices & Showings: Ensuring privacy and compliance during showings.
8. Determine Property Inclusions & Exclusions: Clarifying what stays with the property.
9. Agree on Repairs to be Made Before Listing: Ensuring your home is in top condition.

Professional Presentation

1. Schedule Staging Consultation: Making your home look its best.
2. Schedule House Cleaners: Ensuring a spotless presentation.
3. Install Electronic Lockbox & Yard Sign: Making your home accessible to agents.
4. Set-Up Photo/Video Shoot: Capturing high-quality images and videos.
5. Prepare Home For Photographer: Staging your home for the photo shoot.
6. Schedule Drone & 3D Tour Shoot: Providing a comprehensive view of your property.
7. Meet Photographer at Property: Ensuring the best shots are taken.
8. Get Seller’s Approval of All Marketing Materials: Ensuring you’re happy with the presentation.

Listing Management

1. Input Property Listing Into The MLS: Maximizing exposure to potential buyers.
2. Create Virtual Tour Page: Offering an immersive online experience.
3. Verify Listing Data on 3rd Party Websites: Ensuring accuracy across platforms.
4. Have Listing Proofread: Ensuring professionalism and accuracy.
5. Create Property Flyer: Providing buyers with detailed information.
6. Have Extra Keys Made for Lockbox: Ensuring smooth access for showings.
7. Set-Up Showing Services: Coordinating and managing showings.
8. Help Owners Coordinate Showings: Providing support throughout the showing process.
9. Gather Feedback After Each Showing: Keeping you informed about buyer impressions.
10. Keep Track of Showing Activity: Monitoring interest and activity.

Transaction Management

1. Update MLS Listing as Needed: Keeping your listing current.
2. Schedule Weekly Update Calls with Seller: Keeping you informed throughout the process.
3. Prepare “Net Sheet” For All Offers: Helping you understand the financial implications of offers.
4. Present All Offers to Seller: Ensuring you see every opportunity.
5. Obtain Pre-Approval Letter from Buyer’s Agent: Verifying buyer qualifications.
6. Examine & Verify Buyer’s Qualifications: Ensuring serious and capable buyers.
7. Examine & Verify Buyer’s Lender: Ensuring reliable financing.
8. Negotiate All Offers: Working to get the best terms for you.
9. Once Under Contract, Send to Title Company: Keeping the process moving smoothly.
10. Check Buyer’s Agent Has Received Copies: Ensuring all parties are informed.
11. Change Property Status in MLS: Keeping the listing updated.
12. Deliver Copies of Contract/Addendum to Seller: Keeping you informed and organized.
13. Keep Track of Copies for Office File: Ensuring all documents are properly filed and in compliance.

Closing Preparation

1. Coordinate Inspections with Sellers: Managing the inspection process.
2. Explain Buyer’s Inspection Objections to Sellers: Helping you understand buyer concerns.
3. Determine Seller’s Inspection Resolution: Finding solutions to keep the deal on track.
4. Get All Repair Agreements in Writing: Ensuring clarity and commitment.
5. Refer Trustworthy Contractors to Sellers for Repairs: Providing reliable resources.
6. Meet Appraiser at the Property: Ensuring a smooth appraisal process.
7. Negotiate Any Unsatisfactory Appraisals: Protecting your interests.
8. Obtain Loan Approval From Lender: Confirming financing by loan approval deadline.
9. Confirm Lender Clear-to-Close: Ensuring readiness for closing.
10. Coordinate Closing Times & Location: Making sure everyone is on the same page.
11. Verify Title Company Has All Docs: Ensuring a smooth closing.
12. Remind Sellers to Transfer Utilities: Avoiding last-minute issues.
13. Make Sure All Parties Are Notified of Closing Time: Ensuring a coordinated closing.
14. Resolve Any Title Issues Before Closing: Ensuring a clear title.
15. Receive and Carefully Review Closing Docs: Ensuring accuracy and completeness.
16. Review Closing Figures With Seller: Helping you understand the final numbers.
17. Confirm Repairs Have Been Made: Ensuring all agreed-upon repairs are complete.
18. Resolve Any Last Minute Issues: Ensuring a smooth and stress-free closing.
19. Attend Seller’s Closing: Providing support and guidance.
20. Pick Up Sign & Lock Box: Wrapping up the process.
21. Change Status in MLS to “Sold.”: Finalizing the sale.
22. Close Out Seller’s File With Brokerage: Ensuring all loose ends are tied up.

Conclusion

Thom Montrois offers an array of valuable services designed to make the home selling process as efficient and profitable as possible. From initial consultations and market analysis to marketing strategies and transaction management, your listing agent is your partner every step of the way. If you're ready to sell your home and want to ensure the best possible outcome, contact Thom today.

By leveraging the expertise and comprehensive services of a listing agent, you can navigate the home selling process with confidence and ease. If you’re ready to embark on your journey to selling your home, contact us today to get started!

Thinking of selling your Port St Lucie home? Be sure to visit our Port St Lucie home value tool. We also offer a complimentary lifestyle consultation so that you'll have the perfect place to live before you sell.

Selling your home is all about knowing the local housing market. Pricing your home correctly is crucial to maximizing the highest selling price possible. As an area expert, I can help determine what direction the market is trending, so you can make the right choices when it comes to selling your home to get the highest price possible! Accurate pricing is key to getting as many people as possible to tour and make offers on your home, especially when you first list your home.  There’s a current pool of buyers waiting for new listings to hit the market, which is why accurate pricing and staging your home properly is crucial.  

Things to Think About When Selling Your Home

Once we’ve determined the price, Thom can give you advice about the little things that you can do to stage your home to get you the highest possible price! You’d be surprised by the simple measures you can take to dress up your home to attract more qualified buyers. 

Thom has a marketing plan that is designed to get maximum exposure to the buyers that are currently looking, and all agents that have buyers.  Through pricing, staging, agent accessibility, and visibility, both on and offline, he can successfully sell your home to help you achieve your goals. 

Looking for recent sales in your community? You can create a custom market report to see what’s active, under contract, and sold in your neighborhood! 

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