Buyers will like this - I dare you!

Rachel says, "I Dare You!"

How many calls do you get from your “for sale” sign?

Increase the action on your property.
Separate your property from the pack.
Put it “on sale” and write the sale price right on your sign!

You put the asking price on your flyers, but how many buyers actually
stop the car to take the flyer?

This is an up front, in your face, bold way to advertise on your lawn
sign. I discovered this selling secret from sellers who did it and got a
buyer from the attention it drew.

Anything can be for sale,
The real deals are “on sale”.

If you’d like a white Plastic sign, we found some old signs on which you
could write the asking price and attach to your present yard sign.

Just stop by our Gateway Title Brecksville office and get yours for
free – while the supply last.

Email or call us at 440 546 9660 for more information on this
challenge.

Do you dare?

Rachel

Listening IS Conversation

Gateway Title - The FSBO Specialists

Last Wednesday, I walked into a closing room to greet a seller waiting to sign final papers. I said "Good Morning" she looked at me and started crying and told me it just really hit her that she was leaving her home of the past 36 years. The place where she and her husband raised their kids and held 36 years of her life.
She is widowed and is moving in with her son. A new beginning, but also an ending.
I listened as she talked.
She then told me she was ready, signed the final papers and left the office with a smile.
Sometimes others just need someone to listen to them. Do you ever just listen?
She wasn't asking for my advice.
She just wanted to say her feelings out loud.
Listening is an important way to have a conversation.
People just want to know they Matter

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WE MUST GO ON

Yes, it's horrible.
On April 13,2013 many lives were changed forever.
I felt so much sadness and anger, I wasn't sure how to handle it.
Holding back tears, I continued to go through the process of
my daily activities.
As the evening progressed, I realized I must find a way to
not let this awful thing paralyze me.
They can not win.
This world I knew as a child is gone.
I pray that the world my children and Grand children

is one that they experience with love and security.
God Bless America!

LIVE FOR TODAY - REPEAT!

TODAY'S SELF-TALK: "I live today for today. I learn from yesterday, and prepare for tomorrow, but today I focus on today, and make every precious moment count. Now is my time, this is my moment, and today is my day."
Repeat - Repeat -  Repeat!

WHY DOES IT COST SO MUCH TO SELL OR BUY A HOME?

Every so often, I get the "deer in the headlights"  look from a seller at the closing table. Some sellers ask "Why do you charge me so much  to sell my home?"
Some call me and tell  me to "sharpen my pencil" that one makes my blood boil!
I love what I do to make others dreams come true.
I insure and protect the American dream and that is pretty awesome responsibility.
In order to achieve this I have to do a lot of work.
Examine the title, commit to the conditions to insure.
As the neutral  escrow agent, I follow contract and lender instructions to complete the deal-
Keep in touch with ALL parties and hope they return calls and co-operate to get it done.
Then there's Real estate agents, inspectors, insurance agents, city and county offices, attorneys,
and we collect the lender's charges for the mortgage loan.
 Sometimes, there are well meaning relatives who think they  know more than we. Loan officers and their processors, who have different stories to tell  buyers, get mortgage pay-offs, taxes, appointments for signing -one each for buyer and seller. This is an escrow closing area. Make sure deed and mortgage are filed on time, and disburse the funds to all involved including paying off the mortgage. We wire most of these and it is not free and..when it is all over...
I issue a title insurance  policy to protect the American Dream!
Do you have any idea the number of hours we put into a real estate transfer title?
Much of what is charged, I am collecting for another party -: the county/state  transfer tax (a biggie) and we collect the lender's charges for the mortgage loan. and the
real estate commission, the biggest biggie.
I totally believe in educating the buyers and sellers through our free workshops, consultations, plus
 the zillions of phone calls I take and explain costs up front.
 Sometimes they  "forget".
We are the low man(or woman) on the totem pole when it comes to fees involved in a real estate purchase or sale, I started  Gateway Title 21 years ago.
I guess I keep  doing this  because I love it!
Call me when you are buying or selling for a free estimate and explanation of the costs involved. PS. Did you know the seller and buyer have a right to choose the title company used for their closing?

To all sellers

I have been researching marketing real estate and I have discovered that putting the sale price on the sign creates activity on the property creating a better position in finding a buyer.

Do you have thoughts on this? I would appreciate it if you would please reply back to me with your opinion.

Thanks for taking the time to help.
Keeping Life Simple,

Rachel Torchia
President
Gateway Title Agency Inc.
8748 Brecksville Road Suite 100
Brecksville, Ohio 44141

Phone: (440) 546-9660
rachel@gatewaytitle.com
Reak Estate Actuality editor