Services
Find a Home You’ll Love
Services
Buy, Sell, List, Stage, Inspect, Appraise, you name it!
We are a full-service real estate firm dedicated to guiding you through every step of the home buying, selling, and investing process. Our comprehensive range of services includes:
Find a Home
Property Staging
Sell a Home
Home Valuation
Market Analysis
Buyer Education
Buyer Consultation
Before you start your search it’s important to know what you can afford. We recommend getting pre-approved and are happy to provide a list of lenders for you to reach out to. Not only will getting pre-approved help navigate you to the right property, but also tells Sellers you’re a serious and ready buyer.
Once you know your financial parameters, we’re ready to sit down and chit chat house-buying over a cup of coffee. We want to get to know you and your family to further understand your wants and needs. This enables us, moving forward, to pair your personality with available properties, while considering other real estate aspects such as community values and market trends, taxes, maintenance & repair costs, and so on that will undoubtedly affect the areas you’re looking to buy.
Home Search
The home search process is one we’re quite familiar with. Think of this juncture as your time to relax and our time to shine. Armed with an in-depth knowledge of the local landscape and keen understanding of your future-home needs, our search is both methodical and personal. We provide the best options, set up showings, handle communications with Seller’s agents, and are on-site to answer any questions you may have.
Never hesitate to let us know if you’ve found something of interest. We’re always happy to make calls and schedule showings on your behalf.
Offers & Negotiations
Combining excellent communication skills with an understanding of your financial capabilities & the seller’s motivations, we help craft and negotiate an offer to ensure your offer stands out amongst the sea of buyers.
Inspections & Appraisal
During escrow, we’re busy making sure you and your future investment are secure. This includes performing our due diligence via inspections and other various tests. We help order, schedule and make sure they’re completed on time. Once inspections are returned, we go over the results with you and help to devise a plan moving forward, including second-round negotiations with Sellers for required corrections. We’re also busy monitoring important contract and finance deadlines to make sure you’re covered every step of the way.
Closing
Our goal is simple: Getting you the keys to your new home as quickly and effortlessly as possible. We’re here to coordinate the activities of title companies, lenders, underwriters, inspectors, appraisers, surveyors, contractors, and agents for you. During the closing process, we’re monitoring deadlines, making sure you’ve provided proper paperwork to the right individuals, confirming Seller-required repairs are made, and staying in regular contact with title companies to ensure your closing is on track. And we’re with you as you sign that dotted line, ready to pop the bubbly and celebrate!
Site Visit & Preparation Consultation
Our in-home consultation serves a dual purpose:
1. Walk-through and draft a plan to get it show ready. This includes possible repairs/maintenance that can be done to up your value, as well as recommended adjustments to current decor, furniture layouts, curb appeal, and all the little details that can really change the appearance of your home. And there’s no charge. Our design expertise in getting your home show-ready is free!
2. Note any items we think might be of concern to a buyer so there are no surprises.
Every buyer that see’s your home will naturally compare it to the competition in your area and homes listed in similar price brackets. Their take-away is critical to how quickly it will sell and at what price. After a plan is in place, we can offer a list of contractors to make your life easier. Once you feel your home is ready, we hire and schedule professional photos that will leave buyers with a lasting impression. Our goal is to make sure your home enters the market in the best position possible, ready to wow potential buyers.
Setting The Price
Entering the market at a competitive sales price is critical to getting your home sold. We sit down with you to review the market, your homes current position within the market and look at comparable active & sold properties in your area. Together we’ll set a listing price that meets your financial goals.
Showings & Marketing
We strategize to keep showings as minimally invasive to your life as possible. Together we create a schedule that works for your family and make sure you’re regularly updated on the in’s and out’s going on in your home. Presentation & Marketing are key to home sales. Lucky for you, we outshine our competitors in both areas. This is where our House-Ready plan comes into place. We make sure it’s entering the market in it’s best light. Our marketing includes high-quality professional photos and/or videography, professionally written content, publishing on our website and MLS, repetitive social media marketing, open houses & showings, and constant communication with local agents and potential buyers. There isn’t an avenue we won’t exhaust when it comes to actively marketing your home to potential buyers.
Offers & Negotiations
Selling your home is our first priority. We pride ourselves in being tough negotiators. Whether it be a low-ball offer or a multiple-offer situation, we work hand-in-hand with you to ensure you are completely satisfied before executing the contract.
Contract, Inspections & Appraisal
The process of taking a signed purchase contract to closing involves deadlines, deliveries, and numerous details.
Once your home is under contract it will go through a series of tests solicited by the buyer. Our goal is to help you avoid as many unwanted surprises as possible, while helping to create a plan for those items that will require attention. We coordinate individuals, accept and review reports, and respond to any objections that might arise. Nearly all inspections return with a list of buyer requested repairs and we’re here to help you deal with them as efficiently and economically as possible. Lastly, we’ll be in constant communication with the buyer’s agent & title company to ensure all deadlines are met.
Closing
It’s time to pack up and move on to your next great adventure. Expect us at the closing table while you dot the “i’s” and cross the “t’s” on the sale of your home. We’re proud to have been your agent and hope you’ll reach out to us for your next purchase or sale. But right now, it’s time to pop some bubbly!
Grit Real Estate
Realestategrit@gmail.com
Phone Number
913-333-2010
Office
Baldwin City, KS 66006
Business Hours
9am - 4pm