Selling your home is easier  when you have a professional on your side.  We promise to give you cutting edge results with good old-fashioned integrity.

 

Learn about Seller Agency

If you choose us to sell your home, we will represent you as a seller’s agent.

View the state of Maryland Agency form

 

 

Red Maple Realtors is a unique Real Estate company

This is a great time to sell.  Well priced, good condition homes are selling briskly. Many families are tired of waiting to buy.  They have been postponing the decision for several years.  There seems to be a pent up demand.  Interest rates are still excellent.  We also do short sales.

 

 

Norm’s Experience

The broker, Norman Walters, has 27 years of  experience selling residential real estate.

He has  been a county resident since 1967. 

Over 550 families have bought and sold homes with Norm

We have weathered 2 down and 2 up Markets. 

 

 

A Marketing Plan that has no equal

Did you know 83% of buyers see a home on the internet first!

Now that the sales market has stabilized,  Marketing is more important than

ever.  Realtors make large commissions; We should be giving you excellent

full color marketing materials that highlight your home’s features.

8 step Marketing Plan

 

360 degree virtual tour

10-20 Wide Angle photos

4 page full color property brochure

Professional staging advice

Just listed cards to the neighborhood

E-mail fliers to all county Realtors

Syndication of your home to 35 websites

Washington Post Ads & Internet photos

Checkout one of our full color property brochures

 

Here are some of our virtual marketing tools

 

 

Determine your homes market value

We will prepare a competitive market analysis (CMA) which shows recent sales and listings of comparable homes in your neighborhood

We will work together to determine the best price for your home

 

We may need to spruce up your home to maximize the sales price

We will give you excellent staging tips to help maximize your homes impact with buyers.

Little changes with lighting, pictures & furniture can make a big impact with buyers.  The HGTV channell gives great advice on staging.

We  can even show you which paint & carpet colors will help your home sell faster.

Link to Designed to Sell by HGTV    Fantastic selling tips, We love this show!

 

Your home is officially for sale

Our marketing blitz is going full speed ahead

5 ways to speed up your home sale

7 steps to prepare for an Open House

 

We have an offer or two!   Let’s review the Pros & Cons

We will thoroughly review the offer and give you a summary of it’s important points

We also call the buyer’s lender to confirm as much financial information as possible.  We will review the buyer’s financial information sheet with you.

7 Key areas to review when an offer comes in

We will give you a detailed net profit estimate

Sample Net profit form

 

The home inspection process

Most buyers will have a home inspection.  Many buyers will want to check the Radon levels too

They will ask for repairs to broken items.   We will limit the repairs to major items like the:  roof, plumbing, electric, HVAC, structure & appliances.

We have lots of good contractors you can call for reliable service.

 

The buyer’s lender wants an appraisal

The bank wants an appraisal to verify that the home’s sale price is line with similar size homes in the area.

We will meet the appraiser at your home and give them the facts to support our sales price. 

Only about 20% of listing agents take the time to meet the appraiser.  We feel this small step is a critical part of the process.

 

The buyer should have a full loan commitment in 21-28 days

We will ask their lender to fax this extremely important document to us.  We must have it to prove the buyer’s loan is completely finished.  Not all Realtors understand the importance of getting this document as soon as possible.

Of course you will get a copy

Here is a sample loan commitment

 

It’s time to move out and go to closing/ settlement

The buyers will do a final walk through before closing.  They want to make sure the agreed upon home inspection repairs were made.  Closing takes about 90 minutes; you will receive your profit check at the end

 

Our job is to handle everything from start to finish.   A-Z    You can count on Red Maple Realtors for that.