Concierges, for persons in transition

~ ‘Concierge Providers’ in honor of Paul’s mom 1921- 2021.    Paul at anibal-group-llc-realtynetworth.com-thenetworthlife_consultation-with-retiree_trusts_conservator_wills MI FL realty broker

As always, its another benefit of having a brokerage agreement with me, just as our ‘Annual If/ Any/ All’ package.
With a retainer & pertinent rider docs in place, get this extra perk. Concierge Providers, assist you & only you, with the little stuff outside of the brokerage aspect of your buy/ sell/ and relo.
  • Pay-as-you go Providers can be:
    1. ‘By Your Side’ advocates for QnA, your own personal curator, &/or assistant role, giving general assistance & FYI’s. These are often active or recently retired licensed professionals. >$500 min. retainer/ hourly billings/ retainer refreshed when used up.
    2.  ‘Site Visiting’ to help w/on-site ‘tasks’. Facilitator Assistant – Good for a small number of specific tasks – The Concierge can visit the site, as needed, for collecting quotes, and checking in on providers – limiting service to being a curator & update reporter. ~ You will ‘launch the task’ & initiate the providers task(s). ~ To protect providers that we’ve curated, we may request retainer = your articulated budget.  However, you’ll finalize payment directly to providers at task(s) end, we return to you the ‘escrowed’ security funds at that point, as you are the one directly engaging the provider(s).  >$500 min. retainer (higher if we’ve done pre build out)/ >$hourly + mileage billings/ retainer refreshed when used up.
    3. ‘Bigger Plan’ – again, a Facilitator Assistant for a more global approach – perhaps many sub-tasks & providers. ~ Retainer equals your overall plan budget. You’re still/ always/ responsible for the process(es) to accomplish your overall plan. >As a % of your anticipated project total outlay, the > of $500 or 10% of budgeted $’s is our min. retainer / >$hourly + mileage billings/ retainer refreshed when used up.
    4. Customer Control: ~ Our in-house assigned Concierge does NOT provide contracting services, insurance, tax reporting, or compliance. The customer must give explicit clear details & memorialize them – spoken/ phone calls/ texts & personal emails are not recognized by us. Get acknowledgements in writing!
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    • You, our client, can automatically get this service package perk with your *retainer & agreement as your provider of buy/ sell/ or relocation brokerage. .
    • We set aside a percentage of our brokerage servicing fee, out of our pocket, for your personal assistant(s).
    • On your client portal, YourSpace24/7, you have a dashboard to keep track of credits available and credits used, much like say a Speedy Rewards or Frequent Flyer Perks, etc.
    • Its pay-as-you-go above rebates offered, BUT any upfront as a retainer can be rebated back to you at closing. Maximum possible rebates? Higher levels are extended to poverty level elders with limited assets, otherwise, to our ‘recommended’ realty servicing agreement we can add a rider for:
      • Transactions 200k+ We’ll rebate lesser of retainer or 5% of our brokerage fee.
      • 500k+ We’ll rebate lesser of actual or 10% of our brokerage fee.
      • $1m …. 25%.
    • Request a ‘Concierge Rider’, then the concierge providers retainer you present us with – min $500 + your rebate for services used up to the less of the % noted above or your retainer = applied to closing. The net affect at closing settlement is you get personal services at ‘No-Cost’.
      • (the “Rider” retainer is separate from agent/ broker servicing agreement & retainer)

~ I so oft see real estate agents promoting “the ___ ___ ‘team’ or ‘our team’ “.

I realized, the ‘listing specialist’, ‘marketing specialist’, ‘closing specialist’, etc, are all handlers for the office/ agent/ broker aspect. >> Light bulb: what about the client? How about a ‘specialist’ for them and them alone? YES! That’s us.

__ These are ‘transaction/ transitions concierge’ providers. __  A helper providing professionalism, empathy, assisting you through a traumatic time of life – the transactions of real estate!

