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The Casey Samson Team's Listing Protocol Produced Over $6M in Premiums for our Sellers in 2021

Our listings sold for 8% higher than the rest of the market in an average of 7 days. Only 3 of our 87 listings had home inspection or appraisal contingencies.

The Casey Samson team is the #1 Team in the Dulles and RT 66 Corridor.

In Vienna, sellers chose The Casey Samson Team 6-1 over the average top 20 agents.

The key to our success is our pricing strategy.

Step One: Know Value

  • Online pricing engines are unreliable
  • The Casey Samson Team Pricing Model is the Gold Standard of real estate valuation
  • Compare adjusted PPSF and % of assessment
  • 1 mile radius
  • Similar age, size, price range, upgrades and condition

Step 2: Select the Proper Pricing Threshold

As the list price gets higher, the buyer pool gets smaller.

Listing Protocol

  • Preparing the Home
  • Coming Soon Marketing
  • Predictive Analysis
  • Going LIVE!
  • Listing Report
  • We have a contract, now what?
  • We have a ratified contract!, now what?
  • Closing

Preparing the Home

BEFORE

Most homes Have a Traditional Look and Style

AFTER

Buyers are looking for a Transitional style home

We help sellers increase the value of their home. Our standard return on investment is $7 for every $1 invested

  • Casey Samson Team Prepare a TO DO and gets estimates from contractor contacts
  • If fixtures are needed, we find them and place them in a shopping cart for seller purchase
  • Contractors install and finish To Do list

Flambient Photography

Buyers will see your home online first so pictures are important

Standard Realtor photos

The Casey Samson Team uses state-of-the-art photography

We use the same photographer for every shoot

Sharp, rich pictures pick up every detail of a home we want to highlight

We Create Custom Websites

They display the home's condition in a dynamic way and emphasize its upgrades

These sights are developed by the same LA team that does $20M-$50M homes

  • Dynamic picture carasouls for each floor
  • Dramatic exterior shots
  • Hot sheet of all the homes upgrades
  • Things we like most about the home
  • School info
  • Distances and maps to employment centers and transportation
  • Community pages because 50% of the buyers come form outside the area

Coming Soon Marketing

MLS is where the buyers are!

  • Hundreds of Realtors and buyers with stored searches get our custom emails with links to website
  • Top agents favoring the website get personal calls
  • Top agents not on the list but we know carry similar clients, get calls

Social Media

  • Social media can target buyers looking for similar properties in different markest
  • Geofencing targets
  • Google ads deliver targeted ads
  • Facebook insights allow us to track buyer traffic and responses
  • Each ad seen by thousands directs buyers to the homes website
Adds are booster to targeted buyers

Targeted visitors engage in the site 20-40 times more than organic visitors!

Renters are a great source of buyers

  • Renters get cards announcing new listings
  • Executive housing is a great target
  • Renters want to buy, in the same school district

Neighbors are also a great source of buyers

Neighbors have family, friends and business associates looking

  • Neighbors get nice brochures about the home
  • Many neighbors are looking to move up or down but do not want to leave the neighborhood

Predictive analysis

2021 Game Changer

MLS Hit Counter is the best source of intelligence

  • Client Views tell us the size of the buyer pool.
  • Client Favorites tell us how many buyers are interested
  • 6+ favorites and we are at the right price
  • Less than 3 favorites indicate we need a larger buyer pool

Charts guide us in our decisions

When Local MLS is not delivering enough buyers, Social Media can!

Facebook Insight tells us:

  • How many people see the ad. Hopefully over 4000
  • Reactions to the ad. Hopefully over 1%
  • How many people Love, Like, Comment and Share the home
  • This home had little love on the MLS, but 3257 people looked at the pictures and 469 people clicked through the the homes webpage
  • A buyer was sitting in his penthouse in NYC looking at homes in McLean. This ad was delivered to his WSJ feed where he fell in love and flew down to buy the home.

NOT ALL SOCIAL MEDIA IS THE SAME! We use very sophisticated tools and a full time professional to achieve our goal.

Google Analytics Provides visibility about buyer traffic and behavior

  • How many people come to the page
  • How long do they stay
  • How many pages do they look at
  • What cities are buyers are coming from
  • What countries are our buyers coming from
  • How old are our buyers
  • Are they female or male
This is not your parents real estate market

On the Tuesday before we list, we discuss the Predictive Analysis with sellers and set the list price.

Buyers scheduled showings prior to launch are a great indicator for our predictive analysis.

  • Buyers will begin requesting Showings
  • We will make sure seller knows how to handle them
  • We monitor showing request
  • We Monitor showing responses
  • We report buyer responses to the sellers
  • We follow up with any agents that have negative responses with positive benefits of the home

We are Live, let the showings begin!

Sellers should NEVER be home during showings and inspections

  • All lights should be turned on from 9am-9pm
  • Agents showing the home are contracted by our agent
  • Agents address contract questions
  • Agents get as much information on the buyers as possible
  • Agents provide feedback to the sellers

Working with sign calls and social media requests

  • Our showing agents are available to show
  • CST agents may write contracts are act as agents for the seller
  • Zillow and Realtor.com are not reliable sources for buyers

92% of our listings sold in the first 7 days.

We Have a Contract

Now what?

We are experienced contract negotiators

  • We notify every agent when a contract is received
  • We have standard language
  • We require highest and best offers, w no escalation
  • We look for no contingencies
  • We compare all important elements of the contract
  • We attempt to secure back up contracts to ensure seller leverage
  • We will recommend highest and best offer and back up contracts
  • Once we have determined best contract, we need to work fast to lock them down.

Highest and Best Offers Make Sellers Max Profit

  • We have had buyers bid $150k-$175k over list price and they were the only bidders
  • If we allowed escalation clauses, sellers would have lost $150k-$175k

We have a ratified contract!

Now What?

Most homes require 3 inspections

  • Home inspections are the most difficult part of the sale
  • CST agents are experts at dealing with home inspections
  • Appraisals are required when buyer is financing the home
  • Pest inspections check for termites and rodents

In 2021, The CST sold 87 homes and only had 3 home inspections and 3 appraisal contingencies

Closing

Settlements are a smooth transfer of ownership

  • Casey will either attend settlement or review documents prior to closing with you via zoom
  • Home should be delivered in swept out condition with major holes patched
  • Manuals should be left on counter tops
  • Keys will be delivered to settlement agent
  • Sellers and buyer settle at different times and places
  • Seller should bring ID and Voided check for distribution of proceeds
  • Settlements are recorded within 2 business days and wires are sent to sellers

Thank you for viewing our listing protocol. We try to make deciding on an agent as easy as possible.

We Offer Large Team Technology With Small Team Service

  • The best track record
  • State-of-the-art marketing
  • Professional contract management
  • Personal service
  • Dedicated and experienced support staff
  • 4.5% Total commission saving qualified sellers thousands of dollars

We look forward to working with you. If you have any questions please contact Casey at 703-508-2535 or email at casey@caseysamson.com