Minya Kravic

REALTOR®

Sutton Group Old Mill Realty Inc., Brokerage *

Mobile:: 416-833-0754
Office:: 416-234-2424
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Do it Alone, or Use a REALTOR?

Do it Alone, or Use a REALTOR®?

The fact is, most people who try to sell their own home end up using a REALTOR® in the end anyway. Before anybody decides to fly solo through this complex, time consuming and financially perilous process, they should consider these questions.

Will you really “save” the real estate commission?
When buyers see a home for sale ‘by the owner’, they see a bargain. They imagine the REALTORS® fee going into their pocket, not yours.

Are you familiar with real estate law?
Complicated and ever changing, real estate law governs nearly every phase of selling your home.
One wrong move and an entire deal can fall through, or worse, a lawsuit can ensue.

How many potential buyers will you reach?
Selling a home takes more than just hanging a “For Sale” sign. How will you promote your home? Will you write your own ads? How will you use the Internet, knowing that you’ll have no inside access to www.mls.ca and therefore will not be able to post your home on this service?

Do you have the time?
Promoting a home is a full time job, and you may already have one. Will you be able to take calls at any time? How about screening the callers to figure out if they’re qualified to buy your home?
Not everybody who calls is even suitable to walk through your home, but how do you tell?

Do you know the market well enough to get the most for your home?
Lacking years of experience, the average do-it-yourselfer is merely guessing at their listing price. Often they set the price too low and miss out on thousands of dollars, or they price their home too high and drive away willing buyers.

What about your selling skills?
If the personalities of prospective buyers rub you the wrong way, can you still deal with them effectively? What about your own defensiveness when you hear negative comments about your home? Best to keep it at arms length through a REALTOR®.

Do you have the negotiation skills to keep a deal on track?
When an offer comes in, emotions can run high with so much money on the line. This is why direct seller-to-buyer deals often end in disaster. REALTORS® keep it professional and are indispensable when it comes to bargaining with buyers.

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I've spent 21 years selling homes in Etobicoke and Toronto's west end. Long enough to have sold on the same streets more than once, and to have watched these neighbourhoods change from the inside.

Most of my clients are in the middle of something bigger than a real estate transaction. A family that has outgrown the house. Parents in a home that's become more than they want to maintain. People selling and buying at the same time, trying to make two moving parts line up without losing sleep over it. That's the work I know best, and it's the work I like most.

My job, the way I see it, is to give you a clear picture and let you make the decision. What your home is realistically worth in today's market — not the number you'd like to hear. What's worth fixing before you list and what isn't. When to move, and when waiting is the better call.

I don't push. I've never believed a home sells because someone felt pressured. It sells because the right buyer walks in and recognises it, and because nothing about the price or the presentation got in their way. One buyer who truly appreciates the home is all it takes.

Most of my business comes from people I've worked with before, or someone they sent to me. After 21 years, that's the part I'm proudest of.

I speak English, Croatian, Serbian and Bosnian.

Away from work, my family is the reason for all of it. We spend part of every summer on the Dalmatian coast in Croatia — swimming, boating, long dinners, the kind of days that don't need planning. It's a good reminder of what people are actually buying when they buy a home: somewhere to have the life they want.

If you're thinking about a move and want a straight conversation with no obligation, call me.

Minya Kravic, REALTOR®

Sutton Group Old Mill Realty Inc., Brokerage

Independently owned and operated

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