FIND YOUR IDEAL PROPERTY AT IDEALPROPERTIES.NET

CATHY SMITH, LICENSED REALTOR OHIO & MICHIGAN ~ CathySmith@IdealProperties.net 419-280-3942

I am so pleased that you are taking a look at my web site. I hope that you find it to be very helpful and informative for you as you move forward in your real estate endeavors. We have tried to offer tips, tools, reports and resources that will help you in any step of your process. Please let me know if there is something that you feel would be beneficial to you to have on this site. I appreciate any insights and I am happy to answer any of your questions or to help you in any way. I am in this business because I love people not only because I love homes. I will enjoy helping you and getting to know you in the process.

I would love to have the opportunity to share with you a listing presentation that will give you details on my background of over 20 years in Real Estate, Marketing, Internet and Technology. I am a licensed Real Estate Agent in Ohio and Michigan with certifications in Marketing and as a Relocation Specialist. I have a team of professionals and a cutting edge system put into place that allows me to service your home listing efficiently, making the listing process streamlined and effective. I have a vast number of resources and referral networks and I make it my job to keep abreast of new issues and technology that can help us to get your home Sold.

Your Home Listing

Upon listing your home I immediately place your listing details & photos on the MLS, Multiple Listing Service Web Site, reaching over 1500 real estate agents and their buyers. My internet marketing reaches Buyers that are searching for properties on the Internet, referral sources and Real Estate Specialists in our area, across the nation and around the world. Your listing will be placed on Idealproperties.com, Homes.com, Trulia.com, Zillow and on over 10 other real estate search sites that also feed it out to dozens of other sites making it certain that if a buyer is seeking a home with similar attributes to your home they are sure to see your listing.

My Web Site

My site IdealProperties.net is set up as a free site for buyers to view listings, run searches, get instant home values, maps, area and school information, and will have your home as a featured listing on it. Buyers can even set up their own personal automated search, find foreclosure homes and information, find For Sale By Owner Listings, Vacation Properties, Bank and Government Listings as well as having the free use of numerous other home buyer tips and tools. This encourages them to keep coming back to my site for their real estate buying needs. I receive an average of 500 visitors on my site each month. I get numerous calls and e-mails each week from buyers that are looking in the area and I will be thrilled to direct them to your home.

Aggressive Marketing for Your Home

I aggressively market my listings. I have special software and a follow-up program that seeks out potential buyers on the internet that are looking for a home with attributes that specifically match your home listing. It continues to contact them with your listing information to try to peak their interest so that they will tour and purchase your home.

My marketing is interactive and designed to appeal to your homes prospective buyer. The high quality photos of your home and your home’s flyer that is handed out at your home are incorporated in your property’s video presentation, in your listing web page, in blogs, internet ads, in post cards, in the Buyer Prospect Packets or even in the flyer for the      e-marketing campaign. The digital design of your listings and the marketing pieces offers the viewer’s links to your home’s personal web page, where they will find your home details and information, links to the video tour, as well as to maps, school and area information and much more.My marketing campaigns are strategically targeted to and designed to appeal to buyers that are most likely to buy a home specifically like yours and with my special buyer software we are sure to reach and attract the right buyer for your home.

We add impact to your home’s marketing by coordinating the ads that we place in local newspapers, on the internet, e-mail marketing or at local events with the promotions that we will do regularly for open houses, the announcements of price reductions, as well as special offers; adding a home warranty, seller paid closing fees, or other special offers. We have software that will blitz these promotions out to buyer prospects that have an Internet search for a home like yours in order to get them in your home and get us an offer.

My Pledge to You

I pledge to have your best interest at heart in all that I do in regards to listing, negotiating and selling your home. I am easy to contact and will keep you up to date on showings, marketing and other activity. I will have regular open houses, as well as place open house ads and Internet marketing to vigorously promote your Home Listing. I will present your home in its very best light, viewing every opportunity as a chance to engage your future buyer in the purchase of your home.

I am confident that we will help you to make the listing and sale of your home an easy and enjoyable process.

I will provide you with a Market Analysis, Home Valuation, a Selling and Marketing Plan of Action, Buyer Prospecting and Screening.

Please give me a call so that I can show you how we can help you to Sell Your Ideal Property at IdealProperties.net.

