In Costa Rica, it is very important to work with a realtor who has experience and understanding of the full due diligence and sales process for this country as well as the complicated, ever-changing marketplace for values, competition, and buyer appetite. Ben is a fantastic seller's advocate in all these areas. First, when establishing the asking price of our home, Ben helped us determine what additional effort we should make before the listing to assure we maximized our value. Then, just before launch, he recognized a recent increase in values and decrease in inventory in our region and suggested we make a significant increase in our asking price. He was right on both counts: our home sold in just a few days at the full, increased asking price. We believe the quick timeline was due to the excellent stylized photos Ben prepared maximizing the best features of our home and because he per…
In Costa Rica, it is very important to work with a realtor who has experience and understanding of the full due diligence and sales process for this country as well as the complicated, ever-changing marketplace for values, competition, and buyer appetite. Ben is a fantastic seller's advocate in all these areas. First, when establishing the asking price of our home, Ben helped us determine what additional effort we should make before the listing to assure we maximized our value. Then, just before launch, he recognized a recent increase in values and decrease in inventory in our region and suggested we make a significant increase in our asking price. He was right on both counts: our home sold in just a few days at the full, increased asking price. We believe the quick timeline was due to the excellent stylized photos Ben prepared maximizing the best features of our home and because he personally attended every showing helping potential buyers immediately secure answers to any questions or observations - never leaving the home on a lockbox. Then, Ben stayed on top of all the elements of the due diligence period making sure that all parties were progressing with the documentation, filings and work required to complete the final sales document. In Costa Rica, this makes a very big difference as it is so easy for buyers to find this part of the process confusing or worrisome. He made great suggestions to help during this period and took action wherever he could personally to keep the process on task and on time. Ben also kept us up to date during this period. We were fortunate personally and financially to have Ben as our realtor during the sale of our home.
We had the pleasure of having Benjamin Rutherford, from Blue Zone Realty, as our realtor to sell our home. He gave us some recommendations to make our home more appealing for a quick sale. We followed his advice on having the entire exterior, including the roof, re-painted, new sconces, which he had made and some landscaping. Benjamin also increased our asking price before listing, due to his great knowledge of the market and what our home offered. He kept us apprised at all times of anything pertinent. After an open house and then a few showings in the next couple of weeks, the house sold very quickly for what we wanted. The closing process was also handled with ease. We highly recommend Benjamin Rutherford and Blue Zone Realty and thank him again for his efforts.