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About
Home Warranty Plans "Buyers Protection" |
| "Buyers Protection" is provided through a Shreveport Bossier City Home Warranty plan. These are essentially insurance policies designed to protect a buyer from a major repair bill after the purchase of a new home. |
| There is a deductible per claim, usually in the $50 to $60 dollar range. |
| The cost of a Home Warranty Plan from a quality provider ranges from around $350 to $500 depending on the coverage provided. |
| The buyers coverage begins on the day of closing and usually extends for a period of one year. |
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Buyers Warranty Protection
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Blue Advantage payment
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| A payment equal to 1/2 of 1% or $695, whichever is more is due upon listing. |
| This payment provides you the opportunity to save approximately 50% of a 6% real estate commission. For more information > click here |
Example one:
$100,000 (asking price) X 1/2% = $500
In this case the $500 is less than $695, so the amount due upon listing would be $695.
Example two:
$200,000 (asking price) X 1/2% = $1,000
In this case 1/2% of the asking price is more than the minimum $695. So the amount due upon listing is $1,000. |
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About
Home Warranty Plans
"Sellers Protection" |
| "Sellers Protection" is provided through a Shreveport Bossier City real estate Home Warranty plan. These are essentially insurance policies designed to protect home owners from a major repair bill during the selling process. |
| There is a deductible per claim, usually in the $50 to $60 dollar range. |
| The cost of a Home Warranty Plan from a quality provider ranges from around $350 to $500 depending on the coverage provided. |
Sellers should consider having their homes systems inspected, especially heating and air condition units, when first offering their home for sale in the Shreveport Bossier City real estate market place.
This accomplishes two important things: |
- Provides peace of mind for sellers during the buyers home inspection.
- Prevents any claim from being turned down by the Home Warranty provider due to a pre- existing condition.
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| Sellers protection begins the day your property is listed and extends through the day of closing, usually for a period not to exceed six months. |
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Personal Assistant
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"Personal Assistant" |
| One of the major causes of anxiety during a Shreveport Bossier City real estate transaction is lack of information, or just not knowing what's going on with the sale of your house. |
| That's why when you put the MAIN OFFICE® to work selling your home, in addition to your real estate agent professional, you get your own personal assistant. |
| Your personal assistant guides you through the real estate information process and shows you how to access information yourself 24/7. |
| You'll enjoy the peace of mind that comes from knowing the progress of your real estate transaction in real time. |
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The right real estate agent
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The "right"
real estate agent |
| Selecting the "right real estate agent" is one of the most important decisions you'll make when deciding to sell your home. Because the "right agent", working for a real estate company with the right support, marketing tools and the latest in technology, will sell your home. |
| The right agent will also protect your best interest while accomplishing your goals. Please review our MAIN OFFICE® Sellers commitment pledge. |
| The MAIN OFFICE® makes the selection process easier for you by associating itself with real estate agent professionals who are experienced and receive the most up to date training and continuing education available in the real estate industry. |
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Multiple Listing System entry
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Shreveport Bossier
"MLS"
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| Immediate exposure to over 1,200 Shreveport Bossier City real estate agents. |
| The "Multiple Listing Service®" or MLS for REALTORS® of the Northwest Louisiana Realtors Association, is the most widely used tool by some of the very best real estate agents to find their clients new homes. |
| Shreveport Bossier City REALTORS® load their MLS listings into a data base that is managed and updated daily by MLXchange, a technology provider of the NWLAR®. |
| Some of the very best of these agents are armed with the latest technology to make sure they are notified when new properties become available that meet their clients needs. |
| The MAIN OFFICE® makes sure those notifications include digital photos and your homes best features. |
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Agreements and Documentation |
Shreveport Bossier City real estate transactions require a lot of paper work.
Basic agreements and documentation: |
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Buy/Sell Agreement - outlines the agreement between the buyer and the seller.
- Property Disclosure - serves as written notice the sellers knowledge about the home being sold.
- Agency Disclosure/ Dual Agency consent - explanation of an agents responsibilities to their clients and status of representation.
- Exclusive Right To Sell/Listing Agreement - agreement between the seller and a broker outlining the terms in which a broker is hired for the sale of property.
- Lead Base Paint Disclosure - serves as written notice the sellers knowledge of existing lead base paint hazards.