__ I’m excited to offer this assistance during the time of your ‘transaction/ transitions’ brokerage. ‘They’ don’t talk ‘house/ real estate/ marketing/ title/ mortgage’ ….NO…they are the ‘who might know how to help’, kind-of-a-friend, to and for the client when feeling overloaded. ~ Some concierge(s) also provide ‘tickler checklists’, not an overwhelming printout, but perhaps touching base as the transaction unfolds.

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* Concierges available w/ min. $250k transactions of a 1st, 2nd residence or trust/ estate liquidation. Level 1 ‘base’ available w/ up-front brokerage agreement & retainer, level 2 ‘premium’ also requires pay-as-we-go additions to retainer. Request details.

Please seek you own professional legal, tax, real estate, and insurance advice – not to the reliance of this article.


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326 N Hazelton St, Flushing, MI 48433, Flushing Schools, completely upgraded & move in condition 2-3 Bd/2 Bth/4 car w/ full bsmt all under $165k !

 


SOLD.


Amazingly Clean & ‘ Move-In Ready’ ~ It’s all been done! That’s right! Walk a couple blocks to downtown Flushing and all it has to offer. Across from the Early Learning Center, this short one-way street might be the quietest in town! The definition of clean, most everything new or upgraded since 2014: roof, windows, doors, HVAC, on demand water heater, 2 mini-splits for heat/ac zone use, tile baths, etc. Nothing to clean/ nothing to upgrade ~ its all done!


 ~ Lot’s of info at: http://326Hazelton.com

  • Request a showing here as my buyers get our ‘Stress Reduction Pack’, up to a *$1000 value!Anibal-Group-LLC-RealtyNetWorth-open-house-saturday-sign
    • For my buyers, *choose: home warranty, 1 year ‘mow n snow’ & 1040 income tax service!
  • Exterior.  ~ Entry Level.~ Lower Level.



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13213 Golden Ct, Fenton MI 48430, Lake Fenton Schools, Best maintained home in the area 3/2/2 full bsmt all under $250k !


We did 431 things to market this property….properly! Thinking of selling?  Like to see the list? ~ More Eyes/ More Time/ Best Outcome – very very different approach from ‘pics, sign n MLS’ others use.


Coming Soon, Open Sat 9/4 2-5pm ~ info at: http://13213Golden.com




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SOLD: 129 N Corbin, Holly Schools, Holly MI Move-in condition 3/1/full bsmt under $165k !

Our ‘INDEPENDENCE DAY FINALE‘ explosion of up-front marketing created an acceptable offer with-in the first 3 hrs on the first day for $5k over ask. …… ‘take it from there‘ !


Coming Soon, 7/3, Open Sat 7/3 2-5pm ~ info at: http://129Corbin.com

  • My Client-buyers get our ‘Stress Reduction Pack’
  • up to a $999 value!
  • current year 1040 income tax service – no charge!
  • – PLUS yard care services for the rest of the season included FREE



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Great Car Enthusiast Garages – ‘with attached house’ !

Are you one of Michigan’s thousands of ‘car persons’ ? I’ve brokered for 3 decades and owned many classics myself.

If you’re a local, you’ve seen my office just down the street from Boomers Shark Club, home of the famous huge weekly car cruise-ins, or the Dream Cruise in Flint, or the Fenton Dream Cruise ‘tune-up’, or even in Brighton MI (below). If you’re a dealer, you’ve seen me all over the country at dealer auctions searching out sweet unique rides for clients.

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As a local 30+ year real estate broker with loyal clientele & lots of hands on construction & car experience, I’m also great source of hot rod & other car related referrals.

Let me walk you thru your Buy/Sell situation knowing the value of a Great Car Space !


Bonus: Here’s some exceptional adaptive use spaces for Great Car Caves, Showcase Garages, Wrencher Spaces, and Daily Driver Comfort Zones. How do you rate them ?

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Water Test in Michigan

Test your water regularly and as part of a purchase offer if a home has well water. Why ? There are all sorts of michigan well water testing real estate carcinogens in most ground water – not all is at high levels, but you need to stay informed. Recent cancer diagnosis of friends have brought this to my added attention. They eat clean, and live healthy otherwise.

You can use a state or local lab, but I’ve added a link to National Water Testing, a lab I recommend.

Call me first before testing for more details if you are considering buying or selling.

