ALPHARETTA GA HOMES FOR SALE – Alpharetta, Ga Real Estate

Alpharetta Luxury Homes:

SEARCH FOR LUXURY HOMES IN ALPHARETTA

Now is the time to start shopping for your new luxury home. Don’t trust just any Realtor with one of the biggest purchase of your life. Hire a Realtor who has several years of experience and specializes in luxury home sales.
I have years of experience with buying and selling high end luxury homes.

With the market situation, now is the time to look at new construction. Developers are offering amazing discounts…still USE A REALTOR. The on site staff is representing to builder, not you as a buyer. We will navigate the issues that may arise with builders. Using a Realtor will protect you and make sure the construction is progressing according to the legal documents.

Best agent in Alpharetta, Ga – Traci Morreale-Strub

For information about Alpharetta, Ga Real Estate, Market Trends, Events and Happenings in and around Alpharetta, please call Traci at 678-575-6735 or send an e mail to huntforhouses@yahoo.com

INSIDE ADVICE: In a slow market, there are many reasons to list with an agent
By John AdamsContributorPublished on: 07/01/07

I was recently asked whether a home should be sold “by owner” or listed with a real estate agent. I replied that it depends on the seller’s circumstances.

In today’s world of real estate, a seller has more options than ever. You can list with a traditional real estate agent and pay a typical commission of 6 percent or 7 percent of the purchase price, or you can go it alone and try to save the commission. In addition, many brokers offer services somewhere in between, charging different fees for various services you might select.

If you are trying to make the same decision about how to sell your house, here are some relevant topics. You will likely want to list your home with a traditional real estate agent …

If you are in a hurry to sell your home. Let’s say your spouse has been transferred to Chicago, and he’s already there living in a hotel. The only thing keeping you here is the house, and you need the full benefits of a full-time professional to get your home sold as quickly as possible.
Remember that a significant part of the buying market is being transferred into Atlanta, and those buyers work almost exclusively with agents. These are the hottest buyers in town, with a high motivation to purchase quickly, and cash in their pockets. And those buyers usually don’t view homes listed by owner.

If you have never sold a house before and simply don’t have a comfort level with the transaction and the steps needed to make the sale happen. Getting a buyer to agree to pay a certain price is just the beginning. And if you’ve not sold a home before, you can easily miss an important part of the process, putting your entire sale in jeopardy. Effective agents specialize in getting the sale to the closing table.

If you’re uncomfortable with the prospect of showing your home to strangers and would welcome the agent’s presence when your home is shown. Reports of crime associated with home sales and open houses are rare, but any time you open your home to the public, it’s smart to anticipate potential problems. You’ll want to screen prospective purchasers, and make sure you are not alone when showing your home to interested parties.

If you are trying to sell in a slow market, like the one we are in now. Even a small advantage in marketing may make the difference between a sale and another 60 days on the market. For example, agents are members of the local multiple listing services, and that’s where other agents go to find prospective matches for their buyers’ needs. Having your home listed in the MLS is a huge advantage over simply having a “for sale” sign in the yard.

In addition, many MLS listings are automatically placed on national listing Web sites like realtor.com, where out-of-town buyers are more likely to view them.

If your time is better spent doing whatever it is you do than answering lots of unqualified callers’ questions about your house and how low you might be willing to go. Some folks are simply so busy with their job that they really have no business trying to sell their own home. Answering calls and returning inquiries is time-consuming, not to mention the obligatory open houses you will want to hold on the weekends. In contrast, agents are set up to handle this type of volume and have systems in place to convert leads into buyers.

If your skin is so thin that you will be personally offended when a prospective buyer makes fun of your decorating. In that case, you need someone else to handle the sale. Buyers come from all backgrounds and walks of life, and everybody’s got an opinion about your paint colors and your furniture. To make matters worse, they will want to poke their head into every nook and cranny of your house. Part of the selling process is encouraging buyers to visualize themselves living in your home, asking them how they might make changes to better reflect their own likes and dislikes. If that process will offend you, call an agent.

And finally, if the idea of negotiating prices back and forth with the purchaser is distasteful to you. If that’s so, you should probably hire an agent. Agents receive training in how to handle back-and-forth negotiations, trying to bring the parties to a meeting of the minds and getting to an acceptable price.

