Seller Services

my florida property store specialize in the representation of overseas clients in the sale of investment properties for short term or long term rental such as villas, vacation homes, and second homes. We serve Central Florida with a focus in these specific areas – Davenport, Kissimmee, Clermont, Celebration, Reunion, Champions Gate and the Metro Disney area.

The main focus of our day to day activity is working with absentee owners, buyers and sellers. Our long-standing active participation with the Osceola County Association of Realtors and the Mid Florida Multiple Listing System enables us to assist potential investors and owners to purchase any home currently listed for sale irrespective of which Broker has the home actively listed. Potential absentee owners seeking reliable, detailed and unrivaled local knowledge can look no further than my florida property store to provide such specialized expertise in what is to many clients an often unfamiliar geographical marketplace.

Our knowledgeable Team members comprise both British "born and bred" and American associates fully familiar with local custom's on both sides of the ‘Pond’ which is an essential pre-requisite for us to be able to communicate detailed local purchase information to prospective buyers in an easily understood, simplified and explainable fashion.

Remember that here at my florida property store this is all we do, full-time, every day of the week. Either buying or selling, we always aim to get the job done with the greatest attention to detail by combining unrivaled local knowledge with global expertise. my florida property store is simply dedicated to providing the best possible real estate buying and selling experience for its customers.

- We each have specialties in order to have more in-depth knowledge available to all.

- In order to improve our efficiency and effectiveness we invest in the Best Technologies.

This leaves us with more time for one-on-one communication with our clients. We believe that Knowledge is Power, and that an educated client is our best customer. We make extensive information freely available to better inform our customers. We have a strong commitment to raising the standards of business integrity and dedication to our customers best interests. This standard is rigorously supported by all team members.

The great majority of vacation homes listed for sale by U.S. real estate agents will be sold by someone other than the listing agent. Our first job is to make sure they find it!

The typical buyers of Orlando Area Vacation homes come primarily from two sources:

Throughout the U.K, Ireland and more recently Western Europe, we have a very proactive network of over 50 real estate firms who employ nearly 2000 agents, who are directly affiliated with my florida property store, and actively advertise our listings to find buyers for our listings. This is a unique advantage for my florida property store. my florida property store also has thousands of property owners and investors who subscribe to our weekly e-mail updates showing active and recently sold listings.

Of course, some buyers may travel to the U.S. and work with local real estate companies to find a property. They will find us through our listings offered on the Multiple Listing Service and through our popular and informative web site, www.myfloridapropertystore.com. In addition, we have recognized the importance of the internet and actively market our properties on over 170 property portals.

Also, we keep the top-selling Orlando area vacation home agents aware of our new listings through a regular Update. With over 20,000 listings typically available in the Orlando region, it's important to highlight and promote my florida property store listings.

In the U.S., the undisputed source of the majority of real estate sales is the Multiple Listing Service. The MLS is an online database where all licensed real estate agents who are Realtor®s, (i.e. members of their local, state, and National Associations of Realtors) share all of their listings of properties for sale. The vast majority of U.S. real estate agents are Realtor®s. There are over a million! Members sell each other’s listings, and the listing agent and selling agent share the commission. The MLS and its cooperative selling concept provides a very efficient system which exposes your listing to a large number of potential buyers in a very short period of time. The result is that nationally, more than three out of four listings are sold by someone other than the listing agent!

Therefore, while we might not always find the buyer, but we will always aspire to be the reason your home sold!

my florida property store set out to be organized for success in todays complex real estate market.

Our business model, belief and principles has brought us an unusual number of sales compared to our competition. my florida property store has represented hundreds of clients who have purchased or sold vacation homes in the Orlando area. We have experience in both new homes and in re-sales. We have an extensive database of satisfied former customers, many of whom are multiple-property investors. We strive to set the highest level of service integrity and ethics. As members of the local, state, and National Associations of Realtor®s, we agree to be bound by a strict set of standards reviewed by our peers. We have good relations with cooperating brokers, management companies, and developers in the area. We are proud of our reputation in the business community!

my florida property store has daily dealings with management companies in dozens of communities. We understand and respect their needs and requirements on behalf of their customers. We have established comfortable working relationships with these companies to serve the needs of both Owners and prospective Buyers.

We communicate a minimum amount of four times per month, with thousands of existing and future buyers who have asked to be on our exclusive and personally-tailored distribution of real estate “listed” and “featured” properties.

