Listing Presentation - Lynne Cosper Lainis by Dickens Mitchener

About Us

Who

We’re the people you want at your side. Friends at heart. Professionals in practice and mind. We train our agents to be the best. Then we back them up with a world-class team.

Every agent of ours must meet a certain experience level and criteria to join us.

Where

Charlotte. The Queen City. Our first love. Our home.

2330 Randolph Road Charlotte, NC 28207

dickensmitchener.com 704.342.1000

As agents, we know this city’s neighborhoods like our closest circle of friends. We tend to this relationship as much as we do our connections to you. Place matters. Knowledge counts.

How

Agents who help more people end up better at their jobs. It’s like going to the gym — the more you go, the better your results. This is why we only have full-time, fully committed agents. We train them constantly on the changing market, new tech, negotiation strategies and people skills.

We get to work with top-of-the-line agents. You get what you want, wrapped in the best possible experience.

Lynne Cosper-Lainis

REALTOR®/BROKER

704-488-6576

lynne@dickensmitchener.com

Milestones & Memberships

• Canopy Multiple Listing Services

• Canopy REALTOR® Association

• National Association of REALTORS®

• North Carolina Association of REALTORS®

• South Carolina Association of REALTORS®

• Consistent Top Producer

• Five Star REALTOR® award winner several years in a row.

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About Me

• As a full-time real estate professional, she brings extensive relocation experience & negotiating skills to the table and consistently delivers solid results.

• Prior to entering real estate, Cosper Lainis studied psychology and fine arts photography. She enjoyed a 20 year career as an award-winning professional photographer and also working in corporate management where she was consistently recognized for her remarkable customer service and team building skills.

• In the early 2000s, she entered real estate through personal investing and then officially earned her license in 2007.

• Proud resident of Charlotte for over 35 years, she has a thorough understanding of the market and a vast knowledge of the city’s most sought after neighborhoods.

Fun Facts

• Active Member of Watershed Church.

• In her lifetime, she has lived all over the country including Indiana, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Florida, and New Jersey.

• In her free time, Lynne loves to be with her son and family.

• She also enjoys cycling, hiking, gourmet cooking, and the arts.

2023Top Producers

Beverly Eller

JC Mahoney

Kristen Armstrong

Ellen Gibson

Molly Brown

Jeff Murdock

Anne Neikirk Louise Gibert Ali Stephens

Wendy Mills

Lisa Whetstone

Amanda Blackburn

Lynne Cosper-Lainis

Michael Murphy II

Eve Davis

Carol Davis

Liz Burgess

Mark Guthrie Tony D’Agostino

Christine Keagy Maggie Minick

Jenny Eastman

Fran Miller

Perry Silver

Michael Nester

Robin Husney

Annie Daughtrey

Suzanne Coddington

Tim Hansley

Genya Helms

$751,260,308

2023 Breakdown of Total Transactions

15 Steps to SOLD!

Consultation

During our COMPLIMENTARY CONSULTATION we will tour your home and go over what needs to be done to prepare it to sell. I will share the comps in your area with a comparative market analysis(CMA), and discuss strategic pricing and my marketing strategy that will sell your home for top dollar quickly.

Marketing Strategies

Our MARKETING will go above & beyond putting a sign in the yard and placing it in the MLS. We take pride in our custom marketing strategies. Your home will be showcased on social media, email, video & print marketing. We want to meet every possible buyer wherever they might be looking.

Staging & Pre-Inspection

The goal of STAGING is having a trained eye come into your home and look at it as a buyer would. My ability to stage for the market will get your home show ready. We look at staging like we are creating a neutral palette, so that all buyers can envision themselves living there.

A PRE-INSPECTION will be done so that the buyers will have confidence to make an offer on the home.

Photography & Videography

Many times a buyer has already decided if they are interested in your home just from the pictures online, without ever stepping foot inside. Our PHOTOGRAPHY partners are the best at coming into your home and capturing it at its absolute best. Now, the pre-marketing can begin.

Coming Soon & Firm Exclusive

If applicable, we can list your home as “COMING SOON” in MLS. This will give buyers a sneak peek into your home before it is officially ready to show.

FIRM EXCLUSIVE is another option for the most discerning clients. Your home will be marketed within our firm to all of our brokers.

Active On Market

Now that we have completed all the steps to prepare your home for market, it’s time to go LIVE . Our marketing plan will also go live and your home will be presented to thousands across our market as well as the world with our Leading Real Estate Companies of the World® global network.

