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Reviews Show Elizabeth Weintraub is a Top Listing Agent in Elk Grove
This top listing agent in Elk Grove receives reviews that confirm performance.
A funny thing happened a few days ago to this top listing agent in Elk Grove. I had received a referral to a couple of sellers who were selling a home in Elk Grove owned by their parents. They wanted to know more about me, so I shared the fact I have sold hundreds of homes in Elk Grove. I’ve been in the business for 43 years, and they are unlikely to find another agent with such a unique track record. Lyon Real Estate has an office in Elk Grove, as well as 16 other offices throughout Sacramento. I am also not just a top listing agent in Elk Grove, in fact, I rank in the top agents in all of Sacramento County.
Not good enough, the sellers said.
They asked if I live in Elk Grove. Nope, I happen to live in Land Park. Well, their parents only did business with locals, and an office in Elk Grove was not good enough. I should live on the street, I suppose. First time I had ever heard that. It’s OK. There are all sorts in the world. Some people want to hire only women. Others prefer unmarried agents. You can’t judge anybody for their beliefs.
And then I received this review via email from an independent website yesterday. From a seller in Elk Grove for whom I sold a home at $26,000 above the comparable sales because I sold it for cash. Makes up for people who want me to live in a house on their street, which I do not understand. I, too, do business locally, but to me that means Sacramento County.
Here is that review about a top listing agent in Elk Grove under Sacramento Realtor Reviews:
“Elizabeth is the best hands down! We found her and her team by researching the best agents in Elk Grove and came across her profile. As first time sellers, we were pretty nervous about the whole process, but Elizabeth came in and reassured us that everything would be okay. She made everything happen quickly, efficiently, and seamlessly.
“We never expected our house to sell and escrow to close as quickly as it did. The whole process from start to finish lasted only 11 DAYS!!! Thankfully Elizabeth was there to guide us through the entire process. She made sure we understood every step and was extremely responsive and attentive to all of our questions. We absolutely loved working with Elizabeth and definitely recommend her to anyone looking to sell! You will not be disappointed with the Weintraub team!”
jdeee910
3 Donson Ct, Elk Grove, CA 95758
Can New Home Buyers Remove the Realtor Sign in the Yard?
There is protocol to follow to remove a Realtor sign.
It is probably annoying, that Realtor sign in the yard after closing. After all, the sign is all about the listing company and listing agent, which often has little bearing on the new home buyer. If we did a ton of dual agency transactions in which we directly represented the buyer as well (which we don’t), I imagine the new buyers might not get so irritated over the Realtor sign in the yard because there would be some kind of identification with it. They would feel an association. Immediately after closing, though, buyers want to remove that Realtor sign. It’s their home now and no longer for sale.
Some new home buyers go so far as to yank the Realtor sign out of the ground and throw it down. Hey, just because the seller didn’t agree to make repairs for you is no reason to dump the seller’s broker’s sign into the dirt. Years later, when you forgot who your buyer’s agent was and are looking for a top listing agent in Elk Grove or the greater Sacramento area to sell your home, you will probably call the Elizabeth Weintraub Team at Lyon Real Estate. There is no reason to burn bridges because she represented the seller and not you in the initial transaction. You want this kind of assertive agent on your side. Because Elizabeth will be the listing agent you will probably call, even if you don’t realize it yet.
Other home buyers sometimes stash the sign in the garage or in the back yard, wrongly thinking, I suppose, that the sign company representatives will get out of their vehicles and politely knock on the door to inquire about its whereabouts. No, they won’t. And that for sale sign will sit in your garage until it rots. They’ll stop, look around, and if they don’t see the sign, they will drive off. They also won’t trespass on your property to retrieve the sign from behind a side gate because that is prohibited.
If you don’t know when the Realtor sign will be removed, text your buyer’s agent and ask. Your agent can notify the Elk Grove listing agent — and I mention Elk Grove because missing Realtor signs seem to happen there more so than West Sacramento, for example — to find out when the sign company will come by. When my listings close, I generally notify my office to send out the sign removal guys to pick up the signs. If I don’t, there will be a delay. First the title company needs to send the closing paperwork to our corporate office at Lyon Real Estate on American Drive. Then the paperwork is overnighted to our branch office, but probably not on the same day. After our office assistants receive the paperwork from corporate, they schedule the sign removal guys to come out.
The sign removal guys don’t work on Sunday or Monday. So, you can see a closing that happens on Friday, say, won’t have the Realtor sign removed from the yard until probably Wednesday. There should be a better way to do this within our closing-out system, but for now, that’s the way it is. It doesn’t mean we don’t care or have forgotten about the Realtor sign. Please just leave it in the yard.
Listed Homes in Elk Grove Can’t Get Into MLS Fast Enough
In this hot seller’s market in Sacramento real estate, a cancellation by a buyer can turn into a blessing in disguise. When you work so hard on getting an offer accepted by obtaining document after document that proves the buyer’s mortgage worthiness, and you’re making countless phone calls to assure sellers that by waiting to respond is in their own best interest, and after having out-of-area parties finally agree to sign all of the documents, it can seem a bit defeatist when the buyer announces a chance of heart. You might say to yourself: why did I do all of that work?
And of course, the home can’t suddenly appear back on the market as though it was damaged goods. So the listing agent starts over, with a brand new listing and a new MLS number, and a fresh approach. It’s a situation of damned if you do and damned if you don’t, meaning do you put the home immediately into pending status and take a chance the buyers won’t flake or do you wait and get buyer’s agents irritated because they’re showing a home that’s under contract. I generally choose to change the status of those listed homes in Elk Grove as soon as possible.
There is not much one can do when an offer quickly arrives with a 3-day window, and you don’t want to make the poor buyer suffer by waiting out the whole 3 days. You can only stretch it so far. When no other offers arrive, it’s best to deal with the offer at hand and treat it as the precious gem that it is, so when the buyer cancels for no good reason, it can initially be a let-down.
Except in this market. The odds are if a buyer cancels, the next buyer, if handled properly, will pay a whole lot more for that home. I’m betting sellers are wishing that buyers would cancel right now. I can hear them, “Hey, we only got list price, and we could get more if we were back on the market.” It’s very competitive out there. More competitive than it’s been for years. And I’ve seen some wild markets over the past few decades.
I’m ready for it. I am dropping my doughnut holes of listed homes in Elk Grove into that hot vat of grease, spacing them one by one, until they fluff up and float to the top, a beautiful shade of gold, ready to melt in your mouth. Oh, wait, let me shake a little sugar. If you’ve got a home in Elk Grove to sell, call a top Elk Grove REALTOR who gets results, Elizabeth Weintraub, at 916.233.6759, Lyon Real Estate.
