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Congratulations To Our Clients!!

Art and I would like to take the time to congratulate our Sellers and Buyers who have closed on their homes in the past month.  We appreciate your trust and thank you for the communication that led to a successful experience in the Real Estate market.

Sellers:

Buyers:

Are Realtors, Sales People?

This is a question that is interesting to me.  Some Real Estate licensees see themselves as sales people but according to TAR, Tennessee Association of Realtors, the law sees that differently.  To clear up any misconceptions you might have, I am writing information that has been provided by TREEF*, to explain that Realtors are NOT sales people.

What are we?

We are Representatives, according to the law.  The legal and fiduciary nature of Realtor/Client relationship is too often forgotten.

The license permits someone to represent another party in the purchase or sale of real estate, to safeguard their interests, to treat them honestly, to serve them with professionalism.*

I have always felt that I was on the defense for my position to prove I am not a “sales person”.  I take my profession seriously and know that I am bound to the law of Tennessee and the Code of Ethics.  A car salesman/woman is completely different than a Realtor. I give them as the example because we are often compared to them.  Yes, I ”sell” homes but I am representing those owners in the sale of their home. In doing so I am also offering my services, which include marketing.  The houses that I sell to the buyer aren’t always the houses I have listed.  In the event they are, I default to facilitator status.

 Facilitator status may advise either or both parties in a transaction but cannot be considered a representative or advocate to either party.*

 Each home is represented by an Office.  You will know what office by the sign in the yard.  From that office there is usually a designated agent that has listed the home. That agent is representing the owner of the home.  They aren’t representing you.  If you think calling the agent that has it listed will get you a better deal, remember that they aren’t looking out for your best interest but their client, the seller. That is why it is important to have your own agent representing you in the transaction. In Team Agnew’s case, we do not charge our buyers a fee to work with us. In the end we are paid for representing the buyer by our company. 

Here is the break down:

 Our company is paid by the listing agents company, who is paid by the seller for representing them.  In the agreement between the seller and the company, that lists their home, they agree to pay a commission, what is negotiated, and out of that commission the listing company will pay the selling company. The selling company pays the buyers agent the reduced amount, which is their commission split.  The buyers agent can only receive payment through their company, not directly from the seller or listing company.

The first step in purchasing a home isn’t finding the home or being qualified but finding the agent that will represent you. 

For a lot of people, they might be a little skittish with leaving the future of where they will be laying their head at night, in the hands of someone they don’t know.  “Are they providing all the homes or the ones they want me to see?” You might ask yourself.  I now I did when we bought our first house.  A Realtors legal duty is to provide everything you ask for.  If they don’t and they only provide homes they have listed, that is unethical. If you want to know that as of today, July 15, 2009, there are 1909 homes for sale in Montgomery County and out of those homes, the price ranges are from $18,000 to $1,400,000. BUT not ALL 1909 homes will fit your criteria.  Do you want a new home with 1800 square feet or more and under $150,000? Then out of that 1909 there is only 1 listed!  Do you want it to be in a certain school zone? Let’s say Rossview High School? Then there are none.  You would do hours and hours of searching to find that information out, where it only took me less than 1 minute! 

 Once you find the home you want, then the Agent represents you in negotiating your wishes. Once you have a contract, your agent takes care of timelines and makes sure that the contract stays valid and most importantly you close on your home. 

 If you would like to interview Team Agnew to represent you in the purchase of your future home or the selling of your home, please give us a call at 931.206.2156 and mention this article or you can email us. We would be happy to schedule a time to meet with you and discuss how we can make your experience a pleasant one.

New Price | 1827 Cottingham Ct

This beautiful home located in the heart of Clarksville has just come down in price to an amazing deal of $113,500

If you are interested in viewing this home, please email or call/text us at   931-206-2156  

You can view more pictures and see what is around this property at its website.

Ready For Early Move In | 1000 Roedeer Dr.

Are you searching for a home that you can move in immediately?  Well, you have found it!

1000 Roedeer is ready for early occupancy!  The owners have had the carpets professionally cleaned and the home is ready.

Are you ready?

To view this home’s website, please click here.

New price of $132,999

Square footage of 1711, bus stop is two houses away.

Location Directions:  From Ft. Campbell get on 101st and take right onto Peachers Mill.  From Wilma Rudolph Blvd get on 101st and take left onto Peachers Mill.  Go past Kenwood elementary  and take left onto Broadmore Dr.  Take your first right onto Roedeer and home will be around the curve, down the hill on the right.  You will see the Railroad sign (inspired by our blog Last Train To Clarksville).

If you currently do not have an agent to work with, please allow us the opportunity to represent you with whatever home you find, listed by whatever company that is out there.  We have the key to get you in!  Please see what our clients have said about working with us and if you would like to speak to any of them for a reference, email us and we will provide you a few numbers with the consent of our clients.

Allow us to help you achieve the title: HOMEOWNER

New Listing | 1827 Cottingham Ct

Welcome to Crestview North Subdivision.  In the heart of Clarksville, this home is only minutes from 101st Parkway, Tiny Town Rd and Wilma Rudolph Blvd.

Are you wanting to live close by to a gym?  Do you want to be only 15 minutes from Ft. Campbell? Maybe be only minutes from shopping?  This is the area you will find convenient. 

1827 Cottingham Ct. just came on the market yesterday at a great price of $117,000.  This home is priced to sell quickly.  It is staged very well and been kept in great condition.

What does it offer?

• 3 bedrooms
• 2 bathrooms
• Master bedroom with full bath
• Country living room with fireplace
• Fenced in back yard
• Water softener on drinking and bathing water

• So much more….

