Real Estate Agent for Sellers
As featured in
Selling your home in Arizona capitalizes on your home equity and unlocks new possibilities for your future.
Meet Me - Daniel Pitner
I was born and raised in Glendale, Arizona
I’m proud to call Glendale my home. I own multiple properties right here in Glendale and have lived here my entire life. I love our growing city and I love helping my real estate client buy and sell their Glendale properties! My passion is helping home sellers sell their home for top-dollar and capitalize on our booming economy. As a sellers agent, I take my client’s transaction very seriously— this is your hard earned equity and you don’t want to leave any money on the table!
I specialize in Arrowhead Ranch, Glendale, Arizona
I have lived in Arrowhead Ranch my entire life. I know every single phase of Arrowhead ranch intimately and I am proud to call it my home. Arrowhead Ranch is a unique master-planned community that is well established. It is also becoming a hot-spot for young families who want to plant their roots in a safe and well-established community.
Seller’s Agent
As an experienced seller’s agent, I work closely with sellers to understand their needs and work to get them top dollar for their home. When I work with home sellers, I try to understand the attachment they have with their current home and navigate any concerns they have with selling their home.
Selling a home in Arizona is a stressful and emotional process. If you don’t have an experienced real estate agent on your side you could lose thousands of dollars on your home sale. As a real estate agent in Glendale, I work with my home sellers in Glendale and the surrounding areas to get them top dollar on their homes and make the process and stress-free as possible.
Home Selling Process in Arizona
Choose a Seller’s Agent- interview multiple agents to find the best agent for your needs.
Schedule a meeting with the agent to tour your home so that the realtor can put together a comparable sales analysis. A comparable sales analysis, or CMA, is a report that analyzes recent home sales around your home and gives an estimate of how much your home is worth in the current market
Schedule repairs for your home. Your listing agent will give you a list of repairs and updates they suggest in order to get top-dollar for your home. Schedule a time to get all of these repairs completed by a professional
Schedule professional real estate photography. Your listing agent should coordinate a real estate photographer to list your home. As a seller’s agent, I pay out of my own pocket to get professional photos taken of the seller’s property. Professional real estate photography is a must have to get top dollar for your home
List your home with your sellers agent. Your listing agent will write a description, post your pictures, and market your home on the MLS, Social Media, and other marketing platforms. They will also coordinate all communications and contract signatures with the buyers. If you chose an excellent seller’s agent, they will make this process smooth and easy.
Home Seller Realtor
I help home sellers understand the selling process, get their home ready to sell, and list it on the market. If you are wanting to know how to sell your home in Arizona, I can help you understand the process and get you top dollar for your home. Selling a home in Arizona is not as simple as taking pictures and listing it online. There are hundreds of liabilities you must navigate and understand how to market your home in a very competitive and changing environment.
When selling a home in Arizona it is important to choose a real estate agent who will work hard to capture every penny of your equity so that no money is left on the table. When hiring a real estate agent to sell your home, be sure to ask the following questions:
What is your market game-plan?
What is your real estate philosophy?
What areas do you specialize in?
How are you different from other real estate agent?
Choose a real estate agent who won’t leave thousands of dollars on the table when you are selling your home!
How Much Does A Real Estate Agent Cost?
When hiring a real estate agent, a common question that is asked is “how much does a real estate agent cost?” The truth of the matter is there is no single answer to this question. The cost of selling your home with a real estate agent depends on multiple factors including:
Agent Experience
Market Trends
Type of property
How much work will be involved to sell your home
How much you negotiate with your agent
Remember, all real estate agent commissions are negotiable. Be sure to ask your agent how much they charge and negotiate a fair rate for everybody. As a sellers agent, I always offer a fair and competitive rate to my clients. My passion is real estate, not getting rich quick. Because of this I am fair with my rates and work with all my home sellers to find a rate that is competitive and fair to everybody involved.
When negotiating with your agent remember that representing you on your home sale costs your agent quite a bit of money. Between MLS fees, cleaning fees, Realtor fees, professional photography, software fees, etc. your real estate agent spends a good deal of time and money to list your property. Additionally, they will typically pay the buyer’s agent a commission out of their own commission, cutting into their profits. When negotiating a fair commission with your agent be sure to ask them everything that they will include with their rate.
Risks of Selling your Home By Owner
Selling your home by owner may sound like the best option for you in order to save on real estate comissions, however selling your home by owner is not without significant risk. As a real estate agent, I have seen countless for sale by owner transactions go wrong due to a lack of home selling experience and knowledge by home owners attempting to sell their home by owner. Be sure to review the following risks you might face when selling your home by owner in Arizona. Please not this is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal or professional advice:
Risks of Selling your home by owner
Legal Trouble. There are a lot of laws you must navigate when selling your home. By selling your home by owner you can potentially expose yourself to a significant amount of liability.
You could leave money on the table. While you save money on real estate commissions selling your home by owner, but you pose the risk of receiving significantly less of a sales price. According to financial guru Dave Ramsey, home sellers who choose to sell by owner receive on average 11% less than they would have received selling with an agent. Even when you factor in the real estate agent’s commissions most home owners take home more money when selling with an agent vs for sale by owner.
Dealing with paperwork. 15% of for sale by owner home sellers report that they won’t sell their home again due to the amount of paperwork that they must complete. If you choose the right real estate agent, they can easily navigate the paperwork on your behalf.
Failure to coordinate showings. A huge responsibility is coordinating showings to potential buyers, especially in a hot housing market. There is a potential of receiving hundreds of requests to view your property and without the right systems and processes in-place this can quickly become unmanageable
How do I sell my house by owner in Arizona?
As a long-time real estate agent, I realize that not every home seller wants to use a real estate agent to sell their house. Often times home owners who are wanting to sell their house by owner are wanting to save on the cost of real estate commissions that they will incur when listing their property on the MLS with a realtor. If you are wanting to sell your house by owner, here are some handy tips that can help you list and maximize the profit on your property. Please note that this is not intended to be a comprehensive list or constitute legal advice. Home sellers are responsible to do their own due diligence and legal research. This information is for informational purposes only.
As a seasoned real estate agent, here are my tips for anyone wanting to sell their house by owner in Arizona:
Take inventory of any maintenance items that need attention. When selling your home you need to be sure that it is both presentable and in tip-top shape. Take inventory of all the items that needs fixed in your home and schedule a time to get the repairs down by a qualified professional.
Get your legal ducks in a row. Be sure to research which disclosure forms and information you need to provide. Do not get yourself into legal trouble— do your due diligence!
Clean! I’m not talking about a simple wipe down… hire a professional cleaning company and deep clean your entire house— baseboards, ceiling fans, air vents, etc should all be spotless.
Price your home fairly. Do market research via online tools to figure out how much your home should sell for at fair market value. Caution: If your list your home too high above market value it will sit on the market for an extended period of time. Homes that sit on the market for a long time have a significantly less likelihood of selling.
Arrange Professional Photography: don’t be the person who lists their home with pictures from their iPhone or with pictures where you can see yourself in your mirror… Read my blog post on the importance of real estate photography.
Market your home to buyers: Use online platforms and signage to market your home to potential buyers. .
Negotiate your offers. Remember, you can negotiate your sales price with buyers! Be willing to negotiate and be fair with buyers, especially highly qualified ones.
Close the sale! Close the sale and collect your commissions.