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| There are many other agreements, forms and documentation commonly used in a Shreveport Bossier City real estate transactions like addendums to contracts, mortgage application, truth and lending statements, occupancy agreements, home inspection reports, termite certificates, closing forms, hud forms, and more. |
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Recent neighborhood sales
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Recent neighborhood sales information |
| Must have and must understand information to be taken into consideration along with other Shreveport Bossier City real estate market conditions to make sure you get the highest possible sales price without risking overpriced perception by active home buyers. |
| Not just the recent real estate sales prices, take into considerations days on market, local market conditions and overall price range of the home you are selling. |
| For example, how many homes in the entire Shreveport Bossier City local real estate market place sold in your price range in the last 30 days? |
| MAIN OFFICE® real estate agent professionals have this information, and more, available to benefit you and the sale of your home. |
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Yard Sign
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MAIN OFFICE®
yard arm sign post |
| No marketing opportunity is overlooked by the MAIN OFFICE® to attract a buyer to your home. |
| The signage in your front yard offering your home for sale, makes a statement about your property. |
| That's why we take advantage of our lightweight classic yard arm design that requires no holes to be dug in your yard. This design holds up through windy conditions, unlike the leaning "gold post" or other unsightly for sale brand-less signage you see in some yards. |
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Directional Signs
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Directional signs |
| The MAIN OFFICE® takes advantage of every marketing opportunity to attract a buyer to your home. |
| That's why we place our branded MAIN OFFICE® directional signs, that may lead a buyer to your home, at visible important locations. |
| Our directional signs invite buyers to view more pictures of your homes best features online and on Shreveport Bossier Cities most popular local real estate web site, MyMainOffice.com. |
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Electronic Key Box
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About GM Supra
Electronic Key Box |
| The GM Electronic Key box is the preferred method of entry for top Shreveport Bossier City real estate agents. |
| This high tech key box also affords benefits to sellers by electronically monitoring which real estate agents have been in their home and when. |
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Multiple Digital Photos
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About digital photos
of your home |
| More buyers than ever before are searching online to find their new homes. |
| When their search returns homes with no photos, they simply click on by and don't include these homes in their short list to view. |
| That's why the MAIN OFFICE® makes sure you have multiple high quality digital photos displayed along with the very best features of your home available for all potential buyers to view. |
| It is true "A picture is worth a 1,000 words. So put you home for sale on Shreveport Bossier Cities most popular real estate web site and "picture it sold". |
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Open House
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About
Open Houses |
| Holding your home open or having an "Open House" can be and effective marketing tool if done correctly. |
| However, just running an open house ad and having an agent sit in your home from 2 till 4, is usually non-productive and often produces no results. |
| That's why at the MAIN OFFICE® when we hold your home open, we take advantage of circle prospecting. Circle prospecting for the right buyer is a target marketing campaign. |
| Before your open house we'll mail notices to your neighbors and other probable sources that may produce the right kind of buyer for your home. Then we'll follow up actually visiting some of those homeowners. |
| This extra effort gives the MAIN OFFICE® the very best chance to find the right buyer for your home through our open house marketing efforts. |
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About
MyMainOffice.com |
| MYMainOffice.com is Shreveport Bossier Cities most often visited local real estate web site. |
| That's why when you put the MAIN OFFICE® to work for you selling your home, we package it's best features along with multiple digital photos and upload them for all prospective Shreveport Bossier City real estate buyers to view. |
| A user friendly Shreveport Bossier City real estate web site loaded with pictures and features to make the real estate process easier and more fun! |
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Uploaded to MLXChange.com
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About MLXchange |
| MLXchange is the preferred vendor of the NWLAR to manage it's data and technology. Virtual every home listed through the Multiple Listing Service is entered into it's data base. |
| Every Shreveport Bossier City real estate agent who doesn't have their own web site or access to other web based tools, rely on it exclusively to find new homes for their buyers. |
| It's the most important place your home can be uploaded for maximum exposure to Shreveport Bossier City real estate agents and the real estate market itself. |
| That's why when the MAIN OFFICE® uploads your information and photos to MLXchange, we make sure your homes best features are highlighted to the very best Shreveport Bossier City real estate agents. |
| The MAIN OFFICE®, extra effort and attention to managing the details of your home, make sure top Shreveport Bossier City real estate agents who have buyers for homes like yours, don't overlook your home. |
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About Showings.com |
| The Centralized Showing Service is a cutting edge technology designed to reduce the time needed by REALTORS® to schedule showing appointments. |
