What Your Real Estate Agent does for You

1. Submit ads to company’s participating internet real estate sites
2. Price changes conveyed promptly to all internet groups
3. Reprint/supply brochures promptly as needed
4. Feedback e-mails sent to buyers’ agents after showings
5. Review weekly market study
6. Discuss with sellers any feedback from showings to determine if changes are needed
7. Set up marketing reports on showing-time application and company website
8. Place regular weekly update calls to seller to discuss marketing and pricing
9. Promptly enter price changes in the Local MLS Broker Marketplaces database
10. Receive and review all Offer to Purchase contracts submitted by buyers’ agents
11. Evaluate offer(s) and prepare a net sheet for the owner for comparison purposes
12. Explain merits and weakness of each offer to sellers
13. Contact buyers’ agents to review buyer’s qualifications and discuss offer
14. Deliver Seller’s Disclosure to buyer upon request and prior to offer if possible
15. Upload to the Local MLS Broker Marketplaces additional documents at time of listing
16. Confirm buyer is pre-qualified by calling loan officer
17. Obtain buyers’ pre-qualification letter from loan officer if not submitted with offer
18. Negotiate all offers per seller’s direction on seller’s behalf, set time limit for loan approval and closing
19. Prepare and convey counteroffers, acceptance or amendments to buyer’s agent
20. Create excel spreadsheets for easy review on multiple bids
21. Email or send copies of contract and all addendum’s to the closing attorney or title company
22. When Offer to Purchase contract is accepted, deliver to buyer’s agent
23. Record and promptly deposit buyer’s earnest money in escrow account
24. Disseminate under-contract showing restrictions as seller requests
25. Deliver copies of fully signed Offer to Purchase contract to seller
26. Deliver copies of Offer to Purchase contract to lender
27. Provide copies of signed Offer to Purchase contract for office file
28. Advise seller of additional offers submitted between contract and closing
29. Change status in Local MLS Broker Marketplaces to Sale Pending
30. Update transaction management program to show Sale Pending
31. Provide credit report information to seller if property will be seller-financed
32. Assist buyer with obtaining financing, if applicable, and follow-up as necessary
33. Coordinate with lender on discount points being locked in with dates
34. Deliver unrecorded property information to buyer
35. Order septic system inspection, if applicable
36. Receive and review septic system report, and assess any possible impact on sale
37. Deliver copy of septic system inspection report lender and buyer
38. Deliver Well Flow Test Report copies to lender and buyer, and property listing file
39. Verify termite inspection ordered
40. Verify mold inspection ordered, if required
41. Confirm verifications of deposit and buyer’s employment have been returned
42. Follow loan processing through to the underwriter
43. Add lender and other vendors to your management program so agents, buyer, and seller can track progress of sale
44. Contact lender weekly to ensure processing is on track
45. Relay final approval of buyer’s loan application to seller
46. Coordinate with seller for buyer’s professional home inspection
47. Review home inspector’s report
48. Enter completion into transaction management tracking program
49. Explain seller’s responsibilities, and recommend an attorney interpret any clauses in the contract
50. Ensure seller’s compliance with Home Inspection Clause requirements
51. Assist seller with identifying contractors to perform any required repairs
52. Negotiate payment, and oversee all required repairs on seller’s behalf, if needed
53. Schedule appraisal
54. Provide to appraiser any comparable sales used in market pricing
55. Follow-up on appraisal
56. Enter completion into transaction management program
57. Assist seller in questioning appraisal report if it seems too low
58. Get contract signed by all parties
59. Coordinate closing process with buyer’s agent and lender
60. Update closing forms and files
61. Ensure all parties have all forms and information needed to close the sale
62. Select location where closing will be held
63. Confirm closing date and time, and notify all parties
64. Assist in solving any title problems or in obtaining death certificates
65. Work with buyer’s agent in scheduling buyer’s final walk-thru prior to closing
66. Double check all tax, homeowners’ association dues, utility, and applicable prorations
67. Request final closing figures from closing agent (attorney or title company)
68. Receive and carefully review closing figures to ensure accuracy of preparation
69. Confirm buyer and buyer’s agent have received title insurance commitment
70. Provide homeowners warranty for availability at closing
71. Forward closing documents to absentee seller as requested
72. Review documents with closing agent (attorney)
73. Coordinate closing with seller’s next purchase, and resolve any timing problems
74. Have a no-surprises closing so seller receives a net-proceeds check at closing
75. Refer sellers to one of the best agents at their destination, if applicable
76. Change Local MLS Broker Marketplaces status to Sold Enter sale date, price, selling broker, etc.
77. Share the warranty paperwork for claims in the future
78. Attempt to clarify and resolve any conflicts about repairs if buyer is not satisfied
79. Respond to any calls and provide any information required from office files
80. If a rental, verify all deposits and prorated rents are reflected accurately on the closing statement
81. Close out listing in your management program

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