Your home is one of your largest assets. So why not have a team of experienced, trusted agents working for you? The Schuler Team is a cohesive group of exceptionally smart, creative, and ambitious licensed real estate agents who are among the finest in the Northwest. Each of our individual strengths complement each other to offer more texture to the fabric of each transaction—and bring more value to the table.
Better as a Team
When it comes to selling a home, our process begins with a heavy focus on complete due diligence and marketing preparation, laying the groundwork for an easier and more successful experience for our clients. Communication throughout the listing process, with our clients and other real estate brokers, is of the utmost importance to our team so we can ensure a transparent and educated understanding of the competition and climate in which we are working. Our team knows how to play hardball for our clients’ best outcome, and anyone who has sold a home with us will vouch for the distinctive advocacy you get with us at the helm of your sale.
The Schuler Team is dedicated to representing clients and their homes throughout the entire listing process. Michele partners with Marta Rodriguez, client services director, to provide the highest quality of service.
The Philosophy
BE PRACTICAL
Empirically driven yet perpetually optimistic, we focus our clients on real estate decisions pragmatically and realistically; they know we are truly trusted advisors. Utilizing a thoughtful and analytic approach, we work to ensure the right decisions are made, not just quick ones. Admitted data geeks, our team collects and leverages all the information we can for our clients—good, bad, or ugly, we seek the truth, so an intelligent, informed decision is made.
bE pREPARED
Not only are we sticklers for obsessive due diligence with every property we represent, but we are also bonafide subject matter experts with over 25 years of combined real estate experience. Diving into sub-market analytics, examining buyer trends, or analyzing appreciation potential, we research every property in assiduous detail to prepare and consult our clients on the right pricing strategy in today’s market.
Be Present
A face-to-face request is 34 times more successful than an email (Roghanizad & Bohns, 2017). As a team, we make the time for authentic, in-person connections with our clients, other brokers in the community, and our business partners. We go the proverbial and literal extra mile to ensure we can be present for offers, meetings, and client conversations whenever possible.
Maximizing a Home’s Value
There are many facets to preparing a home for market, and The Schuler Team curates an individualized strategy to ensure your home is sold for its highest value.
Staging is an important step in preparing your home for sale. Before staging, your home is likely to have a strong imprint of your taste in colors and design style, which can distract the focus of the buyer. After staging, the best features of your home are brought to the foreground, allowing buyers to imagine your home as their own. Properly done, it can have a dramatic impact on the final price of your home. Stunning photography and engaging videos can make emotional buyer connections that sell houses. Our team works with professional photographers who are skilled at making interiors and exteriors compelling in any light, daytime, or twilight.
Determining the best asking price for a home is one of the most important aspects of selling it. Asking too high a price may discourage qualified, motivated buyers, and too low of a price attracts a lot of interest but sets the stage for offers and negotiations that could result in getting less for the property than the market would actually support. We analyze area trends and completes extensive due diligence on a listing before determining the right asking price.
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Michele has an outstanding network including staging, photography, videography, inspectors, and contractors when needed. She provides exceptional guidance and is always there for her clients.
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A Customized Marketing Plan
There is no one-size-fits-all marketing strategy in real estate. The Schuler Team works to understand your home and neighborhood’s unique qualities and develops a marketing strategy that will sell your home for the best price in the shortest period of time. Every aspect of the team’s marketing plan is designed to be the highest quality, design-forward, and completely customized to your home’s carefully considered buyer profile.
We can advertise listings through a massive variety of real estate sites and partner syndications, resulting in more eyes on your home through its online exposure. The team also utilizes popular networks such as Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram to reach scores of potential home buyers and to share your listing with friends and family. No matter what platform your listing is being promoted on, every piece will be done professionally. Only high-quality images, video, and copywriting are used to maintain a consistent level of quality. From options like drone footage to GeekWire’s Geek “Home of the Day,” our team will thoughtfully craft the best marketing plan for your home, ensuring the widest net is cast for advertising to your prospective buyer pool.
Work with The Schuler Team
We are pleased to serve as your advocate, providing expert guidance and representation for you and your home throughout the home selling process.
