The Mohave County Fair is happening from September 12 to 15 this year, and if you plan on attending, here are a few things to look forward to:

1. Plenty of vendors in attendance. You’ll usually find about 50 to 75 on the fairgrounds, which means you can get a ton of useful information and win all sorts of free prizes.

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The Mohave County Fair is a great place to spend time with your friends and family.

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2. Plenty of livestock you’re free to pet. My kids love to pet the pigs and goats and get close to the horses. There are also livestock shows taking place, which allows kids to show off their animals. 

3. Lots of live music, arts and crafts, exhibits, and rides and games. One of my favorite things to do at the fair is ride the rides and play carnival games with my family.

4. Delicious food. Who doesn’t love a good cheesecake ice cream cone or Native American fry bread? 

The Mohave County Fair is a great place to spend time with your friends and family. If you’d like to know more about the schedule of events or would like to purchase a ride bracelet, check out the fair’s official website here.

If you have any other questions, don’t hesitate to give me a call or shoot me an email. I’d love to speak with you.

Lander Team Facebook & Instagram, The Heritage Group Flagstaff Facebook & Instagram

Desert Archery Facebook

I recently had the opportunity to speak with Clint and Sterling from Desert Archery to talk about what their business has to offer. As you know, I love to highlight and support local businesses. I also like helping you all save, so if you mention the Lander Team during your next visit to Desert Archery (located at 4030 Stockton Hill Road. # 14, Kingman, AZ), you can enjoy 10% off your purchase. Desert Archery carries arrows, bows, hunting glass, and more. If you have any other questions or would like more information, feel free to give me a call or send me an email. I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Lander Team Facebook & Instagram, The Heritage Group Flagstaff Facebook & Instagram

As you know, one of the ways we serve both our clients and our community is through Facebook.

We recognize that this and other forms of social media (Snapchat, Instagram, etc.) are great ways for people to connect with each other, and that’s part of our job too. We don’t just help people buy, sell, or invest—we help people connect.

With that in mind, we want to share this opportunity for you to connect with us and stay up to date with what’s happening in the real estate market and in our area. Please take a moment to click on these two links that lead to our Facebook pages:

Lander Team Facebook

The Heritage Group Flagstaff Facebook

Give us a “like” and share these pages with your friends. In addition to updating people on new homes coming onto the market, we like to help those who are new to the community connect with each other. If you know of an upcoming event that you’d like us to share, just let us know and we’d be happy to spread the word about it.

Please feel free to also follow us on our other social media channels. It’s because of you and your referrals that our business continues to succeed and we can keep serving you. 

Remember, if you have any questions or there’s anything we can help you with, don’t hesitate to reach out to us. We’d love to help you, and we look forward to continuing to serve you throughout the rest of 2019.

At the Lander Team, we use our social media presence to both share information and connect with people.

The way we use social media helps both buyers and sellers. For example, if you’re a seller, we share information about upcoming properties because we know that 87% of all buyers start looking at homes online before they speak to a Realtor.

When you list with us, we provide professional photography for your home. Then, once the home is on the MLS, we promote it through sites such as Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat. The bottom line is that we want to make sure that it gets marketed to as many people as possible.

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We’re not just here to sell houses—we’re here to connect people.

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Aside from real estate, we use social media as a connection tool to promote upcoming community events and services. We want to help connect you to the right people who can serve your needs. If you’re new in town, we’ll let you know where to find the right doctor or the right lawn care service.

Whether it’s keeping up to date on the latest market activity or what’s going on in the community, we encourage you to follow us on Lander Team Facebook & Instagram or The Heritage Group Flagstaff Facebook & Instagram. There, you can get a firsthand glimpse of what I’m talking about. As an added bonus, if you own a local business, we’d be happy to mention your 

name on our pages.

We’re not just here to sell houses—we’re here to connect people, and we appreciate you giving us the opportunity to connect with you.

If you have any questions about this or any other real estate topic, don’t hesitate to reach out to us. We’d love to speak with you.

If you’re looking to sell your Greater Mohave County home in 2019, follow these three tips to boost your chances of doing so quickly and for top dollar:

1. Channel your inner “neat freak.” When a buyer enters a home for a showing, one of the first things they’ll notice is how clean it is. Therefore, keeping your listing clean and tidy is a must. Even your laundry room and closets should look spotless before a buyer sets foot inside. You should also take care to declutter your kitchen and bathroom counters so that buyers have an accurate view of the available space.

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Opening blinds to let in natural light, decorating with fresh-cut flowers, and adding other similar touches will help buyers feel like your house could be their future home.

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2. Put yourself in the buyer’s shoes. As you prepare your home to sell, try to envision your home as it looks to someone without the same level of familiarity as you. What will someone looking at your property through fresh eyes see? It’s easy to grow so accustomed to small imperfections that you forget about them altogether, but buyers are sure to notice them. Minimizing overly personal decor, while still maintaining a sense of style, while simultaneously eliminating small, distracting flaws will be critical to your success.

3. Bring the outside in. Opening blinds to let in natural light, decorating with fresh-cut flowers, and adding other similar touches will help buyers feel like your house could be their future home.

If you have any other questions or would like more information, feel free to give us a call or send us an email. I look forward to hearing from you soon.

I’ve been specializing in real estate investments for about two years now, doing anything from fix-and-flips to buy-and-hold properties. For brand-new investors looking to get into the business and seasoned investors looking to grow their portfolios, today I’d like to take a little time to talk about how you can start investing your own fix-and-flip properties.

