We were in a pickle. While on summer vacation in Colorado, we surprised ourselves by deciding where to live for our remaining years. That decision triggered an immediate challenge; we would have to empty and sell our 11-year home in Quail Creek - - and do it pronto. When the ink dried on our senior-living apartment’s lease, we did two things that proved essential to the happy result we achieved:
We called Susan Derlein and
We drove south.
We knew Susan by reputation for her work on behalf of several good friends in Green Valley. She met with us the first morning we were back in Arizona and put to rest our anxieties about selling. Then she started us on the steps we should follow for a successful outcome. While we started sorting our belongings, disposing a decade’s accumulation of treasures and preparing the house to be shown, Susan brought her years of experience to bear on our situation. Soon she presented us with a clear and focused analysis of the Quail Creek market, our property’s attributes and the house’s place within that specific market. Her work brought us to a pricing decision that she felt was competitive. And she was confident it would be attractive to buyers in this area. With the preliminaries settled, we hired a mover and returned to Colorado, leaving Susan in charge of marketing. The value of our decision-making process and the weeks put into polishing the property's appearance were borne out by the two full-price offers we received even before Susan’s beautiful ad ran in The Valley magazine.
From start to finish, Susan could not have been more professional, knowledgeable and realistic about the things it would take to make the sale. In addition she is one of the most pleasant and positive individuals we have dealt with on such matters in five states over six decades. It was a joy to have closed out our real estate experience in such good hands.
