After living on our beautiful property for 31 years, we recently sold our 10-acre property with a small home and a large barn, on a gorgeous and private setting in La Honda, CA.
We were familiar with the wonderful work Janis had done for two close friends, selling their country properties, and we were equally pleased with her work with us. Janis is very organized, exceptionally professional and was a pleasure to work with during our entire process.
Having bought our property in 1989, we were not current with all the changes for selling property in 2019. Fortunately for us, Janis is a pro and was very patient and clear, teaching us about all the new rules and regulations. She made sure we understood the compliance issues at every step of the process. We also learned that selling rural properties is unique because they are much more than just selling "a house" and it usually takes longer than selling homes alone.
Janis explained that it was important to prepare our property in such a way that it made it ready and easy for potential buyers to understand all that we had done to get it available for selling. She had a list of "to do's" that were important, showing buyers that even as an "as is" sale, much was done to have our property ready to buy and move into comfortably. Janis also carefully guided us through our task of completing a long list of mandatory disclosures that were required for us to do, and as a result, buyers could see clearly what had been done to prepare the property and also what things were not going to be done.
Once all the work was completed on disclosures, upgrades such as painting our home inside and out, making repairs, simple staging and beautifying the outside areas surrounding the house were done, and we were ready to show the property. Janis started this phase with a Broker Tour, then we scheduled a number of Open Houses, and then we continued showing with individual requests from clients with their Agents. Over many months this process went on with various potential buyers who had lots of different ideas for their dream uses for our property. Janis never failed to invite and show the property to whomever was interested. Finally, in the end, our perfect Buyers made their offer.
Janis's patience and hard work lead us to a successful experience and sale.
- Carol and Dave , Sellers, La Honda, Ca.