Who is the best real estate agent in Minnesota?

Posted: November 10th, 2009 | Author: admin | Filed under: Resources | No Comments »

This is a very tough question because it is “open ended” and does not clarify how you determine “best.”

You could say, “who sells the most houses”, “who has the highest sale price to listing ratio”, “who has the lowest average days on market”, “who gets the largest price reductions for buyers” or even “who gives the best closing gifts to their clients”.

So rather than argue one thing over the other, I am going to share with you my wife and my experience with Jesse Grumdahl at http://www.minnesotarealestatesearch.com/ a ReMax agent in Minneapolis, MN.

Around July of 2008 Kristin and I found a home for sale on Lake Gervais in Little Canada that we thought would make a good house for us (we had just gotten engaged).  So, with a short list of “to-do’s” around the house (weed garden, replace deck boards as needed, fresh paint on cement in basement, etc..) Kristin and I listed our house with Jesse at 339,000.

Now remember, this was during the “beginning” of the slide in home prices and Kristin had paid 330k just 3 years before so we knew we were in line with the competition but we wanted to “get ahead” and after a week of showings every day (we knew we were priced inline with the showings coming in) we did an adjustment at 329k and got an offer on the 11th day on market.

The offer came in at 320k and we were ok with that but Jesse said, I can get you 322,500 if you want it.  We thought, heck yeah we want it, so within hours he had gotten our home sold at the price above what we were willing to go with at 320k.

Flash forward to the buy side.  We threw out a low ball offer of 335k when the list was still at 375k.  They countered at 370k and because we wanted to get the house and were concerned others mide bid we were going to counter way up at 360k so as to ensure we’d get it.  Not with Jesse on our side…he suggestd we go in at 350k, final offer, write a good sized earnest deposit and offer to close quick.

So there you have it.  I’ve worked with over a hundred agents in my years and Jesse is who we’d use again.  To get in touch with him he can be emailed at jesse@minnesotarealestatesearch.com and let him know you heard about him here.  Of course before you buy you should be pre-qualified so make sure to call me when you are ready at 651.210.9593.

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