In the market for a new home? Contact “the best Realtor in Alpharetta” Traci at 678-575-6735 or send an e mail to huntforhouses@yahoo.com

Meet the Creator & Editors

The Plateau Group

Traci Morreale-Strub & Rae Catanese – Shatto

Home & Land Sales / Marketing Managers for Georgia & North Carolina

Local Number 678-575-6735 or toll free 1-888-277-2006 x 6

E Mail:  huntforhouses@yahoo.com

Georgia Web Site : www.huntforhouses.com  or visit our North Carolina web site www.huntforhousesnc.com

A Realtors knowledge of the market counts when you ready to sell your home. We have the knowledge, marketing expertise and experience to make your home buying experience an enjoyable one! Let us help you save time and money. You will see why our customers are so happy!

 Contact us now for free no hassel information. We won’t put you on some annoying e mail list or call you constantly. We are here to assist you when YOU need us! You can’t get that from most other agents!

Feel free to take a minute to check out some of the listings here in the North Atlanta suburbs.

Click huntforhouses to do a free home search

e mail:  huntforhouse@yahoo.com

7 Reasons to use a Real Estate Agent

Below is a list of 7 benefits of using an agent.

1. Understand potential restrictions of the property.
I recently heard a story from a friend at the city development office in North Atlanta, Georgia. A couple had saved up for their retirement. They wanted to retire and live out in the hill country. They went to the foreclosure auctions. At the auction they purchased a lot for 500,000. It had great views and they were going to build their dream house on it. They had researched the lot before the auction and found it was zoned SFR which means a single family residence can be built on it. After purchasing the lot they started plans to build their retirement house. At this time they discovered the lot was in the 25 year floodplain. The agents at the city development office explained that the lot could not be built on and was basically worthless.

2. Know about new developments that might affect a properties value.
A good realtor will know of proposed new developments that might affect different properties in which a buyer is interested. Whether these developments are positive or negative can be valuable information when weighing different housing options.

3. Find potential problems with a property.
It is always a good idea to have a home inspector look at a potential house. However, a North Atlanta, Ga. Realtor is a good first line of defense to see if a house has inherent problems. A North Atlanta, Ga. Realtor that can know about common problems, such as foundation or electrical, that affect a particular neighborhood.

4. Understand contracts specifics.
Whenever you buy or sell a house you are entering into a large personal transaction. It helps to have someone on your side that deals with these types of transactions on a daily basis. A Realtor can help you understand contracts and can explain what is typical for your area. The most common pitfall into which I see unrepresented buyers fall is to become involved in an atypical contract that is not to their benefit. For instance a seller will sign an offer that has an option period that is 4 times longer than what is typical. A buyer might put in offers on multiple properties with long option periods. The buyer will wait and see if the market appreciates. If the market has appreciated the buyer buys the house at now and undervalued price. If the market has gone down the buyer walks away.

5. Misperception of a benefit of going it alone.
Buyers frequently think that by not using a buyers agent they will get a better deal from the seller. In most situation the listing agent asks for 6 percent from the seller. If a buyer comes with an agent the listing agent splits the 6 percent with the buyers agent. If an unrepresented buyer comes the listing agent keeps the whole 6 percent. On the selling side, For Sale By Owners (FSBO) often think they are saving alot of money by avoiding a listing agent. Nationally, FSBO homes sell for 14 percent less than agent listed homes in the same neighborhoods. In addition alot of FSBO’s still end up having a buyers agents involved. There is also money spent on advertising. Since an agent has experience marketing homes the agent often can spend money more effectively on advertising. North Atlanta, Ga. Agents often know which advertising sources produce the most potential buyers.

6. Save time when looking for listings.
Looking for listings without an agent can take up large chunks of time. When looking with a North Atlanta, Ga. agent you can see several homes in a few hours. When going it alone you have to call the listing agent for each North Atlanta, Ga house and wait at the house for the agent to arrive and open up the house. In addition agents often know houses which are not listed or may have already identified potential problems with a particular house of interest.

7. Insure Security.
When a home is listed with a agent, agents coming to the house have to usually log in. This allows the listing agent to keep a record of every party coming into the house. Since their business is on the line, agents are more likely to protect the house from damage or theft. For a variety of reasons, it is generally not a good idea to have random people you do not know come into your house. Often sellers simply have a phone number, but that phone could be their house, a friend’s house, a pay phone, or even a stolen phone. Searching for a home can be stressful and difficult but it can also be fun. Whether you choose to look for a home on your own or with a Alpharetta, Ga Realtor its a good idea to be a extremely careful when you seek out your dream home.

To find out why I am the best realtor in Alpharetta,  call me at 678-575-6735 or e mail me at huntforhouses@yahoo.com