Your Local Real Estate Expert

For most families, their home is their largest financial asset, and deciding to sell it is a big decision that involves a lot of preparation and work. When you're ready to sell in Northwest Indiana it's important to have an experienced real estate professional handle the details involved in the successful sale of a home for top dollar.

As an experienced professional who has helped many Porter, Lake and LaPorte County residents sell their homes, I know how to handle every aspect of the sales process - from strategically marketing and showcasing your home to making sure everything's signed, sealed and delivered by the closing date.

Providing you with comprehensive, high-quality listing service is my top priority. So when you decide to sell your home, please contact me and let's get started!  Proud to searve the areas of Valparaiso, Chesterton, Portage, Hebron, Kouts, Hobart, Merrillville, Crown Point and many others throughout Northwest Indiana.  I will give you the very best advice and go over all of your options to help you make an informed decision.

Contact me directly via my cell: 219-405-0100 or my email: meeksjj@msn.com.

Recipe For A Successful Sale

There are 7 main ingredients that drive the sale of your home:

 1) LOCATION: We usually cannot move a home! To quote the favorite phrase of appraisers, “Location location, location!” The pricing of your home must appropriately reflect its location.

2) CONDITION: The upkeep and good condition of your property is crucial to obtain the highest value for your home in any given market at any given time. The pricing of your property must reflect its condition.

3) PRICE: Price is the number one factor in the sale of a home. A property is really only worth what one person is willing to pay another to gain ownership of it.  Price must be in direct relationship to the other six ingredients, and is the most important of all.

4) TERMS: The more terms available on your property the more potential buyers you reach. The pricing of your property must reflect the kinds of terms available to purchase it.

5) THE MARKET: Interest rates, competition, and the economy all interact to influence the state of the market when you sell your home. The pricing of your property must reflect the current status of the market.

6) STAGING: Homes that are prepared for sale sell quicker and for more money! Staging will immediately give your property a marketing edge in any market.

7) TIMING: A home must be placed on the market at the right time. A home listed during the months: November, December, January, and February will generate less interest than most any other months. The general buying public begins looking to purchase a new home starting in March. The optimum time to put a home on the market is in the Spring, statistics prove this theory.

When all of the above ingredients are in alignment… we have a sale! If just one of them is out of line, it will take a longer time to sell and … the more ingredients that are out of line, the longer it will take before the sale of your home takes place.

Let us not strive to be people of success but people of value and when we are of value to our companies, our clients, and our communities, then we will successful. - Albert Einstein