What Sellers Can Expect

Colleen recognizes that the decision to sell your home, which is quite possibly your most valuable and treasured asset, involves extensive thought and consideration. For a successful outcome, both financially and personally, it is vital to work with an agent who provides the comprehensive service and in-depth knowledge of the local market to guide you in all aspects of the marketing process.

Colleen respects the importance of your decision and understands that your home and needs are unique. She will listen to your goals and address your concerns to customize a detailed marketing plan. Her marketing approach includes digital and printed materials that reach local, national and international markets to ensure your home receives the targeted and vast exposure it needs to reach today’s buyers.

Thorough preparation of the property is critical in today’s competitive environment as buyers have come to expect it. Colleen’s strategy is to position your home to accomplish your financial and time-oriented goals. She has a dynamic team of stagers, painters, plumbers, electricians, gardeners, and other trade professionals, to ensure that your home will be prepared and presented in the absolute best way possible. Complete preparation includes guiding you with the various pre-sale reports/requirements and critical seller disclosures necessary in a transaction.

You can be assured of timely and regular communication throughout the process and continuous monitoring of marketing results. Colleen is a confident and skillful negotiator who excels in assessing buyer qualifications and motivations. Her extensive experience has provided her with the ability to anticipate the twist and turns that can make or break a sale.

Before, during and after the sale Colleen will guide you every step of the way. When you have made your decision to sell, she encourages you to compare and research other Realtors. She is confident that you will conclude her comprehensive approach and caring attitude set her apart from the competition.

What Buyers Can Expect---A 3 Stage Home Buying Process

Colleen's primary objective is to make the complex process of selecting and purchasing a home as efficient and enjoyable as possible with the least amount of stress to you. Whether you will be buying your first or fifth property, Colleen's systematic and comprehensive approach includes the sound direction, current market data (on and off-market properties) and expert negotiation skills required for a smooth and successful transaction.

Stage 1

Familiarize the client with the entire buying process, identify the type, size, amenities, location and price of the home.
If needed, suggest outstanding mortgage professionals to assist with the preapproval loan process
Set-up access to the to Marin listing service, establish systematic property listing alerts and methods to allow clients to save and review listings in desired locations and price range.

Stage 2

Continually send clients market information and property specific information (on and off market properties) for those homes that meet the defined search criteria/interest.
Schedule showings for properties of interest, prepare open house tours for those who enjoy looking on their own.
Provide area information about targeted properties—schools, commute times, shopping, transit, etc.
Review the extensive purchase contract to familiarize the client with specific details, requirements and timelines of a transaction.

Stage 3

Counsel clients on the best strategy to achieve acceptance of an offer. Execute and submit a detailed and comprehensive written offer which includes additional documentation to give the client the competitive edge.
Consult and negotiate counter offers and prepare a strategy throughout the negotiation process
Advise and assist with the inspection process and address and negotiate any issues that may arise. Suggest methods to remedy situation in order to keep the transaction on track to the satisfaction of both buyer and seller.
Coordinate with the clients’ lender to overcome any hurdles in the loan process. Communicate and direct escrow and title officers with the transaction specifics, inquire about any unusual title or property line issues. Continuously coordinate with the listing agent to ensure both parties keep to the timeline and complete the transaction in an efficient manner.
Arrange and attend the walkthrough to ensure that the seller has properly maintained property per the contract terms, and attend the closing.

This privacy policy sets out how we use and protect any information that you give us when you use this website.
We are committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

What we collect
We may collect the following information:

name
contact information including email address
demographic information such as zip code, preferences and interests
other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers

What we do with the information we gather
We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:

Internal record keeping.
We may use the information to improve our products and services.
We may periodically send promotional email about new products, special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided.
From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes. We may contact you by email, phone, fax or mail.
We may use the information to customize the website according to your interests.
We may provide your information to our third party partners for marketing or promotional purposes.
We will never sell your information.

Security
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

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Links to other websites
Our website may contain links to enable you to visit other websites of interest easily. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

Controlling your personal information

We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law. We may use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties which we think you may find interesting if you tell us that you wish this to happen.

You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998. A small fee will be payable. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please write to [address].

If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible, at the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.

Colleen Frasco

415 302 5341