Getting Your Home Ready to Sell in Tulsa - Select a Listing Realtor right for the job – Questions you should ask
Not all Realtors are the same.
It doesn’t seem to matter if my Buyers are looking at $80,000 houses or $300,000 houses – we will run across listings with no photos, no virtual tours and little information on MLS. And, Buyers will totally rule out looking at homes that they can’t preview from their home computer. So, before you sign up with a Realtor to SELL your home, be sure to ask where and how your home will be marketed.
Individual Realtors offer different services, and we pay to advertise your home out of our own pocket. We don’t regain that investment until your home sells.
In order to select a Listing Realtor who will properly market your home, ask lots of questions!
Questions you want to ask your Realtor include: does your Realtor offer the enhanced advertising on realtor.com that allows more photos, extensive verbiage and virtual tours?
On which web sites will your virtual tours be displayed? Ask them to send you links of their other listings on Realtor.com, Trulia, Yahoo and Zillow so you can be sure of what type and level of exposure you can expect for YOUR listing. [links to trulia, zillow, etc.]
84% of Buyers are searching for homes on the internet before they ever contact a Realtor, so if your photos and virtual tours are not plastered on YouTube, Realtor.com and a dozen other popular web sites, the number of Buyers NOT seeing (and considering) your home is almost unquantifiable.
Select a Listing Realtor right for the job – Questions you should ask - Will your Realtor be honest with you about the needed updates to prepare your home for sale? Is your Realtor looking at your home through a potential Buyer’s eye?
Does your Realtor offer an electronic keybox, so that your showings can be accurately tracked and does your Realtor follow up with cooperating Realtors to get feedback? Will your Realtor provide good directions to your home so that Buyers and Realtors can easily find you? 
What staging services will your Realtor offer and will your Realtor go over comparables to price your home competitively? What steps will your Realtor take to promote a sale within a reasonable time frame? Will your Realtor present you with his/her marketing PLAN?
How often will your Realtor communicate with you? You probably know how often your home is being shown if you occupy your property. Establish expectations from day one, and you’ll be less frustrated.
Lastly, ask for references. I display testimonials on my web site, and am happy to provide you with phone numbers of previous clients.
Your home will sell if it is in top condition, priced correctly and marketed aggressively. Choose the Listing Realtor that understands this selling strategy.
Marketing your home is expensive, but priceless.
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Lori is a residential Realtor with Chinowth & Cohen Realtors serving the greater Tulsa area and specializing in downtown Tulsa and midtown Tulsa real estate.
Lori--great post that promotes the benefits of working with the right Realtor. I like your graphic that connects to Tulsa properties. Very clever! I also saw your post about choosing a caterer for your friend's wedding. Have fun.
Thanks, Mary! I use that image in my listing presentation also.
Having a good time planning the wedding with my friend -- looking like 400 guests at this point. :-)