| Their mission is to provide quick, courteous and accurate information to every REALTOR® and home seller that comes in contact with it's call centers. |
| The MAIN OFFICE® will enter you specific showing instructions in the CSS system. When Shreveport Bossier City real estate agents make an appointment to show your home, CSS will act according to your instructions. |
Our sellers most common showing instructions are:
Please give me a courtesy call, if no answer, please use Supra Key and show. |
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Online 29 Step Journal 24/7
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About your
"Sellers Journal" |
| Your MAIN OFFICE® online sellers journal contains a list of efforts made on your behalf by the MAIN OFFICE®, your personal assistant and your real estate agent professional. |
| These efforts are neatly packaged into a report format sorted by date for your review. |
| We understand . . . we have a job to do for our sellers. So we report diligently to the person in charge, you. |
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About
Luxury Homes |
| Selling your luxury property in the Shreveport Bossier City real estate market or finding one that meets your special needs can be a time consuming process, and time is often a luxury most of our clients don't have. |
| Through our access to a global referral network and a keen understanding of the Shreveport Bossier City luxury real estate market, we help bring expensive homes, luxury homes and fine homes and estates buyers and sellers together |
| Your MAIN OFFICE® real estate agent professionals take very special care to understand that luxury home buyers and sellers are looking for a home reminiscent of their own signature styles. |
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About sales contracts |
| A buyer has made an offer - now it is time to negotiate and finalize your sale. In the Shreveport Bossier City real estate market negotiating isn't necessarily about the price. There are many other considerations such as: |
- Is this a first time home buyer ?
- Does your buyer have to sell a home before buying?
- Is your buyer pre- approved?
- Is your buyers offer contingent on a home inspection?
- Does this offer really fit in with your overall goals?
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| You can rely on your MAIN OFFICE® real estate agent professional to guide you through this process. They will help you arrive at an acceptable price, terms and conditions that meet your overall goals.
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Financial results from offers
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About financial results |
| Sales price isn't the only financial consideration when negotiating your offer. There are other things to consider that can effect your overall financial results. |
| For example, If you aren't able to take possession of your new home on or close to the date your buyer wants to take possession of yours. |
- Will your have to place your furniture in storage?
- Will you have to pay for movers twice?
- What are the cost of repairs resulting from your buyers home inspection?
- Will you negotiate a final price before you know the cost of those repairs?
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| Don't worry, we'll be with you every step of the way. You'll have all the information you need to make confident decisions. MAIN OFFICE® real estate agent professionals have helped many people, just like yourself through the selling process. |
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Your Buyers Inspections
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About Home Inspections |
| A home inspector evaluates the structure of your house, and gives feedback about other systems such as the roof, plumbing, electrical system, heating and air conditioning units, insulation, doors, windows and more. |
| Remember that the home inspection report is not a wish-list for your buyer. Read your contract carefully, it dictates which systems should be in good working order at closing. If the roof is older, but doesn't leak, it's in good working condition. The same is true for older appliances. |
| Buyers will normally evaluate their home inspection report and create a list of items they want to be repaired or inspected further. This is the list you should be concerned with. Sales are often lost at this stage. |
| Managing your way through this process is important and misunderstandings often cause hard feelings or even worse, thousands of dollars. |
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Required repair management
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About repair management |
| Repair issues are one of the least understood parts of a Shreveport Bossier City real estate home sales contract. It's a misunderstanding that can cause you lots of headaches and money. |
| Your MAIN OFFICE® real estate agent professional will toughly explain a clause in your contract that states both the buyers and sellers options if repair issues are discovered during home inspections. |
| You'll have all the information you need to make confident decisions. When you decide exactly what your direction will be. Your MAIN OFFICE® personal assistant and your real estate agent professional will manage the details, getting the repairs you decided on completed. |
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Appraisal management
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About managing
your appraisal |
| A Shreveport Bossier City real estate appraisal provides valuable information for the buyer and the seller, but the appraiser's primary mission is to protect the lender. Lenders don't enjoy owning overpriced property any more than they relish lending money to irresponsible borrowers. That's why the appraisal takes place before the lender grants final approval of the buyer's loan. |
| FHA - VA and Conventional loans, have different requirements and challenges for the appraiser. These standards are set forth by lenders, not our local Shreveport Bossier City appraisers, buyers or the sellers. |
| Appraisers weigh the location of the home, it's proximity to desirable schools and other public facilities and the size of the lot, the size and condition of the home itself and recent sales prices of comparable properties, among other factors. |
