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This is Andrew. Andrew hates being an adult. Social obligations scare him, and bills make him want to curl up and quietly sob. On top of that, he has to have “the talk” with his kid in four to six years. If you’re like Andrew, you have much more to worry about than buying or selling a home. Anderson Hicks Group is here to help you!

We get it. No one wants to do the real estate thing alone. So rather than stressing, be like Andrew, and kick back and sip some flavored lemonade on your front porch. We'll take care of the rest.

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3 Common Seller Mistakes You Need to Avoid When Listing Your Home

Selling your home quickly and for top dollar in our market means overcoming obstacles and avoiding some all-too-common mistakes other sellers make.

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If you plan on selling your home soon, there are three common mistakes you need to avoid if you want to maximize your sale.

The first is forgetting that first impressions are important. Imagine that you’re going to a new restaurant for the very first time—how important is the first impression you get when you pull into the parking lot? Does it look appealing or dirty and rundown?

The same logic applies to your home sale. Your home starts “interviewing” for the job of being someone else’s the moment a buyer pulls up to the curb to look at it. After they get out, they’ll be scanning everything from the front yard’s landscaping to the entire front-facing exterior, and this focus gets even more magnified once they reach the front door and have to wait for their agent to open it.

So, pay attention to the area from the street to the front door and make sure it heightens buyers’ expectations of what the inside of the home looks like.

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We absolutely have our finger
on the pulse of the market.

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The second mistake is not hiring a team of experienced professionals to represent you. We see nice houses listed all the time that get passed over because they’re overpriced or their listing photos don’t look good, and having a team like the Anderson Hicks Group by your side will ensure the same thing doesn’t happen to your home.

Because we’re in a seller’s market and inventory is low, it’s widely believed that every home will sell no matter what. While most homes will end up selling, they won’t maximize their sale price without specialization and expertise. You need a professional to handle each phase of the listing process. If you do so, you’ll sell for 5% or even 10% more.

The last mistake is not having your finger on the pulse of the market. The market is changing quickly, and knowing how to put your home in a position to sell is crucial if you want to get the best deal possible. This is one more reason why having a team like us by your side is crucial—we absolutely have our finger on the pulse of the market.

If you’d like to know more about this topic or you’d like to start the home selling process today, don’t hesitate to reach out to us. We’d love to help you.

The Importance of Pricing Correctly in Today’s Market

Pricing your home correctly is essential, and today we’ll explain why.

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With between one and three months’ worth of inventory available in our market right now, buyer demand is high. Some sellers assume this gives them the license to price their homes however they want, but this isn’t the case. To sell quickly and for top dollar, strategic pricing is key.

Even in a low-inventory market, overpricing your home is a surefire way to deter buyers. And, usually, by the time you realize this is happening and decide to lower the price, buyers will have moved on. The longer a home sits on the market, the less likely it is to attract the interest of buyers.

Ultimately, it’s the market, not your preference, that dictates the price of your home. You’ll need to work closely with an agent if you want to maximize your profit when selling, as they’ll have the necessary tools and resources to choose a price that reflects what buyers are willing to pay for a home like yours.

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It’s the market, not your preference,
that dictates the price of your home.

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When you work with the Anderson Hicks Group, specifically, you can trust that our professional marketing strategies will help boost the amount you can earn for your property even beyond what it would ordinarily bring in. It’s all part of what we do as your trusted real estate resource.

If you have any other questions or would like more information, feel free to give us a call or send us an email. We look forward to hearing from you soon.

There Is a Shortage of Skilled Tradespeople—But We Can Help!

Though there’s a shortage of skilled tradespeople, we have just what you need to get the services you’re looking for.

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Since builders and subcontractors are in such high demand right now, homeowners are having a hard time finding people to fix things around the house. Regardless of whether you need a heating contractor, plumber, or handyman in general, it seems like everyone is already busy.

We’re facing a severe shortage of skilled tradespeople. Fortunately, we’ve found a way to get around this problem—we put together a list of the contractors that we ourselves work with. Basically, we have a concierge service that lets us get our clients in contact with the service providers they need. However, we’d be more than happy to share our great contacts with anyone who needs a hand.

When contractors are already booked for weeks on end, it’s easy for them to focus on the job at hand and forget to pick up the phone. A one-off job simply doesn’t hold the same weight as a longer contract. The Anderson Hicks Group works with these contractors on a long-term basis, however, so our connection with them also serves you. You’ll get that phone call returned.

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We have a concierge service that lets us
get our clients in contact with the
service providers they need.

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Our contractors do such a great job for us and our clients, and they’d be more than willing to help not only us, but you as well. Reach out to us if you’d like to get a skilled contractor in your home—we’d be happy to put you in touch with one.

