About Philadelphia's Graduate Hospital

For rent is a 2BR/1BA home located in Graduate Hospital! Exposed brick, dark hardwood and dramatic lighting throughout. Huge kitchen with plenty of cabinet space. Two large bedrooms equipped with ceiling fans. Dedicated laundry area and full bathroom. This home stands tall on a great block!

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Noah Ostroff
Coldwell Banker Preferred
Realtor ®
Noah@PhillyLiving.com
215-801-1587 (cell)
http://www.phillyliving.com/

"We have YOUR best interest in mind"

Paul Rhodes
http://www.phillyliving.com/
215-603-9192
prhodes@cbpref.com

OPEN HOUSE

in Graduate Hospital

Sunday, September 19th

1-3PM

936 S 23^rd Street - $199,900

Features Include:

• Contemporary Style
• Bathroom Suite that is a Must See!
• New central air, new replacement windows, new electric
• Recessed lighting
• new stainless appliances
• hardwood flooring throughout the entire home
• Full, unfinished basement w/ lots of storage
• New Roof
• Walking Distance to Great Restaurants
• FHA and Seller's Assist welcome!

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We invite you to visit our website to learn more about this spectacular home and we hope to see you at any/all of our Open Houses this weekend!

This community of 12 affordable condominiums in Graduate Hospital puts you right next to Center City and University City.

The History: Built in 2009 as a high quality designer townhome option. It is located next to Naval Square, which we have featured before on Condo Source.

The Goods: Open layout with hardwood floors. Kitchen with granite countertops and stainless steel appliances. Vessel sink and seamless glass showers in bathrooms. 9-foot ceilings and walk-in closets. Parking available in private lot adjacent to community.

In the Neighborhood: With a short walk to Center City and University City, and several bars, restaurants, and the businesses of West South Street all within your reach, this is a great location for anyone who wants to do away with a long commute. Graduate Hospital is a friendly place to be with a hub of activity and convenient access to the city.

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Webster Mills

2633 Catharine St

Southwest Center City has undergone major expansion since 1998 when there were 529 vacant properties in that region. By July of 2010, 426 (80.5%) of these properties have been either redeveloped or improved as open space. This Philadelphia neighborhood has benefited immensely from gentrification and has quickly transformed from an area well known for crime and drug corners to a neighborhood now better known for its restaurants, bars, and housing. Home values have jumped significantly year to year. The median sales price of a single family home in this region grew 526% to $282,000 between 1998 and 2010!

While the condition of southwest Philadelphia from the 1980s to 1990s completely bottomed out, it's location so close in proximity to the most affluent neighborhoods in Philadelphia essentially set it up for success. Property values were absurdly low and created a perfect opportunity for developers to refurbish completely vacant buildings in what had promise to be a very desirable location. With the help of non-profit groups, investments, federal grant money, and continued success of surrounding Center City neighborhoods, the renovation was able to accelerate quickly.

Southwest Philadelphia's refurbishment is not over. The new demographic in this section of the city holds promise for retail development that would cater to the new increasing incomes of new residents. It will surely be interesting to monitor further growth in this Graduate Hospital section of Center City.

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Sometimes When You Lose, You Win !

Several months ago I went on a listing appointment in the Graduate Hospital / Rittenhouse Square area. I thought for sure that I was going to be doing business with this seller, but she informed me that she decided to go with another Realtor. It was a little disappointing in that my presentation was crisp, the communication was great and the rapport between us was excellent. But when someone meets with 4 or 5 Realtors, your chances are obviously 20 to 25 percent. In this case, she went with the last Realtor she met with so maybe she was just worn down from meeting with so many folks.

In our business, this happens. You cannot let it get it to you for more than an hour or so. You just have to keep moving forward and do your best. In this case, she met with the top agents with the top offices in Philadelphia. Not that is any consolation, but sometimes I feel better that a seller chose to go with a top agent versus a newbie who probably overpromised and underdelivered. Although I do know some of our seasoned competition will also way overstate the listing price on their listing presentations and get longer term listing timeframes only to do price reductions in the coming weeks and months.

So not to get off track, I wished this seller well and told her that her condo would sell relatively quickly as it showed very well and was in a sweet-spot price point. I told her to feel free to contact me anytime in case something were to go wrong. And something did. In about 3 to 4 weeks after it was listed, she contacted me about being extremely unhappy with the Realtor she choose and stating that she should have listed with The Somers Team from the very beginning. Her current Realtor promised her that if she was unhappy that she could withdraw the listing anytime. They honored that request and we came in and listed the property, got it under a contract a few weeks later and it settled about a month after that. She was extremely happy !!!

She told me the reasons why she was unhappy with the prior Realtor which there is no need to go into detail here with that. Bottom line is that client communication and paying attention to every detail really matters.

The moral of this story is that putting your best foot forward is what really matters. Sometimes when you lose, you win as the client will come back to you. Or that does not happen and a property will sell with someone else. But if you did your absolute best in your meeting, you were prepared, your pricing was spot-on, your marketing plan was flawless and so forth, that is what really matters. Folks will remember that.

Be proud with what you do !! Be passionate with how you do it !! You will not get every person that meets with you to do business with you. But chances are you will get most of them. And often times, you may not do business with them the first time around, but such as this case, the second time. And when their property closes with you, they are your client for life, as long as you treat them that way !

Please share your thoughts and experiences in a comment below.