In order to achieve your goal, it is important to start off right, with proper pricing, presentation and a marketing plan that will make your home stand out in the crowd.

The value of your home is relative to your home’s condition, market trends, current competition and seasonal trends. With this knowledge in hand a price can be established.

Every real estate transaction is unique to itself. Hiring an experienced professional who can provide guidance with a proven strategy will save you time and money.

With an agreed upon listing contract your Alger Heights Marketing Plan will included:

• An online listing with GRAR.com (the #1 site used by Grand Rapids Realtors) that will showcase your home to local agents looking for their clients. This is the most used MLS in the Grand Rapids Metro region.

• An online listing with AlgerHeights.com (the #1 site for Alger Heights Real Estate) that will allow potential buyers to browse not only your house but the community as well. Selling both your home and the community will position your house better against other competing properties outside the area.

• Impressive color brochures with all the information of your home, schools, community events, and pictures of both the interior and exterior of your home. These are left out for potential buyers to take. Jim works hard to never let the buyers forget your home.

• Direct monthly mailings to hundreds of potential Alger Heights buyers in a database of first time home buyers, renters, and recent graduates.

• Direct mailings to Alger Heights home owners. Friends and family are powerful promoters.

• Neighborhood Networking and Knowledge. As you know by now Jim specializes in Alger Heights real estate. He could not do this unless he believed in the neighborhood.

"I live in this neighborhood and have a vested interest in seeing it prosper. I have made many solid connections and friends in this community and am very excited about its future. As a resident I can easily express what it is about our community that we love, whether it’s what to order at Real Food Café or what time the library opens on Saturday."

          This familiarity is tremendously important to buyers when considering a place to call    
          home.

• Jim personally meets with Alger Heights buyers any day of the week by appointment. Jim will discuss their needs, answer their questions and get them going in the right direction. Jim does not wait for buyers to come to him! He goes out to get them!

• Jim will cooperate with all other real estate agents in West Michigan. Why is that so important? He wants every real estate agent to try to sell your home. When you list with a company that is not a part of the Multiple Listing Service you are missing out on hundreds of buyers and have only a few agents trying to sell your home. The Multiple Listing Service (MLS) in short is a huge database that keeps track of all the area properties that have been listed or sold. Each real estate agent stores his/her listings in this database so other real estate agents can access the information instantly. Make sure your real estate agent is part of this power full system.

• View properties online. Jim has ALL the Alger Heights properties that are for sale on his website. It is an easy and fast search for buyers. Buyers can also sign up for updates (notified immediately of new listings) and monthly newsletters. His website has the most complete Alger Heights Real Estate information of any website, anywhere!