The FORBES ADVANTAGE TEAM GIVES YOUR HOME ULTIMATE MARKETING EXPOSURE

Here are just a few of the advantages you’ll receive…

Aggressive Marketing Plan VS Passive Marketing
Dan Forbes and the Forbes Advantage Team puts the team to work for you with an aggressive marketing plan to sell your Bradenton or Sarasota property. 

Sales do not happen because of the “idea of the week.” It takes detailed planning that is aggressively executed by a professional team with one goal in mind—the sale of your home. 

Gone are the days of the 5 P’s, as they are called in real estate: 

Most agent just don't know any better.  They haven't  had the training and tested-by-fire experience that we have.

From the moment your home is listed with the Forbes Advantage Team, a series of custom designed marketing strategies are launched. Your home is advertised locally, nationally, and internationally using proven marketing media. We don’t wait for things to happen—we make them happen. This type of detailed marketing ensures the most money for your home in the least amount of time. No hassles–No kidding!

Your Property Will Receive World Wide Web Internet Marketing Exposure

According to the National Association of Realtors 80% of buyers go online to find their next home. Just this year millions of dollars have been spent on marketing studies revealing that buyers no longer find the home they buy in the newspaper or in a magazine. Buyers look online to find homes to see with their Realtor.  Realtors search the MLS for listings to show their buyers. All of this is done online.

If you list with an agent who uses the newspaper and magazine advertising to try to sell your home, you are wasting your money. Top producing agents across the nation are now focusing their marketing efforts on the internet --the greatest marketing medium of our time.

As a savvy internet user you no doubt understand the power of the web. So do we! Your home is exposed on a multitude of real estate websites beginning with our very own interactive sites.



 

But Wait, Your Property Will Get Even MORE Internet Exposure

In addition, your listing will be placed on over 100+ web sites and search engines including Realtor.com, Craigslist, Google Base, Yahoo Real Estate, Homes and Land, Edgeio, HGTV, WorldWide Real Estate For Sale, ebay, and Trulia just to name a few. We are adding new sites every week as they are developed.

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Internationl Buyers are Buying in Our Bradenton - Sarasota Market

We know how to find these buyers. While most agents are thinking only local we are acting global! 

Did you know that one out of every four International Buyers is buying property in Florida? These buyers are certainly not flying here to pick up a local newspaper or real estate magazine. These buyers are found in proprietary ways that I'm not going to list here. But I will say...

Our certification as an International Property Specialist puts us in touch with over 500 different agents in different countries and means we have an aggressive marketing plan to capture the attention of International Buyers wanting to move to Manatee County and Sarasota County.

Your Listing Is Exposed to Relocating Buyers

We know how to attract buyers that are relocating to the Bradenton - Sarasota area from other parts of the country. As Certified Residential Specialists we network with over 50,000 real estate agents across the United States. CRS agents have completed advanced training in residential real estate and have a proven track record of sales transactions required to earn the CRS Designation. 

Less than 4% of all Realtors have earned this prestigious designation (we say it's like having a PH.D. in real estate.) The benefit to you is that Realtors from across the U.S. refer buyers to Certified Residential Specialists like us.

As e-Pro Certified agents we have undertaken specialized training in Internet Marketing. The benefit to you is that we are found in top rankings of all major search engines giving your home even more marketing exposure. We attract interent leads on a daily basis and we know how to turn those leads into buyers for your property!

A Picture Speaks a Thousand Words

It takes a lot of photos to depict the features of your home to today's internet buyers. With each property we list we take many, many professional digital photographs that are used to the maximum in promoting your listing. (You’d be surprised at how many listings there are with only 1-4 photos.) 

You want to work with an agent who does what he says he will do, who returns phone calls, and is accessbile when you need him.  I am that agent. You will receive regular feedback about how your home is being marketed and how showings went. You will be educated you about the market with our regular Market Conditions Report. 

With our customer friendly communication system you will receive regular phone calls, written reports, online reports, and access to our internet blog on which we post information almost daily.

Plus, a special cutomized web site is created just for your listing and you may go to it at anytime to receive an updated report on our marketing efforts, as well as feedback from your showings.







So, If You are Really Serious About Selling…

 
When you hire me you get the whole team working for you: It's like having 3-4 agents for the price of one.  How's that for value?

•  * Myself, Dan Forbes, Team Leader 
•  * Lee Forbes, Broker-Associate and Partner
   * Jean Trousdale, your personal Client Care Manager. 
•  * Wanda Forbes, Client Service Specialist
  
  In addition to these in-house team members our affiliated team includes loan officers, attorneys, home inspectors, surveyors, appraisers,handymen, and more. When the going gets tough you want the right team in your “fox hole” with you.
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We recently closed a transaction which were it not for our team of experts the whole transaction would have never closed. Shortly before closing it was discovered that the buyer’s mortgage broker was incompetent and not getting the job done (we call them every week). We were able to recommend a new mortgage route for the buyer and managed to close on time without any majore stress. It was nothing short of a miracle yet without our hands on approach this problem would not have been discovered until it was too late. Our seller would have been left out in the cold. Teamwork saved the day!


Pricing Your Property Correctly Is Key 

Prior to giving you our expert price opinion we spend hours analyzing and completing your market analysis. This isn’t just some computer generated fancy guess. If it were that simple everyone’s property would be priced to sell and as you know, that just isn’t the case. A computer cannot feel or see your property. It also cannot understand and interpret today’s changing market conditions.

You will receive an honest  answer about what your price needs to be and about what needs to be done to your property to get it sold. We even have a video entitled "Pricing Your Home to Sell," that we will be happy to loan you.

Most agents are so desperate for a listing that they will just tell you what you want to hear and then for months you will get no showings and your property will not sell because your agent took an overpriced listing. We don’t take overpriced listings. If you are not ready to hear the truth about the market then please don’t call us because we are not a fit for you.


Buyers Have a Direct Marketing Line To Your Agent: (941) 713-5760

Try calling the number in most real estate ads and your call will be answered by a switchboard operator or an agent who has never even seen your home. It can be frustrating for buyers, and if your home was listed with that agent, it might not even sell. 

We make it easy for buyers calling about your home. Your yard sign and advertisements give buyers my direct line. This line is answered directly by me or one of my qualified team members. (Even after normal business hours one of us is on call.) Buyers who call on your listing recieve our full and personal attention with one goal in mind—the sale of your home. You won’t lose any buyers.   







One More (Very Important) Thing About The Internet 

You thought I was done with that subject, didn't you. You probably know that Google.com is THE world’s most popular search engine. Click these links and you will see the Google search results and just how active we are online with our web sites, blogs, articles, and features:  “Dan Forbes Realtor”  

This will show you just how much Internet presence we have. 

Why should you care about this? Because these strategies get your listing on the top of Search Engines where prospective buyers will most likely find your property for sale and ask to see it. And, these strategies help us "capture" buyers for your listing.


You Are Going to Be Happy, We Guarantee It?  

No one can guarantee that your home will sell at any price, including the price you want, because no one holds a real estate crystal ball. 
However, we guarantee that you will be happy with our "it's your pleasure" service. We guarantee that we will do what we say we will. 

To be honest, we have listings that have expired however we are proud to say that the sellers were happy with us, knew we did everything possible, and later relisted with us again. 

If we do not do everything we say we are going to do YOU MAY CANCEL your listing with us with absolutely NO penalty. How is that for helping you feel comfortable about doing business with us?