PUTTING A PRICE ON YOUR DREAMS !

HOW MUCH SHOULD I ASK FOR MY PROPERTY? This is a very tough question. You don't want to price your home so high that it just lingers on the market and never sells. On the other hand, you don't want to price so far below market that you virtually give it away.  Pricing property correctly for the market is truly an "artform". In fact, accurate and realistic pricing is one of the most vital services that we perform for our clients.   We are experts at appraising and pricing Kern Valley property. After a site visit and thorough evaluation of your home, we prepare a software driven, competitive market analysis (CMA) that will give you a very accurate picture of the market and the value range of your home.  This is much more realistic than picking "a number out of a hat" which is what most realtors do. When you see the scope of our report, you can rely on the numbers that we give you as being a very representative and accurate price that buyers will pay for your home.  Our CMA contains much of the same information found in an estimate of value prepared by a professional appraiser but ours is prepared for you free of charge with no cost or obligation to you whatsoever. 

  MAKING A GOOD FIRST IMPRESSION!

When you decide to sell, it's absolutely vital that your home look its best when presented to the world of buyers. It's crucial that your home gives a good "first impression" to both potential buyers and other agents when they first see your property.  Can you remember what is was like when you went out on a date? Didn't you always want to look your best? Or, how about selling a car? When you put it up for sale didn't you vacuum and clean and wash and wax?  In the same way, any home that goes on the market must look its best. We are experts at helping you prepare your most valuable and largest asset for the market. We make a thorough inspection of your home and property and make specific  recommendations as to what you'll need to do to make it ready to sell. In fact, we won't even place it on the market until it's ready!  Then guess what happens? Your home sells far more quickly and for much more money simply because it "looks so good" and "shines" compared to the competition. 

   LEGAL AND TECHNICAL EXPERTISE 

Southern Sierra Properties is known throughout the valley for its legal and technical expertise in the field of real estate!  Buying or selling real estate leads you immediately into the world of contracts, disclosure statements, title reports, escrow instructions, legal issues, inspection reports and the many other miscellaneous documents that accompany all transactions.  We have a complete and thorough understanding of all the legal documents that are used to list and sell property. We keep current on all the new developments in the field. You can rely upon us to help you successfully navigate your sale through the maze and blizzard of paperwork.  Since we have been down this road hundreds and hundreds of times, we are able to explain everything in simple terms that everyone can understand. We take all the confusion and mystery out of the buying and selling process.  Most importantly, we are extremely proficient at writing contracts that protect the interests of our clients. We have a thorough working knowledge and complete understanding of all the forms and agreements that comprise a real property transaction. We are known for our attention to detail. You can rest assured that, when you hire us, everything will be done correctly and according to every letter of the law.  The net result of this expertise and experience is that our escrows sail through and, most importantly, close on time. SOUTHERN SIERRA PROPERTIES HAS THE HIGHEST LISTING TO SALES RATIO OF ANY COMPANY IN THE VALLEY.

CREATIVE COPYWRITING & SHOWING 
             YOUR HOME TO THE WORLD!

One of the major reasons contributing to our high sales ratio is that our creative team is very good at developing advertising (copywriting) that really works. Our property descriptions are very powerful and get results!  In this modern age, all of our listings are presented to the entire world on the internet. Therefore, we put a lot of time, thought and effort into developing the best description possible of your home. The words we use have to capture the essence and character of your property.  Our descriptions have to paint a vivid picture in a buyers mind and, most importantly, create a desire to see your home. When buyers read the careful wording contained in our listings, they put your home on their preview list because they are intrigued and their curiosity is aroused. Correspondingly, the standard photographs and digital pictures we use to portray your home in our catalog, color flyers, multiple listing and on the internet have to pass a series of tests and be the best possible pictures that we can take. We are very careful to "stage" the exterior of your home resulting in a flattering picture, one that shows off your home's "best face" to the world. 

CATALOGS & BROCHURES PRINTED
            IN LIVING COLOR!

People say that a picture is worth a thousand words. If that's true, the way we advertise our listing is worth a hundred thousand words!  To more effectively and successfully market our listings, we have made a big investment in state-of-the-art digital color technology. Our property for sale catalog is printed in living color right in our office. What this means to you is that right after you list with us, a picture and description of your home is inserted into our color catalog and printed within the next few days. Producing color catalogs "in house" means that our attractive catalogs are always up to date. Another way we put our investment in digital color technology to work for our customers is by printing "eye catching" color flyers of our listings.  These are then placed in brochure boxes fixed to our "for sale" signs for the convenience of buyers.  These flyers have a flattering color picture of your home along with a written description of all its pertinent and salient features. There's nothing like saying it in color! 

