I hope that I may assist you in the successful sale of your home. Let me show you how we can make listing and selling your home a smooth and easy process for you. As a licensed Real Estate Agent in both Ohio and Michigan and a certified Prudential Relocation Agent with over a decade of experience in marketing, Investment properties, selling, buying and financing homes I have numerous tips, techniques and technology to share with you. I have referral sources, Investor and Relocation Services as well as Prospecting and Buyer's Programs that will help us to find the right buyer and the right price for your home.

I will show you how my career in Marketing and Communications for the Building Industry and Business Community for over 15 years helps to give me an edge in Advertising your home. My experience and use of Internet technology, e-mail marketing campaigns, on-line video and digital communications allows me to present your home through numerous mediums. I offer high quality, professional grade photography that enhances your home to appear even larger, brighter and more desirable. The photos are used in flyers, ads, on the web, and in all marketing and advertisements; video, print ads, TV ads, HTML e-mail marketing, Post Card Campaigns, flyers, home tour DVDs. . . . and so much more.

I actively market your home and keep you abreast of any and all feedback and activity that we get on your home. I also have an aggressive follow-up program that seeks out potential buyers looking for a home just like yours and then continues to contact them to try to peak their interest to tour and purchase your home.

The Property Listings in my marketing campaigns are strategically targeted to and designed to appeal to buyers that are most likely to buy a home specifically like yours. I will include your home listing information:

·         On my web site, http://www.idealproperties.net/ reaching buyers who use search engines on the world wide web for a home

·         On Real Estate web sites; on my feature section of DisalleRealEstate.com, Realtor.com, Homes.com, Zillow and other buyer harvest sites like Yahoo.com, barginnetworks.com, http://www.homes.com/, Trulia, GoogleBase, HarmonHomes.com, Live Deal, Oodle. craigslist.com, Realtytracker.com and nls.point2.com.

·         In the MLS listings reaching Realtors and buyers looking for a home like yours

·         In the Blade Real Estate Section reaching over 30,000 readers

·         It may be found in Harman Homes Magazine a home buyer's, home listings publication

·         In a digital HTML and print flyer for your home reaching realtors, area businesses, my referral sources and prospects

·         In a direct mail campaign going out to potential buyers and the surrounding community

·         Special Events and Promotions to your home's target market and people in the market to buy a home.

If you go to my website you will see that I offer numerous tools for buyers, investors and people that are relocating bringing us potential buyers. The most important thing is that my website comes up in the top 10 in most search engines when people put in that they are seeking real estate in Sylvania and they can find my listings marketed on over a dozen real estate marketing sites that are usually one of the web sites in the top web searches this assures us that you're your home information is readily available to prospects that are searching on the web. Most of the sites link back to me or directly send me an e-mail from the buyer prospect so that I am able to follow up with them and get them into your home. It has been found that over 70% of homebuyers look at homes on-line before deciding what to go to see. I will make sure that your home is presented in its very best light so we will get these buyers into your home and writing an offer. Lets get Your Ideal Property SOLD not just Listed!!!

Let me know if you would like me to put together a Marketing Proposal for your listing.

I will prepare a FREE Comparable Market Analysis that will assure that your home is priced competitively.

I will help to provide Pre-Approvals for you and for buyers that tour or inquire about your home, to pre-screen them.

Please contact me any time. I look forward to meeting you and helping you in any way that I can.

With Warm Regards,

Cathy Smith

You will find my website, IdealProperties.net to be both helpful and informative. Whether you are buying or selling IdealProperties.net offers tools, tutorials and links to information for Properties in North West Ohio, South East Michigan and across the United States. As a buyer you can set up an automated search that will e-mail you whenever a property matches your search criteria, you can research the areas, the schools systems, and when you find that Ideal Property you can plug in the information and find an estimated value or even how much the current owner paid. If you are new to the area we offer links to major attractions and points of interest so that you can make an easy transition into this area. I work with Relocation Companies, Investors, Builders and For Sale By Owners who may post their listings on my site so peruse these listings for potential deals. This also helps my sellers with all of this activity on my listings.

I am a Licensed Realtor® in both Ohio and Michigan. I love Homes and Technology and really love to help and get to know my customers. I have years of experience as a Licensed Loan Officer that allows me to give you insights on raising your credit score and what lenders look at when qualifying you for a Loan. Certified as A Relocation Real Estate Agent Expert working with people relocating with Corporations and Organizations allows me to offer my buyers and sellers key information, prospects, and insights, which helps me to keep on top of the market. If you are from out of the area I would be happy to give you an area tour and provide you with a Relocation Packet on this area. My extensive involvement in our community gives me great leads on things that may be of interest to you and make you feel more at home here, from jobs, activities, charity events to groups, and organizations to join. I gained a great deal of insights into home construction from having a Father who was a Builder and Developer in Ohio, Michigan and Florida. I also spent over a decade working with companies in the Building Industry creating promotions and marketing products for Builders and Developers. I am able to offer my buyers building tips and contractor contacts with over 20 years of involvement in the Building Industry and working with Investment Properties. Personally buying and refurbishing numerous Investment Properties I can share some realistic does and don'ts for buyers and sellers.

I will help you obtain a Pre-Approval. This will strengthen our buying power and keep us on target.

I will prepare a FREE Comparable Market Analysis and do detailed research on the final homes that you choose to help us determine your best options and so our offer is on target.

I don't just help you buy a house and I help to negotiate the best deal on your dream home, Your Ideal Property, when we find the property that is just right for you I will walk you through The Purchase Agreement, The Purchase Negotiations, the Home Inspection, The Financing, The Closing Process and make sure that you get ‘More Money For Your Home and More Home For Your Money'.  

As Your Real Estate Agent, with over two decades of experience in marketing, technology, buying, selling, Builders, investment properties and financing homes, I have numerous tips, technology and resources that I will gladly share with you. If you have any questions for me, please contact me at 419-280-3942 or at CathySmith@IDealProperties.Net. I look forward to meeting you and helping you find your Ideal Property.

Very truly yours,

Cathy Smith

Helping You Get MORE MONEY for YOUR HOME and MORE HOME for YOUR MONEY!