AMPI Vallarta & Riviera Nayarita Monthly Meeting|Continuing Education Seminar
It was a very busy week for Vallarta & Riviera Nayarit real estate professionals taking advantage of what their Association had to offer.
The last Friday of every month brings a new focus of continuing education to the three regional chapters of the Mexico Real Estate Association (AMPI – Asociacion Mexicana de Profesionales Inmobiliarios). The May course entitled, AMPI: Code of Ethics and Conduct, brought together more than 50 agents with an interest in furthering their professional careers.
Presenting this course were brokers, Saul Groman-Carpe Diem, Harriet Murray-Cochran Real Estate, Juan Jose Martinez-My Home Vallarta, Silvia Elías and David Pullen from PV Realty, who encountered a stimulating rapid-fire question and answer session at the end. A similar course had been offered in 2010 by AMPI National in which they spoke about the Code of Ethics and Conduct for all real estate professionals in Mexico. This present course was meant to augment the previous one by adding information on a more local basis and applying specific criteria.
Continuing education is a prominent issue for AMPI to guarantee all area agents have the ability to serve their community with the utmost professionalism and training available. Our Code of Ethics and Conduct is an integral part of this.
The day before the seminar the AMPI Riviera-Nayarita Chapter held their monthly meeting hosted by a new development in Marina Vallarta, Nima Bay Condominiums. The association members were given a presentation which had previously been shown at an investors’ conference held in Vallarta last month. Following the presentation, a tour of beautiful Nima Bay was conducted to familiarize the agents with the property.
More information regarding the Mexico Real Estate Association can be obtained at Vallarta Nayarit MLS.
How to Sell Homes in a Slow Market
Even though the real estate market has slowed down in recent months, there are still plenty of homebuyers eager to make a purchase. Knowing how to prepare your home for sale, when to allow access for showings, and how you can offer buyer incentives will help you find the right buyer, even in a declining market.
Before you even put your home on the market, make sure that all basic repairs are completed. Nothing can turn off a prospective buyer quicker than loose railings, torn screens or missing hardware on cupboard doors. These easy repairs do not cost a lot of money.
If a homebuyer sees that the little things are not attended to, they are likely to believe that the larger things are neglected too. Let buyers know that you have pride in your home by making sure that all of the small repairs are taken care of.
Keep your home clean throughout the time it is on the market. In a slow real estate market, it is important to have your home available to show at a moment’s notice. The more often your home is shown, the likelier it is that your home will sell.
Keep your home available to your realtor and they will be able to show your home quickly to any buyer that shows interest.
Have your home staged by a professional. Home staging has become a booming business and a professional home stager will help you remove clutter and depersonalize your space. Prospective homebuyers want to picture their family in the home, not yours and a home full of personal clutter will not show off the potential of your home.
Keep pets contained during a real estate showing and make sure that your cat litter box is always clean. Pet owners tend to get used to the odors caused by litter boxes and it is important that you remember to clean it every day. Nothing will turn off a prospective home buyer like a home that smells. Many people are fearful of dogs, especially ones that they do not know. Make sure that you either take your dog with you for a showing or put them on a leash outside.
Be realistic in your expectations of the price you will be able to sell your home. Forget about what could have been if you had sold it last year and focus on what your home is worth now. In a buyer’s market, buyers don’t have to negotiate much. Buyers know that you want to sell your home and a home that is priced too high is likely to be looked over. Ask a fair price for your home to avoid the need for too much negotiation.
In a slow market, hiring a professional real estate agent is crucial to get your home sold in a reasonable amount of time. Yes, there are ways you can list your home for sale by owner using the internet, but nothing beats the experience that comes from a professional real estate agent who is able to take care of everything in order to sell your home.
Selling your home can be a stressful time, but you can be successful in selling your home if you remain patient, reasonable and flexible. There are buyers out there and the key is to find them and get them to fall in love with your home.
from: http://www.realestateabc.com/insights/sell-your-home.htm
REALTORs Fair Housing Declaration
This is not just a practice in the U.S., it is the Law – Law or not, all real estate professionals in any Country should operate under the same principles—Marilyn Newman Coldwell Banker La Costa Realty does.
REALTORs Fair Housing Declaration
• Provide equal professional service without regard to the race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familiar status, national origin or sexual orientation of any prospective client, customer, or of the residents of any community.
• Keep informed about fair housing law and practices, improving my clients’ and customers’ opportunities and my business.
• Develop advertising that indicates that everyone is welcome and no one is excluded, expanding my client’s and customer’s opportunities to see, buy, or lease property.
• Inform my clients and customers about their rights and responsibilities under the fair housing laws by providing brochures and other information.*
• Document my efforts to provide professional service, which will assist me in becoming a more responsive and successful REALTOR®.
• Refuse to tolerate non-compliance.
• Learn about those who are different from me, and celebrate those differences.
• Take a positive approach to fair housing practices and aspire to follow the spirit as well as the letter of the law.
• Develop and implement fair housing practices for my firm to carry out the spirit of this declaration.
10 attributes of the real estate professional
These 10 attributes of the real estate professional, are only a few, but a good beginning:
I. Vision – Have a vivid mental image.
Display what you want and not be afraid to go for it! Shoot for the stars, the worst that can happen is that you land on the moon.
II. Courage – Have fear and defeat it.
Courage is not the absence of fear, itis what you do in spite of it. Successful people do what unsuccessful people don’t do, despite all the obstacles.
III. Discipline – Create a system of self-imposed rules.
Routine, focus and hard work create a path to success. Success has never sown the seeds of mediocrity.
IV. Work ethic – Live by a system of principles.
Be honest, fair and trustworthy. Ordinary real estate agents make sales; real estate professionals develop successful relationships.
V. Perseverance – Continue when everyone else has surrendered.
The path of least resistance often produces less success.
VI. Ability – have the talent and vision to use it wisely.
Be competent – know your material. Have confidence in yourself – so others rely on what you tell them. Be natural – so that others believe in you.
VII. Attitude – be aware of self-fulfilling prophecies.
Winning as well as losing, it is a choice. If you say that you can, you can. If you say that you can’t, then you can’t. Either way, you are right.
VIII. Patience – have resilience while others surrender.
Remember – for all things there is a season, and with each new season, new opportunities arise.
IX. Planning – have a plan to reach your goal.
You have the ability to reach your destination, but you must chart your course and remain faithful to it.
X. Track your Success – to take stock on the way.
Establish goals or milestones along your road to success; measure your achievements and give yourself rewards for small achievements, then, continue to push forward.
Area Real Estate Associations Announce New MLS
The Vallarta-Nayarit-Compostela chapters of AMPI (Asociacion Mexicana de Profesionales Inmobiiarios) announced the launch of their new regional MLS (multiple listing service).
The three regional chapters have been working to provide the system to their members and the general public for more than a year. The public web site offers not only information about the association and the services they provide, but provides the ability to search the extensive property listing database, as well as search for an association professional to assist with the purchase or sale of area real estate.
Some of the exciting features offered to real estate professionals by the new AMPI MLS are the ability to establish “Portals” for buyers so that they automatically receive the most recent property listings, as well as comprehensive statistics and graphs. The new system also provides activity reports to sellers so that they have the proper feedback and tools on which to base their selling decisions. What does this mean to real estate clients? It means they receive the quality service and information they deserve for all of their real estate alternatives.
Only AMPI associate offices are able to provide this new MLS service to their clients. It is a way to ensure that the agent with which you are working has maintained the highest standards in ethics and education. The public web site for the service can be located at www.vallartanayaritmls.com.
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