Realtors

One Dozen reasons Realtors are thrilled about HIT Caretakers in their listings:

  1. No longer has to “be the janitor and landscaper” before a showing.
  2. Loves the way our homes are staged.
  3. Are often our biggest advocate because they get larger commissions.
  4. Are often our biggest advocate because these homes sell 36% faster.
  5. Are often our biggest advocate because entire areas are not devalued.
  6. Are pleased to know that a Caretaker is prepared to move prior to closing.
  7. Are safer in a home with a Caretaker verses a vacant home.
  8. Are more likely to spend time in a home with heat or air conditioning.
  9. HIT Caretaker occupied means no surprises when they arrive for a showing.
  10. Does not like listings with Renters
  11. Renters are not accommodating and often actively thwart the realtor’s efforts.
  12. Knows a HIT home remains on Realtor Lock Box access control.

Oh, there are actually way more than these...

       Check the Tabs below for serious reasons!

Realtors LOVE Homes In Transition!

Why?
 

Here is the bottom line...

 

Houses that are HIT Caretaker Occupied

 

SELL up to 36% faster and for up to 23% more.

 
How come?
 

No more

 

"Dreaded Low Ball Offers" !!

 
Smart Realtors are now actually searching the MLS for "HIT Caretaker Occupied" -- how come?
 

Because renters

 

make it hard for you, so do owners,

 

but our Caretakers are contractually obligated to be your best asset.

 
 

A VACANT house in this buyers market is the

        Kiss of "Listing Price Death"...

  • because a buyer "assumes" your owner is STUCK with the house...
  • making two mortgage payments
  • and suffering with this awful financial burden.

 

Buyers smell desperation
and maybe even stale, musty dusty air
and if it has been on the market for a while,
long enough for the bathroom drain traps to have gone dry, something much worse...
 
You cannot be seriously assisting your seller,
without advocating for the placement of a HIT Caretaker in the house.
 
The Caretaker is going to keep the house fresh, clean, lively
and pay all the utilities that the seller would normally write checks each month.
 
We are going to stage the Caretakers furniture
and make the house look like a home -- not a house demanding a low ball offer.
 
 

And we are FREE...

 

to YOU and the Homeowner if we can't help get the property sold in the first 91 days...

 

and cause a faster, higher offer...

 
Speak with one of our Representatives -- and do it today!

36% FASTER Sales

It's NOT rocket science -- it's HIT's Caretaker Services that can make the difference for you!

 

HGTV channel has:

  • House Hunters
  • Property Virgins
  • Bang for your Buck
  • Designed to Sell
  • Design on a Dime
  • Color Splash
  • The Unsellables
  • My First Place
  • Shabby Chic

and virtually all these shows revolve around

making a house look great before it's on the market. 

Or, if already on the market -- they document how proper staging

of the house, make it a home and make the offers come in faster.

23% BIGGER Offers

It's empty,

it's hollow,

it's a white elephant, it even smells like one...

 

and YOUR JOB is to sell it...

 

Don't do it in the condition it is in right now --

 

it's a LOSER, like this!

 

It needs Homes In Transition to BREATHE LIFE into that Empty House...

 

And, you won't get Low Ball Offers -- not with our service...

 

and that means Happy Sellers and

BETTER referrals and testimonials as soon as closing is over...

 

YOU did a great job... you worked smart...

you got HIT to place the perfect Caretaker in the house

and maintained your listing price... even the NEIGHBORS will think you are a hero

for maintaining the comps in the neighborhood...

 

We even have some great press releases that tell how you brilliantly saved the day,

with a little help from your friends at Homes In Transition.

This Little PIGGY went to market

  • "Pig"
  • "Hog"
  • "Boat Anchor"
  • "White Elephant"
  • "Millstone around My Neck"
  • "Paycheck Vampire"
  • "Monkey on My Back"

 

Yes, even GREAT houses are getting renamed by the Sellers

that used to LOVE that house, that called that house, HOME.

 

Now, they HAVE to sell it and it isn't selling,

it's not distinguished from ANY of the other VACANT homes.

 

They think of their former home very differently

now that it is ruining them financially -- and YOU have to sell it

 

You've got a PROBLEM and so does the SELLER...

the collection of drywall and paint you have listed doesn't stand out

in the MLS for other agents that have a hot prospect,

and doesn't stand out from the other VACANT homes -- at all...

 

You NEED our Free to you -- Caretaker Services and Staging more than Oxygen...

 

We'll Breathe LIFE into your Empty Listing!

Insurance -- YOUR seller doesn't have any and might come after your E&O Policy

What is going to happen when a house you have listed gets trashed or burnt to the ground?

 

Were you OBLIGATED to tell your seller

that they probably don't have

Insurance on the Vacant Property

they have entrusted to you -- to sell for them?

