Elevate Homes - your friend in Real Estate
Which doctor would you choose? The one who had successfully completed 1,500 heart surgeries or the surgeon attempting their first procedure? Our money, and we'll bet your money, will lean toward experience.
At Elevate Homes Realty our principals and Broker have a combined experience of over 50 years. Our Broker has been in the business since 1988 and was in banking before that. His wife, our Managing Principal, says he's older than dirt so he must have learned something useful along the way. The two Directing Principals have been agents since the eighties and are REO icons in Southern California. The knowledge gained over that vast experience is passed onto all of our agents through free training. If it has to do with real estate, PSR probably has the answer.
Many people have not yet heard of Elevate Homes Realty. Our agents advertise, but we don't. According to National Association of Realtors (NAR) statistics, less than 5% of buyers and sellers care about the logo on the sign. The largest percentage of people hire agents they know and trust, not companies. It is the agent, not the company, that matters. At Elevate we do our best to train and prepare our agents for changing markets, contracts and negotiation. They are far better equipped to handle clients and their needs than big agent mills who will take anyone who can fog a mirror, providing little to no training.
That said, we are not exactly small potatoes. In 2010 our Corona office alone did $140 million and 364 transactions, third in all of Corona. Not bad for a company most people have not heard of yet. But, that is because our agents are good, smart and trained for even the toughest markets.
We are green and efficient. We are not envoironmental zealots, but we do our level best not to kill trees. Our agents drive less because we teach them how to work from wherever they happen to be. They are electronically connected to our office and don't have to drive in to turn in paperwork or pick up a check. They meet their clients wherever the client wants to meet, whether at Starbucks, the client's home, the beach or our offices. Agents only drive when absolutely necessary, minimizing carbon footprints, keeping more cars off the road, saving gas and time. They are not allowed to turn in paper files, instead converting everything electronically so we don't have duplicate and triplicate paper.
Buying or Selling a Home?
Buying or selling a home can be scary. The largest investment decision most people face requires personal research and soul searching. Unless you have done this many times before, you may, or may not uncover all the information necessary to make that decision. Working with a real estate professional will help you discover questions and coach you through uncovering the answers you need. While most people will face this choice just a few times in their lives, well-trained real estate professionals have the benefit of experience gained over thousands of transactions. They can help you make the best informed decision.
It is true that the real estate industry is choc full of people who do not know their business. Granted, some of our Realtor® Associates have only been in the business a short period of time, as well. But Elevate agents are able to draws on corporate wealth of knowledge 24/7. We have on line training for our agents and our web site is full of useful tips for buyers, sellers and agents. Knowing where to get the right answer matters more than knowing it all. And frankly, no one can know it all.
Rules, laws and disclosures change. What was true in 2003 is certainly not germane today. Collective knowledge generates more consistent, more purposeful, more appropriate answers.
At Elevate Homes Realty we have such collective knowledge and make it available to our agents 24/7 through online training and email Q&A. If they need the answer to a question, it is often available in minutes and is never more than 12 hours away. You can trust that our Realtor Associates will provide up-to-date solutions to difficult of situations.
Our web site is just a smattering of the knowledge taught to our agents. Feel free to peruse it and use it. Let your friends know about it. It is proof that, as Kat says, we must have learned something along the way.
Like snowflakes, no two real estate transactions are the same. Something always arises to make matters more difficult. Elevate Homes Realty Associates are prepared to captain you through any rough waters that may arise.
