Roots2RealEstate

If your reading this and we know your conscience, but that’s not what I’m referring to.  Conscience in terms of where to take the items you need to dispose of properly. 

At the end of this month, I will be launching and hosting a “Spring Clean Fling” for two of my favorite San Jose neighborhoods.  It entails a day of a community garage sale as neighbors gather for a block party with fun in mind for all.

As amarketing guru and representative for the Allen Heights and Los Paseos tract neighborhood, I thought I’d take the chance and create a way for folks in these neighborhoods to clear and clean out their homes, environmentally savvy at no cost to them.

Participation from these folks is minimal - they first need to find stuff around their homes that they are willing to sell and second, they just need to host their own garage sale on their driveway the day of the event. 

I’ll be taking on the rest by providing:

All advertising, including signs, paper, and Internet presence for the big event

A website to advertise and promote larger items folks may have to sell to help allure in customers

A merchandiser to postion their items for sale to make it more attractive to potential bargain hunters

A estate sales representative to help in pricing items

A jumpy house and coloring contest for the kids

Booklets with detailed information about the neighborhood for any potential buyer who likes what they see in these pocket neighborhoods.

A consultation service for folks considering making a move or that perhaps would like some help in re-designing their current home’s interior.

Lastly, and best of all,

A clean up pick up service the day after the event for the left over items that did not sell and the homeowner no longer wants.  I have hired a handy helper to haul away large garbage items, hazardous paint and oil items, E-Waste and possibly other  items in order to help the folks of these two neighborhoods get past this daunting task. 

I’m doing this for two reasons,

1.) I hope to prove my savvy marketing ability to folks who may have been on the fence about listing or buying through me.

and

2.) I hope to earn immediate and future business from them as well as their referrals.   

I also love the fact that i will be providing something different that is helping bring the neighborhood together like the ol’ days - I hope the event turns out to be a fun block party and a chance for all of us to meet and greet each other as we mingle together to welcome the warm months ahead of us.

This past weekend was the springboard for many new home sellers to debut their properties onto the open market. Spring in the real estate realm is essentially known for spring cleaning, springing your clocks forward and moving  on up (or out). 

I was traveling from Santa Clara, through Central San Jose, past Campbell, and into Los Gatos when something unusual caught my eye.  Among the sea of open house directional signs stood Marilyn Monroe holding her very own directional sign!  The gal was smaller in size than the real diva (but still super cute!) - or perhaps it was the giant glittery, sparkly sign she was holding made her look so petite.   Now I couldn’t stop by the home for sale that Marilyn was dancing and alluring the folks who were driving by to go to, for it was not on my buyers list of scheduled toured homes.  But the idea and the start of the open house wars was apparent.  Very clever (and a bit cheesy) marketing indeed.  Hey, if it sells the house, who cares, right!

Another fabulous new idea that has caught T.V. media attention on the network channel TLC - Date My House, a new show that premiered yesterday.  The concept is easy, this savvy, handsome agent stages and redesigns his clients homes and courts prospective buyers in as if it was a date all with yummy drinks and roses.  Goes to show, gimmicks are working - if anything the man did land a TV show from his efforts.