Archive for June, 2008

RHS Realty is now Coldwell Banker Burnet Realty

June 20, 2008

Good morning friends!

 

As some of you may have already heard, Tuesday we made the decision to sell RHS Realty to Coldwell Banker Burnet Realty. (Please see the attached document)

 

For those of you that do not know, I started my career in real estate with CBB 11 years ago. I left CBB in 2000 to run RHS Realty. RHS Realty was a wonderful experience for me, and one that changed my real estate career. It has come full circle!

 

I have been given a position of VP of Business Development. I will also be selling fulltime!

 

I look forward to working with you and earning your business. If you have any friends or family that is in need of an agent, please keep me in mind!

 

My email address will be changing in a week or so, it will be tashworth@cbburnet.com all other contact info remains the same.

 

News Release

For Immediate Release                                              Contact:          Connie McCaffrey

                                                                                                            Coldwell Banker Burnet

                                                                                                            952-844-6334 (direct)

                                                                                                            651-214-9987 (cell phone)

                                                                                                            cmmccaffrey@cbburnet.com

 

Coldwell Banker Burnet Announces Acquisition of RHS Realty

Company Strengthens Position in Southern Twin Cities Market

 

EDINA, Minn. (June X, 2008) – Coldwell Banker Burnet, a leading residential real estate company in the Twin Cities metropolitan area and western Wisconsin, announced today that it has acquired the assets of privately held RHS Realty LLC, which is comprised of four offices in Minnesota.  RHS Realty will now operate as Coldwell Banker Burnet.

 

Robin Peterson, president and COO of Coldwell Banker Burnet, said, “We are very proud to welcome the talented sales professionals from RHS Realty to Coldwell Banker Burnet. We believe this acquisition will strengthen our position as the premier full-service real estate company in the southern Twin Cities suburbs and communities and enhance our presence in the northwest suburbs.”

 

Tony Ashworth, president of RHS Realty, will serve as a business development manager for Coldwell Banker Burnet. Ashworth said, “This is an exciting move for our sales associates and a great fit.  Our two companies have a similar business philosophy and value structure, with a strong emphasis on full service.  We’re confident that this union will enhance our ability to serve home buyers and sellers in the local market.”

 

Coldwell Banker Burnet, which was founded in 1973, operates 26 offices and has more than 2,300 sales associates throughout the market. The company was ranked No. 1 on the Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal’s list of top 25 residential real estate companies in December 2007.

 

RHS Realty, which was founded in 1996 and has 177 sales associates, has been recognized for its rapid growth since its inception and was named to the Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal’s “Growth 50” in 2005 and 2006. The Business Journal also named RHS Realty to its list of the “Best Places to Work” in 2007.

 

Coldwell Banker Burnet is headquartered in Edina, Minn., and serves Minnesota and western Wisconsin.  For more information, please visit Coldwell Banker Burnet’s Web site at www.CBBurnet.com or call 952-820-HOME (4663). Coldwell Banker Burnet is part of NRT LLC, the nation’s largest residential real estate brokerage company.  NRT, a subsidiary of Realogy, operates Realogy’s company-owned real estate brokerage offices.

Staging your home for today’s buyers

June 5, 2008

If you are considering putting your home on the market you have come to the right place.  If you are looking for ways to help you get started in preparing your home, I can help.

 

Home staging is an essential part of getting your home ready to put on the market.  When your home is displayed on the market it is a product.  A home stager can objectively view the home as a product and highlight its assets while downplaying its flaws.

Whether you have lived in your home for one year, ten years, or twenty, when we are living in our homes, we are living and things accumulate.  When we are selling our homes we have to get rid of the accumulation and display your home where the majority of buyers could visualize themselves living in your home.

Staging your home can usually cost much less than your first price reduction!!!!

There are a few ways to work with a Home Stager.

One would be to have an in home consultation where the Home Stager would come to your home go through each room and take photos.  Then the stager would go over the photos and give you a complete write up of suggestions for you to do.

The second choice would be to have an in home consultation with the Home Stager working through each room and redesigning the home with the suggestions given.

 

So, if you are interested in preparing your home for the market please contact me, I can help!!!

 Lori Ashworth

 stagedbylori@frontiernet.net