Kevin E Lewis - Big Island Hawaii Real Estate Sellers Agent

Kevin E. Lewis - REALTOR® ABR® CFP®

Prudential Orchid Isle Properties

TEL (808) 969.7863 x130 TOLL FREE (800) 789.4753

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Kevin E. Lewis, Realtor® CFP® - Prudential Orchid Isle Properties

2007 - #1 Realty Sales Agency in East Hawaii Real Estate - NOBODY Knows the Big Island Like We Do!™

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Big Island of Hawaii Real Estate - Working as a Seller's Agent

What is your Big Island of Hawaii property worth? I'd be glad to send you a market analysis to what properties like yours are selling for.

I have helped over 400 Buyers and Sellers in successful real estate transactions all over the Big Island - I'd like to help you too!

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The Agency: Prudential Orchid Isle Properties. We are located near downtown Hilo and are one of the top selling real estate agencies on the Big Island of Hawaii. We have an active local website as well as a marketing director to help promote your listing through local advertising. Prudential has nationwide recognition and substantial online internet presence where our listings can be found through a variety of real estate websites such as Google, PropSmart, RealtyTrac, Trulia, and Yahoo. More about us: Real Estate Hawaii .com

The Realtor: Kevin E Lewis. I'm a full time real estate agent who has been active in the Big Island of Hawaii real estate market since 2000. I graduated from the University of Hawaii at Manoa with a Business Administration degree, have earned my real estate Broker license, Accredited Buyers Representative designation, and hold Enrolled Agent and Certified Financial Planner designations. While I cannot guarantee a fast sale, I can promise that I work honestly with my clients and hope to maintain a continuing relationship with my clients, as well as earn your referrals and repeat business. More about me: Client Recommendations

The Market: Is it a Buyer's Market or Seller's Market in Hawaii? Real Estate is cyclical, but there are always some Buyers in the market looking for a good deal. For an update on the market: Hawaii Real Estate Market Report

Marketing: Getting Seen. Part of my job is to get your property seen by potential Buyers, but also by the approximate 2,000 licensed real estate agents on the Big Island of Hawaii. The Buyer will most likely be working with their own Buyer's agent.

Buyers today are shopping online. Our Multiple Listing Service allows your listing to be seen through Hawaii Information Service MLS as well as numerous feeds to real estate shopping websites. I subscribe to have my listings show "Showcase" and "Featured Listing" on Realtor.com and Yahoo Real Estate. This gives potential Buyers an opportunity to see additional photos and information about your listing. You will receive weekly email reports to how many times your listing has been seen on Yahoo, which gives you an idea of the activity on your listing. More about: Prudential Marketing

Buyers want to see good photos of a property online. Our MLS requires at least one photo on a residence, but not on land. I do what many other agents do not... I go to the property and take descriptive photos, put up signs (where possible), as well as post directions to my listings. It makes your listing appear more attractive online, and someone can more easily locate it. My Real Estate Listings

I maintain my own Big Island Hawaii real estate website, as you see here! I do my own because I wanted more control over the content, verses a website service that automatically populates sections with content and ads. It brings me quite a few inquiries from potential Buyers from all over the world who are investigating buying property on the Big Island of Hawaii. HiloAgent.com has several pointer names including Big Island Agent.com , Kona Agent.com, Puna Agent.com, Hilo Realtor.com and Hawaii Island Realtor.com.

I advertise in the local newspaper and real estate publications such as Homes & Land and the Real Estate Book of East Hawaii, as well as various online services such as 808 Classifieds and Craig's List. I mail out letters or flyers to the neighbors to let them know about your listing. I feature my residential listings on our Realtor caravan where other agents preview the latest listings, as well as hold open houses where possible.

The Secret to Selling: Being Competitive. We'll go over the numbers of what has sold in recent months as well as see how your property compares to our competition. The Seller sets the asking price and the Buyer (aka, the Market) creates the Sale price, which is the successful agreement between what a Buyer will pay and the Seller will accept. I often come into competition with other agents who will "bid up the listing price" just to get your business. Asking an above market price does not mean that you will sell the property for more money. Today's Buyers are shopping to find the best deals. You either price your property to sell with a little bit of negotiation room, or the property sits on the market until the better values have sold first. If we price a little too low, we might get a bidding war going! All Buyers love what they perceive is a bargain... that's how a property sells.

The rest of my job is helping Sellers negotiate through offers and the escrow process. It's sometimes a balancing act to work with a Buyer, Seller, Title Company, Lender, Home Inspector, Insurance company, Surveyor and Termite Inspector, so that everyone does what they are supposed to do to be able to close an escrow on time!

I hope to become the agent that you chose to work with. Please feel free to call or email me with questions. Aloha, - Kevin

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Kevin E. Lewis, Hilo Hawaii REALTOR® - Prudential Orchid Isle Properties (808) 969-7863 x130

Helping clients find great real estate values all over the Big Island of Hawaii™

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