Is This You? Who Hoffman Realty Group Serves

We offer services only for residential single family, town home and condominium home owners.

Most Hoffman Realty Group clients and customers are people who are interested in buying or selling an owner occupied residential single family home. However, with the recent changes in the real estate market many of our clients are in need of more specialized services we offer in the areas of "Short Sales" and how to buy "Foreclosure" properties.

With the advent of home shows on television and the internet, many people today possess some basic knowledge about the process of buying or selling a home.

The knowledge they do NOT possess is how to determine a fair price for the home they wish to sell or buy, negotiate contracts, arrange inspections and repairs, comply with Federal and State legal requirements, and handle the closing details so that everything goes smoothly without false starts and long delays.

Do any of the following scenarios fit your situation?

You're a seller and:

1. You are new to selling a home and don't have much selling experience. Perhaps you're a homeowner who recently bought your first home. You have buying experience but you really have no idea where to start with how to sell a home.

2. You have tried a lot of things to sell your home yourself without much success. You've tried holding open houses, running an ad in the paper, installing a for sale sign and perhaps even have a web site but nothing is working very well. Buyers are not yet flocking to your door and you wonder if you just need to be patient or are you doing everything wrong?

3. You are struggling to make your mortgage payment and face the very real possibility of losing your home to foreclosure. You realize that although you have done everything you can within your control to stay in your home it looks very possible that you won't be able to continue making your mortgage payment. You want to save your hard earned credit rating as much as possible and morally you want to do the right thing to repay your debt instead of simply walking away and giving the home back to the bank.

4. You have had your home listed awhile with a real estate agent, fixed it up and staged it perfectly but nobody's looking at it. The home stager has come and gone. You've followed every tip and bit of advice on how to arrange your home so that it looks, smells, and feels like a model, so much so that you feel like a stranger in your own home. Yet, despite all of the endless hours of work on your part, few if any prospective buyers are coming by to look at your home, leaving you feeling frustrated about all of the work you've done with nothing to show for it. You need more qualified prospects to step through your door.

5. You're getting showings but nobody's making an offer. Are you faced with the frustration of having a showing but no offers are being made? How often have you lost a buyer to some "low-balling" neighbor who just listed his house for a bargain basement price because he's facing a divorce, bankruptcy or foreclosure? If you're like me, it seems the only thing buyers are interested in is hammering us on our price. Before you listed your house for sale the agent showed you comparable sales figures and suggested the price your home should be listed for and yet no offers are being made? Think how powerful it would be if you could discover exactly what motivates customers to buy beyond price alone. You could overcome this obstacle once and for all.

6. You have a love-hate relationship with your real estate agent. You chose to list your home with a real estate agent for two reasons; you don't have the time or the expertise to sell your home yourself. So, after some consideration, you listed with the agent who you believed gave you the best chance of selling your home. But after only a few weeks you rarely hear from your agent unless you pick up the phone and make the call. Worse, when you do talk it seems all you hear is cut your price and few if any ideas on how to get things moving in the right direction. All you really want is to be kept in the loop and you are not sure that everything possible to get your home sold is being done.

7. You have tried previously to sell your home and failed. This is very common in today's market. Everyone has high hopes the first time they offer their home for sale. Weeks or months later with nothing to show for your time and effort you are faced with the prospect of trying to figure out what went wrong and how to fix it or simply give up on your dream of moving where you'd rather be.

You're a buyer and:

1. You are new to buying a home and don't have much buying experience. Perhaps you've never bought a home before or recently bought your first home but you really have no idea where to start with what to do and who to call to help you find, finance, and handle the paperwork required to buy a home.

2. You are NOT 100% certain that you had access to the information you needed to make the very best decisions about your house, investing and improving your lifestyle. You bought your home but were always uneasy about if you paid too much or could have gotten a better deal from the seller or new home builder?

3. You're not confident you're equity is working as hard as it can for you and your family? You don't know if now is the right time to move up to a larger home, leveraging your equity to help further build your nest egg, and you need good solid advice to make the right decisions?

4. You've been turned down for a home loan and given up hope of buying a home. Even though you have good credit, a stable job history, and some cash for a down payment, you're uncertain if you can qualify for a home loan, or been turned away by your bank, because of tightened loan requirements resulting from the fallout from the mortgage meltdown?

5. You have been looking for a home for a while with a real estate agent but you're not being shown homes that match what you'd like to buy. The real estate agent continues to drag you around showing you homes you'd never buy. You've done your part by getting pre-approved for you home loan, yet, despite all of the endless hours of work on your part, few if any homes you're being shown are what you're looking for, leaving you feeling frustrated about all of the work you've done with nothing to show for it. You need an agent who listens to you.

6. You're finding homes you like, but the seller won't take your offer. When you first met your agent they told you what a good negotiator they were. But after having your offer(s) rejected by the seller or countered with unreasonable price and terms, you're beginning to wonder if your agent is experienced enough in the art of making the deal. Think how powerful it would be if you could discover exactly what motivates sellers to sell to you beyond price alone. You could overcome this obstacle once and for all.

If one or more of these scenarios is true for you, please read on. You're in the right place. There is help for you here.

Who is most likely to succeed using my approach to buying or selling a home?

My clients and customers typically share many of the following characteristics. If these fit you as well, you are likely someone I can help buy or sell a home in less time and make or save more money.

Committed to the end goal - You have a true desire or need to buy or sell a home that is more important than any inconveniences you may suffer to get the desired result. You do not put up barriers or obstacles that sabotage the process.

Willingness to communicate openly honestly and regularly - You understand and appreciate the role that good communication plays in a successful business relationship and you value the opportunity to share ideas and discuss matters when called to do so.

Willingness to make decisions based on fact not emotion - You are willing to listen to the market and make decisions based upon what the market is telling you not based on what you think.

High standards of excellence - Average is not good enough. You are interested in working with a professional real estate agent who is the very best in the field.

Realize you cant know everything - But you are willing to get assistance and expand your knowledge and expertise by letting the real estate agent guide you through the buying and selling process.

Committed to mutually supportive relationships - In business and life you realize that you can't make it alone.

If you fit the profile above you can be wildly successful buying or selling a home using my services.

Next, learn more about how we work to help sellers attract more buyers to sell your home for more money in less time, and how I help buyers find the perfect home, negotiate a great deal, and handle every detail of the closing process.