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Sweet Closing for Sellers
If you listen to Clark Howard, you know there are new real estate business models for home sellers in our area. I want you to know about mine, because it is very different from the others. My commission is low, (only 4.12%) but my service is exceptional. If you came to this web page from some exotic place and want to learn more, visit my primary web page www.housespoken.com.
To "Quick Preview" my enhanced marketing services versus traditional or "discount" brokerages, scroll down to the comparison table below. This table highlights the marketing functions that are included in my 150 Point Marketing and Promotion Plan for your home.
How I offer low commissions....
Franchise realtors® must include their exorbitant infrastructure costs in their commissions. I am affiliated with the independent Drake Realty of Greater Atlanta, inc. Drake offers extraordinary services for qualified real estate agents, while charging low office fees - allowing me to pass on these savings to my clients. (For the record, I believe that after years of earning huge real estate commissions, we the professionals owe our industry some assistance to help all of us recover momentum).
Large commissions have less to do with marketing your house, and are more about preserving an outdated, pre-Internet business model. Do you really want to pay for a crew of assistants who run the business for an agent who spends every working hour marketing themselves? When it takes a week to call for feedback, your listing is entered incorrectly, your agent is never available for a conversation, you have no virtual tour, why are you paying 6-7% sales commission?
I am a discount real estate agent in north metro Atlanta. I work in East Cobb (Marietta), West Cobb (Marietta, Powder Springs, Acworth, Kennesaw, Smyrna, Vinings), North Fulton (Roswell, Alpharetta, Dunwoody, Sandy Springs & Buckhead) , Cherokee (Woodstock and Canton) and Duluth in Gwinnett County. I am not a list taker; I turn down listings every month. I only list homes that are well-maintained and priced reasonably.
Why you owe it to yourself to interview me...
Selling your home in our current environment is challenging. Creativity, realistic pricing, and Internet driven marketing are key to finding the buyer for your home. Print advertising is dead. Targeted online ads on multiple sites make my listings more competitive; your home will stand out because I advertise on multiple alternative Internet listing sites and you pay only 4.12% total sales commission. Save money when you sell!
You want a REALTOR® who has huge INTERNET visibility. Buyers and sellers find me and my listings through advertising on The Atlanta Journal, Kudzu, Craigslist Atlanta, and many other high traffic sites. Just key my name into Google, "Gena Beach" and you will see the many ways I promote my listings. I have over 70 relevant domain names redirected to this site. Ask me for the list!
Gena Beach's 150 Point Marketing and Promotion Plan© for your north Atlanta Georgia home has all the details about my service - please contact me for your copy. Read my marketing plan, and I think you'll agree, this is the best real estate low fee commission plus service deal in the north Atlanta market. For more information about the selling process, please visit the home selling advice section. If you ever have questions about your local market, do not hesitate to call (770-265-8652) or email me @ gbeach@bellsouth.net.
Listing, Communications, and Gena Traditional FSBO, Flat rate
Marketing Tasks to Sell Your Home Beach Brokerage Assisted Brokerage
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Review prior appraisals for square footage
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Yes
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Almost Never
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No
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Prepare Supply/Demand Analysis
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Yes
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Almost Never
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No
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Prepare Market Analysis
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Yes
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Usually
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No
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List seller’s home improvements
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Yes
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Usually
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No
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Perform curb appeal assessment
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Yes
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Usually
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No
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Conduct on-site evaluation*
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Yes
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Usually
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No
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Identify probable inspection hits*
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Yes
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Maybe
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No
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Determine price per sq ft range*
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Yes
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Almost Never
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No
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Conduct on-site Preliminary Staging*
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Yes
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Usually
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No
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Assist seller with Seller's Disclosure
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Yes
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Usually
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Maybe
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Take 20 preliminary home photos
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Yes
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0-8 photos
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Additional Fee
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Schedule Virtual tour photographer
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Yes
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Maybe
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Additional Fee
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Enter listing, tour into MLS, FMLS
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Yes
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Usually both
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Maybe both
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Upload listing & tour to Realtor.com
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Yes
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Maybe
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Maybe
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Feature listing on my website(s)
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Yes
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Usually
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Maybe
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Reciprocity w/other broker websites
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Yes
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Usually
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Maybe
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Upload listing & tour to AJC online
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Yes
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Maybe
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No
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Update alternative real estate sites*
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Yes
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Almost Never
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Almost Never
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Create b/w, color property brochures
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Yes
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Usually
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No
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Install Supra lock box
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Yes
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Usually
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Additional Fee
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Install yard sign & information box
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Yes
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Usually
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Maybe
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Open House at seller’s request
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Yes
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Usually
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No
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Conduct showings to buyers
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Yes
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Yes
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Maybe
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Promptly answer/return all calls
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Yes
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Maybe
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No
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Call/email agents for feedback*
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Yes
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Maybe
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No
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Email or call seller with feedback
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Yes
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Maybe
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No
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Email weekly loss report to seller
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Yes
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Maybe
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No
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Manage contract process*
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Yes
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Yes
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Maybe
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Prepare sellers net sheet
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Yes
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Usually
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Maybe
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Manage home inspection process*
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Yes
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Usually
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Maybe
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Create price per sq foot analysis package for the appraiser*
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Yes
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No
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No
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Coordinate seller’s closing file*
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Yes
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Usually
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Additional Fee
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Review closing documents w/seller
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Yes
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Usually
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Additional Fee
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Attend closing with/for seller
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Yes
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Usually
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Additional Fee
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* major work category
Find me on Google with the following Search terms:
Atlanta Discount Real Estate, Cobb County Discount Real Estate, East Cobb Discount Real Estate, Roswell Roswell Discount Real Estate,
Alpharetta Discount Real Estate, Woodstock Discount Real Estate, Sandy Springs Discount Real Estate, Duluth Discount Real Estate,
Acworth Discount Real Estate, Kennesaw Discount Real Estate, Marietta DIscount Real Estate, Gena Beach
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