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We Are Islamorada Specialists

We have been in the business for over 10 years and we can safely say that not all Florida Keys real estate agents are created equal! A real estate agent's job is not just opening doors. To be honest, the most effective ways to sell an Islamorada home have been very well established but it only works if the agent doing it does it with passion and quality. With us, we promise dedication, responsiveness, passion, and quality work! Wouldn’t it be nice if your real estate agent knew all of the ins and outs of Islamorada real estate was able to explain its best features and had experience in handling its objections? Well, we know all about Islamorada real estate and have a lot of experience selling and buying homes in Islamorada! We are Islamorada specialists!

Our Guarantee

At Pine River Realty, our commitment to our clients goes beyond just the transactional aspect of real estate. We take pride in offering a level of service that is rooted in genuine care and dedication. When you choose us to represent your property, we guarantee that we will give your listing the attention and love it deserves to not only meet but exceed your expectations.

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Step 1: Study the Market

The market gives us a lot of great information and our job will be to help interpret that information to make educated decisions! Our goal is to help make a pricing and marketing strategy that strikes a great balance between a fast sale for the highest price. It may seem like a unicorn strategy but we have spent the last 10 years learning and perfecting our approach and have had a lot of success!

Prices are not made by you or me, it is made by the market. Looking and studying previously sold homes in Islamorada gives us a hint as to how strong the market of buyers is and what they are typically willing to pay for similar properties. We dive deep into our analysis and make a list of all of the features and marketing techniques that worked and all of the factors that could have negatively impacted the sale of their home. We can learn from these homes because they ultimately attract a buyer that will be similar in characteristics to your buyer.

Understanding other homes that your potential buyers are going to look at in their home search is an important and often overlooked part of the process. It is important to highlight features of your home that other homes that your potential buyers will see do not have. It will also help guide us in pricing. We should not price your property higher than a superior home that is currently available on the market and should price your home higher than inferior homes on the market. Sometimes this step will require us to visit homes in Islamorada and physically see the competition.

The pricing strategy is one of the main factors that determine if your home will sell or sit on the market and collect cobwebs. Our goal is to get you the highest price that your home can get in the current market conditions! We will evaluate your needs, time frame, and study the market for hidden opportunities, and present you with an optimal pricing strategy that works!

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Step 2: Prepare the Home for Sale

People buy with their eyes! You may think that people can overlook a little bit of mess but in our experience, this is not true! It is a very important step to clean and prepare the home for sale. This will help you get top dollar for your home and it will sell much faster. We work with a lot of professionals who can help you make your home perfect for showings! 

You only get one chance to make a good first impression. Throughout our many years of selling homes in Islamorada, we realized that when buyers walk in and see a messy home, their attention starts to focus on finding other imperfections. At the end of the showing, they walk away having only focused on the negative aspects of your home. To solve this, we require a full deep clean prior to listing the home. This way the buyer’s attention can focus on the positive aspects of your home. We have many cleaning professionals that we work with on a regular basis but you are free to choose anyone that you feel comfortable with.

We will walk through your home and help you identify small repairs that can make your home more attractive. It is good to have fresh eyes and look at your home because you see it every day so sometimes you get used to it and can miss some improvement opportunities. Things like painting can really add some good value and increase its appeal!

Sometimes buyers have a hard time imagining themselves in a space if they see it without furniture. Staging a home allows buyers to see how a space can be used. We work with some of the best home stages in the Islamorada/Florida Keys area! Our last client put his empty (unfurnished) new construction home on the market and it did not sell. He later decided to stage it and asked for a much higher asking price. Well, by staging his home, we found him a buyer willing to pay $1 million dollars more than our unfurnished asking price and was under contract with only being on the market for 13 days!

The more we can show the home, the more offers you will receive! We will establish a showing procedure and schedule. We will give you a checklist of items to prepare prior to a showing. This will include things like opening the blinds, turning on the lights, etc.

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Step 3: Market the Home

We put a lot of pride into our marketing strategy and execution. We develop strategies to get a lot of eyeballs on your property! Marketing is only as good as the quality of the visuals, so we spend a lot of time and money to make sure the pictures, videos, and websites are very attractive! We understand how buyers shop and we make it easy for them to find your property!

You only get one chance to make a good first impression. Throughout our many years of selling homes in Islamorada, we realized that when buyers walk in and see a messy home, their attention starts to focus on finding other imperfections. At the end of the showing, they walk away having only focused on the negative aspects of your home. To solve this, we require a full deep clean prior to listing the home. This way the buyer’s attention can focus on the positive aspects of your home. We have many cleaning professionals that we work with on a regular basis but you are free to choose anyone that you feel comfortable with.

We have partnerd with marketing firms that specialize in Google and social media ads to make sure your property is seen! We are able to target buyers who have shown characteristics that are likely to be interested in buying your property. This is part of our secret sauce that makes your property sell fast!

We make sure that your property can be found on every Islamorada/Florida Keys real estate website on the internet! This will also include portals like Zillow, Trulia, and Realtor.com. Chances are that your buyer will be browsing one of these sites so we make it a priority to be visible on those sites. 

The more we can show the home, the more offers you will receive! We will establish a showing procedure and schedule. We will give you a checklist of items to prepare prior to a showing. This will include things like opening the blinds, turning on the lights, etc.

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