BREAKING NEWS…. WHY YOU SHOULD SELECT MELISSA BERGMAN AS YOUR REAL ESTATE AGENT!! Prior to listing our home for sale, we had discussions with over half a dozen real estate agents. All of them had access to the same databases of real estate information in the neighborhood, formulate almost matching presentations of prior sales & currently listed properties in the area, and make the identical claims that they will get us the most money by selling the home in the shortest time. What causes one to select a specific agent over the others in the overcrowded real estate business? To achieve the owner’s primary dual objectives of a prompt sale while securing the greatest financial return in any type of market, you must be able to substantially distinguish your property from the others. This is achieved by choosing an agent/partner that doesn’t just go through the motions by putting the home on the multiple listing service then waiting for the calls to come in and one whom collaboratively works with the clients to price the property competitively to achieve that illusive sale. We thankfully found that person in Melissa Bergman. Melissa has an extraordinarily unique style that is substantially more creative than her peers related to the marketing of properties. Just as important, Melissa does not lecture her clients about how the transaction should be approached but listens attentively to her client’s concerns & objectives to design an approach which achieves the mutual goals of all stakeholders. This, coupled with her firm’s impressive suite of multi-faceted marketing, drives interest, which translates to showings, and ultimately to offers with a sale. Just as importantly, prior to finalizing the listing and going live, Melissa does her homework to secure the results we are striving for. She accomplishes this by calling and visiting the competitive listings in the area, completing an independent home inspection to identify any possible impediments to a successful sale, conducts a pre-listing staging consultation followed with staging to best prepare the home for the “wow factor” during showings, and by professionally photographing the property for inclusion in visual marketing media including digital and printed materials. When you take the preceding and combine it with Melissa’s outgoing, positive but realistic, joyful and professional attitude, you are practically guaranteed a positive outcome. For us, the above approach resulted in multiple offers in seventeen days on the market (with other seriously interested parties ready to follow suit), during rapidly deteriorating market conditions and ultimately the successful sale of our property. If you don’t believe me, I invite you to look at Melissa’s body of work and approach on the various platforms to get just a peek at her enthusiastic, professional, and creative tactics to her vocation that will achieve the results you are striving for. That is why we were truly satisfied with our selection of Melissa Bergman as our partner and without hesitation would recommend her real estate services to you. Back to you Bob.