It has been said that agents will do whatever they can to trap and capture a client.  I have said that I don’t want your information if you don’t want to give it.  I will give you any information you want without any obligation to you.  How can I prove such a statement.  With a toll free phone number?  Probably not.  We must look deeper into this issue.  (800) 760-6911 is out toll free number that is routed directly into my cellular phone. 

That is not how.  But that is a great way for you to call me and speak with me about various Real Estate Related things.  I guess me not wanting anything in return, could be demonstrated that my toll free number comes into my cell phone.  There is not any recorded message with information about properties that populate a database or notify me that you have called and which property this is regarding.

To follow through with the logic, you call one of those other toll-free trap numbers and you will be called back by the agent that has the trap set up.  If you call my toll free number, expect to speak with me or leave me a message.  If you don’t want to speak with me or leave me a message don’t call.  Simple enough.  If you want to inquire about a property we have listed and you are calling the toll free number that is on the sign, no worries, I will not twist your arm to use me as your agent.  I am doing my due diligence for my seller.  However, If you do not have an agent, I would like to apply for the job of being your Real Estate Agent for life.  Yours and everyone you know.  Part of our experience with our clients is that being in need what happens, they have such a positive experience never wanting for anything, before, during and after the transaction, that they start to pitch us to everyone they know.  We have even gone head to head against their family members that have been licensed Real Estate agents, some of them were quite adversarial and patient and calm we remained and prevail we did.  (That has a Yoda type ring to it…)  That is indeed a blessing to be accounted for.

What else can I talk about related to trapping the client.  How about those websites that need your information before they will let you search for homes?  Or cut you off after a certain amount?  Teaser sites for Real Estate Searches, now I have heard everything.  But they are very popular.  Foreclosure lists, make sure you are getting this generated by someone you can hold accountable for hitting you with e-mails that have actual properties.  Not where your information will be given to the highest bidder. 

We don’t do that, every entry page we have is for streamlining the process of fulfilling your requests.  But all in all, if you wanted to just simply send me an e-mail about wanting lists of properties that are in foreclosure, that are distressed, short sales, the good neighbor next door program, whether you should rent or buy, and our investment seminars and any other information, no problem.  You will get the information and your information will remain safely in my custody.   You can search with our Diverse Solutions MLS engine at www.searchre911.com or www.scv911.com if you are LAPD www.lapd911.com if a deputy, www.lasd911.com if CHP www.chp911.com if a teacher, www.teacher911.com, the list is quite extensive.  If none of those things and not much of an "oath" taker, check out www.topproducing911.com or our mother site of paris911.com.

What is important?  My answer to that question is you not being harassed.  Being able to relax and not be bothered by someone trying to force you into doing something you are not ready for.  When you are ready you will seek us out.  You will find us on the world wide web, in the Blue Line or ALADS Dispatcher.  You will see a Bus Bench, Billboard, or one of our For Sale Signs somewhere.  You can even call Toll Free Information for Paris911 and get our 800.760.6911.  When you are ready we are visible.  But unless you are ready, it is an exercise in futility.  And I hate Futility!!!  Exercise I am OK with, but that other thing, I hate.

GOOD HUNTING - CONNOR with HONOR 

We can help you understand everything you need to know about the home buying process.

Not all real estate licensees are the same; only those who are members of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS^® are properly called REALTORS^®. They proudly display the REALTOR " ^®" trademark on their business cards and other marketing and sales literature.

REALTORS^® are committed to treat all parties to a transaction honestly. REALTORS^® subscribe to a strict Code of Ethics and are expected to maintain a higher level of knowledge of the process of buying and selling real estate. An independent survey reported that 84% of home buyers would use the same REALTOR^® again.

Real estate transactions involve one of the biggest financial investments of most people’s lifetime. Transactions today usually exceed $250,000. If you had a $250,000 income tax problem, would you attempt to deal with it without the help of a certified professional accountant? If you had a $250,000 legal question, would you deal with it without the help of an attorney? Considering the small upside cost and the large downside risk, it would be wise to work with a professional REALTOR^® when you are buying a home.

