Services
Initial Consultation - Your-Go-to-Market Strategy
- Current Market Analysis that includes Comps and Market Trends
- Visual Inspection and Recommendations to Prepare Your Home for Market
- Timeline Based on Home Prep and Market Conditions
- Pricing Your Home for Market
Communication Plan
- Regular updates on activities and feedback via your preferred frequency and method of communication
Preliminary Inspections
- Referral List of trusted inspectors that we have worked with before
Home Repairs
- Referral list of trusted home service providers that we have worked with before
Cleaning Services
- List of Preferred Service Providers
Landscaping Services
- List of Preferred Service Providers
Organization & De-Cluttering Services
- List of Preferred Professional Organizers
Staging Services
- Referral list of trusted staging professionals
- Complimentary Staging Consultation
Pre-Listing Marketing
- Professional Photography (Interior and Exterior)
- Video Walkthrough
- Enhanced Photography When Needed
- Professional Print Flyer
- Slideshow Video
- Professional Print Flyer
- Professional Brochure on a case-by-case basis
- Single Property Website with Dedicated URL
- Professional For Sale Sign
- Virtual Staging When Needed
Marketing Your Home
- Listing syndicated across 100's of real estate portals
- MLS Network
- Open Houses (optional)
- Pre-Listing Marketing to Realtor network
- State-wide Digital Marketing on Social Media and Internet
Contract Services
- Offer review and strategy
- Expert negotiation of counter-offers, contingencies, timing and rent-backs
- Contract ratification management
- Broker review
- Disclosure delivery
- Title and Closing management
Inspection Management
- No project management for any of this
Negotiation of Repairs for all of it- Termite
- Whole House
- Well
- Septic
- Pool
- Roof
- Fireplace
- Chimney
- HVAC
- Sewer
- Foundation
Move Out
- Moving Boxes on a case-by-case basis
Prep & Strategy Session
- Lender Referrals for Pre-Qualification or Pre-Approval
- Market Review
- Wants and Needs List
- Neighborhood Targeting within Budget Range
- School District Ratings
- Community Tours
The Home Search
- We proactively communicate on a daily basis to notify you of new inventory sometimes before it hits the market!
- We review new listings to curate to your needs prior to committing your time to see
- Showing Tours After Review of Listings
- Unbiased, detached, no-pressure relaxed showings (we let your heart lead the way)
Offer & Closing
- Offer strategy and preparation
- Reputation leverage with listing agent
- Expert negotiation of counter-offers, back-up offers, contingencies, timing and rent-backs
- Contract ratification management
- Broker review
- Disclosure delivery
- Repair negotiation
- Title and escrow management
- Key delivery
Move In
- Moving Boxes on a case-by-case basis
- Utility contact list
- Referral list of preferred home service providers for repairs or updates
Certification or Specialties
- Family Estate
- Investment Properties
- Associate Broker
- Certified Distressed Property Expert (CDPE)
- Director Board Member of the Frederick County Association of REALTORS®
- Working with the Association of Realtors in supporting Affordable Housing, Fair Housing, and Local Food Banks/Food Services.
Testimonials
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We first met Chris Highland while looking at available properties in Frederick; he was the agent of one property. He subsequently showed us several other properties. He was so knowledgeable and personable that when it was time to sell our property, we chose him over the other agent/brokers with whom we had worked.
Chris was very professional and responsive to any questions that we had (we had been out of the housing market for 30 years.) He was knowledgeable of the area and the market. He helped us stage our house to its best advantage and did 2 walk throughs to prep for the videographer. The video was a fabulous marketing tool that attracted a lot of interest immediately. We had 2 contracts within 1 week. All the document signing was done via DocuSign, which was critical since we were in different locations. In the weeks leading up to and during the closing, he was available to address any issues and concerns. Chris was a pleasuretot work with and we highly recommend him.
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- Sue and Doug
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"My advice for anyone...do everything Chris says!"
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- Shannon
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Chris is one of the best in the business. His years of experience paid off for us.
I had a difficult short sale. The seller's broker was inexperienced with short sales. Chris would not allow them to take advantage of me. He got the job done. He is patient, understanding, a listener, and knowledgeable about all aspects of real estate.
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- Debbie Siers
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Chris took us on as first time home buyers and was very patient answering our many questions about the process. He really listened to what we wanted in a home purchase and ultimately led us to the home of our dreams. His knowledge and expertise shown through in each phase of our purchase and we consider ourselves lucky to have stumbled upon him as our realtor.
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- Matt & Marissa Wood
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"Chris is an outstanding Realtor. This transaction was a difficult one, and he went above and beyond what might be expected to satisfy our needs."
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- Chuck and Jan Harrington
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Chris helped me set a reasonable price based on comps, gave very good advice to my father who was prepping the house for sale, gave me advice on many aspects of getting it sold and the paperwork involved. He know everything necessary to make the sale go smoothly. He is a "crackerjack" and sharp realtor. I would definitely use him again and have 100% confidence in him and recommend him for any sale or purchase of a home.
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- Robert Harrigan
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I highly recommend Chris Highland as a real estate agent. I have worked with Chris during the sale of a house and the purchase of a new one. He made some recommendations to me that enabled me to sell my house in 2 days. He showed us houses in a very timely manner that we were interested in, thus a purchase of a wonderful home. During this process, we had many questions and Chris was “there for us” every single time. I would email him a concern and he responded rapidly with answers that eased any concerns we have had. Chris is a very professional agent and is informative with his knowledge. I totally trusted Chris to make our house search an easy process.
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- Cathy V.
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Chris is a great innovator in the real estate industry and driven by results. I can count on one hand the number of people I have met in my career with the drive and professionalism Chris exhibits in everything he does. Not only do I consider him a business partner but a friend and trusted adviser when it comes to real estate.
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- Dennis Rooney
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We had a great experience in dealing with Chris for our short sale. He explained in detail early on in the process what would be happening throughout the process and it pretty much followed his projections. We were kept well informed of the ongoing processes (of which there were many) and that was important due the the lengthy short sale process. I must state that after our first meeting with Chris he had our complete confidence and he did not let us down. I would highly recommend Chris for any of your Realtor needs.
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- Will T.
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I really appreciated your thoroughness, especially as a first time home buyer. You took the time to explain the home buying process, but also information about houses in general, home ownership, maintenance, cost, and more - some aspects of which I may not have thought about otherwise as a FTHB, but that are important considerations! I went in with 0 knowledge, and left the experience being able to explain it to others. It is evident that you are extremely knowledgeable and have the experience. I definitely felt like you had my best interests and you understood not only the surface level of what I was looking for in a home, but my motivations and thought processes. As a result, I felt like you knew how to better guide me through decisions. You had wonderful recommendations for a lender, inspector, and title company, you were always very responsive, and you were flexible to my schedule. Would gladly recommend you to other homebuyers, and already have!
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- Ally G.
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