Many reasons why a local Realtor is always your best choice
By Mark Schadenberg
It's interesting that a license from
the Ontario Real Estate Association (OREA) is permission to trade in
real estate anywhere in Ontario.
Should I be selling, therefore, in any
market in the province – all with their own individual unique
situations, economic outlooks and idiosyncrasies?
There are many angles to be considered,
including:
Neighbourhoods, school zones and
demographics. Which streets are emerging and considered a top-notch
area?
Future uses – Where is the next
shopping plaza to be built or community complex?
What type of activities exist locally
for youth beyond figure skating, hockey, baseball and soccer?
Who are the best local builders? Which
builders from outside of Woodstock are contributing to the community?
Which homes are notorious for perhaps
being a former grow-op?
What municipal services are offered
which create an effect on taxes? Is there a two-tier government with
some overlap, such as city versus county?
What are some of the names of new
industry attracted to this area? What are some of the changes
witnessed in recent years with employment?
What is the history of the local
hospital? What is the history of the Downtown (BIA)?
Which is the Downtown street which once
had a hockey arena and now has a 7-plex movie theatre built at that
same site?
It is interesting to note that
Woodstock has a bus transit system. Are there discussions to increase
its hours of operations? Do the buses run on Saturday and Sunday?
How strong is the arts community –
acting and singing, dance schools, art gallery, museum and library?
Who has connections to family doctors
and dentists?
Is the city planning to annex more land
to increase its inventory for future residential or
commercial/industrial?
Maybe not specifically a concern in
Woodstock, but what about shoreline or lakefront ownership? Who owns
the beach? How cooperative is the Upper Thames River Conservation
Authority (UTRCA)?
Is the road we're driving on (up and
around) through the trees plowed in the winter? I lived in Muskoka in
the late 1980's and there were many seasonal roads.
I do have a farm area (geographic area)
that I concentrate my marketing on, but should I be selling farms?
Rural agriculture areas of expertise not only have hundreds of acres,
but dairy and egg quotos, and minimum distance requirements, nutrient
management formulas, soil types, drainage, and future land uses.
Septic systems and drilled wells are next on the checklist of
concerns. I know what a metes-and-bounds description is, but can I
quickly calculate acreage?
My specialty is residential sales –
new and re-sale, plus local commercial real estate.
The Friendly City is my home.
As a Woodstock Realtor and former
sports editor of The Sentinel-Review newspaper, I continue to be a
local history buff and someone who keeps an eye on today's happenings
both at city council and at city donut shops. My commitment to Oxford
County (Dairy Capital of Canada) and Woodstock (known as The Friendly
City), includes 12 years on the volunteer local recreation advisory
committee, which I currently chair. My focus on the community also
encompasses membership in the Lions Club, and five years with the
Canadian Cancer Society's Relay For Life steering committee.
It's called local market knowledge. Test any local Realtor to investigate both their level of interest in local news, and their desire to promote both their community and the homes they have listed.
At the end of the day (over-used
cliché), a local Realtor also knows many people and can also assist
in finding you a house not currently listed. You may call it
connections, but in the marketing of my independent contractor
business I call it my 'sphere of influence.'
By reading through recent items on my
blog, you can quickly detect my desire to promote my listings, but
also local events and people, subdivisions and construction, tourism,
up-to-date real estate stats, building permit numbers and many other
trends related to the real estate industry.
LINKS:
www.cometothecrossroads.com
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Mark
Schadenberg, Sales
Representative
Senior
Real Estate Specialist (SRES designation)
Royal
LePage Triland Realty
757
Dundas St, Woodstock
www.wesellwoodstock.com
(519)
537-1553, cell or text
Email:
mschadenberg@rogers.com
Twitter:
markroyallepage
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Mark Schadenberg, Royal LePage Triland
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