Exposing your property to the market

(just a few advantages I offer, please call additional information)

All Realtors are not created equal. In your listing/commission agreement your are paying for a service.  Every Realtor will provide you with a yard sign, some flyers and a few open houses, but this is not all you should settle for.  The more showings you have, the more potential you have for more offers,  more offers you receive, the more likely you will receive your asking price or higher.  

The market has taken a dramatic turn in May.  Inventory levels are up in the Simi Moorpark & Conejo areas, up over 125%.   Buyers have more choices and properties are no longer selling in 7 days or less.  Prices have dramatically decreased and lending requirements have tightened.  With this in mind,  it will take a big effort on the part of your Realtor to market your property effectively and get showings.  This is where I stand out from the rest and outlined below are some of the ways I market your property.  

A listing with Ted Mackel - Keller Williams will expose your property in the following ways.

Multiple Listing Service (MLS) - The Simi Valley Moorpark Association of Realtors is a member of the Southland Regional Alliance of Realtors (SRAR). SRAR is comprised of Realtors from the San Gabriel Valley to the Santa Clarita and San Fernando Valley up through the Conejo Valley. Your listing will be available to the Realtors of these areas including Simi Valley and Moorpark.

Keller Williams Inner Office Pool - With over 140 agents, Simi Valley's largest single office, your home gets automatic exposure unmatched by our competitors.

Realtor.com - Realtor.com is updated within 72 hours after your listing has been loaded on to the MLS. I pay for enhanced listing services on Realtor.com which will help get your property more attention. Details are highlighted and Open House times are announced.  Weekly stats area available as to how many hits your listing has received.  85% of all real estate searches on the internet are done through Realtor.com.

Keller Williams (www.kw.com) - Our national website maintains it's own inventory of Keller Williams listings. Founded in 1983, Keller Williams Realty Inc. is an international real estate company with more than 600 offices located across the United States and Canada. The company began franchising in 1991, and following years of phenomenal growth and success, became the fourth-largest U.S. residential real estate firm in North America in 2006. The company has succeeded by treating its associates as partners and shares its knowledge, policy control and company profits on a system-wide basis.

Keller Williams' Mission:

To build careers worth having, businesses worth owning and lives worth living.

 Keller Williams' Vision:

To be the real estate company of choice for a new generation of sales associates and real estate owners.

 Keller Williams' Values:

God, Family, then Business

 Keller Williams' Belief System:  

 

Keller Williams Tuesday Caravan - Our Tuesday Keller Williams caravan is and opportunity to exposure your property on a more intimate level to the agents in my office . More Keller Williams Realtors preview caravan listings than any other company in the Simi Valley Moorpark Association of Realtors.  because Keller Williams is a profit sharing company among it's agents, Keller Williams agents a more eager to support their fellow agents.

Simi Valley Moorpark Association of Realtors Caravan - Friday morning your home is pitched at this Caravan exposing your property to agents from the other firms who are members of the association.

Internet Expert - When you hire Ted Mackel, you are getting an internet and computer expert with over 20 years of full time computer experience.  The largest pool of buyers for your home live on the internet searching for homes, it is critical that you hire an expert and not one poses to know.  Please visit my BLOG as evidence of part of my computer/ internet competence.  This website was authored by me as well as my blog.

www.homefeedback.com – As a subscriber to this service, all agents that either see your home on caravan or show your home to a client, will receive feedback questionnaire through email.  A response will be emailed back to my email and a copy will be sent to you.  This feedback is crucial to the sale of your home and the information received is more detailed that just a phone call follow-up.

Color Flyers  - Several different Color Flyers will be designed for your home. One for the sign, one for inside your home.

www.tourthishouse.net - My personal website will host a virtual tour of your home with high definition pictures. This will be linked to Realtor.com and is listed in all my advertising. I am an expert with software programs such as Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere and Frontpage. This means changes to flyers can be made immediately. I edit my website and can make changes at anytime during the day. I use the internet to load your listing directly to the MLS. Because I am fluent on the internet with web designs and the manipulation of digital photos, your exposure will not be static. I own top of the line equipment including a canon digital SLR camera for the highest quality of pictures. I also own a Sony digital video camera for live motion mini tours. When it comes to technology and the internet, I have been a heavy user for over 10 years and a daily computer user for over 20 years. I do not leave this job to a service because their equipment is inferior and their quality is lacking.

Open Houses - Sunday or Saturday open houses as well as selected weekday open houses will be run to gain more exposure to your home.

Door Knocking - Cold call door knocking of the immediate neighborhood will be conducted as many times immediate neighbors will have friends or family members they would like to see move into the neighborhood.

Branding - The Keller Williams national brand name is the fastest growing in the business, recently surpassing Prudential.  Keller Williams grew in offices, agents, profits and market share in 2007 when the market was in the midst of decline.  The power of our national website and the name will attract buyers that simply cannot be attracted by other local real estate companies.

Virtual Tours – A virtual tour will be created and posted on both MLS systems, www.zillow.com, www.youtube.com, www.tourthishouse.net and www.realtor.com.

 WW.ZILLOW.COM – While the information provided on this site is incorrect the majority of the time, I understand that consumers have embraced this site and use it heavily.  The inaccuracies are more typically on the estimated price.  It would take a long time to explain the technical reasons why the algorithms do the best job possible, but fall short regularly.  If you would like to understand, please call and we can meet at Starbuck over a cup of coffee.  I will post your listing on this website and upload pictures, link your virtual tour and answer questions if they arise on your listing.  You are welcome to participate. 

 Ted Mackel’s Referral Network – I work by referral.  The reason why you called me was most likely because you were referred to me by a friend or family member.  In order to work by referral I not only need to work for you on the level that would prompt you to refer me to friends, but I also need to be out meeting people daily.  I run a client appreciation program in where I keep in contact with approximately 200 people each month.  Part of this contact is through a monthly mailer in which I send a sheet with my listings and other properties that may be of interest to my clients.  This proactive approach to the Real Estate business creates a higher probability that I will find a buyer for my listings. I choose to build relationships with my clients as their trusted Real Estate Advisor, in turn this has created a network that has benefited my clients, friends and family.

Getting maximum exposure for you home is my specialty. I will put more eyes on your property than any of my competitors.  You deserve to get the most bang for your buck.  Call  me or send me an email and I will show you how I can help you.

CONTACT INFORMATION  
Keller Williams Realty
2585 Cochran Street
Simi Valley, CA 93065
(805) 432-7705 cell/text
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