Call or text us to preview the home or to get more information at 931.206.2156

To v iew more pictures and virtual tour of this home, please click here.

Congratulations to Our Newest Buyers!

Mr. McMillan called me about a home he was interested in and asked for more information. I informed him that if he had any other homes that he might be interested in, to please let me know.  It doesn’t matter if my company is the listing agency or not.  I can get all information on any home and I can also get them into any home for sale.  He did just that.

This weekend he traveled from another base to Clarksville with his family, to start his search process and hopefully find what he and his wife would love to call home.  I worked with Mr. McMillan in the week before coming, asking him to pick out his top 10.  He also pick out over 25 homes on my site that he saved and I asked him to pick out his top 10 from that search for the next day, if he didn’t find what he liked from his first top 10 on his first day of searching with me.  It was wonderful working with him and his wife. 

It just so happened that his family picked the house that they wanted to call home!

I am so happy that I was part of this life decision and helping them get a wonderful deal!

Congratulations to:

Looking forward to seeing you and your family in your new home and hearing how much you love it! 

If you are a buyer who is in need of someone to help you with your search and to make things a little easier than it has been, please text or call us at 931-206-2156.  We would love the opportunity to see the smile on your face that is on Mr. & Mrs. McMillan’s right now!

House Hunting?

Here is the question a lot of future home buyers ask their family and friends.

Should I get a Real Estate Agent from the start, or should I look around on my own?

If you are knowledgeable about a region, it wouldn’t hurt to start driving around.  Identify neighborhoods in which you might want to live.  It would be great to visit those neighborhoods at many times of the day, including weekends and here’s why.  Imagine you find the house that  you love and you decide to drive by on Sunday afternoon and stop in on Wednesday afternoon. During both visits, the neighborhood seems peaceful and quiet.  You buy the house, and on your first Monday morning there, at 7 a.m., horns blare and tires screech.  It happens that your street is a good rush-hour shortcut around the town’s business district.  There go your peacefull mornings and dinner hours. So, it might be important for you to visit at all hours of the day. In the morning, around lunch time and in the evening.  I am not saying go over there every day of the week in the morning, afternoon and evening.  Just check out an early morning, if you can or if you even care about the issue of a busy neighborhood.  Definitely check out the evenings, especially friday and saturday nights.

If you are the customer who doesn’t want to have an agent in the early stages of house hunting and you have found the neighborhood you want to live in, then give us a call and we can get you into every home that is for sale in that neighborhood, whether the home is listed with us or with another company.  If, however, you are moving to this area and are new and don’t have a clear sense of where you want to live, you can speed up the house-hunting process by asking an agent (that is us ) to take you around.  The agent cannot tell you what neighborhoods are the best or if the neighborhood is high in crime.  That will have to be searched out by you due to legal issues for the agent. Even at the very beginning of the process, it is important to work with an agent you feel you can communicate with.  Search the web if you are out of state or even a current resident, which I believe you already are doing since you are reading my Blog, and learn as much as you can about the agent you might be interested in working with.  You can search their company name, their name, and see what is going on with this agent. (You will be able to read about Team Agnew following those links.)

Most importantly, when you are looking for an agent, I can’t stress enough that you will not be paying this agent for the work they are doing to help you in your house hunting, negotiating the best deal and closing on your future home!  Your agent, which negotiated the deal to close in your best interest, is paid by the agent’s brokerage.  Some buyers who don’t know this are worried to choose a Realtor to work and be committed to working with because they fear they are paying for them to help.  That is not the case with Team Agnew.  We have never been paid by our buyers and never will. Just like you interview agents to work with, we interview our customers to work with.  We want to make sure that the communication is good and that way the experience of buying a home will be a joyful one!

If you have any questions, please feel free to call/text or email us.  We would be happy to answer, free, any questions you might have, if we can legally do so.

Congratulations To Our Buyers!

A while back, Art and I were showing potential homes to our Buyers who bought last month. While we were out, we came up to a home that was next on our list and there, peaking in the windows, was a couple who were interested in the home we were about to show.

Art walked up to them and introduced himself and asked if there was anything he could help them with.  Asking if they were currently working with any Realtor, they said no.  He then offered to allow them to view the home once our current buyers were finished, if they didn’t mind.  The waited patiently by their car as our Buyers took a look around. Once we were finished, I escorted them into the home and allowed them the opportunity to view what they were interested in.

Once they were finished, we handed them our card and asked them to give us a call if they saw anything else they might want to see. 

They did.

We are so happy that we could help them find their “great deal” on the home they are purchasing!

Congratulations to:

Looking forward to seeing you in your new home and hearing how much you love it! 

If you are a buyer who is in need of someone to help you with your search and to make things a little easier than it has been, please text or call us at 931-206-2156.  We would love the opportunity to see the smile on your face that is on Mr. & Mrs. York’s right now!

Blessings!

Congratulations to our Seller and Buyer!

Congratulations to our Sellers and Buyer of…

781 Fire Break Dr!

Thank you for allowing us to list your home and bring an offer to the table that was accepted.

Mr. Long thank you for allowing us the opportunity to help you find your dream home!

We look forward to hearing how you love your new home!!

Price Change | 781 Fire Break Drive

This beautiful home, located inside Tylertown and Oakland Hills, has now been reduced to:

$144,900

If you would like to see more pictures, information on the area, schools, etc… please visit the main website of this property at:

781 Fire Break

If you are currently working with an Agent, have them call to schedule a showing!  If you aren’t, please let us know what we can do to assist you in your home buying adventure!