Barb Schlinker | Your Real Estate Voice

The Things Buyers and Their Agents do to Kill a Contract Segment 3 What are the top reasons why contracts fall apart? #1 – Buyer’s Remorse #2 – Home Inspections #3 – Low Appraisals Solutions: Seller drop price Buyer come up with diff in cash Most offer is a negotiation in between Appraisal Guarantees in Offer Most Buyers are Offering an Appraisal Guarantee to Start Asking Price $399,999 Offer Pric...

How to Win in a Home Bidding War Segment 2 Many home buyers are having to make offer after offer just to get under contract for a home.  How can a home buyer win in a bidding war? In Many Cases, Homes Go on the Market in this HOT Sellers’ Market and Multiple Offers Come in With all Negotiations, Buyers and Sellers need a Strategy: Buyer Strategy: Preparation, Presentation & Offer Terms Helping...

How the Eviction Moratorium is Affecting the Real Estate Market Segment 1 CDC MORATORIUMON EVICTIONS HAS BEEN EXTENDED TOJUNE 30, 2021 Alabama and Georgia realtor associations files a lawsuit in November The Judge Ruled that the Public Health Service does NOT have the legal authority to impose a nationwide eviction moratorium How Does this Ruling Affect Landlords and Tenants How Does this Ruling A...

Top Five Showing Mistakes to Avoid & Hot New Listings 2021 Segment 4 Top 5 Showing Mistakes to Avoid & Hot New Listings Most Home Sellers believe they should be home during showings.  What are the top five showing mistakes home sellers should avoid? Not Having Your Home Show Ready Following Buyers Around Leaving Alarms On Leaving Screen Doors Locked Not containing Pets Don’t Hover Availabl...

Do Home Sellers Really Save Money When Hiring a Discount Agent Segment 3 Why go with a full commission, full service agent when you can get the same services, pretty much from an agent who discounts their fee. Are they really saving money? I recently sold a client’s home who had been on the market for months very recently with NO SALE I SOLD IT FOR $57000 OVER ASKING FOR CASH Not all real estate a...

How Bidens Capital Gains Proposal May Hit Some Home Sellers & Investors in a RED Hot Market Segment 2 What are some of the tax issues home sellers must know before putting their Colorado Springs area home up for sale? In 1998 the law changed that provided for sellers to gain: $250,000 for not married $500,000 for married I’m Barb Schlinker with Your Home Sold Guaranteed Realty I attend the clo...

5 Keys to Thrive When Selling Your Home 2021 Segment 1 Even in a strong seller’s market, there are some homes that do not sell. What are the Five Keys to Thrive When Selling Your Home? Yes, there are Five Keys to Thrive, the result most homes sellers are after are: Get the Most Money When they Sell. Guarantee your home is sold  Know they Can BUY their Next home with Worrying About the Sale Stay in...

Updated Sell Your Home With the EASY Button and New Cash Buyer Alert Segment 4 What are some things that make selling your home like hitting the Easy button? The number 1 way to make it the Easy Button is to Hire the Right Team to sell your home Agent Selection MATTERS! Just the Facts: Over 5000 agents Those agents, would be thrilled to just get you a contract and encourage you to take it! Table &...

Hottest Property Improvements That Command a GREAT Return on Your Investment Segment 3 What are Home Buyers Looking for in Homes in this Market? Start with a Budget in Mind – If you are making improvements Focus on Systems that need to be replaced Cosmetic repairs on flooring, lights, kitchens and baths. Hardwood floors are big LVT looks GREAT, easy care, lower cost than real hardwood Kitchens - t...

Quick DIY Home Inspection You Can Do While Viewing a Home Segment 2 How does a buyer know whether or not they are getting a home in good condition?   We cannot re-supply the inventory of homes priced all the way up to $1,000,000 The Inspection Issues There is NO License in CO to be an Inspector Things to Check While Viewing It’s so easy the first time you see a home to have rose colored glasses Mo...

The Elephant in the Room – Getting a Destination Home Segment 1 Lots of your buyers are having to compete to get their offers accepted with higher than asking price offers, cash offers and zero buyer kick out clauses, how does a buyer win a home in this market?  We are seeing a meteoric rise of homes values of over 26.1% in just 1 year!  House supply Prediction What if You Need your Equity to Buy...

Home Sale Preparation – How to Sell for Up to 11% More Segment 4 Home Sale Preparation – How to Sell for Up to 11% More What do we need to do and what NOT to do to get our home ready for sale? Small investment = Big ROI Buyers Want HGTV You Need an Agent That Knows: What to do and what NOT to do to get top $ To Fix or Not Fix Pricing and Improvements  Marketing Strategy: Updated Homes = Top Dollar...

