Century 21 TEAMCONNECT Dr Phillips real estate

Windermere's world-known Luxury Golf Club Community Isleworth is nestled on over seven miles of shore line on the beautiful Windermere Chain of Lakes. Carefree life style for some of Central Florida's famous professional athletes and executives. With neighbors like Bay Hill and Dr. Phillips, Isleworth carved out a nitch of prestine land with views to die for.

Isleworth Country Club is an exclusive club for members and their guests. Golfers that have the treat of playing enjoy generous landing zones, big fast greens and a golf course that consistently ranks as Florida's longest and toughest.

Known for sought after Luxury Estate homes featuring water and golf frontage in a 6,000-acre private gated community. Only minutes from downtown Orlando, Disney attractions and major shopping malls .

The famed Butler Chain of Lakes, a series of lakes connected by canals. Residents of Isleworth have access to the lakes from a private launch area within the community.

Sellers can be their own worst enemy when trying to sell in a strong buyers market. Home owners selling in today's market better get ready to enter shark infected waters. Bank owned, pre foreclosures and short sales liter the Orlando, Windermere and Dr. Phillips real estate market, adding to the already high inventory levels. Here are five steps to set your home Free and get it sold.

1. Price Your list price is the most important element of the selling process. An over price home will not get showings and with no showings come no offers. There are two strategies when pricing a home.
In today's strong buyers market pricing a home CLOSER to where it will sell and staying firm on the price is your best bet. Sure you may get low ball offers but everyone does. What you are doing is pricing your home attractively which will result in more showings then an over priced home and getting offers you can work with.

2. Staging That's right a new buyer is not taking the towels on the floor or the dirty dishes in the sink but they are looking at it and talking about it and not paying attention to the floor plan and the features of the home. Going out with buyers the past 10 years I see them get distracted in a home that does not show pristine. Comments like "I would never sell my home looking like this" and usually the jokes start to follow. Buyers can not imagine themselves buying a messy, cluttered home but they do see themselves in a show room ready home with everything in its place.

3. Exposure It makes no sense stopping at the Price and the Staging aspects of a home going on the market with out plan for maximum exposure. No two Realtors or real estate companies for that matter work the same. The numbers tell us 87% of buyers start their search on the Internet. Past experience has shown me sellers choose a Realtor based on the price rather then what they will do to get a home sold. Interview at least two real estate companies and better yet three. Hire the company that shows you the Internet exposure and print advertising your home will receive.

4. Accessibility So you are all set with steps 1-3 but how about accessibility. Are you tying your Realtor's hands by only allowing showings at certain times or only by appointment with your Realtor. You only need one buyer and we never know which one it will be but we do not most likely it will not be the buyer that can not get in to see your home. Sure they can come back another day but what usually happens is they move on to another subdivision, city or town.

The best showing instructions in today's real estate market is for a courtesy call to the home owner on one or two phone numbers letting them know a showing has been scheduled, usually a 1 hour window. Electronic lock box on the door. For seller that are at home when the doorbell rings have all the lights turned on lite music on LOW and step out and let the Realtor show the home to the buyers. Buyers will not feel comfortable looking through your home if you are there and they can not imagine this to be there home if the home owner is standing right next to them.

5. Work every offer Don't brush away your early offers thinking more are right around the corner. Some of your first offers are your best. After a buyer looks through homes in an area and nothing interests them they will wait for new listings to come on the market. These can be some of the best buyers. They know what they are looking for and have already looked at homes for sale. Work every offer to the end and ALWAYS leave the door open for buyers to come back.

To find Your List Price in the Orlando, Dr. Phillips and Windermere communities let Century 21 Home to TEAMCONNECT and Eight Realtors be one of your three appointments you make with a real estate company.

For the home buyer looking for tree covered streets and lots larger then your cookie cutter subdivision Windermere communities should be one of your first stops. A couple of years ago you needed at least $500,000 to get into one of Windermere's sought after communities but with the decline in home prices the past two years Windermere real estate is ripe for the picking.

A place that's known as "The Town Among the Lakes" Windermere has the look and feel of yesteryears and could be a canvas for a Norman Rockwell painting. A person could miss down town Winderemere if they blink. The brick paved roads under moss covered trees and steady paced traffic makes a person slow down from a busy day.

Dr. Phillips High School is an "A" School, located in the Dr. Phillips area. DPHS is know for their four very popular Magnet Programs.

1. Business Academy (BA)

The Business Academy is for students interested in enrolling in the College of Business at a university, majoring in some area of business in a community college, wanting to start their own business, or looking for job entry skills. The academy is designed to provide academic and technical training through a team of teachers working cooperatively to integrate and make the curriculum relevant to today's workplace. Students may enter the academy at any level including 9^th grade.

2. Medical Academy (MA)

The Medical Academy is designed to prepare motivated students for a future in the dramatically expanding area of medicine and health care related fields. The purpose is to allow students the opportunity to examine various medical professions and acquire a foundation of knowledge necessary for all medical personnel. The Medical Academy was developed for students planning to attend a four-year university, a community college, or a technical center majoring in a medically related career. The Medical Academy has a group of teachers working together as a team to provide quality academic and health related instruction.

3. Visual and Performing Arts (VPA)

The goal of the Visual and Performing Arts Magnet (VPA) is to provide a structured curriculum enhanced with both academic and career related opportunities. Students look forward to mastering the skills in their chosen arts area after selecting a course of study in one of five strands: art, dance, and music, theatre, or TV production. Courses are taught by an outstanding staff who supplements instruction with nationally known guest artists and local specialists, artists, choreographers, potters, dancers, casting agents, directors, and many others. Teachers seek the most current speakers and field trip opportunities to allow students a practical look at today's ever-growing world of arts and entertainment. Because of increased graduation requirements, some students may need to complete courses in summer school or through Virtual School. The academic design is meant to allow students maximum opportunities for scholarships, auditions and internship in their areas of interest.

4. Center for International Studies (CIS)

The Center for International Studies was developed by Orange County Public Schools to provide students with an awareness of global issues, to help them attain the cultural and multilingual abilities necessary to meet the challenges of the 21^st Century and to provide an interesting, challenging college preparatory program. This four-year magnet program coordinates various academic disciplines including foreign languages, social studies, humanities, the arts, and language arts. Each course is designed to emphasize the development of critical thinking, analysis and research skills. In addition to the specialized curriculum, education is enhanced through many stimulating activities, guest speakers, hosting international students and participation in study-travel programs abroad. This is an accelerated Advanced Placement program that encourages high standards and provides a basis for study at universities here and abroad. All CIS students must have applied to and been accepted by the School Choice Office during their 8th or 9th grade year.

This information is coming from DPHS and is deemed reliable but is not guarantied.

Buyers are looking through homes in Central Florida's real estate market. TeamConnect work's in the Dr Phillips, Windermere, Orlando and Winter Garden communities and we have seen a drop in activity once school started but no where near last years decline at the same time going into the 4th quarter.

Just this past week there was a buyer that lost out on a home because of multiple offers and this morning I received a call from an agent that lost on a home in Windermere because of another offer coming in higher. Don't get me wrong its still a very strong buyers market but to the surprise of many buyers just starting out the homes priced attractive are going pending. No great big strides getting out of this housing crunch but more small subtle signs of recovery. The housing market came crashing down and will go up at a much slower pace.