Guaranteed Performance Agreement!

Madison Newspapers - The Stark Company is one of the largest purchasers of classified advertising in Madison Newspapers, with a large, attractive display ad every week (Holiday weekends excepted). Your home will appear in the "Just Listed" portion of our display within two weeks of the date of your listing. Your home will also be featured in the open house section of our ad if you and your sales associates choose to schedule an open house on your property.

Harmon Homes Magazine - We are the largest advertiser in Harmon Homes Magazine, South Central Wisconsin's most widely read real estate promotional magazine. Your home will be featured on a rotating basis until you have accepted an offer to purchase.

World Wide Web - Your home will be listed on the Internet. The Stark Company makes its inventory available nationwide… even worldwide…at its worldwide web address: www.starkhomes.com. Buyers anywhere can see a full color photo and description of your home and communicate with us electronically.

Multiple Listing Service (MLS) - Your home will be listed on the MLS - The Stark Company is a member of the South Central, Rock-Green, and Sauk-Columbia boards of Realtors. State of the art systems allow us to share data about your listing with over 1,500 Realtors throughout Dane, Sauk, Columbia, Jefferson, Iowa, Rock and Green counties. We will share our commission with MLS members who may have a buyer for your home.

"Stark Net" Wide Area Network - Information on your home will be available twenty-four hours a day to all Stark agents. All Stark offices are connected by the "Stark Net" computerized information system. This means all Stark Company offices have up to the minute information on the status of your home. Call any Stark office and you will find our sales associates knowledgeable about ALL our listings.

RELO Relocation Services - A large number of relocating Buyers will know about your home. The Stark Company is South Central Wisconsin's exclusive member of RELO Relocation Services, the largest independently owned and most professional referral and relocation network in the industry. With four hundred members representing forty thousand sales associates nationwide, member brokers refer buyers to us from all parts of North America. The "RELO" program handles the needs of corporate transferees for many of the nation's largest corporations.

Stark Company Corporate Relocation Development - Our full time Relocation Department handles the needs of homebuyers and home sellers moving into or out of our market area, generating more buyers for your home. We maintain relationships with hundreds of local businesses that use the Stark Company exclusively to handle their relocation needs.

Design Center - The Stark Company has an in-house graphics design center that associates use to create customized promotional materials for our listings. A well-designed, visually pleasing flyer in the hands of a buyer at an open house (and/or sent to other brokers in the area) is part of our customized marketing program designed to target the most likely buyers for your home as quickly as possible. Please discuss this option with your sales associate to see how we can maximize its use to your benefit.

Stark Showing Line - Our exclusive showing system gives us the most professional, computerized handling of showings in the area. The line is staffed from 8:00AM to 8:00 PM Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM Saturday, and 10:100 AM to 4:00 PM Sunday. Our database gives us a complete record of who showed your home, when, and the results of that showing.

Competitive Market Analysis - Your Stark sales associate will do a complete analysis of your home and the real estate market at the time of analysis, to share with you at the time of listing. Pricing is a strategic decision and current market data is the best guide you have to making the right pricing decision for your property. Updates to this market analysis will be provided as needed or as requested.

Property Tour - With your permission, your listing will be placed on our weekly Stark Company property tour, held each Tuesday morning. Stark Company sales associates will visit your home from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM, or as arranged with your sales associate.

Weekly Sales Meetings - Your home will be showcased at out weekly sales meetings held each Tuesday. Your home will be discussed and introduced to other agents who may be working with buyers who need a home such as yours.