Trade Up Mistakes and How to Avoid Them When Moving Up to Your Next Home Segment 3 Trade Up Mistakes and How to Avoid Them When Moving Up to Your Next Home The Real Estate Dilemma is TWO FOLD Need their net proceeds Rendered in a temporary housing situation Needing the Net Proceeds Option 1: Sell the Home! Option 2: What if the You have NOT lined up a Destination? We can put contract protections i...

Sell By Owner Land Mines Segment 2 Sell By Owner Land Mines Sell by owner and ‘Save’ the commission Loss to the seller:  $80,000 Forces Outside a Seller’s Control.. Sellers: Pricing Positioning Marketing Buyer Attraction Preparation Where do you find the ‘right buyer’ What words do you use in your ad to attract them How to get the images right to attract the best buyer Getting the Buy to the Finis...

The Real Estate Crystal Ball – Where is the Market Headed Segment 1 The Real Estate Crystal Ball – Where is the Market Headed Home Values Increased over 26.1% in just 1 year!  The AVERAGE sale price went up $39,000 in just 2 months! House supply Crystal Ball a. Inventory will remain low b. Building of new homes slowed down c. Rate of appreciation could slow in 2022 Today’s Rising Market: Driven by...

How to Stage Your Own Home for Top Dollar & Hot New Listings Segment 4 How to Stage Your Own Home for Top Dollar & Hot New Listings A Common Misconception: “It doesn’t matter which agent we use – our house will sell quickly anyway. We have a desirable home and it’s a hot market.” It may be true that you can get your home sold by just about any agent, or even doing it yourself. If the Home...

Pricing Your Home to Command Top Dollar When You Sell Segment 3 Pricing Your Home to Command Top Dollar When You Sell How does a home seller price their home to command top dollar? Pricing Tip # 1: Don’t Rely on those Online Computer Generated “Zestimates” Pricing Tip # 2: Don’t Rely on A Neighbor’s Sale DEFINING A HOME’S VALUE Determining Your Home’s Value depends on many things: Pricing Tip # 3:...

How to Buy a Home Up Against Competition Segment 2 How to Buy a Home Up Against Competition HOT Sellers’ Market and Multiple Offers come in A Home Seller is in a GREAT Position to “Negotiate” With all Negotiations, Buyers and Sellers need a Strategy Pricing Positioning  Marketing Buyer Strategy: Preparation, Presentation & Offer Terms Preparation Mistakes  Helping the Buyer Get the House: We P...

Top 3 Reasons Why we are NOT in a Housing Bubble Segment 1 This real estate market is very robust, many people fear that it will come crashing down like it did in 2008.   Home Values Increased over 19.5% in just 1 year! (Rising) The AVERAGE sale price went up $39,000 in just 2 months! 1. Houses supply is at record low levels In real estate, supply and demand are measured in “months’ supply of inve...

Top Five Tips to Prepare Your Home for Sale & Hot New Listings Segment 4 Top Five Tips to get your home ready for sale.  Can you tell us about? Common Mis-Conception:  “It doesn’t matter which agent we use – our house will sell quickly anyway. We have a desirable home and it’s a hot market.” It may be true that you can get your home sold by just about any agent, or even doing it yourself, at t...

How to Sell a House in 1 Afternoon & Get a Great Offer On your Home Segment 3 To sell a home quickly You have a unique RBID system to selling a house in 15 minutes…how does that work? We are the only company in town offering the RBID system.  RBID stands for Realty Bid System. With this system there are massive Seller Benefits because: Every seller wants to sell their home for top dollar and a...

Home Showing Etiquette Mistakes and What Can Be Done About It Segment 2 Tell us about some of the Home Showing Etiquette Mistakes and What Can Be Done About Them? The sellers get to decide when homes are show by other agents.  Most agents tell sellers to leave their home during showings. Home owners need to know that until their buyer owns the homes the owners have absolute rights to their homes A...

How the Governor is Restricting Real Estate Today Segment 1 Some people are concerned of strangers going through their homes to view it for sale because of Covid. How is Governor Polis restricting real estate activity today? Real Estate has always been deemed an essential service since the Covid virus broke out. When the full-on panic set in the governor placed restrictions on: In Person Showings...

Why NOW is the BEST Time to Sell a Home & Hot New Listings Segment 4 The number of available homes is lower than I have ever seen it, in my career.. 565 Homes Available in El Paso, Teller and Elbert Counties, Inventory down by 57% Median sales price up by 20.9% from 1 year ago Average sales price increased by 18.9% from 1 year ago Most homes are getting at least 2.4 % OVER ask for SFA homes an...

Critical Questions You Should Ask Before You Hire a Real Estate Agent Segment 3 Many people do want to interview several agents to pick the best one.  You have a report on the Top 10 Questions You should Ask Before Hiring an Agent Many home sellers quickly figure out, that not all real estate agents are the same. 2.And picking the wrong agent can cost a home seller thousands. 3. I recently met wit...