In the meantime, make sure to check out our website. It’s a great way to find an accurate value for your home and to check out what comparable homes are going for. And if you have any questions or need more information, contact us! We look forward to hearing from you soon.

Here’s How Buyers Can Still Win in Our Market

As a buyer in our market, it’s important to work with an agent who can get creative to find you the right home. Here’s an example of how our team does this.

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Everybody knows there is a shortage of inventory in the Bonneville County market, and we’re working with plenty of buyers who are pre-approved and ready to buy—all they need is the right home.

If you’re in the same position, you need to work with an agent and team who know how to get creative in order to find you the right home.

For example, on our team, we’re designing a program that reverse-markets our buyers to the community at large. With this program, we get the word out about who our buyers are and what they’re looking for so that potential sellers know about them.

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You need to work with an agent and team
who know how to get creative in order
to find you the right home.

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Additionally, since we have many agents on our team, we work with plenty of sellers in the same market and have our own in-house list of “coming soon” properties that are about to be listed. By working with us, you’d have the inside track to these listings and potentially the chance to buy them before anyone else.

In this way, our buyer program works to benefit our sellers as well. By the time your home is ready to be put on the market, we may already have several buyers who are interested in it and are qualified to purchase it.

If you have any more questions about how we help our buyers achieve their real estate goals or you have any other real estate needs at all, don’t hesitate to reach out to us or visit our website. We’d love to hear from you.

What to Know About Our “Guaranteed Sale” and “Instant Offer” Programs

If you want to sell your home and have a safety net while doing so, one of these two programs may be perfect for you.

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Our market is facing a massive problem: There isn’t enough supply to meet current demand. In response to this issue, our team has created two options to help sellers ensure their success. After all, any seller trying to find their next home while listing their current one has enough on their plate as it is.

The first solution is our guaranteed sale program. Through this program, we list your home at fair market value, but also sign a contract stating that we’ll buy it from you if no buyer comes along by an agreed-upon deadline. This allows you, as a buyer, to submit offers that are contingent upon the closing of your current home, rather than the sale of it.

If the guaranteed sale program doesn’t sound right for you, you may be interested in our second option: the instant offer program. With this program, we cut straight to the chase and buy your property outright. Generally, we’re able to close within the week. So if time is of the essence, this may be the perfect arrangement for you.

If you have any other questions, would like more information, or would like to speak more about how we can approach your specific circumstances, feel free to give us a call or send us an email. We look forward to hearing from you soon.

What’s Going on in the Market Right Now?

Our market has slowed down a tad, but that’s only because there are so few homes for sale and such high demand.

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We’ve got another great market update for you. We’re still in a good market, but the big challenge is our limited inventory. At the end of last week, we only had 181 homes on the market, which is a severe shortage. Even just a few years ago, we had four times as many homes for sale.

Because of this limited inventory, first-time buyers are having a tough time and sales are lagging just a little bit. However, it’s still a good market with good opportunities for both buyers and sellers.

If you're looking to sell your home right now, we have 13 agents working with multiple buyers in multiple price ranges. Selling is easy in this market because there are plenty of people looking to buy.

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February is actually one of the better months to sell.

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Some people think it might be a little too early to get on the market, but bucking the trend and listing now makes it easier for your home to stand out. I think February is actually one of the better months to list because buyers are looking and most sellers are waiting. The average days on market right now is just 38.

We don’t know what the next 12 months will look like for sure, but I don’t see any economic indicators for a massive slowdown. We will see a bit of a slowdown just because of the limited inventory, but there’s still plenty of demand. Values won’t drop like they did in 2008. When you couple this with rising interest rates, it means this market is a whole lot more stable than what we’ve seen in the past.

If you have any questions for us in the meantime, don’t hesitate to give us a call or send us an email. I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Answering the Top 5 Questions About Our Merger

From left to right: Kris Bertagnolli, Mike Hicks, and Shawn Anderson discuss merging their real estate businesses.

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You may have heard about our recent merger, where we combined our real estate business with those of Kris Bertagnolli and Mike Hicks to become the Anderson Hicks Group. Today we’d like to answer the biggest questions we’ve gotten about the merger.

For your convenience, we’ve included timestamps for each topic of discussion. Feel free to navigate to the section(s) you’re most interested in viewing:

0:06 - Answering a big question about the hairstyles
0:33 - Introduction to the Q&A
0:59 - Why did we decide to merge our teams?
2:26 - What was the biggest challenge to overcome when merging?
3:55 - What will be the biggest difference now that we’ve merged?
5:03 - Can people still work with specific agents?
5:24 - Outtakes and bloopers

If you have any other questions or need further information, feel free to reach out to us. We look forward to hearing from you soon.