What Will I Do as Your REALTOR®?
The common assumption is that a REALTOR®'s main job is to show you homes. However, there are so many more things that you'll receive when you work with us. Some of those services are listed below.
- Give you a free analysis of your real estate needs
- Determine housing criteria and research properties
- Continually update criteria and needs
- Research and answer your questions in a timely manner
- Frequently send you listings that match your wants and needs in a future home
- Use technology to your advantage
- Send you information in relation to your move/relocation
- Make appointments to show you homes on a time schedule that works for you
- Provide information on short term stays if needed i.e. hotels, rentals
- Educate you on all areas of the buying process
- Educate you on new construction opportunities
- Provide you with information on schools, communities, employment, etc.
- Preview homes for you if you’re not available
- Counsel you in the pre-buying process
- Discuss your financing needs
- Provide you with qualified contacts for your lending needs
- Provide timely and professional disclosure
- Help you with determining pros and cons of each property we look at
- Point out “hot buttons” while showing
- Help with questions you have on your loan application
- Follow up with your lender in regards to your loan application to ensure loan process has begun
- Analyze purchasing timeline and needs once you’ve found your dream home
- Construct a free market analysis of the property to help you make an educated offer by comparing similar active, pending, and recently sold properties
- Act as a liaison between you and the seller’s listing agent
- Draft the offer while preparing and determining correct paperwork
- Research tax records
- Check out flood zone
- Find utility information for you
- Thoroughly explain paperwork before you sign
- Submit contract and follow up with listing agent
- Negotiate contract until it’s mutually agreeable
- Review and explain final contract before you sign and accept
- Send title company executed contract and ensure they have all of the necessary and correct documents so they can begin getting title information prepared
- Schedule and attend home inspection with you
- Schedule and attend testing and other inspections with you
- Provide you with trusted insurance agents
- Follow up with home insurance process
- Review home inspection findings to ensure no amendments to contract need to be made
- Renegotiate any ill-fated home inspection findings if needed
- Order appraisal
- Help you meet all of your financing deadlines
- Closely monitor all contingencies including financing, home inspection, appraisal, etc.
- Keep constant contact with lender to guarantee closing process is smooth
- Schedule closing location and time that works for all parties in transaction
- Review the closing statement AKA HUD
- Attend final walk through with you
- Coordinate between lenders and title company to determine funds needed for closing
- Explain how closing process goes, what you’ll need to bring, etc.
- Attend your closing with you
- Give you your keys to your new home
- Follow up after closing to ensure everything’s going wonderfully!
Interested in learning more about what we can and will do as your REALTOR®? Fill out the form below or give us a call and we can get a FREE consultation set up. We're looking forward to working with you!
Contact Info
madisonneighborhoods 555 Zor Shrine Place
Madison WI 53719
608-729-7351
shawnkriewaldt@kw.com
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