How we sell houses in St. Louis.
In December, I met a family who needed to sell the St. Louis house of a deceased relative. It had been on the market for 6 months with little to no activity and no offers.
After researching the listing, I found that it was well-priced. A visit to the home confirmed that the condition of the home was excellent.
On January 2, I took over the listing. We received an acceptable offer within 10 days. When I presented the offer to the seller, they told me that I had brought more people through the house in 10 days, than the previous agent did in 6 months. And, of course, the offer trumps everything!
Why did my efforts succeed when the other agent’s failed?
Did you know that the typical agent sells less than 6 homes a year? This particular agent sold less than average. The typical agent is going to use only one tool to market your home — the St. Louis Multiple Listing Service (MLS).
They simply can’t afford to do any more! Selling real estate in 2009 is about more than throwing a listing on the MLS. There is a lot of competition out there. I’ve got to make people notice your home. The National Association of Realtors (NAR) tells us that 85% of buyers are using the web as their primary house-searching tool. This says to me that my web presence has to be better than my competitors.
But good web presence costs money. Anyone can have a blog — but can they have a search engine optimized blog? Anyone can build a site — but will it sindicate listings to hundreds of search engines and real estate portals? Anyone can give out information via the web — but can they capture warm leads for follow up?
We’re outselling our competition exponentially because we use the best tools.
Nolting Real Estate’s main page, http://www.NoltingRealEstate.com syndicates your listing to about 50 of the top real estate portals in the country — sites like googlebase, craigslist, trulia, oodle, zillow, etc.
Our other main website, http://www.HomeGuideStLouis.com syndicates your St. Louis listing to more sites, but also features a sophisticated lead capture tool. This provides me with contact information so that my team can follow up and get our houses sold.
If you want information about your St. Louis home’s value, please go to our free, St. Louis home valuation website and request an analysis. We’ll get it right out!
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