There are a couple key points to keep in mind when getting started as an investor:

1. You need to work with someone knowledgeable in the industry. If you are not personally knowledgeable about, say, the construction aspects of real estate, you’ll need someone on your side who is. They can protect and guide you when it comes to making some big decisions regarding your property.

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Remember: For investors, the cost of the property, the cost of the rehab process, and the return on your investment are key numbers to keep in mind!

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2. Read books by some industry experts. There’s plenty of existing material that will help you build your plan. I recommend one that’s well known to most real estate investors: “Flip: How to Find, Fix, and Sell Houses for Profit” by Rick Villani and Clay Davis, featuring a foreword by investing legend Gary Keller. This book will walk you through the entire process of flipping a property step by step, from figuring out where to find funds for hard money financing to how to do a construction loan. It will also advise you on creating a plan to find the right property and instruct you on how to calculate your costs and return. Remember: For investors, the cost of the property, the cost of the rehab process, and the return on your investment are key numbers to keep in mind!

If you’d like more information about becoming a successful real estate investor, don’t hesitate to reach out to me. I’d love to point you in the right direction.

The home selling process can be very complicated, so it’s a good idea to have an agent on your side when you decide to list. Not everyone believes that having an agent is necessary, so today we’ll be explaining why it’s so important.

We’re seeing more homes hit the market in 2019, so you want to make sure yours stands out among the crowd. The best way you can do so is to pick the right agent from the outset.

You’re not just selling a property—you’re selling an investment. You need an agent who understands the market, the numbers, and what’s going on in and around your community. Choose one who has integrity, works for a well-known brand, and shows up with professional tools in hand.

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You’re not just selling a property—you’re selling an investment.

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One of these tools is a net sheet, which calculates deductions, transaction fees, and similar items to give you the amount you’ll be walking away with when all is said and done.

They should also have a comparative market analysis. This document shows other properties that are similar to yours and is used as a basis to price your home. If your agent doesn’t have this, they don’t know what your home is actually worth.

Our team also makes sure to bring a seller guide. There are a lot of things that happen in a real estate transaction, and we want to ensure you’re given all the tools and resources needed to prepare and succeed in your sale.

We’d love to share with you how we do things, so if you have any questions or need more information, feel free to reach out to us. We look forward to hearing from you soon.

Over the last four years, many of you have asked the agents on our team different questions about what it’s like being in real estate and what a career in real estate entails. We’re excited to announce an event where we’re going to answer all of those questions.

On March 13, right here in Kingman at the La Quinta Inn & Suites, we are hosting a free career night. It will be held from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. and there will be complimentary drinks, appetizers, and a Q+A discussion about the licensing process, the real estate business, how to be successful, and much more.

If you or someone you know has ever thought about being a real estate agent or having a career where you determine your success by your work ethic, real estate is a great option. We would love for you to join us on March 13.

If you have any other questions in the meantime, don’t hesitate to give us a call or send us an email. We look forward to hearing from you soon.

For today’s message, one of our great team members has decided to introduce himself and share some information about his fantastic flipping business.

Meet James Bovard. James came to our team approximately three years ago. Shortly after joining us, he fell in love with real estate investing and has since created a house-flipping business. You can follow along to hear more about James, himself.

Through this business, James has been able to foster a network of investors. He and his fellow investors work hard to locate off-market properties you won’t find anywhere else. Therefore, if you’re interested in real estate investing, too, and are looking for your next fix-and-flip or buy-and-hold property, you’re definitely going to want to get in touch with James.

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James’ goal is to help investors and sellers alike.

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Additionally, if you have recently found yourself in pre-foreclosure, or have come into possession of an inheritance property you aren't interested in keeping, James can help with this, as well. He is happy to take properties like these off your hands for a fair price.

Ultimately, James’ goal is to help investors and sellers alike through his business. If you’re interested in selling, or in joining his elite team, don’t hesitate to reach out to him at the phone number or email address we listed above.

If you have any other questions or would like more information, feel free to give us a call or send us an email. We look forward to hearing from you soon.

What can you expect of the home selling process if you plan on listing your property in 2019? To give you a better idea, allow me to share the four main steps you can expect to follow as a seller. 

The first step in this process is for you to contact an agent. For instance, if you give us a call or message us here on our website, one of our agents will respond, ask you a few questions, and run some numbers to get an idea of what you want to accomplish and what your time frame is. They’ll then make an appointment to meet you at your property and talk further.

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87% of all buyers start their home search online prior to contacting an agent, so your house needs to look great in its listing photos.

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After that, you’ll sign the contract. Once this happens, we hand the contract over to our listing manager, who will walk you through some of the steps we take to stage and market your home, which includes using professional photography. 87% of all buyers start their home search online prior to contacting an agent, so your house needs to look great in its listing photos.

Next, we publish your home on over 500 different websites. Social media is one of the best ways to promote a listing, and no matter what city we’re selling in—be it Flagstaff, Bullhead City, Lake Havasu City, or Kingman—we’ll advertise your home on Facebook.

Finally, we start taking phone calls from curious buyers.

If you have any more questions about what it takes to sell a home or you have any other real estate needs we can take care of, don’t hesitate to reach out to us. Our goal is to help over 700 families buy or sell a home this year, and we’d love for you to be one of them.