We will be glad to provide references of satisfied clients who we have represented that you may contact upon request.

What happens if I’m not happy with the job you are doing to get my home sold?

my florida property store will release you at any time from a listing Contract with no arguments or conditions, if you have a valid reason to be dissatisfied with our service levels.

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The Selling Process – my florida property store’s step by step guide

Once you have decided to use my florida property store to sell your home, what happens next?

Initially we send you by email what we refer to as the ‘listing documents’. These documents contain the relevant paperwork that give us permission to market the property correctly and also provide us with any additional information that we need to display the most accurate information to any potential buyers.

Once the completed paperwork is returned the very first step for us is to contact your management company to arrange a date and time to photograph and inspect the property. (Obviously any rental commitments that you have in place can cause delays in us getting access for this purpose but once we have a suitable confirmed date we will advise you).

Once an access date is granted and confirmed the next step involves us photographing the home and conducting a full visual inspection of the property. Once completed the listing process is started and the property is entered in to the MLS, which will also generate an entry into www.myfloridapropertystore.com and other property portals.

At this point we will also e-mail you the property website links so that you can review the presentation details that we have compiled and if applicable, raise any issues that we have observed whilst viewing your home. We shall advise you on any specific recommendations that you may wish to consider that may assist the sale of your home. We are of course aware that many owners have not visited their home for some time and may not be aware of its current condition.

The next step is to start the marketing process. Amongst the many varied marketing activities that my florida property store will undertake, our first job is to alert our registered buyer database directly and also provide full details of your property to all our partner associate agents based in the UK, Ireland and Europe.

Thereafter an imperative action from this point is to keep you updated weekly with the viewing traffic to your home by informing you of the total viewings each week and any useful feedback provided from potential buyers at these viewings. An important part of the listing process from the seller’s perspective is to stay connected to the feedback that we get throughout. This will enable you to make informed decisions about your home based on real market opinion obtained. If your property is used for short term rental purposes we will try to work viewings around your guests and will also communicate directly with them about gaining showing access if they and your management company permit viewings whilst in residence.

As is proven all the time in the current market, correct pricing of a home in line with the real market fundamentals is the most important key. In an ever changing market once a home is listed its on going price position against the comparable competition needs to be tracked very closely. With this in mind we are always reviewing your price position against the competing listings and the current market fundamentals and will constantly be passing this information back to you for your consideration. We believe that our business model of having designated concentrated sellers agents gives us the edge in allowing us to react quickly in what is of course an ever changing market place. The seller’s agent working with you during the listing process specializes in that area and that area alone and therefore has no other distractions.

The Closing.

Once the day arrives that an offer is received we will directly communicate this to you as a matter of urgency either by e-mail and or telephone when full details of the offer can be discussed.

If agreement of the terms offered is agreed between you and the prospective buyer the closing / completion process becomes a relatively straight forward affair once all parties are familiar with their required duties. It is not a necessity that a seller needs to be in attendance for the closing, unless they of course choose to do so. During contract period leading up to the closing we work closely with the Title Company who has the ultimate responsibility of transferring the deeds of the property from you to the new owner. (Each time a home is sold, new deeds are created so it is not a requirement that we need the originals from the seller).

Ahead of the actual closing the Title Company also calculate and pro-rate all taxes and HOA dues, liase with any lender to pay off any mortgage (should there be one on the property) and also settle real estate commissions to all brokers at the closing from the proceeds of the sale.

Withholding Tax / FIRPTA is an area that a non resident seller needs to be aware of and we are happy to work with your CPA ( Accountant) to ensure that all the required paperwork for this is in order. We can put you in touch with an accountant should you need one.

Once all calculations and formalities are complete the final closing documents are e-mailed out by the Title Company to both buyer and seller who will need to sign and notarize the closing documents before these are returned back to the Title Company for the closing.

Once all are in order and received by the Title Company the closing will take place on the agreed date and all funds will be dispersed. It is at this point that the property is legally transferred to the new owners.

During the whole process we will keep you regularly updated and answer any inevitable questions that may arise.

As you can see for a seller there is less direct involvement than many owners believe, as long as an owner is fully aware of the pre-determined steps required along the way and has proactive qualified professional assistance. Following these steps in an organized systematic fashion helps to ensure that a closing is conducted in as smooth a manner as possible.