Southwest Cedar Rapids, Cedar Rapids - Announcing a price reduction on 5919 Muirfield Drive SW, #4, a 2,226 sq. ft., 2 bath, 3 bdrm ranch. Now 
MLS® $144,976 - Lots of Condo for the $$$.
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• 2,255 sq. ft., 3 bath, 4 bdrm ranch - $199,000 - Priced To Sell!!!
Southwest Cedar Rapids, Cedar Rapids - Beautifully appointed ranch in desirable neighborhood. Brazilian Cherry hardwood floors in kitchen and living area. Custom oak cabinets, state of the art appliances, faux granite counter tops. All bedrooms are good sized with three full baths. Master suite has lighted tray ceilings with huge walk-in closet. Earthy, neutral fresh paint throughout main floor and basement area. Large deck overlooks huge backyard for entertaining. Home is priced to sell and possession is immediate!
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Southwest Cedar Rapids, Cedar Rapids - Announcing a price reduction on 5919 Muirfield Drive SW, #4, a 2,226 sq. ft., 2 bath, 3 bdrm ranch. Now MLS® $149,976 - Lots of Condo for the $$$.
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Christopher Smith
Traditions Real Estate
www.christophersmithrealtor.com
christopher.smith.realtor@gmail.com
319-329-5988
Licensed Realtor in the state of Iowa
"Success in real estate at the service of others"
Windemere Heights, Marion - Announcing a price reduction on 3605 Windemere Way, a 2,540 sq. ft., 3 bath, 3 bdrm 2 story. Now MLS® $209,976 - Reduced!.
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Christopher Smith
Traditions Real Estate
www.christophersmithrealtor.com
christopher.smith.realtor@gmail.com
319-329-5988
Licensed Realtor in the state of Iowa
"Success in real estate at the service of others"
• 3,200 sq. ft., 2 bath, 4 bdrm 2 story - MLS® $185,900
Ely, Linn County - THIS GREAT LOCATION IS WHERE THIS NEWLY UPGRADED HOME LIES. A 2 STORY, 4 BEDROOM HOME SITS ON A LARGE LOT IN A CULDESAC WITH A DECK & A PATIO. MUST SEE. BEAUTIFUL EARTHEN COLORS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE HOME. HUGE LIVING ROOM, PLUS ENORMOUS GREAT ROOM DOWNSTAIRS. MASTER BEDROOM IS ON MAIN FLOOR, TWO BEDROOMS UPSTAIRS AND ONE IN BASEMENT. KING SIZED DECK AND DOWNSTAIRS PATIO/DECK FOR ENTERTAINING!
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• 732 sq. ft., 2 bath, 3 bdrm ranch - MLS® $77,500 - Great House & Neighbors
Cedar Rapids real estate listing alert!
Northeast Cedar Rapids, Cedar Rapids - THIS 3 BEDROOM RANCH HOME HAS HAD LOTS OF UPDATES. INCLUDING A MASTER BEDROOM & BATH IN THE LOWER LEVEL. THIS IS A PERFECT HOME FOR 1ST TIME HOME BUYER OR INVESTMENT. THIS SALE IS SUBJECT TO OWNER FINDING SUITABLE HOME!
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Christopher Smith
Traditions Real Estate
www.christophersmithrealtor.com
christopher.smith.realtor@gmail.com
319-329-5988
Licensed Realtor in the state of Iowa
"Success in real estate at the SERVICE of others"
"Honey, we've got to put our house on the market and get going with this."
"I know, I know, but who are we going to list with?"
"I don't care, just as long as it's with one of the big companies in town. I don't want any of those smaller companies representing me. Our house will never sell if that happens."
Selling your home is a serious transaction and event in one's life; true or false? Would you also agree that you want someone who is going to market our house to the nth degree and expose it to more "potential buyers" than not? And would you also agree that Internet technology now plays a larger role in "exposing" your listing to more potential buyers than ever? If you agree to all of these statements, I've got some news for you!