| Don't worry, your MAIN OFFICE® personally assistant and real estate agent professional will be with you every step of the way making sure you know exactly what's happening during the appraisal process. |
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Pest Inspection management
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About pest &
termite inspections |
| Termites are commonly found in all neighborhoods of our local Shreveport Bossier City real estate market. Even the very newest ones. |
| Your MAIN OFFICE® real estate agent professional will guide you through the inspection process and any recommended treatments or removals necessary. |
| Don't worry, we'll be with you every step of the way. |
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Closing details management
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About managing
closing details |
| Most Shreveport Bossier City real estate closings just don't happen, they take place because at least one agent involved in the transaction makes the effort to ensure everything is progressing as it should. |
| MAIN OFFICE® sellers watch the progress of their real estate transactions closing details being completed in real time right here on this web site. |
| Our sellers enjoy the peace of mind that comes from knowing the details are getting done and on time. |
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Title Company management
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About managing closing details
"Title Company" |
| Choosing the right "Title Company" or closing attorney is one of the most important things you can do to insure a smooth closing. Good reputable Title Companies ultimately get the job done. |
| Great reputable Title Companies go many steps further working with buyers lenders, sellers mortgage companies and their real estate professionals far in advance of the actual closing date. This ensuring a pleasant real estate closing transaction with no surprises. |
| Your MAIN OFFICE® personally assistant and real estate agent professional have trusted relationships with the very best "Title Companies" in the Shreveport Bossier City area. We'll make sure you have all the information you need to make a good decision. So don't worry, we'll be with you every step of the way. |
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Your mortgage requirements
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About your
mortgage requirements |
| It may seem like all you have to do is call your mortgage company for a payoff amount. Actually it rarely works out that way. |
| In most cases, your lender hires a servicing company to maintain and service your loan. They collect and post the payments you make, manage your escrow account, buy your new homeowners insurance policy each year and pay your real estate taxes. They are usually pretty good at it too. |
| However, they are notorious for quoting payoffs to homeowners from an amortization schedule that doesn't take into account the actual day your payments have been posted. |
| Your real pay off amount is usually only good for 24 hours. Sometimes these lenders also have the right to charge you 30 days extra interest without 30 days written notification of your intention to pay off your existing mortgage loan. |
| Your MAIN OFFICE® real estate agent professional makes sure you don't get penalized by your lender. Your lender receives all documentation needed far in advance of the actual closing date. |
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Buyer's mortgage reporting
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About your
buyers
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| Your buyers mortgage company normally works on a schedule of events while obtaining final approval or a "clear to close". Usually the loan processor is working with an underwriter who actually approves the loan for the actual investor. |
| When your buyers loan application is submitted, the loan is usually pre-qualified based upon the statements made by the borrower being true. Once a contract is in place, the buyer starts bringing in the verification needed by the underwriter to actually approve the loan. |
| This process is often where someone drops the ball and things start to get strung out. Deadlines aren't met, anticipated closing dates have to be moved back, uncertainty and anxiety sets in and sellers emotions start to play a role in their decision making. |
| MAIN OFFICE® sellers enjoy the peace of mind that comes from knowing what is going on in real time 24/7. Their buyers loan process and it's progress are available for them to view anytime right here on this web site. Don't worry, we'll be with you every step of the way. |
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About
Agency Disclosure |
| Agency disclosure is simply the act of informing you of the type of representation you are receiving, your rights and your real estate agents responsibilities to you as described in a typical Louisiana real estate agency disclosure pamphlet or form. |
| Louisiana real estate law requires all licensed agents to present this information in writing to their clients upon their first face to face contact. |
| MAIN OFFICE® real estate agent professionals go a step further than required by law with our exclusive Sellers Commitment Pledge. >click here |
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Dual Agency consent
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About
Dual Agency Consent |
| Dual Agency consent is simply the act of obtaining your permission to represent a buyer as well as yourself in the sale of your home. |
| Louisiana real estate law also requires licensed real estate agents to obtain the signature of your buyer on the same Dual Agency consent form. |
| MAIN OFFICE® real estate agent professionals fully understand their legal as well as morale obligations to their buyers and sellers. Simply stated, we know the right thing to do and how to do it in the best interest of our clients. |
| Our sellers usually always encourage their MAIN OFFICE® real estate professional to actively market and pursue buyers for their homes. |
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