Susan Browning Agent of the Month
Congratulations to Susan Browning for being named agent of the month at Coldwell Banker United Realty Professionals. Susan and her husband, Dana live in Pecan Plantation. Susan has been with Coldwell Banker for a year and is really enjoying her career in real estate. We on the Coldwell Banker Team are pleased to have her and very proud of her accomplishments.
Jerald was named as agent of the month for September 2011. Congratuations to Jerald who has been an agent with Coldwell Banker for 10 years. Jerald lives in Pecan Plantation with wife Betty.
Give Jerald a call for your residential real estate needs. His an experienced real estate agent having started his career in real estate in Odessa, TX prior to moving to Granbury and going to work for Coldwell Banker United Realty Professionals. His earlier career in West Texas was as Principal of Permian High School in Odessa.
Whether buying or selling the negotiation of an offer to purchase is the portion of the process that must be handled with expertise. This is where the knowledge and education of your agent is important, as well as your trust in them as your representative.
The negotiation process will go much better for you if your relationship with your agent is one of complete trust and they have the experience and knowledge to give you a successful transaction.
It is better to go into the negotiation with a cooperative attitude. Every negotiation ends better that ends in a win–win situation. That is the seller wins as much as possible of what they want and the buyer wins as much as possible of what they want in the transaction.
Negotiation at the basic level is affected by the market conditions:
1. Are there a higher than normal number of properties for sale or is the availability of buyers to number of properties for sale fairly balanced?
2. How is the list price of the property in relation to similar properties in the market?
3. What is the average selling price to listing price ratio?
4. What is the price per square foot for similar properties?
5. What is the relative condition of the property?
The answers to questions listed above will provide you with some of the information you will need in negotiating whether you are the buyer or the seller. You should ask your agent to do a current comparable market analysis at the time the offer is made and presented.
When we consider the Minimum price the seller is willing to take and the maximum price the buyer is willing to pay, is too far apart for agreement, perhaps there are other things that the buyer or seller would like in the negotiation that would off set the difference in acceptable price for the parties. The key is to keep an open mind and remember make the negotiations a win for everyone.
Coldwell Banker United Realty Professionals has been providing superior real estate services to the citizens of the Lake Granbury Area for more than 30 years. Our newest benefit for our clients is our new mobile website which can be used with smart phones and ipads. It is mobile/on the go friendly and has all the multiple listing properties on it. Go to MyCBMobile.com and type in the house number of any listed property. You will be taken to information plus pictures. We would love to hear from you about your experience with our mobile site.