Whether you are a Realtor with ReMax or with Traditions Real Estate, every listing with a licensed Realtor appears on our MLS (Multiple Listing Service) All 700+ Realtors now have access to that listing and can show and sell that listing to their client. Most larger companies will traditionally have a larger commission they must charge their clients (the sellers). They will tell you that by paying this commission you are getting a lot more bang for your buck. That is false!
Traditions Real Estate has flexible commission plans starting at 5% allowing you the client, flexibility as well when selling your home.
Do you believe that having your listing on a television show on Sunday will expose your listing to more "potential buyers?" Is there a better way to expose your home to more "potential buyers?"
Do you believe that having open houses listed in Sunday's newspaper will expose your home to more "potential buyers?" Is there a better way to expose your home to more "potential buyers?"
Larger companies definitely have their place in our community and are not going anywhere. The branding of a listing by a large companies sign does instill a sense of trust in a home seller, but it DOES NOT SELL A HOUSE!
A Realtor sells your house ALL Day, EVERY DAY! If your Realtor can't answer yes to the following questions, are they the right Realtor to market and sell your house? It's up to Realtors to educate the public on how a listing gets properly marketed and sold in today's market.
DOES YOUR REALTOR...
Take 36 full color, high resolution, wide angle lens photographs of your property and place them on their website? Fact: Most Realtors don't even have a decent website. They barely put 8 photographs on the MLS (Multiple Listing Service) and those photographs are horrendous; end of story.
Offer a free Virtual Tour that stitches together all 36 photographs. Fact: 95% of Realtors in town do not offer a Virtual Tour.
Advertise your property on his website, 100 other top Realtor websites in town, plus 30 of the top local, regional, and national real estate websites. Fact: You'll be doing good if your listing ends up on our MLS (Multiple Listing Service) in Cedar Rapids.
Offer his company as a full service brokerage with flexible commission plans starting at 5%. Fact: Many companies have their hands tied when it comes to negotiating a commission that suits the seller and not the company.
Blog about your property weekly on several top rated real estate blogs? Fact: Once again 95% of Realtors in town don't even know what a blog is and they don't realize how powerful a medium blogging is when it comes to advertising your property "virally" across the Internet.
Shoot video of your home, the neighborhood, general surroundings, etc.? Fact: 97% of Realtors will not take the time to shoot video of your listing and broadcast it to several real estate video websites across the country for maximum exposure. Are you starting to see a trend here with our local Realtors???
Have a list of potential buyers in your price range? I have a database of hundreds of buyers in all price ranges looking for the perfect home. Fact: Most Realtors don't do enough business to even have a database, much less a "list" of buyers in any price range.
Have a website on page one of Google? My website receives over 100 visitors per day looking for Cedar Rapids real estate. Fact: If a Realtors website is not on the first page or two of any key search phrase, they will NEVER be found.
Honestly discuss with you the price you can expect to receive for listing your home? Any Realtor in town can list a home for 5-10K more than it's worth because they have been "strong armed" by the seller. Fact: I walk away from more listings because the seller will not agree to a price that will sell their home, and not let it sit on the market for six months.
Get over 100 visitors per month that fill out specific search criteria looking for a home. Fact: If you don't have a viable real estate website that can be "found" on the Internet, you will never achieve this statistic.
Receive a text message when a visitor comes on his website searching/inquiring about one of my listings. I've sold several of my listings because of this feature that allows me to be in touch with a buyer for one of my listings in "minutes." Fact: A large percentage of Realtors do not use this technology to it's fullest extent.
Market your home 24/7? My website, blogs, & video blogs showcase your hom to more potential buyers than any other Realtor/Brokerage in town! Fact: Most Realtors feel that if a sign is in the ground, and the listing is on our MLS (Multiple Listing Service), that it will sell. This is actually true! The listing will sell, in about six months because it wasn't properly marketed by a Realtor who uses technology and the Internet to expose your listing to as many potential buyers as possible.
