Seller Benefits

Our clients have realized the following benefits based on RMLS statistics and the outcome of our negotiations.

High Sales Prices

On average, our 2024 listing clients achieved 7% of asking price. (Excludes condos and one fire-damaged house, which sold for less.)
Sensing that offers may soon arrive, we did a FaceTime tour the next day for out-of-state buyers planning to visit in three weeks. Two days later, when an offer came in $45,000 below asking price, we contacted the out- of-state buyers, who flew in 36 hours later, ultimately making a full price offer, $45,000 higher than the competing offer.
Nathan received an offer $10,000 below his asking price. Through reaching out to other showing realtors, we generated two additional offers, with the winning offer $16,000 above asking price, $26,000 more than the first offer.
We priced Carlos and Maria’s house $25,000 higher than they thought and received two offers at asking price, including one with an escalation clause willing to pay more. We encouraged and delayed for a third offer, which triggered the escalation clause, resulting in an additional $22,000.
Clark received three offers, all $5,000 to $6,000 above his asking price. By informing each that they had competition, one of the offers removed a $14,500 credit request, beating by over $12,000 the next highest offer, which included a similar credit request.
Joleen received a full price offer, with an escalation clause offering to pay more if a competing offer appeared. We encouraged a competing offer, resulting in an additional $11,000 for Joleen.
Marcus and Emily received two offers, the best $1,000 over asking price with an escalation clause willing to go higher to beat any competing offer. The second offer was $39,000 below asking price. When the second offer held firm, we still negotiated an additional $6,000 from the best offer.

Minimal Repair Expenses

For “peace of mind”, the first buyer of Nathan’s year-1886 built house brought out two contractors to evaluate the foundation. One bid $87,500 of work and the other described it like “having terminal cancer”, requiring expensive ongoing maintenance, scaring away the first buyer. We brought another foundation contractor who determined the foundation had been redone in the 1920’s and was structurally sound. This made the second buyer comfortable accepting the foundation as is, saving Nathan as much as $87,500 in repairs.
The first buyer of Suher’s house was convinced it needed a $49,940 foundation repair and canceled her purchase. We called two other companies, and made the second buyer comfortable with their approaches, which cost an average of $12,666. The second buyer was initially stuck on a $20,776 siding repair bid. We stressed our long and positive experience with our recommended contractor who bid the siding at $4,600, making them comfortable with that approach, saving more than $53,000 for Suher from the most expensive bids.
The buyers of Carlos and Maria’s house identified over $34,000 in repairs after the home inspection. We negotiated a $17,000 credit to address all, saving them over $17,000.
After the home inspection, the buyer of Maulin’s house wanted him to cover the entire cost of a new roof. We were able to counter this request, saving him over $7,900.
Fearful that their buyer would back out, Phil and Jennifer wanted to proactively give their buyer a $5,000 credit toward a new sewer line. We discouraged them from doing so and were able to satisfy the buyer with a $400 maintenance procedure, saving them $4,600.