Who Do You Want to Sell Your House?

WANT TO BE A PART OF THE MOST PRODUCTIVE OFFICE IN THE STATE OF NEBRASKA?
WANT TO BE A PART OF THE OFFICE WITH THE HIGHEST SALE PRICE IN THE STATE?
WANT TO FIND OUT WHY WE DO MORE CORPORATE RELOCATION THAN ANYONE ELSE?
WHAT TO HAVE THE POWER OF AN EXCLUSIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH YAHOO.COM?
WE'RE GROWING EVEN IN DOWN MARKETS. WANT TO FIND OUT WHY? CALL ME NOW.

The Connie Watts Team Advantage

1) ACCURATE EVALUATION
The selling price of a home is the highest price that the market will bear. To assist you in determining the correct asking price we will provide you with a comprehensive market analysis of comparable properties sold and offered for sale in your neighborhood.

2) PROFESSIONAL ADVICE
We will advise you of any necessary repair and how you may best prepare your home for showing. You will be kept up to date on the state of the market, and the sale of similar properties and any other factors which may affect the progress of the sale.

3) PROMOTION OF YOUR HOME
The major selling points of your home will be distributed to other real estate firms through out the community through the Multiple Listing Service, the internet and through person phone calls. Our easily recognized sign will be placed on your property. Your home will be promoted to our sales associates at weekly sales meeting and we will keep them current on upgrades, pricing and availability.

4) EFFECTIVE MARKETING
We will provide continuous exposure of your home 24 hours a day trough Multiple Listing Service, which is a central databank for over a thousand area Realtors and their buyers. Internet ads placed on Prudential's website, Realtor.com and Omaha Homes Online, with connections from The Mike Ferry Network. With our advanced computer system, we can identify people who have been looking for homes in your neighborhood, they will be contacted and given the details of your property.

5) ACTIVE MARKETING
The marketing of your home is of the utmost importance. Statistics show that only 1% of buyers purchased an open house they saw. Only 3% of buyers purchased a home they saw from an advertisement. 20% of buyers purchased from a "For Sale" sign and 40% of buyers purchased a home from name/firm recognition or salesperson contact. This shows us that active marketing is far more productive than the passive marketing that most agents do. The Watts Team actively prospects 4 - 6 hours daily for buyers for your home.

6) THE "GROUP" CONCEPT
Other Realtors offer you one person who tries to do everything. With The Connie Watts Team, you get a team who does everything well. We offer a full time staff, 24-hour telephone service and a creative marketing team. We provide professional service, confidentiality and security in all phases of the sale of your home.

7) NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED
Prudential enjoys extraordinary name awareness with the public. Prudential is America's largest insurance company, largest non-bank corporation, offers over 200 subsidiary companies and has an award winning relocation department.

2007 National Advertising Markets

Why Choose the Sold by Connie Watts Team

Not all Realtors are the same and you owe it to yourself to read this! There are so many agents in the Omaha market! What makes me so special that you should choose me to be your Realtor? As an experienced Realtor and local Omaha, I offer many outstanding qualities you may not find in another Realtor.

One of the most important qualities I have to offer you is dedication. Being dedicated means many things! I listen to my client´s wants and needs to be sure that we have the same goals for their real estate transaction. I do what I say I´m going to do, and do it better than anyone else. I understand that some situations can be overwhelming and I strive to make your home purchase or sale as quick and easy as possible. My experience allows me to guide you through negotiations and contract terms seemingly effortless. I always take the time to be sure you understand what´s going on and what happens next. All of these things--and more--equal the dedication I give to each and every one of my clients.

Another reason you should choose me to be your Realtor is my positive attitude and high-energy approach. I truly enjoy selling real estate, and I believe it shows through in my upbeat personality. I make sure that your transaction is as enjoyable as possible! The biggest compliment I can receive from you is a heartfelt recommendation.

My Business is built through lifetime clients. Not just one sale!

Below is what I´ll do for you to get your home SOLD!

E-Certified

According to the National Association of Realtors 2006 Survey of Home Buyers and Sellers, more than 80% of potential home buyers or sellers are using the
internet to begin their search for real estate.

Buyers and sellers today need a technologically savvy Realtor to market and sell their home. The ECertified designation program recognizes Prudential Real Estate Network members who competent in the use of the Internet and technology in the real estate business. This innovative and exclusive designation for Prudential Real Estate sales professionals show the public that our real estate professionals are well-versed in vital computer-based communication and knowledge.

As technology changes the needs and expectations of our homebuyers and sellers, Realtors must develop and increase their internet and computer skills if they expect to compete in the rapidly changing, technology driven real estate world.

Actions taken as result of using Internet site:

• Drove by/viewed a home - 74%
• Walked through a home viewed online- 61%
• Found agent used to search/buy home - 23%

Source: 2006 National Association of REALTORS® Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers


How Buyer Found Real Estate Agent Used

• Referred by (or is) a friend, neighbor, or relative 40%
• Used agent previously to buy/sell a house 13%
• Visited open house and met agent 7%
• Walked into/called office and agent was on duty 4%
• Internet Site 7%

Source: 2006 National Association of REALTORS® Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers

Technology Statistics

REALTORS®' use of email for business - 50% of REALTORS® communicate with their clients by e-mail more than 50% of the time

Real Estate Web Pages - Does your company have a website?

