Phoenix Home Selling Made Simple: Finding an Agent and Pricing Your Home for Sale
Deciding to sell your home is a financial decision, to be sure. But before it becomes a financial decision, it is really an emotional decision. This may sound odd, but the very first thing you must do when preparing to sell your home is decide to sell it.A firm decision to sell will enable you to begin detaching from your home and all your cherished memories so that you can start viewing it as simply a house. Once you’ve done that, the next step is to choose a listing agent who will represent you as you place your Phoenix Area home for sale.
Characteristics to Look for in a Good Listing Agent:
- Experience: You want an agent who has experience selling homes and negotiating for their clients. Make sure they’re familiar with your area of the Valley.Knowing the Phoenix Metropolitan area is not the same as knowing Tucson.
- Education: Be sure to find out what kinds of degrees and certifications they have. For instance, agents with Phoenix Property Shoppe are CDPE (Certified Distressed PropertyExpert), so you’re guaranteed agents who have the knowledge and know exactly how to handle our challenging market of short sales and foreclosures.
- Integrity- You want an agent who is honest and reputable in the way they do business.
- Connections- Your agent should have great networking skills and a large contact list of other good, experienced agents, who may refer a local or out-of-state buyer to them. Our Phoenix Property Shoppe agents are very active in the Phoenix Chamber of Commerce as well as other networking groups. Broker Anna’ Banana’ Kruchten has national and international connections throughout the Certified Council of REALTORS (CRS) and the Certified Brokerage Managers (CRB) as well as the largest real estate social media platform, ActiveRain.
- Negotiating skills- You want your listing agent to be a skilled negotiator who has your best interests at heart. When it comes down to the final contract negotiation this is where your agents negotiating skills are critical.
- Communication- The ability to communicate well – with you, with the buyer’s agent, and with all the other professionals involved in this transaction – is essential. With Phoenix Property Shoppe, we take every call and keep in contact with you throughout, letting you know exactly what’s happening. We even keep in contact after everything is said and done, so we know how you’re doing. We care about your well being first.
Our Phoenix Property Shoppe REALTORS® are prepared to represent your best interests – always.
We will help you determine 
how much your house is worth.The biggest mistake a seller ever makes is overpricing their house.Yes, it may be heaven to you, but market conditions must be considered so that your pricing is on par with other houses for sale in your area. Your REALTOR®will use a comparative market analysis to help you determine the most realistic price.
It’s imperative that you hire an agent you trust – because when they advise you on pricing, you’ll know they’re telling you the truth and not simply saying what they think you want to hear.And if the REALTOR®tells you that your asking price is too high, it quite possible is too high. Yes we realize that this news is not what you want to hear – but the truth will prevail in time.
Selling your home is understandably a huge, potentially stressful undertaking, but hiring the right REALTOR you trust will make the whole process much simpler!
We want to be your trusted REALTORS® of choice!
