It’s always a nice feeling when you do a great job for your clients and they in turn  become a “Client For Life” by using you again and again and feel so strongly about  your service that they refer you to friends and family.


Olly and Sue are savvy real estate investors and owned a triplex in downtown  Toronto. Although Olly was an acquaintance of mine (we played in the same  hockey league in Ajax), he didn’t think of asking me to sell their investment  property since I wasn’t local. However, one day he called to see if I could help  them sell it. They had it listed twice before with another agent with disastrous  results. After assuring him that in addition to Durham Region, I work all over the  GTA, and that I had a lot of experience selling investment properties, even ones  that are fully tenanted, we met at the house.



After taking detailed notes and measurements, which took quite some time since  it was a large home with 3 separate units and 3 sets of tenants, I prepared a  comprehensive market analysis and also showed them my marketing plan. They  decided to list the home with me this time.



Sometimes it can be very challenging to co-ordinate showings when you are  trying to sell an investment property, especially a triplex where you have 3  separate units and 3 different tenants. First of all, there is no incentive for  tenants to be cooperative and secondly, they are all on different schedules.  Although my Re/Max office had good staff, they had other properties they have  to schedule showings for. That’s where my assistant, Ginette, came in and took  control of the situation. She scheduled and coordinated all the showings with our  office and just as importantly, with all 3 sets of tenants. Whereas Olly told me the  previous agent took a hands-off approach, Ginette made sure everyone (tenants,  agents as well as Olly and Sue) were happy with the process. The result - we  successfully sold the property in just a few weeks in a slow market.



Olly and Sue were ecstatic that we were able to sell the property in such a short  period of time as it was listed previously for over 100 days before they took it off  the market!



Then 2 years later Olly and Sue decided to downsize and asked me to help them  sell their 2-story detached home in Ajax and help them purchase a condo. They  wanted to buy first before selling so I had one of the agents on my team help them. They ended up purchasing a penthouse condo in one of the nicest  buildings in Pickering.



Timing is everything in real estate, and between the time they purchased the  condo and then listed their house for sale, the market had suddenly shifted.  When this happens, there are strategies I use to help my clients get their home  sold. It also helps when clients like Olly and Sue trust you. We listed their home  and sold it in just 19 days in this suddenly slow market for 102% of the asking price!



When you hire the Brian Kondo Real Estate Team, we will strive to treat you with  ultimate care and educate you on the current real estate market. Our goal is to  make each and every client a “Client for Life”, as per our Mission Statement.


 

The mission of the Brian Kondo Real Estate Team is to provide such outstanding  service when assisting our clients with their real estate needs, that they will  have no hesitation in using our services again or recommending us to their  friends, relatives, neighbours, co-workers or acquaintances. In short, we want  “A CLIENT FOR LIFE!”

Read below to see what Olly and Sue had to say about the 3 real estate  transactions we helped them with.


 

For the past two years I have had many dealings with Brian Kondo and his team. They are a great professional team of people that get results. They made my life worry free and easier.



Brian and his team took on a task of selling a two story residential building in downtown  Toronto for me. This was a complicated venture as there were three separate tenants in the house.  Coordinating and setting up viewing times with three separate tenant units is a very complicated ordeal.



I had tried to sell this property the year before with a different realtor. A short time into this and the tenants and neighbours were in an uproar. We did not sell the property even though the market in Toronto was red hot. A terrible experience.



Brian sold that property in a few short weeks. Everyone was happy. A job done very professionally and pain free.



Over the past year we decided to downsize our personal residence and move into a condo. I called Brian and his team to help us with this endeavor. We targeted several addresses in the area that we liked and waited for opportunities to come up.



At the time the Condo market in Durham Region was very tight, pickings were slim in the targeted areas. When a property you wanted came up, you had to act fast. Brian was very into it. He came up with potential addresses that were about to come up on the market and provided insight into the condo market. Through his contacts and experience he was able to set us up with options well before anyone else.



This spring we found our condo. This condo was picked out of our top two building on the list  we were looking at. A short bidding war and it was ours.



We have to sell our house now. The housing market in this area corrected and we were in a downturn. This hasn't happened in twenty years. Brian was very cool with this. He offered several avenues of proceedings to move forward on selling our home. We listed. Brian read the market as we proceeded. Changed direction a couple of times and we sold the house within a month. Very happy.



I can recommend Brian Kondo and his team any time. They have a great team and a lot of experience. They are very professional and they get the right results.


Oliver and Susan
Ajax Ontario



If you or anyone you know is considering making a move in the next little while, give me a call or pass on my number ... 905-683-7800 (Office) or 905-426-7484 (Direct),  and we'll make sure to give them the same outstanding service that we gave Oliver & Susan.


 

Thanks for reading today’s BLOG!!!

Brian Kondo
Sales Representative / Team Leader
The Brian Kondo Real Estate Team
Re/Max Hallmark First Group Realty Ltd.
905-683-7800 office
905-426-7484 direct
brian@briankondo.com
www.BrianKondo.com
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