home inspections. The firm is an affiliate of the Ohio- you need something. One time when one of his inspectors wasn’t feeling well, I saw Mitch out in the field with based national provider HomeTeam Inspection Service. When it came to choosing a home inspection service his inspection clothes on, ready to get the job done.” HomeTeam’s technology helps streamline the inspecprovider, Ducharme learned the hard way. tion process even further, using text “I was on my very first home inspection and I’ll never forget it,” she and email reminders, and electronic relates. “The inspector took four reports with photos. hours and was so negative—every“You always get a reminder call thing was wrong. I thought to myself, and text and HomeTeam also lets ‘This is how home inspections go?’” the listing agent know—that’s one Ducharme started asking around. less thing I have to do,” says Ducharme. “They are very organized and Her team leader at the time recommended HomeTeam—she hasn’t they send the report as a link to a looked back since. PDF. That way you’re not getting a gi- KATIE DUCHARME ant attachment, which often wouldn’t “HomeTeam brings a group of Sales Associate, go through.” three or four inspectors and they Coastal Properties Group Ducharme sees the partnership are really thorough because you as a long-term component of her suchave multiple people looking at the situation,” Ducharme explains. “They’re detailed and ef- cess. “HomeTeam is my chosen inspection company,” ficient, but at the same time, they don’t want the buyer she says. “They’re the only ones I ever recommend.” to lose excitement about the house. They’re always early, always professional and always positive, even in For more information, please visit www.hometeam.com. a bad situation.” The team approach pays off not only for Ducharme, but also for her clients, who can enjoy peace of mind that the home has been thoroughly inspected. The inspection team includes an air conditioning specialist and at least two other inspectors. Working as a team allows them to check each other’s work and bounce things off one another. HOMES.COM PROVIDES A WINNING SOLUTION FOR Ducharme also relies on the speed in which inspections are scheduled—within the same day or the next COLORADO FIRM day, at the latest. HomeTeam’s responsiveness is also by John Voket a huge plus. “Mitch, the owner, is always available if you ever have n the hills of Colorado, Tom Kalinski—broker/owner and a question,” she says. “He bends over backwards when
“HomeTeam is my chosen inspection company. They’re the only ones I ever recommend.”
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founder of RE/MAX of Boulder, Inc.—and his team have been taking advantage of the advanced multimedia they can display on their Homes.com website, while tapping in behind the scenes to a volume of quality leads they’ve never seen before.
With the opportunity to do virtually limitless videos on their clients’ properties, the members of his team are ramping up their skills when it comes to developing eyepopping visuals. “We actually created a studio complete with cameras where any of our REALTORS® can go in and do as much visual content as they care to do,” says Kalinski, of the company’s 110 REALTORS® and 30 - 40 licensed assistants who work to support the firm’s teams. “Only 25 or 30 of our team members are very adept at doing the video work right now,” says Kalinski, “but we RISMedia’s REAL ESTATE November 2016 73