Showings / Open House

Keeping your home show ready is the key to being sold quickly. I will share tips with you to keep the guess work out of making sure you are ready for all SHOWINGS. Keeping a clean, shiny, and clutter-free home will ensure buyers only see the best things about your home.

15 Steps to SOLD!

Offers

I will be your guide in looking through all presented OFFERS. There are many things to consider and price is just one of them. I will help you decide which one best accommodates your needs and timeline.

Negotiating

One of the top reasons to hire a licensed broker is for the next step: NEGOTIATING. I am aware of market trends in our area and can help negotiate the best offer for your home based on the current market and your needs.

Inspections

Once the offer is accepted it is time for INSPECTIONS. These will take place within the first 2-10 days after an offer is accepted, or during the due diligence period. The buyer will pay an inspector to look through the entire property and list all things the home could need. Big and small things will be on the list. The report will be sent to the buyers for review with their agent. Buyers may or may not try to negotiate items for repair on the list. Once all parties have an agreement, we move on to the next step: APPRAISAL.

Appraisal

If the buyer is utilizing a loan, then an APPRAISAL will be ordered by the loan officer. These are often chosen at random from a pool of appraisers. The goal is to have the appraisal come in at or above the purchase price of the contract so the mortgage lender will approve the loan. It is important the home be in tip top shape at the time of the appraisal.

Title & Utilities

The TITLE company will make sure the home title is clean for the closing. This means they will look over all paperwork to be sure there are no liens on the property, no extra names on the title, and prepare for closing. They will work with the lender to ensure everything is ready for closing day.

You will want to schedule the transfer and/or shut off all UTILITIES for closing day or the day after. This should be set-up at least 2 weeks prior to closing.

Final Walk-Through

The buyers will do their FINAL WALK-THROUGH up to 4 days prior to closing. This is to make sure all negotiated items have been completed, that the home is clean, and all is as it should be.

Closing

Congratulations, you have made it to closing day! CLOSING is when the necessary paperwork to complete the transaction is signed. The papers are signed at the real estate attorney’s office and the title is transferred from the seller to the buyer. Once funded, the buyer receives the keys, and the seller receives payment for the home.

HOME SELLERS: HERE’S WHAT THE NAR SETTLEMENT MEANS FOR YOU

As a home seller, you have a wide range of choices when it comes to listing your home. Agents who are REALTORS® are a trusted source of advice and stand ready to help you navigate this complex process and make the choices that work best for you. NAR’s recent settlement has led to several changes related to broker commissions that benefit sellers, and we wanted to clearly lay them out for you

Here is what the settlement means for home sellers:

• You still have the choice of offering compensation to buyer brokers. You may consider doing this as a way of marketing your home or making your listing more attractive to buyers.

• Your agent must conspicuously disclose to you and obtain your approval for any payment or offer of payment that a listing broker will make to another broker acting for buyers.

• This disclosure must be made to you in writing in advance of any payment or agreement to pay another broker acting for buyers, and must specify the amount or rate of such payment.

• If you choose to approve an offer of compensation, there are changes to how this can happen.

• You as the seller can still make an offer compensation, but your agent cannot include it on a Multiple Listing Service (MLS) MLSs are local marketplaces used by both buyer brokers and listing brokers to share information about properties for sale.

• Your agent can advertise your listing via off-MLS platforms such as social media, flyers and websites.

• You as the seller can still offer buyer concessions on an MLS (for example, concessions for buyer closing costs)

These settlement practice changes will go into effect August 17.

Here is what the settlement doesn’t change:

• Agents who are REALTORS® are here to help you navigate the process of selling your home and are ethically obligated to work in your best interest.

• Compensation for your agent remains fully negotiable, and if your agent is a REALTOR®, they must abide by the REALTOR® Code of Ethics and have clear and transparent discussions with you about compensation. When finding an agent to work with, ask questions about compensation and discuss what you would like to offer buyers.

• You have choices Work with your agent to understand the full range of these choices when selling your home, which will help you make the best possible decision for your needs.

More details about these changes and what they mean can be found at:

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Marketing & Advertising

DIGITAL MARKETING

Digital announcements are created and sent to thousands of agents in the Charlotte area about new listings, Broker Tours, price reductions, etc. Additionally, monthly newsletters are sent out each month to approximately 20,000 DM contacts & over 100 agents’ contact lists.

Your home will be listed in the Canopy Multiple Listing Service (CMLS). This is the best source for selling your home since every licensed broker can access this information and the data will syndicate to public websites.