If you’re still not convinced of the value of a REALTOR^®, here are more reasons to use one:

1. We can help you determine your buying power - that is, your financial reserves plus your borrowing capacity. If you give a us some basic information about your available savings, income and current debt, we can refer you to lenders best qualified to help you. Most lenders - banks and mortgage companies - offer limited choices.
2. We have many resources to assist you in your home search. Sometimes the property you are seeking is available but not actively advertised in the market, and it will take some investigation by us to find all available properties.
3. We can assist you in the selection process by providing objective information about each property. Because we are REALTORS^® we have access to a variety of informational resources. We can also provide local community information on utilities, zoning, schools, etc. There are two things you’ll want to know: First, will the property provide the environment I want for a home or investment? Second, will the property have resale value when I am ready to sell?
4. We can also help you with negotiations and inspections. There are many negotiating factors, including but not limited to price, financing, terms, date of possession and often the inclusion or exclusion of repairs and furnishings or appliances. The purchase agreement should allow time for you to complete appropriate inspections and investigations of the property before you are bound to complete the purchase. We can advise you as to which investigations and inspections are recommended or required.
5. We also provide due diligence during the property evaluation. Depending on the area and property, this could include inspections for termites, dry rot, asbestos, faulty structure, roof condition, septic tank and well tests, just to name a few. We will assist you in finding qualified responsible professionals to do most of these investigations and provide you with written reports.
   You will also want to see a preliminary report on the property title. Title indicates ownership of property and can be mired in confusing status of past owners or rights of access. The title to most properties will have some limitations; for example, easements (access rights) for utilities. We will direct you so you are well protected and if you need direction we can put you into contact with a title search company or attorney can help you resolve issues that might cause problems at a later date.
6. We can help you understand different financing options and identify qualified lenders.
7. We can guide you through the closing process and make sure everything flows together smoothly.  

There is a lot of direction we can give but we are also held to a much higher standard than that of being Realtors.  Paris and I function and have a much different direction and that direction is you.  We want what is best for you and want to ensure your future is bound in happiness with our performance so when it comes to the topic of Real Estate ever being presented anywhere, we will be on the tip of your tongue. -CONNOR with HONOR

You live in the Santa Clarita Valley or one of the surrounding valley’s.  You are at home on a Sunday afternoon easing back in your easy chair about to watch the game, and your doorbell rings.  You ask your beloved or kids if they would get the door, but it seems that they stepped out for a walk.  Disgruntled and wanting to focus on relaxing, you get up out of your chair and answer your door.  

There is a cheery, happy, peppy, person standing at your door in nice attire holding a bunch of pamphlets or sheets of paper.  She says, "Hi, My name is Pat and I am with ABC Real Estate, I wanted to stop by today and let you know that the house down the street was just listed or just sold or just put into escrow, and I printed the information of what is happening in your neighborhood on this piece of paper and wanted you to have it." "By the way, are you thinking of selling or do you know anyone that is?" 

You are still wondering what the heck happened.  You were about to watch the game, now you are put in a scenario having to answer questions and furthermore help someone build a business.  You also think, I am not sure that I care that the house down the street is listed, sold, or what ever.  In fact, my wife already caught me up on everything that is going on in the neighborhood on Friday evening. 

Sound familiar?  I can appreciate a Real Estate agent trying to use these methods to get business.  It does work, you bang on enough doors and you will eventually get business.  Might I suggest a different method than interrupting someone’s peace?  There are a lot of other venue’s available for a person to market themselves, their business, or anything that they want.  The problem with some of the other methods, although they are less evasive, they are costly. 

But, having said that what is everyone, that is building a business, looking for?  They like free, they want to keep the overhead down from the operating expenses.  They want to have a turn-key business that just flows with clients and leads that earn them 100% revenue with no other costs.  Yes, keep dreaming.  This is what I think, it costs money to make money.

I think it is more important to let those that are at their homes be in peace.  If you want to get you name out there and actively advertise, keep it in public places.  If you must go into a neighborhood, get those people that are out and about.  It works for the Mormons.  Get on your bicycle, and go for it.  Carry all of your stuff with you and approach people and introduce yourself.  That is what has made Paris911 so strong with Santa Clarita Valley Real Estate.  It continues to work.  Here is another Concept:  ANSWER YOUR PHONE WHEN IT RINGS or RETURNS CALLS PROMPTLY!