 

When you have not told them that the Premiums they keep sending in are not really

buying insurance because they have breached their contract with their insurer -- then what?

 

And, the phone rings -- and they are screaming at YOU...

 

"Why didn't you tell me that all insurance policies drop coverage on vacant houses right away?

 

YOU are the expert, I only sell a house every 15 years

           YOU SHOULD HAVE WARNED ME !!!

 

Think it can't happen?

Suppose a house you LISTED sustains $100,000 worth of damage -- because thieves stripped it?

 

Think your client is NOT go after your E & O policy? 

You might be right about that,

but their attorney and their insurance company will not be so kind to you, will they?

 

 

At the very least, you should send an email to your clients:

  1. That warns them in no uncertain terms...
  2. That they probably do not have coverage on an empty house...
  3. SEND them a LINK to our website that explains it fully to them...
  4. That gives them an option -- an OPTION that PROTECTS YOU...

 

 Save yourself,

save your Broker,

save your client,

sell the house up to 36% faster

and

up to 23% more...

 

It's Comprehensive and it's painless... Homes In Transition...

 

Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?

You have to go check up on your vacant listing, by yourself. 

 

Are you prepared to deal with someone inside that house?

 

Don't you always feel safer in an occupied house?

 

Recommend HIT to your Sellers, avoid complications that could land at your feet.

Oh, HAPPY DAY -- My Commission is bigger and sooner than I expected!

And, you didn't have to go clean the house before showings,

didn't have to make that extra trip, didn't have to weed the yard or cut the grass,

didn't have to worry that the vacant listing was destroyed overnight

-- totally ruining all the time you already spent with the property.

 

You didn't get that low ball offer...

 

You had a bunch of buyer's agents finding "HIT Caretaker Occupied" in the MLS

and your seller got multiple offers to choose from since smart agents look for

"HIT Caretaker Occupied" when looking for good houses to show their buyers.

 

They don't want to waste time begging renters

when they have a real prospect in the car with them...

 

You used Homes In Transition and we helped you HIT it out of the park!

 

Look up in the sky, its a Bird... its a Plane... 

Look up in the sky, its a Bird... its a Plane...

No, it's a Homes In Transition Caretaker.

Faster than a speeding bullet, more Powerful than a Locomotive,

able to leap tall buildings in a single bound.

 

Who disguised as a mild mannered occupant of your vacant listings,

fights the unending battle for truth, justice, the American way

and the destruction of Low Ball Offers!

Is it REALLY FREE* for me and the Seller?

YES, HIT's Services are completely free to you immediately and the seller after 91 days
(*see Homeowner Diminishing Fee explaination). 
 
We only ask that once the Vacant House is put into HIT's program,
that it stay in the program for the entire time it is on the market for sale. 
 
The Seller will incur a flat $500 fee if the Seller decides to return the house to vacant status
-- or decides to let a relative live in it, rent it or any other reason than the sale is consumated. 
 
Which is only fair, because HIT has incurred substancial costs to Background Check a proper Caretaker to the property, after interviewing them, reviewing their furniture, inspecting the property after the Caretaker has moved in, taking the time to properly Stage each room and weekly inspections in the first month to make certain the Caretaker is keeping the house in "Show Ready Condition".
 
Should the Seller decide to remove the property from our care, our costs will need to be covered and we will be assisting the Caretaker to relocate to another property under our care.  In general, it is expected that the Caretaker will be dedicated to the property they move into until it is sold.

Why is it REALLY FREE*?

 

HIT decided early on, that the service we provide can be free afer 91 days to the
Homeowner and free for the realtor and still be a wonderful value to the Caretaker. 

 
We build our business on fairness principles and the principles of the more people we assist,
the more successful we will become. 
 
We have yet to have any complaints from Caretakers -- that think we charge too much ($500) for a house... and we have NEVER gotten a complaint from a Realtor or Homeowner about all the services we provide for them.

Suppose the Caretaker damages the house?

Well, it could and has happened in the past. 
 
We can be certain because we video our home inspections
prior to the Caretaker moving into the house. 
 
Our videos have, in every circumstance, proven to both
the Homeowner and the Caretaker when the damage occurred. 
 
The Caretaker is responsible for the proper repair of any damage that can be attributed to their actions. The Homeowner is responsible for things the Caretaker could not be expected to fix, i.e. a leaking roof or a broken pipe.
 
If a Caretaker has children that decide to write on the wall with a permanant marker, then the Caretaker is responsible for painting that wall again, if the carpet has grape juice or red wine spilled on it... a professional cleaner will need to remove the stain.
 
