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Why List Your Property with Mike Bodeen?

The short answer is that you want to sell your home quickly with less stress and the best financial outcome for you and your family.  How, you might ask, is Mike going to help you achieve this goal?   Please read on as he outlines the steps that he follows...

Step One:  Understanding Your Goals

You would be shocked at the process some agents take in listing homes.  Even though the median price of homes in Scottsdale is now in the mid $600,000 range, representing the most valuable possession that the Sellers have, some agents never ask the Sellers the basic questions such as "In what timeframe do you want, or need, to sell this house?"   They often don't ask the Sellers "What is it that caused you to buy this house in the first place?" so that they might use that feature or strength in their marketing efforts.

Mike Bodeen seeks to thoroughly understand your goals, your timeframe, and your needs (such as help finding contractors or staging firms to assist you in preparing the house for sale).

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Premier Marketing

Whether your house is worth $200,000 or $2,000,000 Mike will provide his premier marketing services to you. This means the highest-quality promotional materials such as fliers, mailers, website information, enhanced listings and much more.

Step Two:  Pricing the House for Sale

Understanding market conditions, comparable sales, the current competition from other properties currently for sale in your subdivision, along with the Seller's timeframe is crucial for a correct pricing strategy for your property.   Mike examines the market conditions on a continual basis and his "Pulse of the Market" reports highlight some of the trends that he uncovers.  They explore all sales of comparable properties during the preceding months and call the listing agents of those sales to determine if there were any extenuating circumstances that may have caused the property to sell for more or less at the time (such as having been completely remodeled or on the flip side having been in very poor shape).   Remember that you, the Seller, determine the price you want to ask and that Mike will provide you all the data you need to make an informed decision.

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Step Three:  Preparing The House for Sale

Hallmark Cards has an excellent slogan that reads "When you care enough to send the very best".  Before you list your home for sale and have agents bring Buyers through your front door, let Mike help you prepare your property so that it looks it's "very best".  Such simple steps such as reducing clutter, minor repairs or staging can make a world of difference in that first impression a Buyer makes when they walk through your front door.

Step Four:  Listing The Property

The Multiple Listing Service (MLS), without any question or doubt, is an extremely important (some would say indispensable) tool in selling real estate.  The MLS is a database, or listing, of every property that is listed for sale or rent when Sellers use a Realtor.  People who try to sell their property on their own have no means to have their property included in the MLS. 

Mike will enter complete information about your property including remarks for other Realtors such as warning not to let pets outside, showing instructions, measurements of rooms, a complete marketing description, directions to the property and multiple telephone numbers so that Buyers or Buyers agents can reach them for questions or to see the property.

Step Five:  Marketing The Property

In addition to entering your property into the MLS, Mike will showcase your property with their Premier Marketing Plan.  This includes:

  • High-resolution, color fliers with superb photographs and text
  • Photo tours on this site (see example) and enhanced listings at Realtor.com, the top search site used by Buyers from across the country.
  • Property listing with photos at SearchHomes.com
  • Virtual Tour of the property to be placed online
  • Local advertising in magazines and newspapers
  • Communications to other Realtors in Realty Executives local network of over 1,700 agents in Arizona
  • Sign post in the yard with pointer to this website to see complete information on your property
  • Open Houses
  • Monitoring of feedback from Realtors who see the property
  • Realtor Tours
  • Electronic and printed Newsletters with information your property and pointers to this website for more information and photos.
  • Aerial and Plat Maps of the property
  • Online, printable Fliers of your property (see example)
  • And more!

Our Guarantee

We know you expect the best and our intent is to develop a relationship with you that you will enjoy so much that you will come back to us in the future for all your real estate needs. 

However, even with best intentions and years of experience, things might not go the way you want them to go.  As a result, you can cancel our agreement with thirty days written notice regardless of the length of time you list your property with us.

Schedule Appointment to List Your Property

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