Buying & Selling Tips

Buying Tip

How to pick a great agent

Buying a home can be a complicated and stressful experience. There can be a lot of moving parts that need to be managed. Having a great real estate agent is critical. Choose a full-time agent that has great relationships with lenders, title and attorneys. Their experiences will only help you as a buyer.

You Like Being Around Them

You will spend a lot of time communicating with your agent, so the relationship needs to be a good one to help make the experience as painless as possible. There’s nothing worse than dealing with a person who you don’t like being around, especially if the going gets rough. Maggie will make the experience fun-she has your back and will negotiate for you intently. Plus, you will get an Interior Designer as part of her service to you when buying a home.

Responsive and available

This point is non-negotiable. A good real estate agent will make themselves available to you and won’t leave you hanging when you’re waiting for a response. The right agent understands how important and serious a real estate transaction is and will always make sure to make your needs a priority. Maggie will respond immediately. A consistent review from former and current clients is that Maggie is an amazing communicator and will get back to her clients asap.

Proactive and Honest

Maggie will listen to what you say you want in a home and what you haven’t said. The journalist in her can’t help it. This is a huge benefit in working with Maggie. She'll be honest if you are searching for a unicorn and she'll guide you back to reality. When you are buying, she will be looking at what your someday re-sale will be and she’ll give you great ideas to build some sweat equity in this new home.

Relationship is lifelong

One of the best signs that you’ve picked the right agent actually occurs either before or after you work with them on a deal. Even though real estate is transactional, the best agents look to build a relationship with their clients instead of just working with them on a deal and then disappearing. Maggie will stay in touch, be a constant resource, and is in it with you for the long-haul. Maggie has clients that continue to work with her for years. 95% of her business is based on client referrals.

Doesn't Give Up

The right agent doesn’t give up, and will uncover a way to keep things moving, even if it takes some creativity. The right agent fights for you and doesn’t throw in the towel after getting jabbed. Maggie is not a quitter. She will make sure all parts of the transaction are moving forward to the end goal of closing.

Whether it’s your first home or if you’re an experienced buyer, purchasing a home is a complex process. By working with me, you’ll find a home in the neighborhood where you want to live, one that fits your budget and meets your goals for features, quality and value. Once you’ve found the home that’s right for you, I will guide you through the process of making an offer; negotiating the terms of the sale; getting your potential purchase inspected, repaired and appraised; and closing the sale.

Selling Tips

How I Can Help You Sell a Home

Start Early

It is never too soon to start prepping for the sale of your home. Maggie will guide you with a plan that includes a manageable timeline for that someday sale. She helps with the decluttering process, suggests any necessary home improvements and will create the best furniture layout for the space. Maggie will customize a to-do list to make your home's first impression it's absolute best!

Two for the Price of One

Maggie is a full time licensed real estate agent and a degreed Interior Designer. When you work with Maggie you get both. Her design hat helps with any necessary paint color selection, staging or anything that helps tell a story for that buyer. Maggie knows what a buyer is looking for and she will see your home thru buyer's eyes.

Clean and Organize

This is an important step. A buyer will look elsewhere if a listing is not prepped appropriately. This includes a clean and organized home. Maggie knows which spaces make the biggest impression on a buyer and where to put your best efforts.

Select an Agent you connect with

The start to finish process of selling your home should be as stress free as possible. Hire an agent you can connect with and trust. Maggie works to take the stressful points off of her clients. She is the project manager of the entire process from start to "closing table" finish.

Market with a Pro

Maggie will prepare a market analysis on your home at your first meeting and again at time of list. Maggie doesn't want to leave any of her client's money on the table or overprice a property to then chase the market. Pricing is very important and Maggie has a strategy behind every pricing and marketing decision. Maggie loves marketing too. If she is selling your home everyone will know about it. She uses her marketing know how to her advantage often selling homes immediately or just before they are live on the market.

By working with me, you will:

Be more likely to realize the highest return on the sale of your home
Reduce the number of days your home is on the market
Become familiar with all the terms, processes and paperwork involved in selling your home
Have confidence that your home will enjoy exposure to more buyers and agents with qualified buyers
Receive regularly updated market information that will enable you to make informed decisions
Have a skilled negotiator working on your behalf
Have peace of mind knowing that all the details of your sale are being handled properly by a licensed and trained professional