disclosures dictated by local custom. Most real estate files average a thickness of between one and three inches of paper. A single mistake or omission could land you in court or cost you after- the-fact. Speaking of after-the-fact, even a smooth closing without complications can come back to haunt you. For example, tax authorities that collect property tax assessments, document stamps, or transfer tax can fall months behind and mix up invoices, resulting in a snag. These may be hard to handle without knowledge of the system. A good real estate agent will deal with these issues. Obviously this is where we need to say a few things about what makes us different. 1) We have thousands of current buyers in our database looking in the greater Athens area to purchase (20 mile radius). • We had a very difficult home to sell that needed significant structural work. Before it was ever listed I contacted a few of folks in our database and mentioned it to them. One in particular saw the home and made an 2) We use over 14 different marketing venues to market your home (garnering more people to see it and getting a higher price). The average sale price of our homes is 101% of list price sold in less than 10 days, while the market is 99% in 31 days. That's $6,000 more on a $300,000 home and one less mortgage payment to boot added to our seller's bottom line. 3) We have programs that limit showings of your home to one day on one weekend for only a few hours and yet still produce incredible results. • Recently we showed a home for two hours on Saturday, had five offers and sold the home for 7.5% over list price 57 offer the next day and the home was under contract almost two weeks BEFORE it was set to be listed and closed 30 days later. All parties were delighted.
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