What is Your Experience?
Have they been an agent for long enough to gain experience or do they have a trusted advisor? How many homes have they sold? How many are in your particular area? Are they familiar with older homes needing repair, or with condos, or with whatever type of home your loved one needs to sell?
You want someone who has some experience in general, that know your area, and who is familiar with selling homes like yours.
How will you market my home?
This is an important factor in how quickly your family’s home will sell. Marketing drives higher demand, which means more homebuyers: more homebuyers can mean a higher selling price in a shorter amount of time. A good real estate agent will have an actionable marketing strategy and a track record of success.
Will they post the house on multiple websites? Some agents are all in a twist with how Zillow does business and do not want their listings published to Zillow or other online sites. If you want your home sold quickly, you want them on these sites so buyers will see them.
What do their other listings look like? Do they have great photos of the home or are they blurry, taken with a cell phone, or focusing in on the stuff more than the house and the area around the house? How ever their current listings look is the attention to detail they may give your property.
What do I need to do to get my home ready to sell?
Sellers often make the mistake of spending time and money on things that don’t matter. Your goal should always be to spend the least amount of money – and only on things that will bring a return on investment.
The best real estate agents know exactly what will make your home more appealing to buyers. And they will know how much value that repair will add to the home.
And they will not be afraid of listing a home "As-Is" with warts and all. Priced and marketed correctly, "As-Is" homes will sell.
What’s your average days on market?
The average days on market is the timeframe from when your house is first listed to when you’ve accepted an offer. Compare their number with other agents…a higher-than-average number of days indicates that the agent is overpricing their listings. A lower-than-average number is almost always an indication that they’re underpricing the homes they sell.
What is your commission fee?
Real estate commissions are 100% negotiable. They could range from as low as 3 or 4% to as high as 10% or more. Or they could be a flat fee.
Keep in mind it is customary for the agent who lists your home to set a commission price that they will then split with the real estate agent who is representing the buyer. They typically want to offer that buyer's agent at least 3% and whatever is left pays them to represent you. If they are lucky or just good, they may also find the buyer and are able to collect all of the commission.
There is also a practice in some real estate agent offices to charge an extra transaction fee on top of the commission, it is typically $300 to $500, but not agents charge this. So ask.
Working with the Tucker's to List Your House
On the Tucker Team, everyone holds a real estate license. Only Scott and Kim are active agents and Realtors with their own Brokerage, Realty Resource. Kim is the Broker and Scott is the listing agent. They list almost all of the homes they sell and they also list for a few of our families we help as it is a better option for them over the cash offer. You can call Realty Resource at 816.406.0701 or use the contact link to the right.
Working with the Tucker's to List Your House
On the Tucker Team, everyone holds a real estate license. Only Scott and Kim are active agents and Realtors with their own Brokerage, Realty Resource. Kim is the Broker and Scott is the listing agent. They list almost all of the homes they sell and they also list for a few of our families we help as it is a better option for them over the cash offer. You can call Realty Resource at 816.406.0701 or use the contact link to the right.
I highly recommend.
We got a letter from Kim about Dad’s house a few months ago after one of our garage sales. Her son Scott called us back, asked a few questions, looked our house and made an offer. My brothers had been trying to fix it up to sell for almost a year . . . that was not going well. We took Scotts offer, he made the process very easy and convenient, we could even sign things via email. We didn’t have to finish cleaning out the house, we didn’t have to make any repairs and no more going to mow the yard.
I highly recommend giving Kim or Scott a call, you will be glad you did.
On top of the process every step of the way!
Great experience. I was selling my fathers house. Very glad he sent a letter. The house was dirty, it was stinky, it was packed with junk. I just didn’t want to deal with it.
I called Scott as well as several of the ads I found on google for people who buy houses. Scott was great, he showed up when he said he would, he listened to what I had to say. He made me an offer and left it with me so I could “sleep on it”, which gave me time to review if with my brother.
Scott was on top of the process every step of the way, making sure I was informed and knew what was going on and when we had some paperwork issues at the title company, helped me work through that as well.
If you want a hassle free sale, give Scott and kcmoHomeBuyer a call.
