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The Real estate Market is heating up like the temps out there, but you still need a plan for success! Here’s my approach to the ever changing market where prices are reinventing themselves daily. “NoGuess Pricing Plan” APPRAISAL – THE ACCURATE ROAD TO HOME PRICING The last home I listed sold in 1 day with competing parties. How did I do it? Pricing right. Sure, the market is hot right now, but people still aren’t going to overpay for a house. But people are willing to pay fair price for a house, they just want to know it’s a fair price. How do we do that? One word. Appraisal. I have a plan where I will pay for an appraisal for your home (some conditions apply) and that way we know for certain that we are pricing right. If any buyer questions the price, bam, we bring out the appraisal. Call for details! Winner Winner Chicken Dinner! Each time I send out a newsletter I am going to also award FIVE of my readers with a chicken from Family Fare. (I’ll actually send you a gift card you can use for a chicken or another item of your choice.) How do you win? Answer my survey by sending me an email and I enter you into the drawing. I will share this information on my facebook page so that others can see your opinions. I won’t use your full name, just first name, last initial. Here is this month’s question: Where is your favorite place to dine outside in the Grand Rapids area. If you want to provide why, I’ll include that as well. My email is [email protected] Let Me Make YOU Look Good! Let me make you a hero….by you referring your friends to me, they will THANK you! Who do you know who is looking for a home, or might want to sell their home? It is said that everyone knows 3 people who are potential real estate clients at any given time. They might not realize it, but put on your detective hat and maybe you can predict. Anyone who’s family is growing, planning a move, has a kid leaving for college or last one leaving the nest, someone older who has been saying they are tired of taking care of their home, someone who has had a parent recently leave their home, or pass away, someone getting married or divorced? These are all likely times when someone might be making a real estate decision in the near future. Please ask if you can pass their name along to me so I can help! Donna Batdorff Realtor, Associate Broker, GRI 616 240 4253 – [email protected] This communication is not intended to solicit any currently listed property or interfere with any current real estate relationship under contract. Donna Batdorff is a Licensed Associate Broker with MLM Realty LLC, 7620 Cahoon, Grand Rapids, MI 49546, Equal Opportunity Housing 2013

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2013 Summer Newsletter from Donna Batdorff, Realtor, MLM Realty LLC.

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The  Real  estate  Market  is  heating  up  like  the  temps  out  there,  but  you  still  need  a  plan  for  success!    Here’s  my  approach  to  the  ever-­‐  changing  market  where  prices  are  reinventing  themselves  daily.    

“No-­‐Guess  Pricing  Plan”  

APPRAISAL  –  THE  ACCURATE  ROAD  TO  HOME  PRICING  

The  last  home  I  listed  sold  in  1  day  with  competing  parties.  How  did  I  do  it?  Pricing  right.    Sure,  the  market  is  hot  right  now,  but  people  still  aren’t  going  to  overpay  for  a  house.    But  people  are  willing  to  pay  fair  price  for  a  house,  they  just  want  to  know  it’s  a  fair  price.    How  do  we  do  that?  One  word.    Appraisal.  

I  have  a  plan  where  I  will  pay  for  an  appraisal  for  your  home  (some  conditions  apply)  and  that  way  we  know  for  certain  that  we  are  pricing  right.    If  any  buyer  questions  the  price,  bam,  we  bring  out  the  appraisal.  Call  for  details!  

Winner  Winner  Chicken  Dinner!  

Each  time  I  send  out  a  newsletter  I  am  going  to  also  award  FIVE  of  my  readers  with  a  chicken  from  Family  Fare.  (I’ll  actually  send  you  a  gift  card  you  can  use  for  a  chicken  or  another  item  of  your  choice.)  

How  do  you  win?    Answer  my  survey  by  sending  me  an  email  and  I  enter  you  into  the  drawing.  I  will  share  this  information  on  my  facebook  page  so  that  others  can  see  your  opinions.    I  won’t  

use  your  full  name,  just  first  name,  last  initial.    

Here  is  this  month’s  question:    Where  is  your  favorite  place  to  dine  outside  in  the    Grand  Rapids  area.  If  you  want  to  provide  why,  I’ll  include  that  as  well.  My  email  is  [email protected]  

Let  Me  Make  YOU  Look  Good!  

