Combining Professionalism and Productivity with Peace of Mind

Next to getting married or starting a business, selling your home is one of the most stressful experiences you’ll ever face in your adult life. Bear Realty alleviates the hassles and anxieties of selling a home by giving you the peace of mind you’re looking for. Unlike other brokers, Bear Realty provides the three things you need to sell your home quickly and at the price you deserve.

• Bear gives your home maximum
  exposure in the market.
• Bear provides the highest level
  of customer service.
• Bear provides unmatched
  skill & expertise.

More than any other real estate agency in Southeastern Wisconsin, Bear Realty has the people, tools and experience to make your selling process a fast and easy one.

Bear Realty’s Comprehensive Pre-Listing Evaluation

Our due diligence allows us to determine any issues that could sidetrack or delay the sale of your home. Bear Realty discovers these issues up front and resolves them to ensure the smoothest possible sale. Other brokers can’t compare to our full capabilities:

• Thorough evaluation of the circumstances surrounding the potential sale — This includes conducting name checks and obtaining answers to a laundry list of questions relating to issues that could affect the sale (e.g., bankruptcies, foreclosures, judgments, liens and title vesting).
• Explanation and evaluation of current market conditions — Bear Realty will discuss outside influences that will affect the sale of your home (e.g., housing statistics, market trends, consumer confidence and mortgage rates).
• Comparative Market Analysis (CMA) — Your Bear agent will study comparable properties that are close geographically or in a similar location and will also look at the recent sales and listings of homes in your area to determine the best sale price for your home.

Maximizing Your Exposure

Bear Realty has a comprehensive strategy that mixes traditional and nontraditional methods to maximize your home’s exposure to prospective buyers. Through the internet, print media, television and good old-fashioned face-to-face communication, Bear Realty will expose your home to the largest audience.

The Highest Level of
Customer Service

Anyone can say they provide great customer service, but Bear proves it every day and every year with more than 82 years of committed service to its community. With each new customer, our Bear agents work up a personalized Residential Service Plan that includes each of the following elements:

• Complete Management —Bear will schedule and manage all showings for your property.
• Schedule Open House — As appropriate, your Bear agent will schedule and host open houses to give interested buyers the chance to view your home under the guidance and supervision of a licensed professional.
• SureClose — This cutting edge, internet technology allows you to monitor Bear’s marketing efforts and the showing activity on your home. You can access the information 24 hours a day, 7 days a week! Simply go to www.SureClose.com and log in to the secure Web site. (Bear will provide you with a personalized username and password). You will have access to all of the documents you signed at the listing meeting and the ability to communicate with your agent via e-mail — all from the Web site.
• File Transaction Management — Once you have an accepted offer, your Bear agent will see to it that the contract provisions are being satisfied. This typically includes inspection of the property by a licensed professional, ensuring that financing is being obtained by the buyer and ordering title insurance and closing services on your behalf. The end result is a smooth closing on the sale of the home.
• Convenient One-Stop Shop — Bear Realty has affiliated business relationships with companies that offer all the services needed to sell your home. In addition to simple convenience, this also benefits you by providing additional peace of mind.

Skilled at Negotiating and Drafting Sales Contracts

• Experience — Because of our long-standing reputation as one of the largest, most responsive real estate agencies in Southeastern Wisconsin, Bear Realty has recruited the finest realtors in the area. Our realtors are all professionals with expertise in various real estate specialties, including residential, commercial, investment and vacant land.
• Training — Bear Realty’s on-going training keeps our associates at the forefront of current market trends and progressive selling strategies.
• In House Counsel — Bear Realty is managed by a real estate attorney/broker with more than seven years experience in real estate law. He is available to assist all Bear agents when needed.

Experts in Managing Your Transaction

• Contractual Expertise — Bear Realty monitors and manages all contractual obligations.
• After You Receive an Offer — Bear Realty’s convenient one-stop shop can simplify the transaction and allow for the seamless delivery of title insurance and closing services.
• SureClose — Both Bear Realty and its affiliate, Lakeside Title, offer
  this cutting edge technology. SureClose is a secure, Web-based file transaction management system that allows sellers 24/7 access to view relevant transaction documents, including your title commitment, closing statement and special assessment letter.