I go everywhere wearing our brand, I keep smiling, and I keep introducing myself to everyone.  I don’t care if they want to buy or sell a home, I am creating that Mind - Body - Soul - and Me - connection.  I want them to remember when they saw my shirt with the Paris911 and CONNOR with HONOR or Real Estate with the Protection of 911 on it, "THAT MEANS Real Estate."  Then when they get that card in the mail, they think of Connor MacIVOR or Paris MacIVOR and Paris911 and Real Estate.  I want they to remember when they see the Thin Blue Line and our full page ad, that they met me in the video store or super market.  I also want them, when they are flipping through the pages of the ALADS Dispatcher, they think OMG, I met him during a training day with the LAPD, or I met him in the Beauty Salon (kidding on that one, but not a bad idea).  The see the billboard, the dots are connected.  They are signing at a dry cleaners and see the pen that they are using is www.Paris911.com. 

It does not stop, it has to be a continual driving force.  Wanting to get your name out there consistently and constantly - So those in your Sphere of Influence will not forget what drawing was completed when those dots were connected for them - Also those that have not used our services, but will someday, will be able to connect those dots and call Paris911 for All of Their Real Estate Needs. 

I don’t care if someone in New York needs to find a home in Jersey, I will find them that agent and make that connection.  If a person in Florida wants to purchase a foreclosure property in Miami - I am there, hunting a good Agent, someone that has the same code as I.

The most beautiful thing about this Real Estate thing, is the connections that are made.  I am not taking someone to jail - I am helping someone build their future, and leave a legacy.  It is a huge responsibility and a very valuable existence that I have chosen.  I am also thankful for still being a Reserve Officer for the LAPD.  I still am able to perform as "Twice a Citizen" and give something back to the Department that helped me mold my approach to the business model that I formed as a result of 1990-2007. 

Also protecting and serving those of you and the men and women that still donne the badge in a full time manner.  Watching out for their best interests so they are not taken advantage of with any part or vendor within the Real Estate Process.  Sworn and Civilian alike, we do watch your SIX, with this Real Estate Thing that we do with RE/MAX of Santa Clarita and Valencia!

Are you on the hunt to find that home that you have been looking for on line and during your futile search on www.Realtor.com?  Looking for Santa Clarita Real Estate check out www.SCV911.com.  Is it something that you are about out of rope about, feeling stress and wanting to know if your true dream home is out there?  I have a suggestion.  First Things First!  Give us a call or shoot us an e-mail and let us schedule you an appointment to come to our offices and meet.

In doing so you will be able to align your ducks for the best Real Estate decision making that you can possibly achieve.  We will discuss what it is to purchase a home, rates, taxes, write-offs, closing costs, various Real Estate Related roles, investment properties, out of state properties, and our Exclusive Referral Program.  Do you know someone that is wanting to purchase Real Estate or sell some of the same?

I feel the need to explain how honoring this would be to Paris and I.  Also we have a "good faith" way of demonstrating Gratitude.  That is something that has not been surgically removed like in some others.  We swill understand the meaning of that word and would like to explain to you what we mean. 

Give us a call and schedule an appointment so we can show you how we operate.   THE WORDS "FREE" and "NO OBLIGATION", describe the Real Estate Seminar.  In addition check out www.REOTool.com for foreclosures where 4 boards of Realtors operate.  If you are wanting and wondering if it would be better for you to Rent versus Own a home - Then check out www.Renter911.com.  Furthermore, if you want your own specific list of Foreclosed properties curtailed to a specific city or neighborhood - check out www.MoreThanForeclosures.com.  Are you a Law Enforcement Officer - Deputy, Teacher, Firefighter or EMT that is wanting to see when that HUD program the Good neighbor next door was going to take off and how to align yourself to take full advantage of the 50% off program for those professional oath takers.  Check out www.TheGoodNeighborNextDoorProgram.com and you will be delighted.

Searching on your own can happen via our Google Mapping solution at www.SearchRE911.com you can do it yourself and never have to worry about us capturing your data and using it against you in way of personal gain. 

So you have your home listed with an agent that you think is not doing everything they can to get your home sold.  Or they are not as attentive to you as you think they should be.  Maybe it is just as simple as a return phone call.  Answering questions that you have that come up.  Or giving you some updates as to what they are doing to advertise or where the market is heading. 

Not all agents are created the same.  At this point you have figured this out.  How do you get out of your contract with that agent so you can move on?  That is a whole other story.  You have entered into a contract with a company that has the agent representing them.  So if you hired us to sell your home you would actually be employing RE/MAX of Santa Clarita or RE/MAX of Valencia (two DBA’s) to sell your home.  