 

However, when you consider the TEN's of Thousands of dollars of LOSS avoided by dodging the infamous "Low Ball Offer" -- literally, a $350K house has $70K at risk - and that buys a whole lot of paint and carpet cleaning.

 
But, read the next two tabs and you'll feel even better about it.

Does the Caretaker have Insurance?

YES, the Caretaker must have a $300K liability policy and their own Renter's Insurance (even though they are not renters).
 
The Caretaker has been very carefully screened and interviewed.
 
We know the history of Civil Litigation involving the Caretaker -- on a Local, City, State and National Level, we know the Criminal Background on the Local, City, State and National Level, we check the Caretaker against the Sexual Predator Database, we also do a full Credit History and then personally interview them.
 

We only bring "Good Citizens" into our program,
we know more about our Caretakers than their own Mothers do...

 
Could a Caretaker snap and rampage the house, doing untold damage?  Sure, but compared to the much higher odds of that happening if the house were to remain Vacant... it's not as likely.
 
Besides, the Homeowner retains a policy that would cover the house if damaged by a renter... that is pretty typical.
 

The Homeowner will BE ABLE to have the house insured with our Caretaker residing.

 
And, Homes In Transition also has Insurance... so the property is covered -- actually covered 4 ways... click the next question for how...

Does HIT have Insurance?

YES, HIT has a Million Dollar Policy that covers anything not covered by the Caretaker's and Homeowner's policies.
 
Besides, we have a Guarantee.
 
So, to review, the Property has Homeowner, Renter, HIT Insurances and has the HIT guarantee... the house is covered four ways. And, the house is going to sell faster and for more money... some people would say that the house is insured six ways!

Is anything Guaranteed?

EVERYTHING is guaranteed!
 
 

We have a 100% guarantee, that states that we will return the house to the seller in as good or better condition than when we filmed our Property Inspection Video prior to the Caretaker's occupancy. 

 
The Seller also gets access to the Property Inspection Video as soon as it is uploaded
to our system and it is available on line for review.
 
Now, naturally -- HIT is not going to be replacing items that broke or wore out -- like a hot water heater, microwave or dishwasher but will bring items damaged by the caretaker back to the condition it was in prior to the caretaker beginning to care for the property.

How does HIT support my Marketing Efforts?

Realtors, you are our strategic partners -- we have a wonderful program for you.
 
  • We have Seller Education emails, videos, mailers and handouts. 
  • We have Video Emails of Introduction that we can put together for you -- very powerful tools that explain our program, to your Sellers, so that YOU don't have to... and we always try to make our videos funny and entertaining, rather than dry and boring. 
  • We will link our powerful website to your website and for those that are looking for RELO experts we even have a special section. 
  • We have advanced tools, like the video overlay you see on our pages and if you would like that kind of technology on your site... we can help you with accomplishing that as well... 
  • We want your success to be excellent -- you'll gladly give us testimonials and letters of recommendation.

We have assembled a list of Videos
that you as a Homeowner should be
interested in watching... just click on
the photo's to launch the videos!

 

 

 

A Swimming Pool...  

it's not all fun and games  

You have serious exposures... 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

  

KOAT  

News Anchor  

Shelly Ribando  

does a  

feature story on  

Homes In Transition  

in Albuquerque. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FOX  

Business News  

does a feature story 
on Homes In Transition
 

and how we compare 

to one California Mayor 

who solves his 

vacant home problem 

by painting dead lawns green. 

 

 

 
 

 ABC's   

Nightly News   

interviews  
Homes In Transition's   

Caretaker  
 
on  
 Foreclosure's   

SILVER LINING!  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 ABC NOW...  

"Money Matters"   

does a feature story  

on how people  

are using  

(VACANT) 

Foreclosed houses  

to throw Foreclosure Parties 

and the horrific aftermath. 

 

 

 

 

 Just look at what happens 

when a Home  

becomes a Vacant House...  

and if your house has been vacant 

more than 30 days... 

your INSURANCE  

is most likely not in force...  

Insurance companies have a 

clause in the policy that 

automatically drops coverage 

for an empty, vacant and vunerable house. 

 

 

 

 

MSNBC does a story on  

Foreclosure Stripping    

becoming an epidemic  

in many parts of the country.  

Thieves don't care  

if the home is in Foreclosure  

or if it is simply empty,  

vacant or unoccupied...  

they have an easy target. 

 

 

 

 

Matt has the 

feature story on  

Foreclosure  

  Stripping   

on the Today Show.  

It's an eye opener! 

 

 

 

 

I'll just RENT my HOUSE !! 

 So, you think you want to  

become a Landlord? 

 Have RENTERS...  

make some money 

while your house is on the market... 

 Have your Realtor  

walk in with clients... 

Show them the bedroom  

of your house -- 

 

and have it look like this? 

 

 

 

 

 

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