Promise to market your house on their TV show? Fact: I just reached over to change my babies diaper while watching the TV show and I missed my listing which was being showcased on Sunday morning. Fact: A TV show spot for 15 seconds will not sell your home, period!
Promise to advertise your listing in the newspaper? Fact: The Stefan Swanepoel Real Estate Trends Report for 2009 declares, "Newspaper advertising for homes is dead. More and more customers are turning to the Internet to initiate and captivate their home search."
Promise to do Open Houses? Fact: an Open House invites 8 out of every 10 people into your home that are not even qualified to purchase your home. That same 8 out of 10 people do not even have a Realtor they are working with to represent them. Six out of every 10 people still have a house to sell first, before they can even consider buying yours!
Ready to list with a former school teacher who listens to your concerns, prices your home using our exclusive "Highest Priced Analysis," and markets your home to more potential buyers than any other Realtor in town???
Christopher Smith
Traditions Real Estate
www.christophersmithrealtor.com
christopher.smith.realtor@gmail.com
319-329-5988
Licensed Realtor in the state of Iowa
"Success in real estate at the SERVICE of others"
Marion Iowa Real Estate alert!
• 5,108 sq. ft., 4 bath, 6 bdrm 2 story - MLS® $515,000
Hunters Ridge, Marion - AMAZILY WELL CARED FOR HOME BUILT BY METICULOUS MOONEY CONSTRUCTION. YOU'LL APPRECIATE THE HIGH VOLUME CEILINGS THE FANTASTICALLY LARGE ROOM SIZES AND GOURMET KITCHEN COMPLETE WITH GRANITE AND BREAKFAST BAR. FIRST FLOOR MASTER BEDROOM SUITE SUITABLE FOR THE MOST PARTICULAR HOMEOWNER. LOWER LEVEL IS COMPLETE WITH DAYLIGHT WINDOWS, BAR, THEATRE ROOM AND WORKOUT ROOM. THIS ALL OVERLOOKS THE 18TH GREEN AT HUNTER'S RIDGE. PLENTY OF YARD AND SPACE TOO!
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Christopher Smith
Traditions RE
www.christophersmithrealtor.com
christopher.smith.realtor@gmail.com
319-329-5988
Licensed Realtor in the state of IOWA
"Success in real estate at the SERVICE of others"
Ah yes; spring time! The arrival of a brownish colored landscape that will soon yield a green carpet of grass moving forward into the summer time! The snow has melted, and the trees are showing tiny buds which will soon blossom into flowers and green leaves. Billboards plastered over the Cedar Rapids landscape have oversized melons promising to meet "all of your real estate needs."
Answer a question for me! Does the presence of an attractive, blonde real estate agent (sorry to stereotype here but 4 out of 5 billboards are currently of the blonde, female persuasion) coax you into contacting this person for "all" of your real estate needs? Let me answer this question for you. Emphatically, NO!
Please, before you label my actions somewhat discriminatory, let me preface by saying that these real estate agents in question are probably very professional, and very well adept at handling "all" of your real estate wants and needs. That's not my issue with this at all. My issue is, are they selling themselves or their services to you? Make no mistake; egos are highly prevalent in the real estate field. Picture the highly polished agent in Armani suit and tie positioning his right thumb and pinky on his ear and mouth (you know, the overdone resemblance of a phone) just begging you to flip open your cell phone and call 1-800-JUST-SOLD or 1-800-UBER-AGENT.
What if the billboard offered services unparalleled with any other brokerage or real estate agent!
What if a billboard offered 100% viral online exposure of your house!
What if the advertisement promised that your house would be viewed by more "potential buyers" than any other brokerage/real estate agent combined!
What if it promised a seller that there are currently over 100 qualified buyers in our database looking for the home you just listed!
What if that billboard promised buyers a complete walkthrough of the buying process from A-Z and beyond the sale!
What if it said that a certain real estate company will meet and exceed your expectations for marketing your home or you can fire them within a seven day period!
Hmm, I wonder if such a real estate company exists amongst the Cedar Rapids real estate landscape? "Success in real estate at the SERVICE of others" is his motto! I wonder if he really means it! Only one way to find out!
