• ARE YOU SELLING YOUR APARTMENT? HOW CAN A REAL ESTATE AGENCY HELP YOU?

    ARE YOU SELLING YOUR APARTMENT? HOW CAN A REAL ESTATE AGENCY HELP YOU?


    If you are thinking about selling your apartment or even are already in the sales process, you are announcing your property for sale. I will try to tell you how a Real Estate Agency can help you.

    LET'S START FROM THE BEGINNING :)

    First, make sure about the current legal status of the property being sold. What does this mean?

    So what was the basis for your purchase of real estate?

    In other words, how did you come to own it? e.g. by:

    • sales contract,

    • a donation,

    • Decrease.

    This is important because in a given case the transaction will require documents that will need to be completed.

    Additionally importantthere will be the dates and circumstances of the purchase of the property, as it may turn out that after the sale, income tax will apply - this is where a Real Estate Agent comes in to help.

    I will thoroughly verify the documents and assess the legal statusand can advise and provide solutions regarding tax issues.

    The Real Estate Office permanently cooperates with the Notary Office and the Tax Office, so organizing an additional meeting to explain the above topics should not be a problem and will certainly dispel your doubts.

    THE SECOND ISSUE IS PREPARING AN OFFER.


    This is the most important topic in the current era of digitization and available technologies, including for Buyers.

    • Determining the Offer Price. The Real Estate Agency, operating on the local market, knows perfectly the trends and behavior at a given moment.

    • It will help you precisely determine the offer price so that you do not "lose" by selling too cheaply and do not lose potential buyers by offering your apartment at a price that is too "prohibitive".

    PREPARATION AND PRESENTATION OF THE OFFER.

    Theoretically, it's simple today, you take the photos yourself, choose a portal with real estate advertisements and that's it.

    • Are you sure? Remember that what counts today is QUALITY, not "how it will be somehow". A real estate agent has professional photographic equipment or works with a professional to take the best photos of your property

    • Perhaps you take great photos yourself... How many photos have you taken of rooms, kitchens, buildings...? Real estate agencies only photograph THIS and are able to perfectly reflect the values of each property. Today's offer must be unique so that the buyer does not ignore it.

    • Additionally, a 360' virtual tour service is perfect for presenting your property in more detail and makes it stand out from the crowd of other offers.

    • In addition, there is Home Staging - professional preparation and presentation of real estate for sale, but I will write about it in a separate post.

    • Regarding the choice of media, i.e., among others: portal related to the real estate market, trust me that real estate agencies invest a lot of money in the promotion and marketing of offers on portals that you may not even know, active advertising in social media (Facebook), MLS system.

    • MLS SYSTEM– i.e. network cooperation between Real Estate Agencies – imagine that your offer at one time reaches almost all Real Estate Agents on the local market + all customer bases buying from these Real Estate Agencies using only one of your Agents! One well-prepared, unique offer! This is the greatest "added strength" of cooperation with a Real Estate Agency.

    • Additionally, preparing a projection of the property in 2D or 3D graphic form.

    • Additional promotion through a real estate banner and leaflets.

    • Reporting on the results of activities and establishing further marketing strategy.

    CONTACT WITH THE BUYER AND PRESENTATION OF THE PROPERTY.

    First of all, it saves you time    , which today becomes currency.

    • By working with a real estate agent: you don't have to answer phone calls, answer any questions, e-mails, make appointments, cancel, postpone... and perhaps stress about the meeting itself. During this time, spend nice time with your family or do your work.

    • If possible, hand over the keys to the property to the Agent. The Real Estate Agency will make all presentations without your participation. After finding the Buyer, you will meet him at the Notary's Office for the sale transaction.

    • Taking part in the negotiations itself will certainly be helpfulregarding the price, equipment of the property, or the date of handover of the apartment.

    • The real estate agent will, of course, take care of all formalities related to the transfer of the property to the Buyer, I mean the report on the transfer of the apartment and the transfer of meters/utility suppliers to the new owner.

    • I will also add that clients viewing your property are, to some extent, not anonymous, real estate agencies try to verify them. You can feel safe with this.

    • Regarding safety, each Real Estate Agency has a mandatory liability insurance policy in case of damage - talk to your Real Estate Agent about it.

    To sum up, in a big wayIn short, I wanted to present you with real help from a Real Estate Agency in sales. This is only a fraction of the activities that an Agent can perform for you and how it can help you. I think it is worth establishing the terms of cooperation and their scope in advance so that you are fully satisfied with the service and, above all, achieve your goal, OUR common goal: sales :)