Laura Miller

My Promise to Buyers:

I get a great deal of personal satisfaction in helping you find the ideal home. Your confidence and trust is very important to me. I am committed to doing everything possible, an occasionally the impossible, to meet your home buying goals and exceed your expectations.

Listening to your interests and desires is important and it helps me evaluate many of the factors that determine a successful purchase and investment. You can expect me to ask a lot of questions so we can carefully choose a property that is cohesive with your individual lifestyle.

Below is a list of services that will be providing you:

• Predictable communication
• Market activity updates
• Savvy negotiation with sellers, agents and lending institutions to save you thousands of dollars
• A clear understanding of real estate terms and contractual obligations
• Coordinate property inspections
• Generosity with time and attention to details
• And other time, money and emotional preserving services as needed

As a top real estate professional in my brokerage office as well as in the local real estate industry, I take great pride in the stellar reputation I have built among clients and real estate professionals. My affiliation with an elite real estate group, further helps me to provide exceptional service to you.

My Promise to Sellers:

Selling in this market is not easy right now. With the surplus of short sales and bank owned properties, homes valuations are the key to a quick sale. I will offer detailed comparable home research, clear understanding of competitive standing inventory, and effective marketing.

Below is a list of services that I will be providing you:

• Market activity updates
• Savvy negotiation with buyers, agents and lending institutions
• A clear understanding of real estate terms and contractual obligations
• Coordinate property inspections
• Generosity with time and attention to details
• Home staging resources

My effective and dynamic marketing strategy:

• Hire a professional photographer to photograph your home for promotional materials
• Professionally photographed virtual tour
• High quality fliers
• Signage
• Marketing of your home to my office and other area top producing agents
• Open Houses

I assure you that I will communicate with you throughout the entire listing and selling process.

Short Sales: Always Hire a Professional Who Specializes

Because of the market decline in property valuations, many sellers today are "upside down" - meaning, they cannot sell their home for what the owe on it. And, oftentimes, for many reasons - illness, loss of employment, escalating payment, divorce, or relocation - these sellers are forced to sell in a market that does not favor property values.

In this case, the seller is selling "short" of what is owed on the home. The term "short" is in no way reflective of the amount of time it takes to sell, however. The entire process can be lengthy - sometimes 4-6 months.

The single most important thing in this process is the listing agent. He or she holds the keys to the success of this transaction. If a seller or buyer hires an agent who has little to no experience or success with short sales, the liklihood of a successful transaction is slim. The result will be a foreclosure which has a devastating impact on the seller's credit.

Short sales not only preserve the seller's credit, but they are win win win for everyone involved: Seller maintains dignity of selling property; buyer buys well maintained property at REO price; lender capitalizes on more money that would otherwise in a foreclosure by as much as $50,000 per home.

I hire a professional negotiator. This person's sole responsibility is to communicate with the seller's lender on a daily basis to negotiate a settlement on behalf of the seller.

I have had a 100 percent success rate with all of my short sale transactions this year.