Zillow, Trulia are not Realtors

Per Inman News article

Zillow, and other third-party real estate search sites like Trulia, have made a big push to real estate agent broker screening referral advocacy paul anibal team alloverusa__michigan_to_florida_california-to-maineget data feeds directly from brokers and MLSs because, without a direct feed, the portals face accuracy and timeliness issues with the listing data they get from a variety of sources.

A recent study by the brokerage and referral site ZipRealty, for example, showed that 16 and 17 percent of the homes listed as for sale on Zillow and Trulia, respectively, in the markets the study looked at were not listed as for sale in the MLS.

The point here is when you are ready to get to work on your buy/sell activity, there is no substitute for a licensed flesh and blood brokerage that has access to info you need – when you need it.

Ask me about the house they ‘valued’ at $184k then $93k just after I’d sold it for $150k! The seller pointed me to a similar house listed a block away – ‘Zillowed’ at $160k – eventually sold for $85k. Take it from there.

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Selling: Does the Brady Bunch still live there ?

Good article on selling the `ol family home. Other houses are selling, yours isn’t – but why ?faqs2-300x225[1]

At this point I’ll switch to a quote from the MI Assoc of Realtors magazine article: “….“See, it’s like this,” he says. “The house looks as if the Brady Bunch still lives here.” What he means is, the house hasn’t been updated since you and your siblings have moved out….”

If you haven’t heard it a million times:

  • Neutral colors
  • NO personal items on the counters/tables/walls
  • Front door has fresh paint and lockset
  • Bath and kitchen are updated
  • Any storage areas 60% occupied at max
  • Mow lawn/ wack down the shrubs/ fresh mulch/ and flowers
  • Clean clean clean clean

Option #2: Empty the house of all but a minimal amount of furniture and discount it by 30-40% and let the buyers make the upgrades. Caution, the house still needs to be clean and mostly empty so they can easily evaluate or prepare to discount even further.

Open House Marketing ~ caveat:

You’ve heard about “disclosure”… well, I believe that a Guest at an Open House needs to disclose if:

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  • They are only being nosy – looking for decorating ideas
  • They’re hungry and looking for a cookie
  • They need to use the bathroom
  • They’re casing the joint  for goodies
  • They have ever been, or intend to be, rapists, murderers or other deviants

How does your broker attract well qualified serious buyers? How are they screened once in your home. Are your ‘smart house’ tools up to date and your valuables out of reach?

A good start: use ‘ID verification’ and get ‘proof of funds’.

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Two Simultaneous Principal Residence Exemptions

Homeowners who are selling their homes, but moved into another home elsewhere in the State, get to have two Imageprincipal resident exemptions. …the St of MI Act provides that an owner may retain an exemption for up to 3 tax years on property previously exempt as principal residence if that property:

• is not occupied;
• is for sale;
• is not leased; and
• is not used for any business or commercial purpose

Big penalty for not rescinding when the old home is sold.

We complete this form free for clients that have retained us under buy/sell brokerage, minimal fee for others.

DIY’s for profit ( but not necessarily fun )

Four piles ! – that’s the bottom line.

  • Toss it.
  • Donate it.
  • Sell it.
  • Keep, organize and store it.

  1. Wash or paint the walls and trim. Wash light switches. Please make windows spotless. No dust anywhere. Any closet, wall space, furniture inclusions in a given room & the garage or basement areas should be no more than 60% occupied – otherwise they look like the home lacks sufficient space for ‘stuff’.
  2. Those new fixtures you’ll install need bright bulbs! Windows/ shades open all the way.
  3. If you have hanging wires, your post-accepted offer inspector can cost you dearly. Don’t let those unstapled wires in the basement or garage beg for concessions – or worse – make the buyer walk.
  4. Trim back the bushes and make the house look bigger! Bright colored flowers on the porch. Water, fertilize and trim the lawn impeccably.
  5. Spend on bright, clean, new items including house plants to add $’s to the sale, get quicker responses, and bonus, you get to those bold wall hangings & new area rugs with you!
    • >> Please! Look at the decor in ‘on-markets’ and recently sold comps. If you are all ‘brass’ trimmed & they are brushed nickel, eBay or Home Depot are your best friend to swap knobs/ handles/ & lighting fixtures – inside and out. You’ll have only yourself to blame if you leave thousands behind because you didn’t spent hundreds to increase appeal.

