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Why work with a Seniors Real Estate Specialist - SRES®

Why work with a Seniors Real Estate Specialist - SRES®

A Seniors Real Estate Specialist® (SRES®) is uniquely qualified to help you take the next step.  Teri Pacitto at Avant One Real Estate has earned this designation.

As someone over the age of 50, your needs aren't the same as a first-time homebuyer or seller. You might be looking to retire, downsize, or join an active adult community. Whatever reason you may have for considering a move.

Why work with an SRES®?

SRES® designees have unparalleled training and experience in seniors real estate, including:

  • Helping you manage the financial and emotional challenges of selling a long-held family home
  • Creating a customized plan to market and sell your property
  • Understanding your unique needs and creating a customized plan to ensure your home meets those needs now and in the future
  • Utilizing specialized knowledge in reverse mortgages, 401(k) accounts, and IRAs for your real estate transaction
  • Connecting you with their vast network of movers, attorneys, home inspectors, and other experts to help you through the process

Since 2007, Seniors Real Estate Specialist® (SRES®) designees have been helping maturing Americans with their needs. As a part of the National Association of REALTORS® family of designations, the SRES® designation is conferred to REALTORS® who complete in-depth training in a wide variety of topics related to homebuyers and sellers over the age of 50, including:

  • Senior housing options—from active adult communities to aging in place
  • Reverse mortgages
  • Downsizing and rightsizing
  • Using pensions, 401(k) accounts, and IRAs in real estate transactions

As an SRES® designee we are a trusted real estate resource for the senior market dedicated to serving the real estate needs of senior consumers.

All the resources seniors need to help them buy, sell, rent, or relocate.

 

Whether you're an empty nester looking to downsize or newly retired and searching for your dream home, you probably have a lot of questions.

 

Trust a skilled professional who has your best interests as the #1 Priority and to ease the anxiety of selling your home.

Let’s connect to discuss your goals and what lies ahead, so you can pick your best time to make a move.

Contact us today at  747.269.1190

 

 

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