What do sellers need most in today's market? Buyers

When choosing a broker, shouldn't you ask: Who invests in YOU?
First Team® invests more than $3 Million in local advertising & marketing for
its Sellers every year, generating the highest demand & value for your home.

TIM CASTROREALE AND FIRST TEAM® OFFERS:

Over $3 Millions in Advertising & Marketing Every Year for our Sellers
Over 6,000 buyer ad calls every month
 Every Sunday O.C. Register, full page color ads
 Every Saturday O.C. Register, full page color ads
 Every Sunday L.A. Times, full page color ads
 Every Saturday L.A. Times, full page color ads
 Every Sunday Long Beach Press Telegram, full page color ads
 Weekly Grunion (Long Beach), full page color ads
 Every Saturday Daily Pilot, full page color ads
 Every Thursday Coastal Living, full page color ads
 The Wall Street Journal
 Advertising in 25 national & local publications
 800-Number Tracking System for buyer lead follow-up
 First Team Home Buyer’s Color Magazine (145,000 Circulation makes it the
    most circulated Home Buyer’s magazine in O.C. & Long Beach)
 #1 Real Estate firm in O.C. according to all O.C. Boards of REALTORS®
    for 1990 to YTD
 Free Legal & Tax consultation
 Distinctive, familiar logo & yard signs delivering thousands of billboard
    impressions throughout Southern California
 Award winning web site: www.OCLiving.com
 24 Prominently located state-of-the-art offices
 Member of RELO® Relocation
 Full time Corporate Relocation /Referral Services
 Approved broker for GM, Avco & many Fortune 500 companies
 Free, fast Information On Demand™ provides reports on neighborhoods,
    retirement, schools, etc.
 Over 1,200 sales associates to serve our clients
 In-house Advertising Department with full time Marketing Director
 Our Advertising Reaches 90% of Orange County customers
 Tim’s 14 years as CA. Certified Real Estate Appraiser helps him establish
    property values for his Sellers & Buyer.
Tim is an Orange County Native & has extensive knowledge of the
    local market.

 

TIM'S SPECIFIC MARKETING PLAN

WEEK ONE:
Install yard sign with my home & pager number so buyers can get answers
    about your home 24hrs a day.
 Install a lock box to allow convenient access to agents.
 Your listing will be submitted to both:
    - Huntington Beach/Fountain Valley Board of Realtors
    - Southern California Multiple Listing Service (including OC, LA, RIV, & SB)
 Offer suggestions to increase your property marketability.
 Offer contractor referrals for any suggested improvements if requested by you.
 Insure proper pricing, using County Records as well as the MLS comparables
    along with my 14 years of experience as a real estate appraiser.
 Prepare a color brochure on your home, with photos.
 Announce your home at First Teams weekly sales meeting.
 Place your property on the First Team New Listing Tour
    (over 46% of our sale are In-House).
 Give a brochure to all First Team agents & send to our Relocation Dept.
 Prepare a loan information sheet for potential buyers.
 Place your property on the INTERNET for worldwide exposure
    (including FirstTeam.com, Realtor.com, Homeseekers.com, and OCLiving.com,
    LATimes.com, MyOC.com & Homes.com).
 Place a Virtual Tour of your home on the internet.
 Follow up on all showings of your property and encourage agents to
    bring their buyers back.
 Submit an ad in the FIRST TEAM HOME BUYERS magazine.

WEEK TWO:
Submit for possible ad placement.
 Hold a Brokers preview tour for area agents.
 Send direct mailings to area neighbors, followed by a phone call,
    to enlist help in selecting a new neighbor.
 Announce your home at First Teams weekly sales meeting.
 Send the brochure to 200 top producers in the surrounding area.
 Follow up on all showings and “re-sell” the features of your home.
 Report to you any new listings or sales in your area.
 Hold an Open House, if you desire.

WEEK THREE:
Place an ad in the ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER.
 Following up on all showings of your property.
 Report to you any new listings or sales in your area.
 Announce your home at First Teams weekly sales meeting.
 Hold an Open House, if you desire.

WEEK FOUR:
Place an ad in the LOS ANGELES TIMES or feature your home in the
    SHOWCASE OF HOMES in the OC Register with a photo of your home.
 Ask for a review of your home from First Team agents.
 Report to you any new listings or sales in your area.
 Prepare updated comparable marketing study.
 Follow up on all showings of your property.
 Announce your home at First Teams weekly sales meeting.
 Hold an Open House, if you desire.

WEEK FIVE:
Repeat week two schedule.

WEEK SIX:
Repeat week three schedule.