Helping Homeowners Sell for More

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For most families, their home is their largest financial asset, and deciding to sell it is a big decision that involves a lot of preparation and work. When you're ready to sell it's important to have an an ethical, reputable and experienced real estate professional handle the details involved to ensure the successful sale of a home for top dollar. Choosing the right Realtor is the most important decision to ensure the successful sale of your home. As a top 1% Colorado Springs Realtor for over 12 years, I have been helping Colorado Springs and Monument homeowners successfully sell their home for the best possible price and terms in many different market conditions. My goal is to help you meet your needs while also taking the stress out during what can be a difficult period.

Service You Deserve, An Agent You Can Trust!

 

Elevating Your Listing Services

My goal is to help you sell your home for the highest possible price, in the shortest amount of time, with the least amount of inconvenience. The sale of your home is an extremely important transaction and not all Realtors® are created equal. Last year 60% of just under 4,000 Realtors® in the Pikes Peak Region only closed between 0-3 transactions (for the entire year). You need a higher level of service, experience and expertise to make your next real estate transaction successful, and partnering with the right Realtor® is crucial to your success. If you want great results, you will need to consider the ethical values, experience, reputation, and expertise of the Realtor® and their Brokerage. A high quality Realtor® will be able to provide tremendous value and trust that you need throughout the the process to ensure you are able to sell your home at the highest possible price and also do it in the timeframe and terms that fits your needs.

Honest & Trustworthy

When you work with me, you can rest assured that you are working with a true professional who always puts the interest of my clients first. You will have a trusted advocate at your side guiding you through your real estate transaction, helping you avoid potential issues and problems that can negatively impact the sale or purchase of your home. Knowing that you are working with an honest professional that you can trust with your largest investment, you will be able to relax and enjoy what can be a very stressful process.   

Experience 

Exceptional communication, competent understanding of our real estate contracts and process, along with negotiation skills enables an agent to effectively work with both buyers’ and sellers’, making the difference between a sold contract and one that can collapse. The average Colorado Springs area Realtor sells less than four homes a year which is far from enough experience to fully understand and successfully navigate the many dynamics and difficulties involved in real estate transactions. You don’t want to become a “learning experience” in a agents journey to try and gain experience, rather you want to be able leverage my experience to help ensure your success. 

Reputation 

With over 12 successful years as top Realtor in the Colorado Springs and Monument areas, I have gained the respect from fellow agents, the local real estate community, and my clients. My solid reputation is a representation of my professionalism, hard work, strong ethical values, and outstanding customer service. Not only does my reputation help give you comfort knowing that you have a dedicated Realtor by your side with years of success, but it can also be a key to whether or not the purchase or sale of your home is successful. 

Expertise 

It has been said that 10% of the agents do 90% of the business in real estate. This is because few Realtors gain a high level of market and process knowledge, experience, or success in real estate that would truly benefit their clients. Even fewer gain the expertise to be considered an expert in their field. Highly successful Realtors have a level of expertise that provides exceptional value for clients which results in raving fans who continue to use and refer them to family and friends. Expertise in this business enables agents to focus on the proper solutions, not the problem. The ability to anticipate problems and resolve them quickly and professionally defines an expert agent.

When it comes to selling your home, it is essential to ensure careful attention and care is taken in every detail to get your Colorado Springs home sold. Price, Condition, Exposure, and your Colorado Springs Realtor are all essential to ensure the sale of your home for the highest price in the shortest possible time.

Properly Pricing a Home when You First Hit the Market

Making sure you price your home properly is often the number one factor that determines how long it will take to sell your home or if it will even sell at all. Pricing your home much higher than the actual market value to “test” the market often causes more harm than good. Many times you’ll end up spending much more money due to the fact that your home is on the market longer or may not even sell at all. A lot of consideration should be taken when determining your proper selling price. Unfortunately market value is not determined by what the homeowner needs to make on the sale of their homes. It depends on the national real estate market, Colorado Springs real estate market, your neighbor submarket, the condition of your home, time of year you sell, the home sellers motivations, and what homes are for sale that you are or will be competing against. Once you and your Colorado Springs Realtor mutually determine and set an asking price, it is essential that all the conditions that went into setting your listing price are consistently evaluated. Your Realtor should update you on a regular basis on these conditions so that you can effectively make a price correction if market conditions change. The overall housing market and neighborhood markets can change quickly. By pro-actively correcting to match or stay ahead of these conditions can save you money and time in the long run.

