Austin, Texas ( Ezpress ) November 26, 2008 — Amid national attention to the real estate market, real estate professional Doris Cline of REMAX Capital City acquired new skills to decrease market time and maximize selling prices. Eager to develop a new approach for timely, efficient home sales, Cline attended the nationally renowned Certified Home Marketing Specialist Course on November 11, 2008 in San Antonio, Texas.

Addressing in-depth market analysis, strategic pricing and effective home staging, the Certified Home Marketing Specialist Course provides agents with much expertise to excel in today’s competitive real estate environment. The result? Homes sell faster at better prices — in any market.

Ms. Webb, author and producer of Dress Your House for Success and one of the country’s foremost authorities on home staging, has taught her proprietary system for increased sales and maximum profit to thousands of real estate agents nationwide. Now, Doris Cline has joined this prestigious group by achieving professional certification as a Home Marketing Specialist following her certification.

“This course is a must for any agent who wants to provide the best service possible,” says Doris Cline. “Having this certification means I can offer my clients a level of expertise that you just don’t learn in standard classes.

“Now, instead of just saying ‘make sure everything’s clean’ before a showing, I can go through the house with my clients, room by room, and point out things we can do to help potential buyers connect emotionally with the house.

“Strategic pricing is key to moving properties quickly in any market. Add staging to the equation and you have the enviable position of being able to give buyers a true feeling for what it would be like to live there while sellers get the benefit of faster sales at the best price possible,” Doris Cline adds.

A phenomenon that’s swept the real estate industry over the past several years, home staging has increasingly become an integral component of any successful home sale. Real estate agents who have completed the Certified Home Marketing Specialist course offer clients concrete, market-specific guidance to position properties to make a direct emotional connection with potential buyers.

“We talk a lot about ‘buyer’s’ markets and ‘seller’s’ markets, but what it all boils down to is knowing how to effectively reach out to home buyers regardless of the market,” says Joe Cline, owner at Affinity Properties. “The Certified Home Marketing Specialist Course gives agents those skills.”

About Doris Cline, CHMS, REALTOR and Affinity Properties, Inc
Doris Cline is a Certified Home Marketing Specialist and Austin REALTOR with Affinity Properties, Inc. Doris is an expert in west Austin real estate, especially Lakeway properties. Affinity Properties serves the Austin area, offering its clients homes and condominiums to choose from including Lakeway real estate and Round Rock real estate.

Contact Information
Doris Cline/Affinity Properties, Inc
Phone 512-795-4532
Fax 512-233-2231
info@affinityproperties.com

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