Selling your Silver Spring, MD Area Home

Selling your Silver Spring area home involves many steps: from preparing your home for the market to pricing it right, from marketing to follow-ups, from contract to close and all the potential hurdles in between .. I will be there every step of the way to guide you to the closing table.

Why list with a family-owned business?
  • We don't believe in charging a separate "admin" or "processing fee".
  • We believe in quality over quantity.
  • We are not concerned about being No. 1 this or No. 1 that, the only No. 1 we are concerned about is YOU!
  • Local. Trusted. Experienced.
As your Silver Spring REALTOR® I will:
  • listen to your motivation for selling and adjust timing, marketing accordingly
  • guide you in preparing your home for sale which includes staging advice and curb appeal
  • prepare a comparative market analysis (CMA), identify and look at the competition (with you) to help you price your home correctly
  • assist you with filling out property disclosures and assembling required disclosures (utilities, property tax, lead based paint)
  • utilize electronic signatures - signing paperwork becomes a breeze!
  • submit your listing to the Multiple Listing Service & install a lock box
  • monitor market activity in your neighborhood
  • market your home through a combination of online (blog, eflyers, listing syndication, social media) and traditional techniques (networking, open houses)
  • follow-up with buyer's agents after showings
  • collect and analyze feedback
  • present and review any and all offers promptly with you and guide you through the negotiation process
  • prepare an estimated closing cost worksheet to show your app. bottom line
  • ratify the contract
  • make sure all i's are dotted and t's are crossed
  • stay on top of all contingencies and deadlines
  • follow-up with buyer's agent and Title Company
  • assist with relocation 
  • accompany you to closing
  • celebrate a successful closing with you
  • be available whenever you need me following the sale of your home

Tips for home sellers: 
​little things with a big impact


Curb Appeal: What not to do

My neighbor's listing .. a train wreck in slow motion

"In this market we have to do anything to get this house sold"

Customer Service is not a two letter word

Top 5 Reasons Why Buyers Will Not Enter a Home For Sale​

Let the sunshine in!

Would you put an offer on the stinky house?

A commission bonus is not what sells the house

What is this picture supposed to tell buyers?

Sold before listed: Shadow Sales

"Will your Silver Spring seller take less for his home?"

When you want to know how to price your home, consult a Realtor not Zillow & Co.
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The difference staging can make

The difference staging can make: another example

Simplify your Silver Spring, MD Home Sale

Marketing your Silver Spring Area Home For Sale


How much exposure your listing gets is more up to the individual REALTOR® you hire than the brokerage.

Successful marketing of your home starts with an accurately filled in listing in the MLS - we do look up school information, tax bills, plats and make sure everything is up-to-date.

Great pictures can help sell homes and bad pictures can prevent it! I hire a professional photographer and I will not publish pictures that don't meet my standards.

I am a blogger! I will write blogs about your home, neighborhood, open houses etc. to maximize exposure and I also maintain several social media profiles. Blogging examples: Four Corners Neighborhood in Silver Spring, MD: Northwood Park, Turn-key condo close to the Metro, Glenn Dale home with impressive owner's suite, For Sale in Woodbine: 11 acre private retreat ... just browse my blog at Active Rain [fair warning: I've been blogging since 2011 and it may just suck you in] and you will come across a number of posts advertising my listings and selling my clients' homes! 

According to the National Association of REALTORS 90+% of homes are sold through online exposure, cooperating REALTORS and good ol' fashioned networking. I regularly attend meet-ups and I'm a member of Mom's Inc. of Silver Spring, MD.

I've chosen to concentrate my marketing efforts online and on networking. In order to achieve the best possible results I will also market the traditional way through open houses (if desired).

In my opinion, marketing your home also includes follow-ups with potential buyers and their agents, answering questions in a timely manner and making your property disclosures readily available.
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© Andrea Bedard, M.A.