THE VALLEY'S BEST REAL ESTATE 
                  WEB SITE!

Our web page, found at www.southern-sierra.com, is one of the best real estate sites you'll ever find! In this day and age, more and people are looking to the internet as their primary property research tool. Our easy to navigate site provides buyers with a great overview of what our valley is all about: from hotels and motels, restaurants, churches, clubs and organizations, schools, the hospital, public services, information about the lake, fishing, hiking, the museum, how to make camping reservations, in short, just about everything you would want to know about the valley. You can even find the current weather along with a five day forecast, direct on-line links to a number of lenders and a pictorial tour of the valley. We even have a link to our entire multiple listing database! Lastly, all our listings are presented in a dynamic, information-rich format. All the specifics on each of our listings are presented in a very detailed format. Our site is also interactive! Buyers can indicate their property preferences by simply checking the boxes in the convenient pull down menus. We make it very easy to find out about our Kern Valley listings.  Go and check it out. You'll be pleasantly surprised! 

AGGRESSIVE MARKETING PROGRAM!

Homes and manufactured homes are guaranteed to be advertised in the Kern Valley Sun each and every week.  People who are serious about moving to and investing in the Kern River Valley, subscribe to this newspaper.  Buyers who visit the Valley to purchase property also acquire the Kern Valley Sun to review the Real Estate section for current offerings.  This newspaper is a very powerful tool that perfectly targets the very people we want to reach.   We promise that your home will be advertised in this paper EVERY WEEK until your home is sold!!  Continual, repetitive advertising maximizes the exposure of your property to the world of buyers!  As an additional service to our clients, Southern Sierra Properties GUARANTEES that your property will appear on the most prominent national real estate websites including:

REALTOR.COM     HOMESEEKERS.COM     HOMES.COM   
MSN.HOMEADVISOR.COM    LISTINGPREVIEW.COM    

EDUCATION AND EARNED CREDENTIALS!

The National Association of Realtors has approved a course of study and a designation called: “SENIOR REAL ESTATE SPECIALIST”. An agent who has earned this highly regarded award has devoted a significant amount of time acquiring training and education on how to best represent the Real Estate interests of our mature senior community. These agents understand, listen and are committed to the needs of our local seniors. In order to even qualify to take this course and earn this designation, a Realtor must have a minimum of five years of experience. There are only FOUR Realtors in the Kern Valley who have earned this prestigious, nationally recognized designation and all four are professional Realtors with Southern Sierra Properties!

GRADUATE REALTOR INSTITUTE (GRI) 

Every member of our staff, including the managing broker,  just completed a rigorous, 12 course, 92 hour education series offered by the Professional Realty Institute. Courses include contracts, disclosures, legal issues, tax law, consumer service, agency, ethics and fair housing. Our entire staff has earned the prestigious GRI designation, a feat that only 3% of Realtors in America have achieved!  

OFFICE LOCATION, APPEARANCE 
              & EQUIPMENT!

Visibility, convenience and access are crucial elements for the success of any real estate office. Southern Sierra Properties has one of the premier locations in the entire Kern River Valley. Prominently positioned and extremely visible on highway 155, our office is a building you just can't miss. We draw customers to our door with colorful pennants, a huge 18 foot highway sign and an attractively landscaped building that is very easy to find and has ample parking. In addition, our location is synonymous with real estate since our building has been a real estate store for over 35 years.  Our office has been totally transformed into a modern, very professional working environment. Our office interior is very attractive, very sharp, very neat and clean. All the equipment needed to support a real estate business is brand new.  It is a pleasure to visit our office and a very comfortable environment in which to do business.  Stop in and see for yourself! 

  PRIVACY PLEDGE!

WE ARE THE ONLY REAL ESTATE COMPANY IN THE KERN RIVER VALLEY THAT HAS A WRITTEN PRIVACY POLICY TO PROTECT OUR CLIENTS !  We do not share your confidential information with anyone!  Your confidential information does not leave our office!  We guarantee that your private information is not sold or transmitted to any third party!   We have no marketing affiliations or partnerships with any other company requiring the cross-transfer of personal information!   Our electronic data bases are protected by the "best" firewall software that money can buy!  Being a privately held company (as opposed to a nationally franchised firm), we are not required to share your confidential information with any "Parent Company"!   The Realtors who work at Southern Sierra Properties sign and are bound by a confidentiality and non-disclosure policy that is part of their employment contract!   We are members of the Kern River- Lake Isabella Board of Realtors and Members of the local Multiple Listing Service.  We can show you any property listed for sale in the Kern River Valley