Let  me  make  you  a  hero….by  you  referring  your  friends  to  me,  they  will  THANK  you!  

Who  do  you  know  who  is  looking  for  a  home,  or  might  want  to  sell  their  home?  It  is  said  that  everyone  knows  3  people  who  are  potential  real  estate  clients  at  any  given  time.  They  might  not  realize  it,  but  put  on  your  detective  hat  and  maybe  you  can  predict.    Anyone  who’s  family  is  growing,  planning  a  move,  has  a  kid  leaving  for  college  or  last  one  leaving  the  nest,  someone  older  who  has  been  saying  they  are  tired  of  taking  care  of  their  home,  someone  who  has  had  a  parent  recently  leave  their  home,  or  pass  away,  someone  getting  married  or  divorced?    These  are  all  likely  times  when  someone  might  be  making  a  real  estate  decision  in  the  near  future.      Please  ask  if  you  can  pass  their  name  along  to  me  so  I  can  help!  

 

Donna    Batdorff  Realtor,  Associate  Broker,  GRI  

616  240  4253  –  [email protected]  

This  communication  is  not  intended  to  solicit  any  currently  listed  property  or  interfere  with  any  current  real  estate  relationship  under  contract.    Donna  Batdorff  is  a  Licensed  Associate  Broker  with  MLM  Realty  LLC,  7620  Cahoon,  Grand  Rapids,  MI  49546,  Equal  Opportunity  Housing  

2013  

The  Personal  Side  of  Things  

I  have  mentioned  in  many  previous  publications  that  I  am  heavily  involved  in  competing  in  agility  with  my  dog  Ginger.    She  recently  achieved  what  is  called  her  MACH,  which  stands  for  Master  Agility  Champion.    Much  like  the  dogs  you  see  in  the  fancy  dog  shows,  like  Westminster,  this  title  goes  in  front  of  her  name,  so  she  is  now  MACH  Gingerella  B.  Lane.    I’m  super  proud  of  my  girl…and  we  love  doing  what  we  like  to  call  “going  bar-­‐hopping.”  Remember,  no  matter  how  busy  I  am  with  my  life  though,  I  make  time  for  my  real  estate  clients.  

 

Cookies  and  Cake!  –  The  Frosting  Fairy  takes  flight  

Many  of  you  know  that  my  culinary  interests  have  always  been  keen.  I  used  to  own  a  bakery  and  deli  and  did  catering,  have  taken  and  given  many  cooking  classes,  have  baked  and  won  awards  for  gingerbread  creations,  and  more.    So,  recently  I  decided  to  start  a  little  hobby  business  called  The  Frosting  Fairy.  I  bake  custom  cookies  and  cakes  that  are  very  elaborate  and  beautiful.  I  don’t  have  a  lot  of  time  to  devote  to  this,  but  if  you  order  far  

enough  ahead,  I  can  make  something  truly  special  for  you!    Besides  doing  traditional  decorations,  I  also  have  a  dedicated  printer  with  edible  ink,  and  can  print  anything  on  a  cookie,  cake  or  cupcake!  To  see  more  creations  visit:  www.thefrostingfairy.com  

What’s  REALLY  Important?  

There  are  a  lot  of  reasons  to  choose  a  Realtor,  but  the  most  important  reasons  should  be:  

Buyers:    

1. Listens  to  you  to  find  what  you  want,  and  fine  tunes  as  needed  2. Returns  calls  and  gets  info  you  ask  for  promptly  3. Does  their  best  to  negotiate  and  has  experience  to  make  suggestions  4. Has  experience  with  a  lot  of  transactions  5. Understands  what  to  look  for  beyond  the  aesthetics  and  has  a  network  

of  people  to  help        

 

 

         Sellers:    

1. Knows  how  to  price  a  house  to  sell,  and  will  hire  an  appraiser  if  there’s  doubt  2. Returns  calls  to  you  and  prospective  buyers  promptly  3. Knows  how  to  see  a  transaction  through  to  closing  ,  does  their  best  to  negotiate  and  has  

experience  to  make  suggestions  4. Has  experience  with  a  lot  of  transactions  5. Knows  the  best  way  to  market  your  home