Are you or someone you know thinking of buying or selling a home?

As your personal Realtor... the combination of skill, experience, and technology ensures your home will sell for the highest possible price and in the shortest period of time. I have the tools to meet the demands of a highly competitive, modern real estate market.

My unique Automated Internet Marketing System gives... online presence and 24 hours a day availability.

My online marketing system allows me to make information accessible 24-hours a day, and to respond immediately and directly to each and every prospective buyer. From my website, prospective buyers can get information immediately about your home. They can access my site from anywhere in the world 24 hours a day and view your property listing! Through my Personal Home Search, your listing will be sent by e-mail to every prospective buyer in my database, where your home meets their criteria. Plus it will be e-mailed automatically to future prospective buyers as well.
 
My unique GOOGLE MAP search, on my Properties page, for all West Van and North Van listings will enable Buyers to find your listing by simply clicking on the "house" icon that represents your home listing details. People looking for a new home have found their search process so much more efficient and pleasurable by just looking on my Google map and clicking on a home in the neighbourhood they like.
 

Traditional Marketing

As soon as you list your home with me, I will enter the features and amenities of your home in the Greater Vancouver Multiple Listing Service (MLS) database. Other agents can immediately access your property information by computer. Plus, your property will be included in any printed MLS books. I also regularly publish in magazines and newspapers in the area and send out direct mail pieces to potential buyers.

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q       Your listing will be accessible from National Association sites in over 25 countries.

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Pricing Your Home

When you think about it, there are several other homes for sale competing with your home. I will help you price your home competitively to attract qualified buyers. The way I do this is, along with knowledge gained through growing up and living throughout the greater Vancouver area, I search Active and Sold homes and prepare a Comparative Market Analysis (CMA) report, which will show you a range of prices being paid for similar homes in your area. If you are interested in a pre-evaluation of your home... you can complete my online form which will help you to get a feel for your home's value in today's real estate market.

I'm "personally" with you every step of the way...

Remember, I will be working 4u... to make sure you get the highest possible price for your home in the shortest period of time.
 
 
I will never compromise your safety, security or possessions by using a "LOCK BOX".
 
I'll always undertake my personal commitments and responsibilities as a Professional Realtor and fully carry out my obligations to personally manage and participate in the Sale of your home - after all isn't that what you are PAYING YOUR REALTOR for!
The excellent article below highlights a number of issues as reported by Tony Gioventu, Executive Director of the Condominium Home Owners Association (CHOA). In addition to what Mr. Gioventu reported there are serious concerns related to homeowner insurance coverage that the Seller needs to review with their home insurance provider.
 
 

 

Vote to outlaw lock boxes

No one has right to compromise safety, security

 

Tony Gioventu

The Province

 

This is the second in a six-part series on buying and selling a condo.

 

Dear Condo Smarts:

In the last six months, our strata corporation has experienced constant vandalism and break-ins to strata lots.

We could never find the source of the entry because common doors were never damaged -- until last week, when we noticed a real estate agent placing keys for a strata lot and the common areas into a lock box that was then attached to our entry railing.

We questioned what he was doing and he advised us we couldn't stop him because the strata cannot prevent an owner from freely selling his or her strata lot.

This makes no sense to our council. Why does the safety and security of owners take a back seat to vendors?

 

-- The Council of Connaught Terraces, Burnaby

Dear Council Members:

Lock boxes are used for the convenience of realtors to permit access to the buildings and units without the vendor's realtor being there, but they are the security scourge of strata corporations.

There are a few common types -- ones that are locked on a railing, and ones that are either screwed to a door or into a wall.

None of them work safely for the strata and many strata corporations pass bylaws that prohibit them.

Once your security is breached, personal property is at risk, the strata may be exposed to vandalism, and your residents' personal safety is compromised.

Lock boxes that are screwed to the exterior of the building also cause damage to the walls and siding, which can seriously affect your warranty, or worse. When someone rips them off the wall, you're left with expensive damages.

No one has rights over common property that are not permitted by the strata corporation, including installation of lock boxes.

Canvass your owners. Odds are, they will gladly prohibit them by creating appropriate bylaws.

Next week: Buying and selling storage lockers and parking stalls.

 

Tony Gioventu is the executive director of the Condominium Home Owners Association (CHOA). Contact CHOA at 604-584-2462 or toll-free 1-877-353-2462, or go to www.choa.bc.ca, fax 604-515-9643, or e-mail tony@choa.bc.ca © The Vancouver Province