Christopher Smith
Traditions Real Estate
www.christophersmithrealtor.com
christopher.smith.realtor@gmail.com
319-329-5988
Licensed Realtor in the state of IOWA
"Success in real estate at the SERVICE of others"
Want GOOGLE search results for any of the four quadrants of Cedar Rapids, plus Marion, Iowa?
I hate to use the phrase "one stop shopping" because it's overused and underpromised by most Realtors in town. If you are from out of town and want information on any of the four quadrants of Cedar Rapids plus Marion, Iowa; you need go no further. Simply go to the following tabs on my website and then click on the tinyurl link provided, and it will take you to the first page of Google search results for Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, Southwest Cedar Rapids, and Marion, Iowa.
Northeast Cedar Rapids
http://www.christophersmithrealtor.com/Northeast_Cedar_Rapids/page_1825664.html
Northwest Cedar Rapids
http://www.christophersmithrealtor.com/Northwest_Cedar_Rapids/page_1825672.html
Southeast Cedar Rapids
http://www.christophersmithrealtor.com/Southeast_Cedar_Rapids/page_1825661.html
Southwest Cedar Rapids
http://www.christophersmithrealtor.com/Southwest_Cedar_Rapids/page_1825663.html
Marion, Iowa
http://www.christophersmithrealtor.com/Marion/page_1840211.html
If you need anything regarding Cedar Rapids Real Estate, I would be honored to assist you and your family. I'm the only "Educational Realtor" in town that gives you more information regarding this great city, and the buying/selling process than any of the other 800 + Realtors combined. Have a great week and please take advantage of the wonderful links provided!
Christopher Smith
Traditions Real Estate
www.christophersmithrealtor.com
christopher.smith.realtor@gmail.com
319-329-5988
Licensed Realtor in the state of IOWA
"Success in real estate at the SERVICE of others"
• 2,540 sq. ft., 3 bath, 3 bdrm 2 story - MLS® $214,900
Windemere Heights, Marion - BEAUTIFUL TWO STORY IN MARION IS READY TO MOVE IN! BRAND NEW ROOF THIS SUMMER, WALNUT FLOORING IN KITCHEN AND BREAKFAST AREA, ALL STAINLESS STEEL KITCHEN, TWO LIVING AREAS ON FIRST FLOOR, TWO PERSON JACUZZI TUB, THEATER ROOM IN BASEMENT, POSSIBLE NON-CONFORMING 4TH BEDROOM, TONS OF SHELVING STORAGE STAYS, PORCH, DECK, BEAUTIFULLY LANDSCAPED YARD, OVERSIZED THREE STALL GARAGE, HOME WARRANTY, SELLER IS LICENSED REALTOR IN IOWA.
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Christopher Smith
Traditions Real Estate
www.christophersmithrealtor.com
christopher.smith.realtor@gmail.com
319-329-5988
Licensed Realtor in the state of Iowa
"Success in real estate at the SERVICE of others"
Attention! Cedar Rapids real estate listings alert! Beautiful southwest Cedar Rapids condo for sale with finished basement!
• 2,226 sq. ft., 2 bath, 3 bdrm ranch - MLS® $157,000 - Lots of Condo for the $$$
Southwest Cedar Rapids, Cedar Rapids - THIS RANCH STYLE CONDO HAS AN OPEN, SPACIOUS FLOOR PLAN. THE KITCHEN IS HUGE, WITH COUNTERTOPS GALORE, AND LOTS OF CABINET SPACE. THE FAMILY ROOM HAS A COZY FIREPLACE WITH VAULTED CEILINGS AND DOORS LEADING TO THE DECK. TWO BEDROOMS UP AND ONE BEDROOM DOWNSTAIRS IN BEAUTIFULLY FINISHED BASEMENT. BASEMENT HAS A DEDICATED GREAT ROOM, AND LARGE AREA FOR OFFICE, CRAFT ROOM, OR PLAY ROOM FOR KIDS. THIRD BATHROOM IS STUBBED AND READY TO BE FINISHED. OVERSIZED, ATTACHED TWO STALL GARAGE HAS PLENTY OF ROOM FOR SHELVING AND WORKBENCH AREA.
