Home Team AdvantEdge Co. is a professional real estate firm offering advice in purchasing and selling homes in Central Massachusetts. HTA promises FAST, FAIR, and HASTLE FREE services during the home buying and the home selling process. Find out how you too can get
Your Real Estate Edge!
We are not all things to all buyers. In fact we choose to work with you just as you choose to work with us. When you pick up the phone, you will talk to your agent, not an automated attendant, not a secretary. We focus on your home buying and home selling needs. We adjust the way we work to accommodate your schedule and your priorities. Come in and talk to us and you will see the difference in professionalism, caring and business. Find out what our clients say about us and view our unconditional guarantee.
Buyers: When starting the process of looking for a home, it is important to do things in the right order. Your first action should be to get a pre-approval from a reputable lender. When you know your financing is in place, your next step is to find a professional who can guide you through the real estate process so you can avoid the common pit falls. Find an agent who has your best interest and who you trust to do the best job for you. [Read More]
Sellers: The Real Estate market is constantly changing. When you are selling your home your agent needs to be in tune to what works and what doesn't. Find an agent who knows what buyers want and understands their needs. Your agent should be an expert negotiator, a good listener and a good teacher. Find an agent who has your best interest and who you trust do do the best job for you. [Read More]
As 2009 comes rapidly to a close and we begin to contemplate what 2010 will hold for all of us, I would like to tell you about the most exciting change ever at the Home Team AdvantEdge Company. I have been in real estate for well over a decade and for more than half of that time I have owned and operated Home Team AdvantEdge Company. It has been amazingly rewarding experience and I have all of you to thank for my success.
From the beginning, however, I knew that there were some drawbacks to having a smaller company. While my experience and credentials combine to put in the very highest category of real estate professionals, there are still areas where my expertise is limited. This same sentiment is being echoed throughout the real estate industry - as I have traveled across the country in the last several years to attend real estate conventions and trainings, I have constantly come across the “team” approach to helping buyers and sellers.
A number of companies have actually approached me in the past to work with their agents and for their company; typically these offers have not seemed to be in the best overall interests of my clients. Some companies, for example, would prefer that their agents often take the “path of least resistance” to facilitate a transaction. I have not and could not compromise my clients’ interests in order for the company and the agents to have a sale.
Last month, however, I was asked to be a member of a team of agents at Keller Williams in Worcester and this was the proverbial offer that I could not refuse. Jeff Hall, who has been involved in real estate for a generation in Worcester, and with whom I have worked in the past, asked me if I would be interested in becoming the buyer specialist on his team of agents at the Keller Williams office. Jeff is the current president of the Greater Worcester Board of Realtors and his personal request was quite compelling.
I explained to Jeff that I would still want to be able to work with any of my past clients in any capacity that they would need. Also, I have developed documents over the last 10+ years that I would want to continue to use to protect my clients’ interests. Jeff told me that Keller Williams would be able to accommodate all of my requests and that the satisfaction of the clients was always of paramount importance. Personally and professionally I looked at this as a chance to work with dozens of intelligent and experienced real estate professionals – from agents, to mortgage specialists, to attorneys, and more.
Keller Williams, for their part, was eager to have my expertise added to their office, particularly when they learned that I was a certified real estate educator – less than a week after I began I was I was mentoring younger agents at the office and am planning an in depth seminar on buyer agency.
As I have said, I have not been this excited for both myself and my clients in a long time. As a testament to the respect that Keller Williams has afforded me and my business model, the new team will be called Hall Team AdvantEdge and it will incorporate many of the ideas that I have developed over the years to help my clients.
As you celebrate this holiday season and prepare to ring in the new year, I wish you all the very best for a happy and enjoyable 2010. Please remember that I am always available to answer even the simplest questions or concerns that you may have with your real estate needs – particularly now that I have a team of professionals working with me.
I hope that I can still to rely on your continued support. I will contact you personally either by phone or by mail to give you my new information and answer any questions that you might have about the merger.
Jane Becker, CRS, CBR, MCBA, GRI, ABR, E-Pro has been excelling
in the Worcester-area real estate market since 1996. Find out
more about Jane and how she can help you.
"...Jane was so knowledgeable and attentive in helping us to purchase our first home, I couldn't imagine it going any better. A+++..."
Jamie and James Donnelly
-Worcester
The main benefit Nate and I got from working with you was a sense of security. Being first time home buyers we had no idea what we were getting into. We felt so much better because we knew that you were there looking out for us; making sure we did everything correctly and getting us the best deal possible. We got the house we wanted, in the place we wanted, and for a price we could afford. We felt ok about handing over all that money because we knew you wouldn't let us get screwed. We will never buy another house without your help! We just love you; but you knew that.
Jenn Drew and Nate Griswald
-Rutland
You made it so easy for me to feel comfortable in the crazy world of real estate. As a first time home buyer I was clueless in the field of home buying. I asked you every question in the book and 99% of the time you had the answer on the spot, otherwise you called me when you had the answer(usually not more than a half hour) It was like having a close relative in the real estate field!! I cannot thank you enough and I will never! buy or sell a home without you by my side Richard Tibbets
