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My job is service...service to you and your real estate transactions! How can you benefit from my 25 years of experience and expertise? What can I offer to make the process more productive?
* Current information on available housing...comparative and competitive market pricing and analysis
* Daily involvement in the local real estate marketplace.
* Thorough, comprehensive knowledge reflecting years of helping others complete their real estate business.
* Extensive network of professional resources to make the process as smooth as possible.
My commitment is to you! Being available to you...returning your calls...answering your questions...addressing your concerns...respecting your money...matching your timeline...meeting your expectations...helping accomplish your real estate goals!!
JANEESE JACKSON: 503-709-0802 or jj@janeesejackson.com
“Don’t Worry, Be Happy” by the late Bobby McFerrin!
Buying real estate can be a little bit stressful at times, whether its in Portland Oregon or Kalamazoo. After all, you are not buying socks at Bi-Mart (by the way) and for most of us it will be the largest financial transaction we make (as most of us are not Donald Trump)! So, how can I be a better conduit for the process. How can I be more than a “Broker”. Webster defines “Broker” as “a person hired as an agent for negotiating contracts”. Buying real estate is SO much more than negotiating a contract!!
There are so many moments in a real estate transaction that give you pause. There’s digging through all your financials to get approved for the mortgage, there’s choosing the style of real estate, the location and the amenities. Then, there’s all the choices of available homes for sale (and, today’s buyers do have choice), the decisions, the offer and, ultimately, the process of escrow. There’s the waking up the middle of the night screaming “what have I done?”. Okay, maybe that’s just me.
Once you find the house and successfully negotiate your offer, you are in “escrow”. There are several components to the experience. There’s your continued negotiations (inspection negotiations, changes in possession because loans papers are late, etc) through your real estate broker, there’s your continued (often seemingly endless) requirements from your mortgage broker and there’s your interaction with your escrow officer. There will occasionally be incompetence, arrogance and sometimes just honest mistakes. Stress can make all of these experiences amplified.
It appears that every aspect of the process has gotten more complex. Updated regulations to avoid any semblance of fraudulent behavior has complicated the methodology. And, once again, the actions of a few are visited upon all of us. But, an important component for all service providers in the real estate buying and selling process is patience and empathy. The rest of the world is not involved in real estate transactions every day of their lives. We have to perform our jobs like we trying to make people happy, not just getting them through the transaction.
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