Fantastic Experience . . .
..Scott was great working me through the entire process. His patience, availability and willingness to answer my questions were greatly appreciated.
“Closed on my Schedule”
I loved working with Scott and the team at kcmoHomeBuyer. I was downsizing my house and moving to something smaller. Timing was everything and since I am not handy doing all the little things the realtor wanted me to do was not going to happen. They made an acceptable offer for my house, even took the stuff that I could not move to my new place and closed on my schedule so the timing worked out.
~ Savanah A from Gravois Mills, MO
Like Doing Business with a Trusted Friend!
From the very beginning, I could tell he (Donald Tucker) was honest. He empathized with what we were going through and how hard it was to let our family home go. He stayed on top of things as they occurred and it felt like doing business with a trusted friend. He was very reassuring and explained every step of the process. Thank you so much.
“Fair Price”
“We received a fair price for our mother’s house. We were very relieved because we had so much emotional attachment to the house that it would have been hard for us to sell in a typical manner. ” If you are on the fence about selling a house to kcmoHomeBuyer . . .”Do it, you won’t be sorry!”
My experience with this company was just totally amazing. I am very thankful for contacting this company.
If you want to sell your home, please contact Scott Tucker at kcmoHomeBuyer.com. My experience with this company was just totally amazing. Hassle-free no agent fees, costly inspection repairs, no open house days, no never-ending potential buyers who want to deduct this and that from the asking price. Scott Tucker gave me a very fair price for my home. Also, after I agreed to a closing date, I needed an extension date and they agreed to my time frame. Scott Tucker was awesome to work with from start to closing, with no hidden fees. I am very thankful for contacting this company. Thanks again from Nadine T.
Glad we Called
We had inherited Mom and Dad’s house a few years ago and had decided to rent it out. But being a landlord was not the best choice for us as it was a never-ending battle to keep it rented, keep the rent coming in and to fix it up every time that didn’t work. We were fed up and ready to be done with the whole situation. We called Scott at kcmoHomeBuyer and he was able to talk us through the situation on the phone, meet us at the house and make us an offer. We didn’t have to fix a thing, he took all the junk the last tenant left, and we closed a couple of weeks later.
Glad we called.
If you need to sell, no matter the situation, please, don’t hesitate to call.
I was in a probate/estate sale situation. My father passed away with no will. I had to go to court just to be named the administrator. I didn’t know what to do or who to call. I heard about KcmoHomebuyer and gave them a call. I met Scott at my father’s house. He was very, very sincere and helpful. I was pleased with his offer and as they say, the rest is history. If you need to sell, no matter the situation, please, don’t hesitate to call Scott at KcmoHomebuyer. You will not regret it. Thank you so much, Scott!!
Lifted an enormous burden.
Selling the house closed a long chapter in my life and lifted an enormous burden. Every week I spent at the house either cleaning, keeping up on maintenance, or keeping up the lawn. This was in addition to taking care of my own home. Now I have more time to spend with my kids watching their sporting events and more time with my mom!
JIM IN BELTON
NOT PENALIZED FOR NOT GETTING EVERYTHING CLEANED OUT OF THE HOUSE
I liked the fact that I wasn’t penalized or felt pressure for not getting everything cleaned out of the house. There was over 40 years and three families’ worth of treasure stored in the house, making me feel that the challenge of cleaning it was going to be impossible. I did what I could and you never hesitated in telling me that it’s ok to leave the rest behind.
JIM IN BELTON
IT DOESN’T GET BETTER OR EASIER THAN THIS
This was a great experience. Scott paid us our asking price, and we closed in less than 30 days. It doesn’t get better or easier than this!
HELPED ME THROUGH THE PROCESS
Words cannot express how Kim’s hard work has affected my family. After a death in my family, I was left with a home out of state that had been abandoned and no banks would even claim the loan! Kim helped me figure out how to determine ownership, what to do about the taxes, and how to clear up the loan status so the property could be sold. She helped me through the process every step of the way, despite my frazzled mindset after losing a loved one. There is no one better, she’s simply the best!
ANDREA FROM KANSAS CITY, MO