Do you know what it is like moving to a completely new area and not knowing which area you want to live? Where the good schools are? Where to get your hair cut? Best restaurants, movie theatres etc..? I do, when I moved to Connecticut in 1995, I still remember walking in to what I thought was a clothing store, only to find out it was a grocery store. I was so frustrated I broke into tears, OK it was a bad day! We love this area and are so proud to help new people who want to move to the area find the perfect home and start to integrate themselves into the community!
Kelly & I have a lot of experience working with the big three corporate relocation companies in working with both buyers and sellers. It isn’t too different than a standard sale, but there are very specific forms to use and market analysis forms the companies want filled out just so. In this blog, I want to focus on what it is like to work with a relocation buyer.
First off it is usually under a tight time constraint. Buyers will be flying in and have maybe a few days to look at and possibly to purchase a houses. I like to find out as much about the people as possible such as, first-time buyer or not, do they have children, what are their hobbies, do they want to be near the beach or more of a rambling lot such as in PV or Seaside Ranchos… etc.. Then I find out if their children will be coming along to go house hunting so I can plan more breaks, provide appropriate snacks and entertainment for the car ride. Then there can be upwards of 10 homes to look at in the different areas of the South Bay. It can be hard to determine a couple’s tastes until you start looking at a few homes, so you can quickly cross some off the list (as well as add homes to see) after the first few showings. I always have a digital camera in hand so I can email them photos later that day. During their area tour, I drive them by the area schools if they have children and give them the most recent API scores. Once they have found their dream home and move in, I give them all kinds of information about the community so they can hopefully not walk into Ralphs thinking they sell clothes!
