About Wayne's Main Line

A home for many people is their biggest investment or potential investment. So choosing the right person to list your home for sale is important. Where ever you are things have changed, especially with Main Line Philadelphia Real Estate. Here are 10 tips to bear in mind as you select the right agent to not only list your home but to sell your home.

1. The size of the broker is irrelevant! Yes, it is shocking but true. The internet has leveled the field not just for retail, travel and other industries but also in real estate. An agent from a small brokerage with specific skills on the Internet can achieve better results than an agent without those skills at a large brokerage. Also buyer agency means that any agent from any broker can sell your home and represent their buyers in the negotiation regardless of their affiliation.
2. The agent is more important than the brokerage. Rarely do I get anyone asking me about what my broker is going to do for them when I am on a listing appointment. But, my clients want to know, "What are YOU going to do for me?"
3. Consider the relationship you are going to have with this agent. Is it someone you can relate with, talk to, do you feel they listen and understand what you are saying. Do you feel they will go to bat for you if needed. Will they tell you the truth, even if you don't want to hear it. If they don't before you list, they won't afterwards.
4. How does this agent communicate, are they available? Do they answer their phone or will you be constantly leaving messages.
5. What is the agents marketing plan. Do they sound like everyone else? If so ditch them now. 93% of buyers are looking on-line, so forget about printed brochures and newspaper advertising, save some trees and focus on where people are looking.
6. Does the agent ask you questions about your home or is the presentation all about them?
7. How does the agent handle objections, avoid them or answer them?
8. What about the commission, do they explain to you your options regarding their commission and what will be offered to a buyer's agent or a transaction licensee.
9. Do they have contractors they recommend if needed for repairs.
10. Do they know what they are doing? What is their experience.
11. Are they experienced negotiators? Do they adopt a win-lose position or are they able to offer solutions to reach a third alternative win-win position for everyone?
12. How easily can you cancel the listing agreement? If the agent is any good, he will have an easy cancelation policy that is fair to both of you. Agents who sell homes don't have time to bicker over countless details of who did what wrong. It is much easier to move on and list the next property than force a client who is unhappy to stay in a listing agreement and end up in coutless arguements that achieve nothing for either party.

I gave you two bonus tips as I love to over deliver. If you are thinking of listing your Main Line Home for sale. give us a call and let us explain how we will get your home sold for you.

Whilst I could be talking about the inventory of homes along the Main Line for buyers to consider, actually I am talking about where to go for Valentine's Day with your significant other.

Every village and town along the Main Line outside of Philadelphia is stuffed, literally stuffed with restaurants to go, most of them are good, some are excellent, with appropriate pricing. Most cultural tastes are catered for, there may be a lack of vegan restaurants but you can always find something to eat at either Chinese, or Indian. Whether it is Bryn Mawr, or Exton and all points in between you can have big noisy restaurants or small intimate space.

Using Devon as a base Yelp came up with several suggestions locally, Wayne has Teresa's and Teresa's next door, The Great American Pub, Matador, Xilantro, just for starters, Berwyn is awash with Italian and other choices, Paoli has San Nicola another Italian favorite, the choice is endless, and if you include some of the bigger local hotels where many good chefs reside today you have even more choice.

King of Prussia, in the Mall and around the outskirts has lots of choice for steaks and other choices, so make sure you book ahead, with so many places to go, saying you could not find anywhere to eat might just not wash it this year.

Where am I going, probably cooking a meal at home and enjoying a nice wine. Have a great time and let us know your choices and where you like to eat.

"We do not want to gain at someone else's loss; we want to gain while helping the other person to also gain."

— Jose Silva:

Many people today want the first part of the quote above, they want to crush the opposition, take no prisoners and be acknowledged as the winner. But in our business and in representing our clients the latter part is far more beneficial. It reminds me of the Zig Ziglar quote about achieving success through helping others achieve what they want.

Negotiations whether in a buyers market or a sellers market are all about helping both sides reach a consensus that the deal works for both, it may not give each side everything they want but it does help each side come to the table and accept the deal they got. You never know when you might need to go back to the other party and burning your bridges does not help you in the future, so keep those avenues of communication open and look to help the other side a little.

I find in the Main Line, PA Real Estate market that helping both parties achieve most of their goals leads to success. If you want help achieving your goals then give me a call now and lets get started moving you towards achieving your goals straight away.

The market has been picking up recently and you are not seeing my signs because...

As the sign above shows we have sold all our current listings. Really, we have no listings at the moment, but we have two coming soon, a Town home in Exton and one in Villanova an executive quality home, which has all the bells and whistles. Both will be on our website soon.

We don't expect to have these long, so if you are thinking of listing your home soon, give us a call and find out what makes us different. We are not like everyone else and our success shows that, we sell homes all along the Main Line outside of Philadelphia.

If you are looking to buy a home, we represent buyers as well, for both buyers and sellers we act as a personal expert, a Real Estate Consultant allowing you to made educated and informed decisions about the buying and selling process from mortgage provider, home inspector, to price. So why do the same as everybody else be different and hire your own Personal Real Estate Consultant, give us a call today, the number is on the SOLD sign above.

Looking for somewhere new to grab a bite, why not try Ella's Bistro in Wayne, right on Sugartown Road in the Acme/Kmart shopping center. As part of the recent development and extension of the shopping center this is a welcome addition.

I stopped by yesterday with a friend for lunch, I was pleased I had booked as the place was packed. It provides a nice alternative to The Paddock of Devon across the road on Lancaster Avenue and is definitely a more upmarket feel with white tablecloths and although I had seen a post about bad service I had no complaints. Quick update on The Paddock is that it closed, yes, gone out of business. To be honest, the food was only average, and the menu somewhat limited, and the sapece very large and numbers of customers has been low when I have been there.

Lunch is a hard meal to asses how good the food is going to be across the board, I had a chilli, and my friend went with a chicken sandwich, but both were tasty and looked great when presented. Service was attentive without being over bearing and there when you needed it.

Well worth a try they are open for lunch and dinner, there is a nice looking bar that I am sure will become another place to meet friends for a quick drink after work not being to large and for those who don't want to go all the way into Wayne is a nice alternative to George's and as stated The Paddock which can feel a little large and noisy at times which is also now closed, good news for Ella's although there really was no comparison between the two because in my opinion ella's was much better.

If you go let me know what you think.