MARKETING BROCHURE CANOPY MLS VIRTUAL TOURS

Our digital & print brochures are prepared specifically for your home and will include photos, noteworthy features, a square footage diagram, MLS sheet, disclosures, and other information a buyer would need to make a buying decision for your home. The digital brochure is uploaded to your listing page on dickensmitchener.com as well as included in MLS and ShowingTime.

FOR SALE SIGNS

We will place a Dickens Mitchener For Sale sign on your property. We can also place listing flyers in an Info Box in your yard.

Virtual tour & professional photos can be taken of your home. This tour will be added to MLS and the photos will be utilized in all marketing efforts.

Marketing & Advertising

These may be held at any time on an “as needed” basis. Once an Open House is scheduled, it will be entered into MLS and will appear on the DM website, as well as all MLS feeds on other large search sites. DM features all Open Houses on social media accounts every Friday for the upcoming weekend.

Our marketing department will create custom marketing materials for your listing. Custom pieces are designed in house and will be mailed to specific lists that cater to our marketing plan/schedule.

Broker events may be held to introduce your home to other local agents in the Charlotte area and around your home. We have a database comprised of thousands of Charlotte agents that we can select from to invite to your home. Once scheduled, this event will go into our company calendar which is emailed out to our agents weekly.

When you visit dickensmitchener.com you get immediate access to more than 14,000 resale listings through the Canopy Multiple Listing Service, as well as an up-to-the minute database of new listings, coming soon listings, new construction listings, and open houses. It also features virtual tour videos of Dickens Mitchener listings.

Find Us On Social Media

Dickens Mitchener is social! Our marketing team includes a social media coordinator who blogs weekly and posts new listing features, exclusive video walkthroughs, neighborhood highlights, giveaways & more. It’s our goal to use social media to showcase the uniqueness of the DM team and what it’s really like to live in the Queen City!

Our Facebook content is seen by roughly 44,000 people each week, and we can further that reach by using boosted post campaigns directly targeting certain audiences to extend beyond our network. We post a variety of content including Listing of the Week, Virtual Tours, Just Listed Homes, and DM Hot Spots to all of our social media platforms. Visit our social media networks and follow along to discover more about Dickens Mitchener!

WE MARKET YOUR PROPERTY TO THE WORLD.

When selling your home, you need global exposure in addition to the strong marketing expertise we deliver locally. As an affiliate of Leading Real Estate Companies of the World,® we have the resources to market your property to the highest possible number of potential buyers. With 134,000 associates around the world, we expose your property to buyers on six continents. In addition, we receive inbound clients from other affiliates around the globe who are interested in purchasing a home.

Leading Real Estate Companies of the World® is a pedigree denoting the very best companies who represent qualified clientele and wish to do business with similar firms. When your home is posted to our website locally, it is immediately promoted on the LeadingRE.com website and connected to the websites of 550 of our affiliate real estate firms.

550 companies

4,800 offices

70+ countries

134,000 sales associates

550 companies 4,800 offices

134,000 sales associates

70+ countries

INDUSTRY-LEADING SALES.

Our invitation-only network was responsible for $282 billion in annual home sales volume among the top 500 U.S. real estate firms in 2023.

Volume shown in billions of dollars. For informational purposes only. In compiling this report, LeadingRE relies on third party sources. The information set forth in the chart above is sourced from the 2024 RealTrends 500, showcasing production for calendar year 2023, accessible via realtrends.com. Neither LeadingRE nor its member companies are responsible for the accuracy of third-party data presented herein.

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OPEN UP POSSIBILITIES FOR OTHERS

THERE’S STRENGTH IN NUMBERS. Never has that been truer than when coming together in the real estate community to combat homelessness.

THE HOMEOWNERS IMPACT FUND, a designated 501(c)3 nonprofit, invites participants who are in the home closing process to make a small donation that adds up to a substantial gift to local organizations working to lift men, women and children out of homelessness. Because when you harness the power of community, you can weather any storm.

HOW IT WORKS

If you’re fortunate enough to have a roof over your head, please consider supporting the Homeowners Impact Fund to help others in need. Funds raised are distributed directly to reputable nonprofit organizations that support individuals and families in finding a path out of homelessness.

Every day, you experience the joy of a place to call home. Every day, more than 3,000 people in the Charlotte area experience homelessness. Every day, more than 580,000 people across the US experience homelessness. Together, we can make a difference.