DeForest Family Home - Life in the Slow Lane!

13 June 2007 - Madison, Wisconsin

Terrific home in DeForest, Wisconsin is ready for you. Solid 2X6 construction, split plan upstairs and a fourth bedroom and third full bath below. Wide open sloping backyard can be accessed from finished walk-out basement or from a raised deck. Front yard and drive are flat for the NBA aspirants - Neighborhood Basketball Association.

Super DeFo schools are close by as and nice part-time jobs for your teens are a short walk away. Need to travel? A two-minute drive to the interstate will get you to Wisconsin Dells in 40 minutes or to Madison's Capitol dome and colorful State Street in 25. Flying? Take the "back way" to Madison's newly-remodeled airport and be parked and running through the concourse in a quarter-hour. A boater or fisherman? Lake Wisconsin is a 20 minute scenic drive. Need more water and a romantic getaway? Niagara Falls is a short twelve hour drive to the east.
The home has a nice big living room, a generous kitchen, and beaucoup cabinets. Double sinks in the master bath allow one person to get ready as another showers behind a closed door adjacent. Ahhhh...privacy.

Back deck allows you to look down on your fellow man and faces south - plenty of sunshine streaming in from that spacious area. Appliances and fridge included, plus water softener and the Peace of Mind-generating one year Home Owner's Warranty. Window coverings stay (who wants to start from scratch?). Pull down attic storage give storage above and there's plenty below in the utility room and two totally-oversized closets. Nice, big downstairs family room and that mysterios bonus room - use it for exercise, a music room, or den.

Any interest? - call Linda Laitinen from Keller-Williams Premiere Realty Team. She'll hook you up the right way. Tell her you got the word on Blogger.

Thanks.

Art Blanchet

Your Home-Your Money

FSBO vs Realtor - The Truth Will Set You Free

31 March 2007

FSBOs are your friend. When you consider (depending upon the source) that about 70% of FSBOs are eventually sold by Realtors, there is a massive market out there. Can they be YOUR market?

One simple tool - one idea: You can help a FSBO with a CMA to help them price their home (per local real estate laws and guidelines) and in turn possibly become their Buyer's agent - they're moving somewhere.

We took this concept a little further.

We recently did an eight-show radio (WTDY) series of FSBO episodes that incorporated other industry pros (realtor, mortgage, attorney, HOW, title, whatever) instructing FSBO owners on how to sell their homes. We were sincere and focused and offered all the advice and marketing techniques at the disposal of our impromptu "team." Did we hurt ourselves in this market?

We doubt it. Ignorance can indeed be bliss - we painted a very real picture of pitfalls, responsibilities, costs, and obligations, yet we still encouraged. But people are people and each will respond differently to the info. Some might do it, some might be overwhelmed and call right for help away, and some might ignore us - but no one made any enemies by offering the help and opening a dialogue.

Consider yourself - how many self-help books do you read and how many do you REALLY follow?! Information itself use useless without implementation. FSBO sellers are no different.

We can embrace the FSBO and build relationships or we can consider them lost forever. Since 70% sell through somebody, that somebody could be you. Even if all the free info changes that to 60% or 50%, that's still a big fat opportunity.

If you send an email I'll point you to the audio archives (podcasts). Or catch a link on our home page. Or go to the player in the right-hand margin.

Art Blanchet

Bill Quigley