• yes - 89%
• no - 8%

Source: 2007 National Association of REALTORS® Member Profile

Why Choose Prudential

Most Productive office in the State of Nebraska

• Our office has more productive agents with more buyers than any other office in the State. This gives us more opportunity to create interest and activity for your home.
• We believe activity breeds activity, and with over 320 agents in one office it is faster to promote properties to buyers.

Prudential Ambassador has the highest sales price in the State.

• Prudential Ambassador agents work with many high-end buyers.

More corporate relocations than anyone else

• No other real estate office works with the number of relocation buyers that Prudential Ambassador works with every day...Not even close!
• Corporate relocation buyers are generally higher end buyers, usually do not need to sell a home to buy a new home and usually buy homes within one to two weeks.

“Exclusive” relationship with “Yahoo.com”

• Exposure! Exposure! Exposure!
• Prudential Real Estate has an agreement with “Yahoo”’ the # 1 internet search engine globally, the most trafficked internet destination worldwide.
• This enables visitors to the “Real Estate” section of the site to connect directly to the real estate sites of Prudential. When they search Omaha, the consumer comes directly to Prudential Ambassador’s website.
• 75%-85% of today’s buyers search the internet before contacting a real estate agent.
• In January of 2006, “Yahoo” reached an all time high, drawing over 325 million visitors each month.

Our firm continues to grow even through the down markets!!!

• Prudential Ambassador’s business is up over 25% from last year.
• We are continuing to sell more and more homes every year.
• NP Dodge and CBS Home are both losing market share.
• We have approximately 75% of all of the Condo Projects.
• We are the company with momentum.
  

Highest Average Sales Price

The power and prominence of the Prudential Real Estate brand is evident throughout the industry. Once again, Prudential Real Estate has achieved the industry's Highest Average Sales Price - $337,798 - based on transaction siders and sales volume data of the Top 500 independently owned brokers in the U.S. ad obtained from an analysis of the 2007 Real Trends 500.

Prudential's Core Values

Worthy of Trust
Trust is an earned value. It stems from doing the right thing and doing the best we can.

Customer Focused
We strive to continually renew our commitment to total customer satisfaction...to keep our word and exceed our customers' expectations. Our sales associates are our primary customers. We serve the buying and selling public through their efforts.

Respect Each Other
Respect for each other goes beyond the Golden Rule. It also means treating others the way they want to be treated.

Winning
Reaching the top requires more than passion and fire. It means focusing on the fudamentals and constantly fine-tuning and expanding our skills. That's what makes the difference between winning and being a winner. We encourage winning attitudes at Prudential Ambassador Real Estate.

My Core Values

LIVE BY THE “Get by Giving” PHILOSOPHY.

MAKE MY CLIENT’S #1 Goal, MY #1 GOAL.

LIVE UP TO MY Standards DESPITE
TEMPTATIONS TO LOWER THEM.

BE WILLING TO WORK TOWARD A
Common Good.

DO WHAT I SAY I WILL DO, SOMETIMES MORE, JUST Never Less.

Meet Your Team

You won't find another FULL TIME TEAM who will work HARDER or more PROFESSIONALLY to get you the MOST money, the QUICKEST sale and the FEWEST problems.

Connie Watts
Tracie Weaver
Art Everett
Candace Ebsen
Connie Antoniak
Jill Volkmann
Carrie Christensen
Brian Thomas
John Kimsey

Vince Leisey
Carolyn Bourg
Ruthann Grimsley
Mike Storz
Linda Miller
Susan Anderson
Todd Robinson

FORMS

Seller Disclosure
Whether utilizing a real estate licensee or selling your home yourself the law requires that if you are selling a residential property consisting of 1 to 4 units, you must provide a Seller Property Condition Disclosure Form to all potential buyers before they become obligated to buy your property. Therefore, you should fill this form out thoroughly and have it available for all interested buyers.


Lead Paint Disclosures
If your house was built prior to 1978, federal law requires that you disclose that the home could contain lead based paint and give buyers details about past tests for lead paints. You must also offer buyers the opportunity to do their own lead paint testing. Most people don't perform the tests, but you must furnish them with a a lead paint pamphlet, which is available free online from the EPA.

Download the Disclosure & Lead Based Paint form

FSBO Stats

Information Sources Used in Home Search

• Real estate agent - 85%
• Yard sign - 63%
• Internet - 80%
• Newspaper - 55%
• Home book/magazine - 34%
• Open house - 47%
• Builders - 26%
• Television - 11%
• Relocation company - 5%

Did you know?. . . the typical FSBO home sold for $187,200 compared to $247,000 for agent-assisted home sales.

FSBO Methods Used to Market Home

• Yard Sign . . . 51%
• Friends/neighbors . . . 53%
• Newspaper ad . . . 31%
• Open House . . . 29%
• Listing on the Internet . . . 22%

Most Difficult Tasks for FSBO Sellers

• Getting the right price . . . 11%
• Understanding paperwork . . . 16%
• Preparing/fixing up home for sale . . . 18%
• Attracting potential buyers . . . 9%
• Having enough time to devote to all aspects of the sale . . . 9%

Source: 2006 National Association of REALTORS® Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers

House Values