Busy Baltimore Broker is Loving This Tuesday

Busy Baltimore Broker is Loving This Tuesday.

Another wonderfully busy day with a home inspection of my recent sale, a smooth late night settlement and a nice chat with Cheryl Richie at  8:30 PM on my ride back home.

                                                        

 A quick hello to TLH and off checking emails.

Here are the two messages that I open:

#1- Martha Brown sends me a note  ''Subject: Steve Bachman...you need to see his latest post. I think you will love it. :0 '' An Active Rain Ambassador. Digital Painting 

#2-A Zillow Review: Highly likely to recommend 

Summary: One word to describe Margaret Rome is AMAZING! You absolutely want this woman as your Realtor. She's got a wonderful warm personality, full of energy and highly professional. She's a total go-getter who produces results fast. My husband and I are SO grateful we found her!! We didn't know all the ins and outs involved with selling a home,and Margaret educated us on our options and walked us through the process. We would have been lost without her. She sold our home for us in 2005 when we moved out of state for a better job, and in the past month showed us homes as we were thinking of coming back to the Baltimore area. Her knowledge, professionalism, patience, and negotiation skills are beyond excellent! Her work ethic is outstanding! I honestly do not think there could be a better realtor than Margaret in the Baltimore area! Written about Margaret Rome on 09/04/2012

Highly likely to recommend

Some time ago, I wrote  Don't Forget to Ask for a Review...You Deserve It! One of my favorite sellers and now friend posted a very kind review of me on Zillow. It started off with...''Highly likely to recommend.''

This is the home located in Westminster Where You Can Live Like You are on Vacation All Year Round!  It is one of my favorite all time listings...a cantilevered contemporary on 28 acres.

     

                       

And here is Lucy's summary of our relationship during the selling process.

'Highly likely to recommend

Summary:

Margaret is a hands down the best agent I've ever worked with in selling or buying a home. She not only listens, is patient and professional, but she thinks outside the box and is superiorly creative in her approach. We listed a pretty challenging home located on a large amount of land. We were concerned about the sale in this market, which as you know, isn't what it use to be. With her talents, perseverance and large amount of contacts, we were able to sell our custom home. We were NOT merely placed on the MLS listings, had a sign installed and left to wait for a buyer to come along, which I have experienced with other realtors in the past. Margaret Rome is a genuine top notch agent who truly cares about your needs, and offers so much more than I can even mention here. She arranged for custom floor plans to be included in the full color multipage brochure, a fabulous professional photographer and wide spread internet exposure. Without her stelar negotiations, impeccable timing and ambitious nature, I'm convinced we'd never have sold our home. One conversation with Margaret and you'll see. In my opinion of all the Realtors I've ever worked with and interviewed (bought and sold 3 homes) she has a unique offering that would be difficult to match.

Posted by Lucy Clark on 11/28/2011 '

                                                         

Highly likely to recommend

Don't Forget to Ask for a Review...You Deserve It!

Don't forget to ask your past clients for a review.

                                              

A couple of weeks ago Brad Andersohn held a seminar with Elizabeth Weintraub  . I decided to give it a try. I called six of my previous clients and asked if they would write a review. Surprising they were all delighted to  do this for me.... each one of them wrote a  a very nice review....pretty close to perfect scores...I might add.

This is not something I would have done on my own...but Elizabeth made this suggestion;

''Encourage agents to ask their clients to submit reviews for them. Why not? If you worked hard for your clients, you deserve it.''     By the way, Elizabeth has 20 reviews on her site!

Here was the most recent review from my former client who I saw this week in the gym.

'In 2007, I wanted to sell my home and buy something larger. Recommended by a friend, Margaret Rome quickly became an indispensable partner. To the home I was selling, she recommended only improvements that would increase the value. The house was sold at the listed price of $199k in less than a month. 

Now I needed a place to live. First, Margaret exhaustively interviewed my family and I on our needs (must have, like to have, etc.). Then she went to work finding outstanding properties that met our wishes. As we viewed these homes, Margaret was processing our reactions and quietly readjusting to show us what we really wanted; not what we said we wanted. As you might have guessed, the house that we loved and eventually bought was not at all what we had described in initial interviews. 

Thanks to Margaret's insights, patience and skillful negotiations, we ended up in a stately 1920's home in an old neighborhood of giant oaks and fantastic neighbors. I can honestly say that Margaret is one of the most knowledgeable, hardworking, and gifted professionals I've ever had the pleasure of working with. I recommend her highly to anyone wishing to buy or sell a home.'

Don't forget to ask your clients for a review. You might be pleasantly surprised.

Thinking of Selling Your Home...Call Margaret Rome 410-530-2400