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Christopher Smith
Traditions Real Estate
www.christophersmithrealtor.com
christopher.smith.realtor@gmail.com
319-329-5988
Licensed Realtor in the state of Iowa
"Success in real estate at the service of others"
Attention First Time Home Buyers! Cedar Rapids real estate bargain on the southeast side of Cedar Rapids.
• 1,320 sq. ft., 1 bath, 4 bdrm over two story - MLS® $104,900 - Lots of House for the $$$
Southeast Cedar Rapids, Cedar Rapids - Beautiful spacious four bedroom house in historic southeast Cedar Rapids. Over two stories, gorgeous hardwood flooring throughout, new carpet, new paint, newer A/C and furnace, storage shed, convenient to downtown and Bever Park, formal dining room has built in with granite countertops, sellers have added dishwasher and spot lighting in kitchen. Lots of house for the money!
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Christopher Smith
Traditions Real Estate
www.christophersmithrealtor.com
christopher.smith.realtor@gmail.com
319-329-5988
Licensed Realtor in the state of IOWA
"Success in real estate at the SERVICE of others"
If you're new to Cedar Rapids real estate, you will find out that the day after the Super Bowl, the "busy season" unofficially starts. For some reason, listings slowly start to increase as sellers get their houses on the market. Why is this? Why does the day after Super Bowl typically give us this slow but steady rise in listings inventory?
Especially in slower economic times it makes sense for a house to be marketed and listed during this time of year. The average DOM (days on the market) for some neighborhoods is 90-120 days. If you have children in school, you typically want to have your house sold and to move into your new house; and be settled in by the beginning of the next school year.
Here is the scenario:
List your house Feb. 2.
House is on the market for let's say 3 1/2 months before offer is accepted. (This puts us at May 15th)
It takes generally 30-45 days for closing and possesion of both houses. (This puts us at July 1st)
You move in July 1st and you have a good 30 days to get settled, get kids registered for school, empty most of your boxes and settle into your new house. (This puts us at August 1st).
Not many consumers, especially first time home buyers look at things this way. If you've moved several times before you are much more aware of this time frame scenario.
If you are a first time home buyer or a buyer, look for listing inventory to slowly but steadily increase during the next month. As we inch towards spring, we will see even more listing inventory and the market will somewhat "flood" with new listings.
If you are a seller, your house (when listed) needs to rise to the top like creme. If it doesn't your listing will become the dregs at the bottom of the coffee cup six months from now. Need help? Call an experienced Realtor that can market and price your house to sell, not sit on the market for six months.
Enjoy watching the Super Bowl and starting tomorrow, "Let the games begin."
Christopher Smith
Traditions Real Estate
www.christophersmithrealtor.com
christopher.smith.realtor@gmail.com
319-329-5988
Licensed Realtor in the state of IOWA
"Success in real estate at the SERVICE of others"
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• 1,408 sq. ft., 2 bath, 3 bdrm ranch - $214,500 - Lots of Value for the $$$
Southwest Cedar Rapids, Cedar Rapids - Beautiful, spacious floor plan, HERS rated floor plan, custom kitchen cabinets and countertops, large walk-in closets, double vanity in master bathrooms, Whirlpool Satina appliances included, custom tile and hardwood flooring, arched doorways, beautiful art niches, custom painting, upgraded oak trimwork, solid core six panel doors, 9 foot sidewalls, vaulted & cathedral ceilings, coffered and tray ceilings in master bedroom, cable throughout (even in garage), pre-wired for surround sound, pre-plumbed for central vac, large deck, 8 foot garage arched garage doors with Aztek trim.
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Christopher Smith
Traditions Real Estate
www.christophersmithrealtor.com
christopher.smith.realtor@gmail.com
319-329-5988
Licensed Realtor in the state of Iowa