Marketing Your Property

Guesthouse Realty specializes in selling homes, land, farms and commercial properties.  We also specialize in marketing to buyers in the Northern Virginia, Washington DC, Baltimore, MD and Pittsburgh, PA metropolitan markets to get you a full price for your property, and we are in contact with many buyers who are interested in purchasing property in this area.  With Guesthouse Realty you will receive personalized, professional service from someone who cares in all your dealings with our company.  Guesthouse Realty is a member of the National Association of Realtors and a proponent of cooperative brokerage to ensure that your property receives full exposure to prospective buyers.  We also belong to Metropolitan Regional Information System (MRIS) which immediately puts your property in front of over 27,000 realtors and their customers in WV, VA, MD, DC and PA. We sell millions of dollars of real estate every year!  Let us help you with your property.

Marketing Plan

Guesthouse Realty is located on the premises of the Guest House at Lost River, a 16-room mountain resort with an outstanding restaurant and bar.  Its clientele is primarily from the Washington/Baltimore area.  The Guest House has been identified by our real estate buyers as a fantastic "mouse trap". They see the lovely surroundings, incredible views, and warm, friendly people and think "this might be a great place to have a home".

How Guesthouse Realty Plans to Sell your Home:

The guest rooms at the Guest House at Lost River have a flyer about the real estate available in the area.  Each week we highlight a property, making sure that this flyer is always in the sight of the potential buyer.  We always drop off some of these flyers at the Craft Cooperative and Museum in Lost River.

• We advertise in the Washington Post.  

• We advertise in the Moorefield Examiner. 

• We advertise in the Washington Blade.

• We have your listing information on the MLS within 48 hours.  (Any member can show your home and sell it to their buyers.)

• We place a plastic hanger with info about the house for "drivebys".

• We personally contact local realtors to indicate to them that we have an extraordinary property that has just come on the market. 

• We highlight our listings and featured properties on this web site which receives on average 50 visitors per day. Additionally, typically 5 new potential buyers register with us on our website every week to access updated information about real estate in Hardy and Hampshire Counties.

Sherrie Barb, our full time secretary is here to field calls five days a week.  The 897-8300 telephone number rings into the Guest House system.  This means that there are no dropped calls.  There is always someone to answer a real-estate query. 

Pricing Plan

Below is some information on proper pricing and the reasons some homes may not sell.

Advantages of proper pricing:

• Better responses to signs and advertising.

• Increased interest from Realtors

• Higher number of showings

• Prevents your home from becoming “shopworn”

• Attracts better offers

• Faster Sale

• Higher Net Sales Price

Basic Reasons Some Homes Don’t Sell:

• Pricing of the home

• Ease of Showing

• Condition of the home

• Location of the home

• Market competition

Your decision to hire a realtor should be based upon the plan, not the price!!

The Marketing Plan for your home will vary from company to company and agent to agent depending upon their experience.

The pricing plan for your home should not vary much between companies since it is determined based upon current market factors that are available to all companies and is not controlled by any one particular company.

Thank you very much for your consideration and we hope that we will be working together in the eventual sale of your property.