Want to Buy a House in Colorado Springs, Colorado?
Interview with Clint & Laura, Colorado Springs Realtors®
- Are you a full-time professional Realtor®?
Yes! Clint
& Laura are full-time Colorado Springs realtors.
We specialize in residential real estate located in Colorado
Springs, Colorado. Working as your team of full-time professionals
we offer some of the best service in the industry. Our
professional services include "exclusive sellers
agency" and "exclusive buyers agency".
We also work as "transaction brokers" when requested
to do so.
Clint
& Laura have been awarded the nationally recognized
GRI designation!
GRI stands for Graduate, Realtor Institute. Only licensed
real estate agents that are also members of the National
Association of Realtors (NAR) can earn the nationally
recognized GRI designation. To be awarded the GRI designation,
a REALTOR® must complete a comprehensive series of
courses covering a detailed curriculum. This curriculum
includes Valuation, Law, Finance, Real Estate Investment,
Taxation, Ethics, Construction and Land Use. Licensed
Realtors who have attained their GRI designation are considered
leaders in the real estate profession.
Our GRI
designation shows that we are nationally recognized
for our knowledge, abilities, and professionalism.
- Do you have a personal assistant, team, or staff
to handle different parts of the sales transaction?
Yes! Colorado Springs realtors Clint & Laura work
together as a husband and wife team. We strive to maintain
a personal level of service that is often compromised
by realtors shuffling correspondence to their assistants.
We do employ the services of an assistant to help us with
the paperwork. In general, our assistant does not interface
directly with our clients. By doing business in this manner
we are able to maintain direct and concise communications.
We feel that this type of communication enables us to
provide our clients with the best possible service.
- Do you have a web site that will provide me with
useful information for research, services, and how you work
with homebuyers? Can I have those Web addresses now?
Yes! www.cosrealestate.com
is a highly functional and user friendly web site. We
encourage our clients to use it. We are dedicated to improving
this web site. Should you have suggestions regarding functionality
or find any errors please
forward them. We will make every effort to make changes
accordingly.
- Will you show me properties from other companies'
listings?
Absolutely! Our goal is to help you find
the home you want. Using the detailed criteria you
provide, we search all properties in the areas of interest.
We are able to co-op with other brokers in these areas.
By making a simple phone call to them we can gain access
to these homes using our digital supra key. This is true
for any home listed in Colorado
Springs MLS. And our search doesn’t stop there!
We not only show you the homes listed by other brokers,
will even show you, For Sale By Owner and Bank Owned properties
meeting your specifications.
- Will you represent me or will you represent the
seller? May I have that in writing? How will you represent
me, and what is the direct benefit of having you represent
me?
We offer exclusive "buyers agency". This contractual
obligation creates advocacy and a fiduciary obligation.
Meaning we will work on your behalf to negotiate the best
possible price and terms. We do not disclose to the seller
or the seller’s agent your motivation, what you are
willing to pay or any other information that would be
of benefit to the seller. We prepare and present your
offer using current Colorado Springs market data. This
offer will reflect your current position regarding pricing
and terms. As your realtors we present your offer directly
to the listing agent. Your benefit is significant as the
seller and the seller’s agent will not have opportunity
to query you. They will be unable to determine your motivations
or your willingness to pay. The seller will have only
three basic options. Accepting the offer, rejecting the
offer or preparing a counter-offer. Should the seller
choose anything other than accepting the offer you are
no longer obligated to purchase the property. Meaning
you may walk-away. This situation puts tremendous pressure
on the seller assuming your offer was prepared using market
data and reflects a price at or near the value of the
home.
- How will you get paid? How are your fees structured?
May I have that in writing?
The seller’s agent pays our commission. We do not
charge any administration or special service fees. As
a Colorado Springs home buyer you do not pay for our services.
We are paid for bringing you the buyer together with the
seller. We will always provide you with a full disclosure
of services available and estimate of all costs associated
with your Colorado Springs home purchase.
- What distinguishes you from other Realtors? What
is your negotiating style and how does it differ from those
of other Realtors? What geographic areas to you specialize
in?
We have been involved with purchasing investment properties
and income properties for the past thirteen years. This
experience allows us to look at the numbers. We do not
bring emotions to the table that often clouds good judgment.
Knowing the area, the properties recently sold, and those
currently available, along with having the tools available
to compare them allows us to present you with facts regarding
what you should expect for your money. We differ from
some realtors, as we do not promote submitting a low offer
in hopes the seller will then disclose the lowest price
they will accept. We encourage you to present a fair and
reasonable offer. This is accomplished using solid market
data that backs up numbers. We have found that when a
seller is presented with an offer that is based on real
market data that includes reasonable terms they often
accept the offer. We will show homes throughout Colorado
Springs. And with the exception of referrals we do not
work outside the metro area.
- Will you give me names of past clients who will
give references for you?
Yes! Just
Ask…
- Do you have a performance guarantee? If I am not
satisfied with your performance, can I terminate our Buyer
Agency Agreement?
We do not offer a performance guarantee. But, our agency
agreements can in fact be terminated prior to expiration.
As Colorado Springs Realtors® at Keller Williams Realty
we understand the importance of win-win business relationships,
and that the Realtor® does not benefit if the client
does not also benefit. Should you decide to terminate
your agency agreement simply let us know when and why.
Our business is referral based. We do all our business
accordingly.
- How will you keep in contact with me during the
buying process, and how often?
We believe that good communications are a key ingredient
in any real estate transaction. First and foremost we
ask our clients how, how often, when and where they want
to be contacted. We know that buying your Colorado Springs
home can produce numerous questions that require answers
promptly. We also know that many of our clients are busy
professionals with little or no time during their business
day. We can schedule communications, daily, weekly or
any interval in-between. We have office phones, cell phones,
emails and fax machines. We answer our email twice daily.
We are available by phone during the day including evenings
and weekends. Should we not answer, you will be automatically
forwarded to our voice mail, and we do return all calls
promptly!
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