RE/MAX of Santa Clarita or RE/MAX of Valencia will not do anything to sell your home, that is where we come in.  We will do whatever it takes to get your home sold.  We will keep you posted throughout the listing period and give you updates on a weekly basis if you wish.  But day in and day out we will do our best to sell your home ourselves.  The more people in the community, relocations, or other parts of the state, I can touch and show your home to the better the chance that I am going to find a buyer for it myself.  If I have done my work in this manor, then I will have done everything I can to have your home seen by all of the other agents out there as well that represent buyers on a daily basis.  Now you have a lot of people that are trying to sell your home, not just me. 

You choose poorly.  I cannot blame you though, I have heard some of the most fantastic pitches from others in this industry.  But with those good pitches sometimes they fall short of the mark.  They might be good sales people, but they are terrible at working.  They are scared if something is not easy when it comes to their table.  They don’t want to have to walk uphill, they do not want to get to their office at 0600hrs and start their day blogging, writing, sending, calling or mailing items to others that will do their independent work in selling your home.  I am a crappy salesman.  But I am good at working.  I am good at understanding the HUMAN ELEMENT.  I know human nature.  I know how I want to be treated and protected.  I also know how to provide that for others.

You want to cancel the contract, this is what you should do.  Tell the agent.  Let them know you are displeased and you want to cancel the contract you have with them.  They then respond that they will have to ask their Broker.  Here, we cancel them.  We don’t have to ask our Broker.  We just do it.  I would rather cancel a contract with someone that is not pleased with my performance, then holding them somewhere where they do not want to be.  That is it.  No harm no foul.  Just let them out of it without penalty.  I know that after a while they will see that I was the best game in town and did more to sell their home than the new agent they hired.  No doubt.  I don’t get mad, I just keep moving forward trying to secure buyers for my other sellers.

If the agent does not want to let you out of the contract.  Then you have a couple of options, go to their broker.  Schedule an meeting and when you go make sure you are ready to do battle.  You want to express to them that you feel as if their agent did not do their due diligence in the marketing, working, and proposed selling of your home.  You feel slighted and want to cancel the contract without any further discussion.  They say no.

Then you contact RESPA, the watchdog agency that controls the actions of Realtors.  Give them a call and tell then your story, intension’s, and wants.  They might be able to help you, but they say no.

Now, you have to wait until the contract expires.  Loosing more money as time passes, at least in this market.  

How would we handle it?  Simple, we don’t want to get involved with anyone that has decided we are not the jam that they want to jelly their bread with.  We would let them out of the contract without discussion.  Have we had this happen, NO!  We go above and beyond with the contacting, working, advertising, showing, full-disclosure, and feedback that there is never any doubt why someone’s pad did not sell.  It always has been with price.  You have to understand if we could sell a property for a million dollars when it was only worth 500K then we would, wouldn’t we?  Stands to reason that the more we can sell a home for, the more we make in commission.  But sometimes the market will not handle those inflated prices. 

The buyers are more and more savvy today.  It is a thing of the past that those do not know what homes are selling for.  In fact we do our best to educate the public via our www.tractcodes.com about what homes in specific neighborhoods or tracts are selling for.  Have sold for, and will projectively sell for.  So are we to blame why your home won’t sell for a five-hundred thousand dollars above asking price?  No we are not, we are just the protectors of information.  We pass along truth.

We will tell you if your home can sell for X amount of Dollars.  If we think it can’t we will tell you.  If you still want to go forward with the overpriced listing.  We will take it with the understanding that you need to be flexible when it comes to price reductions.  We will talk at the first 3 week mark after I have gotten every switch turned on on the INTERNET and in our advertising arsenal.  I will show you tangible results how your property is being viewed, by how many people, and how often.  By this we will show you that we do need a price reduction or a price increase depending on activity.  Did you see that?  Price increase, yes it has happened folks.  Sometimes we list a property that has something that is not usual.  A property that has people lining up and wanting it so bad that it will necessitate a price increase. 

To cancel contracts should be easy and without problems.  It is you that are displeased.  Those other agents should have not problems doing so.  After you get it canceled give us a yell and we would love to have a chance to show you how and why we are different.  How we put you number one and can sell your home if it can be sold.  -CONNOR with HONOR