According to the
National Association of Realtors:
74%
of Homebuyers use the Internet in their Home Search!
Here at
Great South Bay Realty, the reality of this has not been
lost!
Results of some common searches performed by home
buyers on Google, Yahoo, MSN etc..., for real estate
in our area:
Great South Bay Realty ranks:
1st page:
Long Island Real Estate (popular
keyword).
1st Page:
Suffolk County Real Estate (another
popular keyword).
1st
Page: When you list with us, we
ensure your home gets 1st page results!
Since it is known
that many internet searchers do not view web page
results past the third page, it is in your best
interest to find a Realtor that consistently ranks
high in the many keyword searches that home buyers
use.
Welcome to GREAT SOUTH BAY REALTY where our client's
homes get the best marketing, both internet and print
media, at the low commission fee of
2 %!
Do
not settle for National Franchises that are resting
on their assumed laurels charging First Class fees for less
than Coach service!
The fact that they are not easily
found during web searches can translate into a
homeowner receiving significantly less $$ for their
home due to the lack of marketing!
(Remember, many Realtors with enough
cash, or financing, can open a real estate franchise. That certainly does not
guarantee quality or success.)
The proof is in what you see!
Come to Great South Bay Realty where we put
your home first! The money that we would have paid
in franchise fees is devoted to selling your house!
The Straight Facts!
There are approximately 23,000
members in the Long Island Board of Realtors, Inc.
(LIBOR) providing real estate services in Nassau,
Suffolk and Queens counties.
The Multiple Listing
Service of Long Island, Inc. (MLSLI), is a network (computerized) of 2,150+ cooperating real estate offices, located
throughout
Nassau, Suffolk and Queens counties.
Out of 23,000 members and
2150+ offices,
GREAT SOUTH
BAY REALTY
is one of the very few real estate offices
found on the 1st Page of Internet searches!
Proudly
serving our Client's well!
And
FOR A LOT LE$$ THAN OUR HIGH
PRICED COMPETITORS!
When listing your house, does
it make sense to list with a Realtor (most of
our competitors) who's website is found past
the first page, say on the 10th page, while
paying more money?
Do
you prefer to advertise your house on the front
page of a newspaper or buried somewhere in the
small print?
The following table details some interesting comparisons
between
doing it yourself
and
hiring the Professionals at Great South Bay Realty.
Real Estate
We
provide homeowners with:
Security.
Professional Real Estate Service.
Guaranteed Advertising.
Full Service at 2%
Commission.
And much more!
If you would like to know the value of your house in today's
market, please give us a call at:
(631) 289 - 9111
for a FREE Market Analysis.
Thinking of Selling?
It is worth your time to call us and compare our marketing plans
against our competition's plans. The phone call could actually
save you THOU$AND$!!!!
At the very least, you will be in a better negotiating position
to get a better commission!
Homeowners
Great South Bay
Realty
Security
Often homeowners unwittingly open up their
homes, provide their phone numbers and give out their addresses
to strangers. Strangers that might not even be in the market to
purchase a home.
In this day of crime and universal access to
information via the internet, homeowners selling on their own
are needlessly exposing their families to a variety of possible dangers.
We acquire important information and details
about potential customers to ensure that they are really
customers.
We meet with customers prior to showing our client's homes.
Our agents are present during showings and all follow-up
appointments.
Our agents are licensed professionals.
Mortgages
for
Buyers
Very few homeowners are prepared to offer
mortgage services. They are therefore at the mercy of the
prospective buyer and are forced to take the buyer's word for
having a legitimate mortgage broker/banker.
The fact that a buyer has a pre-qualification letter does not
in and of itself provide much protection due to the fact that
mortgage brokers/bankers are basing their pre-qualification
letter on the word of the buyer.
We work hard to ensure that customers are
pre-qualified for a mortgage. During the pre-qualification
process we are able to determine the veracity of a prospective
buyer's statements by making comparisons to other sources of information.
We have several professional contacts with
mortgage bankers who know how to get the job done. Contacts that homeowners usually lack!
Experience
Very few homeowners buy and sell more than 4
homes during their entire life. Often they are not privy to all
the details of a transaction. Details that real estate
professionals are constantly engaged in.
We are in contact with thousands of prospective
buyers every year.
We are familiar with all the laws and required paperwork.
We have closed on hundreds of real estate transactions.
We
have numerous contacts with professionals in the fields of: real
estate law, engineering, real estate appraisal, home
inspection, termite inspection, cesspool certification, surveying, etc....
Advertising
Homeowners usually invest over $500, initially,
to advertise their home. (It is actually quite
higher if they use certain 'for sale by owner'
services!) Some homeowners create web sites for
their home sale but the fact that it can take
weeks for the web registries to file and register
their web sites makes this advertising avenue
relatively useless. (Especially since they are
competing against professionals who are already
registered and established and therefore attain
higher standings in the search engines.)
Some homeowners use flimsy signs nailed to telephone poles,
and other signs that look more like yard sale signs rather than
signs intended to impart upon the viewer a sense of dignity and
respect. You can be assured that potential buyers are negatively
affected by these clumsy and unprofessional attempts to
advertise property for sale. A potential buyer's first
impression is that the home for sale is cheap, or can be
purchased at a bargain. After all, look at that pathetic sign!
If a homeowner expects someone to spend hundreds of thousands
of dollars, it is in the homeowner's best interest to have a
marketing plan that properly and professionally presents their
home, from start to finish, as the attractive property that it
is.
There is no initial charge for advertising or
anything for that matter! It is part of our commission that is
paid at closing.
We advertise in Newsday, Harmon Homes, several real estate
classified web sites and the Internet. (For Newsday and Harmon
Homes we advertise in both print and on the Internet.) You will also
probably notice that there are few homeowners advertising in the Harmon Homes magazine. (Pick up a copy at a local supermarket.)
Homeowners usually cannot afford to advertise in Harmon Homes.
Our listings are also found on the following
websites:
Yahoo!
Fox News
Channel
Home
Gain
Homes.com
Homeseekers.com
NBCi
Cablevision/News 12
Infospace
We already have a substantial web presence! A
person searching for real estate on Long Island
does not have to search long to find one of our
websites.
We
treat your home with the dignity and respect it deserves. We use
professional signs that are reflective, thereby providing professional
advertising 24/7!
We provide professional service and a
marketing plan that presents your home in its best light.
Fees
Some Homeowners sell on their own believing that they
are saving money. But when they calculate the amount of time
they expended and the cost of advertising, they find that they
would have been better off with a professional!
Other
homeowners actually pay 4, 5 or 6% Commission for the same, if
not less, service and advertising that we offer at
a 2%
commission, thereby needlessly spending thousands, possibly tens
of thousands, of dollars more than they should have.
Thousands of dollars that could have gone to the homeowner's
retirement or their children's college education!
2 %
Commission
Bargaining
Position
Professional athletes and other wealthy
individuals realize that they do better financially when they
have professional representation. Homeowners selling their house
also have their wealth to protect and save.
Rather than having their emotions dictate their actions, or
having their inexperience cause them to make mistakes while
negotiating, wealthy individuals and smart homeowners choose
professional representation. They realize the importance of
hiring a professional with negotiating experience to protect their
interests.
We are constantly negotiating for our clients.
We have successfully negotiated thousands of times for our many
clients.
We offer homeowners that needed buffer between themselves and
potential buyers who make offers on the homeowner's property.
Great South Bay
Realty
