When you list your home with The Lewis Team, we launch a highly successful four-step plan to sell your home for the best possible price and with the least amount of stress and inconvenience for you.

Step 1: Excellent Customer Service

First and foremost, we strive to understand your objectives. Based on your unique needs and wants, we deliver exceptional personal service, administration and communication. In addition to Barbara and Diane, our professional team is available to answer your questions and to handle the paperwork once a sales contract is secured for your home, including coordinating the inspections and any repairs that may be necessary.

Step 2: Correct List Price and Property Condition

Positioning and pricing your property in the marketplace is critical. We will use our in-depth market knowledge to advise you on what steps you need to take in order to achieve the maximum sales price for your home. That may include suggestions on pricing or making minor improvements to your home that will help you maximize its value. From Staging to Settlement we provide Simply Great Results for You.

Step 3: Strategic Marketing Techniques

Taking advantage of the best digital and print mediums and technologies, our unique marketing and advertising strategies present your home in the best possible manner and expose it to a world-wide audience. We will selectively use a combination of the following strategies/resources:

• Take beautiful digital pictures of the interior and exterior of your home.

• Place virtual tours on prominent websites such as: www.lewisteam.com, www.longandfoster.com, www.realtor.com, www.homesdatabase.com, google, truila, twitter, zillow, facebook, redfin and numerous others.

• Prepare high quality color brochures that showcase your home’s most eye-catching features.

• Design an attractive photographic flyer describing your home that is personally delivered to target agents.

• Place enticing advertisements in publications such as the Sun Gazette, The Washington Post, élan magazine, Luxury Homes, The Washingtonian and other publications, as needed.

• Open Houses for the public. (if desired)

• Open Houses for real estate agents which offer luncheons, gift certificates or prizes. This creates the excitement and exposure to help get your home sold!

Step 4: Strong Negotiating Skills

It is an interesting dynamic. Buyers want to pay the lowest price for your home while you want to achieve the highest possible price. We prepare comparables and other data for buyers in order to support and justify the highest possible sale price. Also there is far more to negotiation than price. The terms in the contract are also very important. The Lewis Team manages all aspects of the negotiations to best protect you and achieve the best result for you.

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