If a seller wants to get the same price the neighbors got for their property, then I have expectations for them too !

Read the entire list with a caveat, e.g., I’d put kitchen bath rehab higher on the list, but if yours in no more than 5 years old and you clean clean clean, then its off the list. You get the idea.

 

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“I’ll just Short Sell it ;-) “

Oh yeah ? Not so fast.

I hear it over and over – “lets bandwagon, let the bank have it, let it go, walk away”…after all, Mr Fix It is in the white house and America cares for the little guy, not those ding nab fat rich bankers !

Try on a dose of reality:

To short sell, you’ll need to prove hardship, and then wait for the income tax bill and higher insurance rates while you ponder getting sued for the short fall and remaining fall out of bad credit for 7 years.

..do NOT constitute hardship:

  1. Bad purchase decisions.
  2. Unhappy with the neighbors.
  3. Buying another home.
  4. Pregnancy.
  5. Moving into an apartment.

Examples of hardship are:

  1. Unemployment
  2. Divorce
  3. Medical emergency / sudden illness
  4. Bankruptcy
  5. Death

A decent article for the cold shower awaiting.

ps, consider buying something that makes sense in the first place – questions ? Call us.

For Sale By Owner com Founder used an agent

Today I learned something not so surprising.  CEO of ForSalebyOwner.com, Colby Sambrotto sold his home using a Realtor! said the article title.Anibal-Group-LLC-RealtyNetWorth-Marketing-Open-House-Signs_3_In-Yard_Open_ForSale_Website-2

He’d used his FSBO site for 6 months, then listed the property and sold it in weeks, …. for thousands more than he’d been asking no less. Why  is this NOT surprising to me? I’ve been in the business 30 yrs as a 2nd generation multi-state broker and even I know the value of not representing property yourself, Yes, I too have listed more than 1 property with other offices. Why ? I practice what I preach, that’s why.

With face to face buyer/seller situations I see many opportunities for immediate loss of strategy.

The buyers may think:

  • ‘Well, you’re not paying an agent so I’d like to save that cost’ (you get nothing extra for all your work).
  • They ask a question, seller answers, they move in and have a problem and say “well you said such and such and now I have this problem. (extra pain, no financial gain).
  • Or buyer is old, seller is young – buyer thinks, ‘we’ll offer much less since we should be in a better negotiating position due to our age’.
  • Or seller is old, buyer is young – buyer thinks, ‘we’re young and craftier then seller, we’ll make sure we get the anibal-group-llc-realty-net-worth-all-over-usa-seal-beach-california.pngbetter deal’.
  • Or seller is _____ and buyer is ______, the list goes on what personality and etc things can get in the way.
  • Forget the possibility for sellers violating disclosure requirements, HUD Fair Housing parameters, silent fraud, implied warranties,….

So what about me, a buyer, going it alone and buying from a FSBO ? Been there done that didn’t go well. Did it once and never again. If an agent isn’t there to talk sense into a seller on my behalf re: price/ repairs/ etc etc, it ends up a waste of my time. Unrealistic sellers that don’t have a plan of attack may even say YES to my fair price, but then I have to do all the work from then on with little to no help or cooperation from them. So I have to earn my discount running things about, setting up appraisals, closings, inspections, and no lockbox makes for a really (not) fun time getting back in the property after acceptance of offer.

I’m not surprised the FSBO chief used an agent, after all, I – a broker – prefer not to rep my own properties !


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The Best Time Of Year To Sell A Home

  • https://www.zillow.com/research/best-time-to-list-2018-19215/

    • ‘.. Nationwide, the first half of May is the best time to list a home ..’ 
  • Best month to sell Best day of the week to list Why?
    First half of May Saturday Nationally, homes listed for sale in this window sold almost two weeks faster than average, and for $2,500 more,

Property not moving quickly ?


 

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