I've Seen A Sign!

Sometimes signs show up at just the right time.

I want to tell you a little story. On Good Friday of 2007 at around 9am I was putting up a sign on a client's lawn. My timing was perfect. You see an agent just happened to drive by the home with some clients a short while after. He choose not to show them, or even acknowledge for that matter, the PropertyGuys.com listing. They had been looking for sometime in the area for something just like this home. The buyers in the back seat could not help but notice it. They made note.

Shortly after lunch that day an offer was agreed upon and the home was tentatively sold to the couple from the back seat. The real odd part was that the agent that choose not to show the home had already been in the home. He had prepared a market evaluation to try and list the property a few weeks before. Unfortunately for the agent, the home sellers felt that he under valued their property at $295,000. They were right. These buyers paid $304,000 and there was no commission paid. A net difference of $24,200 based upon a 5% commission rate. Not bad for 3.5 hours on the market.

The for sale sign has been around for many years. They are used for many objects from homes to cars to boats to junk at a garage sale. When you are selling your home you should seriously consider what the sign will do for you. It is your beacon, your lighthouse if you will. Advising any and all the location of the port. That is it's first objective, but there are more. It will also serve as the first point of information for a ship venturing into your port. How to reach the harbour master (Phone Number). Where they can go to get more details on docking instructions (Website). Lastly, it needs to instill comfort in the captain of the ship.

You can do all this by having a professional sign with all of the important details to ensure that buyers are going to want to dock in your port. Include your main contact number, preferably local, the website where they can get more details, and ensure it is presented professionally.

One little thing not to over look. Does your sign look like every other sign? Seems a little square, no? In a sea of squares and rectangles how will you stand out?