Kelly Pangburn, Associate Broker

About Pangburn Properties:

Helping People Save Money Is Our #1 Priority!

Our #1 focus is to save people money in their sale and purchase of real estate. We achieve this by being deliberate in our actions. Our belief system is "do unto others as you would wish done unto you"! This strong belief system has risen us to a level as a "force to be reckoned with" when it comes to our competition.

As a young company, we have risen to the challenge of competing with large franchise conglomerates and are now seen as viable competition for them. Our unique, company paid, customized marketing plans, our unique commission programs for sellers and our knowledge, experience and unsurpassed, genuine, willingness to help people has unwittingly enabled us to rise among the rest.

Service, Integrity, Honesty and a profound willingness to help people. Serving you in all your real estate needs!

The Fun Group

A professional group of REALTORS® dedicated to recreational real estate buyers and sellers. Their motto: "We Sell Lifestyle, We Sell Recreation, We Sell Resort, We Sell Fun! We Sell Property For Fun!" Listing and selling premier recreational real estate in West and Mid-West Michigan.

Not all buyers and sellers can be treated the same. No one marketing plan can be structured to accommodate the result necessary. We've found that recreational real estate buyers and sellers expect nurturing. We've found that recreational real estate buyers remain in the marketplace for, in some instances, several years waiting for the perfect property to become available. On the other hand, recreational real estate sellers require an expert to handle their unique property and an expert to market their property unlike the standard marketing efforts put forth for residential housing. Both buyer and seller are unique in their needs and "The Fun Group" has risen to the challenge. Nurturing buyers in their, sometimes, long quest for the perfect property and nurturing sellers in their needs for unique, creative efforts in marketing and closing the transaction.

"The Fun Group" handles the following recreational property:

• Acreage of 20 acres or more.
• Acreage of 30 acres or more with a hunting cabin or home.
• Vacation Homes and Cottages.
• Waterfront Land on lakes, rivers, streams (any size)
• Seasonal Commercial Businesses (i.e. ice cream shop, campground, bed-n-breakfast, motels in resort areas, seasonal restaurants, etc... We call these "Fun Businesses"!)

"The Fun Group" stands ready to serve your recreational real estate needs.

The Home Wizard

Staging Your Property To Sell! As an added benefit to our Clients we offer free home staging. We've found that not only is staging advantageous to our clients, it's advantageous to us. Therefore, we offer our staging services for free to our Clients in hopes of an expeditious sale. This side profession, handled by Kelly Pangburn, the Founder of "The Home Wizard", is not only available to our Clients, but is also available to anyone in need of her services, for a modest fee.

Digital imagery will be taken before and after completion of the Staging process. You WILL notice a transformation of your homes best attitributes. Digital imagery can be forwarded to your home marketing representative to be used in your marketing materials.

Location, Service Areas, Services:

Location

We are located in West Michigan, approximately 30 miles North of Grand Rapids, 30 miles East of Muskegon and 40 miles Southwest of Big Rapids in Southern Newaygo County. Our office location is situated in downtown Grant on M-37 across from Rite Aid. We are 3 miles North of the Kent County border and are the first real estate office you will arrive to when heading North into Newaygo County via M-37.

Service Areas

We love our location as we are able to service the above mentioned metropolitan areas along with the smaller towns and cities in between with ease. Our specific service areas include; all of Newaygo County, Northern Kent County, Northern Ottawa County, Eastern Muskegon County, Eastern Oceana County, Eastern Mason County, Southern Lake County, Southern Osceola County, Western Mecosta County and Western Montcalm County.

Services

We are a full service real estate agency. Serving our Clients with Honesty, Integrity and a genuine willingness to help people.

We offer Buyer representation in the following areas:

• First Time Home Buying
• Vacant Land Buying
• Second Home/Vacation Home Buying
• Commercial and Investment Property Buying
• New Home Construction Buying

We offer Seller representation in the following areas:

• Residential Home Sales
• Recreational Home Sales
• Vacant Land Sales (Recreational/Residential/Commerical/Industrial)
• New Home Construction Sales
• Commercial and Investment Property Sales

We offer Property Management Services in the following areas:

• Single Family Rental Homes
• Cottages and Vacation Homes and Resorts

Independent vs. Franchise

Most people don't realize that the bulk of real estate offices comprise of Independent Brokerages. An Independent Brokerage may have as few as one Agent, the Broker, or as many as several hundred agents. The misconception individuals have is, they can not receive superior real estate services from an Independent Brokerage. This misconception is felt throughout America.

When a franchise is labeled #1 world wide or #1 locally, their statistics are derived from "like franchises" (meaning, the statistics are derived from all of their offices nationwide and locally). As an Independent Brokerage our statistics could never be compared locally with franchise conglomerates, as their statistics are derived from more than one office. For instance, in our local market there are three Coldwell Banker offices with an agent force of more than 30. There combined statistics far out number ours, which only stands to reason, yet the franchise uses these sales force and volume numbers in their promotional campaigns to generate listings. Which is recognized as fair and ethical. Franchise conglomerates have nationwide branding which drives the consumer to their establishments. Independent Brokerages could never absorb the cost of nationwide branding to drive the consumer to their establishment. This doesn't, however, mean their services are inferior.

The real question a Buyer or Seller should have is who do they pick for an "AGENT"!! The Agent is the person taking care of their transaction, not the Independent Brokerage or the Franchise Brokerage. There are many brilliant Agents working for Independent Brokerages and Franchise Brokerages and there are many not so brilliant Agents working for Independent Brokerages and Franchise Brokerages. The Agent is responsible for putting together a marketing plan, the Agent is responsible for showing homes, the Agent is responsible for negotiating offers, the Agent is responsible for getting the transaction closed. The Brokerage may step in to help, but ultimately the burden of responsibility lies upon the Agent. It's the Agent you need to pick carefully, not the Brokerage.