About Bucks County, PA

A licensed real estate professional provides much more than the service of helping you find your ideal home. Realtors are expert negotiators with others agents, seasoned financial advisers with customers, and superb navigators around the local neighborhood. They are members of the National Association of Realtors and must abide by a Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice enforced by NAR. A professional Realtor is your best resource when buying or selling a home.

Let a Realtor Guide br Your Guide:

• A knowledgeable Realtor can save you endless amounts of money, time, and frustration.
• A knowledgeable Realtor knows the housing market inside and out and can help you avoid the "wild goose chase."
• A knowledgeable Realtor can help you with any home, even if it is listed elsewhere or if it is being sold directly by the owner.
• A knowledgeable Realtor knows the best lenders in the area and can help you understand the importance of being preapproved for a mortgage. He or she can also discuss down payments, closing costs, monthly payment options that suit you.
• A knowledgeable Realtor is an excellent source for both general and specific information about the community such as schools, churches, shopping, and transportation-plus tips on home inspections and pricing.
• A knowledgeable Realtor is experienced at presenting your offer to the seller and can help you through the process of negotiating the best price. By bringing objectivity to the buying transaction, he or she can point out the advantages and the disadvantages of a particular property.

And the best thing about your Realtor is that all this help normally won't cost you a cent. Generally speaking, the seller pays the commission to the Realtor.

To learn more about what I can do for you visit me, Carol Swain at www.swainsells.com . Also check out current homes for sale in Bucks County, Pa and surrounding areas.

A licensed real estate professional provides much more than the service of helping you find your ideal home. Realtors are expert negotiators with others agents, seasoned financial advisers with customers, and superb navigators around the local neighborhood. They are members of the National Association of Realtors and must abide by a Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice enforced by NAR. A professional Realtor is your best resource when buying or selling a home.

Let a Realtor Guide br Your Guide:

• A knowledgeable Realtor can save you endless amounts of money, time, and frustration.
• A knowledgeable Realtor knows the housing market inside and out and can help you avoid the "wild goose chase."
• A knowledgeable Realtor can help you with any home, even if it is listed elsewhere or if it is being sold directly by the owner.
• A knowledgeable Realtor knows the best lenders in the area and can help you understand the importance of being preapproved for a mortgage. He or she can also discuss down payments, closing costs, monthly payment options that suit you.
• A knowledgeable Realtor is an excellent source for both general and specific information about the community such as schools, churches, shopping, and transportation-plus tips on home inspections and pricing.
• A knowledgeable Realtor is experienced at presenting your offer to the seller and can help you through the process of negotiating the best price. By bringing objectivity to the buying transaction, he or she can point out the advantages and the disadvantages of a particular property.

And the best thing about your Realtor is that all this help normally won't cost you a cent. Generally speaking, the seller pays the commission to the Realtor.

To learn more about what I can do for you visit me, Carol Swain at www.swainsells.com . Also check out current homes for sale in Bucks County, Pa and surrounding areas.

If you were to get a report card from your most recent clients - what grade would they give you?

We all know from personal experience when looking for referrals for services we need, that we trust and value someone's endorsement- whether it be for a doctor, a mechanic and yes, even a Realtor® and any real estate professional. We often hope that our clients and sphere of influence will recommend us to their friends and family. But, are you simply relying on hope?

I often suggest to my clients that they have an "after the sale or purchase packet" (yet another example of your great customer service and to show your service has not ended with the transaction) that can include any combination of the following and gearing it towards whether the client bought or sold a home:

• Congratulations note
• Helpful information about their new neighborhood (restaurants, places of interest, maps)
• New phone book
• New Home Announcements to be used by your client
• List of vendors and services they may need
• Gift card (for their favorite home improvement store, discount coupon for a paint store)
• Request for feedback and testimonial (have a form for them to simply fill out along with a comment section)

If they are unsure about what to write, help them out with some questions that are important to you to have answered about the services you provided. For example:

• Did I answer your questions thoroughly or explain the processes to your satisfaction?
• Did I respond to your communications in a consistent and timely manner?
• How happy are you with your overall experience of working with me?
• What other questions would you want to know the answers to?

Don't forget to ask them if you can include their testimonial on your website, blog or marketing materials.

By not asking for this little nugget of gold, you are missing the opportunity to do 2 things:

• Know that you're truly meeting your client's needs
• Further promoting you and your services. (your future clients want to hear from clients who have worked with you.) Most of your clients won't think to offer you a testimonial - after all, they have their minds on the new home/life.

By explaining to them how valuable this is to you and your business, many will eagerly want to share and provide this for you - especially knowing they have recently just had a a pleasurable experience of working with you and it's fresh in their minds.

Do you have a special way of asking for testimonials?

Do you have a special way you use these testimonials?

Below is a video of some of the most fierce, smartest investors who got caught up in the housing market and their view of what to do now as it relates to the government bailouts !

This is a must see for anyone who follows the housing market - especially historians and economists.

A View on The Housing Market

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Philadelphia Real Estate - Chris and Stephanie Somers

The Philadelphia Real Estate Blog

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Central Bucks Family YMCA is located at 2500 Lower State Road, Doylestown, Pa .

www.cbfymca.org

Telephone 215-348-8131

Here is information about sports programs.

Indoor Soccer begins Feb 14., 4 to 5 and 6 to 8 years, Sat 8 am to 1 pm

Street Hockey begins Feb 14, 7 to 10 years, Saturday 10 am

Track Club begins Feb 28, 8 to 16 years, Saturday 10 am

Please look up the web site for more information.

If you would like to look at homes in Doylestown visit my web site www.gitabantwal.com