Nine days.
In writing.
Most sellers are asked to take a promise on faith. I put mine on paper: your home sold in 9 days or less at a price acceptable to you — or you receive a credit at closing. It is called the 9 Day Listing Challenge, and it has been my system since 2003.
How the nine days are counted
Day one is the first Saturday your home is open for showings — not the day the paperwork is signed, and not the day it hits the MLS. That puts day nine on the Sunday of the following weekend, so the clock always covers two full weekends. Anything I do before that Saturday — the neighbor-only sunset open house, Friday evening showings — is a head start you get for free. It does not spend a day.
After day nine, you choose.
If your home has not sold, there are two doors and both of them are yours. Fire me — my listing agreement lets you walk, no penalty, no argument. Or keep me for the full term and take the credit at closing. What you never have to do is stay stuck with an agent who did not deliver.
Agent first. Price second.
Most sellers would rather not talk price until they feel confident they have the right agent representing them. There is a reason that order protects you: the seller who hires whoever quoted the highest number is the one who gets hurt three months later. So we start by getting to know each other. The number comes after you have decided you want me.
Four things decide how fast you sell
The track record behind the promise
What happens when you call
What qualifies for the challenge
A single family home with three or more bedrooms, a basement and a garage, listed on a full six month agreement at the Platinum 3.5% plan, and priced at or below the value we establish together and agree to in writing. I will not guarantee a home that is priced above what the market will pay — "a price acceptable to you" has to be acceptable to me as well, or the promise is not worth the paper it is printed on.