You Need Maximum Exposure Combined with Professional Marketing

Whether it is a Buyers or Sellers market you NEED maximum exposure!  With all the competition your home MUST stand out from the rest of the crowd.  Many Realtors will take a few pictures of your home, put it on the MLS and forget about it. Once it’s listed they just hope for the best anticipating that the yard sign and the MLS will sell the home. Although many homes will and do sell this way, you are not getting the professional marketing and exposure that you need and deserve! Studies show that over 80% of home buyers start their home search on the internet. By having wide exposure of your home to potential buyers can mean the difference of selling your home and having it sit. Buyers come to find a home from many different avenues, and ensuring that you have the broadest range of market exposure is an important factor to consider when selling your home.  Not only do you need broad exposure but you also need to ensure your home stands out from the rest of the crowd.  The Laura Kaan Team will give you maximum exposure while providing professional exposure that will make your home stand out from

Choosing the Right REALTOR can Make or Break a Sale

Not all Realtors are created equal. Don’t choose a Realtor who will list and forget your home. In a perfect market your home might sell itself, but even in the best of times this just is usually not the case. Your Realtor needs to be pro-active in the sale of your home. Ensuring wide market exposure, taping into networks, and through effective relationships, and consistently working your listing your Realtor can make a big difference in selling your home more effectively. Your Realtor should have consistent communications with you. Never hearing from your Realtor is a bad thing. The effective sale and negotiation process of the sale of your home requires consistent communications between the homeowner and the real estate agent.

 

Condition

The Colorado Springs real estate market currently has close to 3,000 homes listed in the Pikes Peak MLS (Multiple Listing System). With the number of available homes to choose from the condition of your Colorado Springs home can be the difference between you getting a contract on your home. If your home is in the best condition possible, it will stand out from the crowd and you will more than likely sell your home much quicker than comparable homes for sale. There are often many cheap actions that you can take to make your home, and there are also more expensive options that can help your home sell.

These four conditions are extremely important in selling your Colorado Springs home, yet are often overlooked by Realtors. The Colorado Springs real estate market is always changing.  By ensuring every detail involved in selling your home is professionally handled, analyzed, and communicated to you, you can and will sell your home for the most money in the shortest possible time.

As one of the top real estate teams in Colorado Springs,  The Laura Kaan Team knows how to handle every aspect of the real estate sales process – from strategically and professionally marketing and showcasing your Colorado Springs home to making sure everything's signed, sealed and delivered by the closing date.  Providing you with comprehensive, high-quality listing service is my top priority. So when you decide to sell your home, please contact me and let's get started! 

Laura's Military Appreciation Cash Back Rebate

As the wife of a former military officer, I have profound respect and admiration for the members of our Armed Forces.  I fully understand the  details, stresses, complications, and the process involved in military moves. To express my appreciation to our military members I offer a military cash back program for our military members who use me to help them sell their Colorado Springs home. If you are active duty or retired military purchasing or selling a home in the Colorado Springs area you qualify for my military cash back program and can receive up to $6,200 cash back.  If you end up purchasing and selling a home with me you will receive up to a total of  $12,400 cash back.  I work with a lot of military members during their PCS with their home purchase or sale, and my military appreciation rebate has given over $500,000 back to our military families.

*The military appreciation program is not available for individuals who are participating in a corporate relocation program or as part of a Realtor referral. Please contact Laura for more details regarding eligibility.

*The military appreciation program is not available for individuals who are participating in a corporate relocation program or as part of a Realtor referral. Please contact Laura for more details regarding eligibility.

Helping Hundreds of Military Members Sell and Purchase Homes for over Twelve Years

"Laura was absolutely great to work with and she was really understanding of the military culture!"
                                       Travis (SFC US Army)

"You  were extremely helpful and professional, if you ever need a potential  client to speak with us don't hesitate for a second to ask us. SUPERB  JOB!”
                                           Joe (COL. USAF Ret.)

"Laura  is the epitome of what a Real Realtor should be, professional, cordial,  but above all honest. She ensured that I was talking for and provided  sound advice on properties. I would recommend Laura to represent me  anytime.”
                                           Edwin (Officer. USAF)

"We  were moving moving across country with the military. Due to our  circumstances, we could not get out to Colorado to house hunt. Laura  took videos and pictures for us. She was wonderful, and did her best to  find us a great home - and she did. We are very happy with the house we  bought, and she made the process easy and simple.”
                                           Greta (US Army)

"I  was having problems dealing with a different realtor while I was  deployed to Afghanistan, a friend of mine told me about Laura Kaan and  how he was able to purchase a house while he was still stationed in  Germany. I contacted her from down range and was immediately impressed  with her performance. She responded quickly to all my emails, questions  and concerns, due to my situation I was not able to use the phone easily  so all communication was completed over E-mail. Once I returned to the  states she had no problem's working around my schedule to include  weekends, the houses she showed me were all listed out and organized by  region to maximize time. I couldn't believe how quickly we were able to  knock out the list giving me a clear picture of what I had available in  my price range. Start to finish she did and incredible job and worked  harder than anyone I've seen in this business"
                                              Jon (US Army)