With warmest regards.

Cathy Smith

SELL  YOUR  IDEAL  PROPERTY  AT IDEALPROPERTIES.NET

SELLER’S PLAN OF ACTION MARKETING PLAN

• Home Flyers
• High E Photography         
• Video Tour
• Post Cards
• E-Mail Marketing
• Internet Marketing
• Advertising
• Local Papers
• Area Events
• Open House Ads
• Buyer Tools
• Prospecting Software

HIGH-END HOME LISTING’S WEB PAGE:

LISTINGS & E-MAIL LINKS TO WEB PAGE WITH HOME DETAILS, A VIDEO TOUR, SLIDE SHOW, SCHOOL AND AREA INFO,MAPS AND MUCH MORE.

INTERNET & E-MAIL MARKETING

My home listings are featured on their own web page with links to a video of the home, a slide show, property details, area and school info, maps and more.

Ads, blogs and video tours for my home listings and my personal web site, IdealProperties.net may be found in the following sarch engines and directories:

• GOOGLE
• YAHOO
• Ask.com
• AOL
• Alta Vista
• MSN
• Live

And many other real estate search sites including:

• IdealProperties.net
• Realtor.org
• Realtor.com
• Homes.com
• Yahoo.com
• Zillow
• AOL.com
• GoogleBase
• Trulia.com
• Oodle.com
• HarmonHomes
• LiveDeal.com
• Youtube.com
• Activerain.com
• Barginnetworks.com
• Realtytracker.com
• Frontdoor.com
• Bobvilla.com
• Hotpads.com
• Propbot.com

and numerous sites that these sites feed this information to.

MY VAST EXPERIENCE IN REAL ESTATE & THE BUILDING INDUSTRY

• I have been involved in Real Estate and the Building Industry for over 20 years. I also grew up in it with my Father being a Builder and Developer.
• I am a Licensed Realtor in both Ohio and Michigan.
• I have been certified as a Relocation Specialist.
• I have been certified as an Internet and Marketing Expert
• I have been recognized as a Top Real Estate Sales Agent.
• I have worked with and done marketing for numerous Builders and Developers throughout the Toledo area for over a decade.
• I have served the Toledo Home Remodelers, Professional Remodelers Organization and the Home Builder’s Association.
• I have personally purchased, renovated, sold and/or leased numerous properties. I currently own and manage real estate.
• I am able to refer you to contractors and other professionals in our area.
• I have served as a Licensed Loan Officer and a Credit Consultant
• I am able to offer invaluable insights and services to aid in negotiations and the closing process.
• I am able to match up the right buyers with listings that exactly meet their home search criteria.
• I have special software that can regularly send these listings right into the buyer’s email box even before real estate agents see them.
• My listings reach buyers that are on the Internet by being on over 20 top real estate sites and coming up in all of the top search engines.
• I offer enhanced listings on Relator.com, Homes.com, Idealproperties.net and dozens of other sites where the home is featured with as many as 20 photos, has a virtual tour that links the buyer to the listing’s web page on my site where I can collect their contact information and can sell the buyer on that home by giving them information about the home, the area and local schools.
• I love helping people and enjoy forming lifelong friendships in the process.

I am dedicated to serve you and to help to meet your specific housing needs and desires. I work hard to help to streamline the Listing, Purchase and Closing Process by converging my real estate experience, my vast resources and my knowledge of technology. I have a sophisticated system that incorporates special software and resources that will allow us to sell or find your ideal property.

Learn more on how I can help you SELL YOUR IDEAL PROPERTY AT IDEALPROPERTIES.NET.

BUYER SERVICES & PLAN OF ACTION
Personalized Buyer’s Profile	Relocation Assistance
Housing Interview	Contacts to Housing Resources
Home Buyer’s Guide	Access to All Home Listings
Home Buying Process	Links to Real Estate Information
Loan Support & Services	Buyer’s Home Search Web Page
Closing Cost Worksheet	Auto Search E-Mails
HUD Form Clarification	Negotiations & Closing Consultant

To see Estimated Fees for Purchases $150,000 and LOWER, please see this worksheet

What to expect on the HUD Closing Statement

Real Estate Terms & Definitions