There Is No Place Like Home

We are proud to introduce our Vision for the future of AAA Realty LLC.  It's simple and unique at the same time.    We want our clients and our staff to feel at home.  Where is the place you want to be at the end of the day?  Why is home such a great place to be?  You can kick back, take your shoes off, either put a pair of slippers and a pair of shorts or a pair of PJ's.  You can have a seat on the couch, sit at the computer and surf the net, prepare a fabulous dinner and maybe watch the latest episode of CSI or NCIS.  The thoughts are comfortable and relaxed.  There's no place like home.  That's what we want to emulate.  That is what will become our vision from this moment on.  Our staff and our clients are family to us.

We will be making some changes.  You will see our vision based on the changes you see.  Keep an eye out for the remake of our company as we live out our vision on a daily basis. 

Updates to come soon.

My Best
Tammy Rodriguez

Competitive Analysis vs Premier Home Audit

When consideration of selling your home is on the table, understanding what it is worth is a primary consideration.  You may be thinking of buying a bigger home or possibly you are being offered a position with a firm that takes you out of state. It could be that your children have gone off to college and you're wanting to downsize and possibly retire in a condo on the beach.  Whatever the reason and whoever you are, the bottom line is when selling a home, needing to know what you can hope to sell it for is a necessary part of the process.

There are options to find some information pertaining to homes sold like yours in a given area.  There is even  free ways you can seek this info out.  One example is Zillow.com.  You can type in your address and Zillow will give you a "Zestimate" or estimate of what they think the home is worth.  Try it out if you haven't yet.  It's a systematic tool.  The issue lies with that it simply uses homes in the neighborhood vs like-same properties without considering other things like, updates, remodels, tile vs carpet, new vs 20 year old roof etc.  There are some huge variables here. If there is either a price increase or decrease in the market, the time that it takes to change in this tool may be far from accurate.

Another choice is that you can contact a Realtor.  They are the professionals and are "in the business" of selling homes.  How can they help you decide what your home is worth?  A Realtor can give you a pretty accurate CMA or Competitive Market Analysis.  Realtor's have access to a local board that share's all their listing in a Multiple Listing System or MLS.  Using this system they are able to search out properties like yours and are able to utilize the system to make this analysis close to what you can expect to sell your home for.  They can change the variables that may make one home different than the other and use the "going rates" to make adjustments in the price of your home.  This is a much better alternative to using an automated system.

There is still another alternative that we want to address.  It is the most through way of determining what your home will sell for.  It is by far, the best tool to use.  It is so, because it covers most variables that can affect a home's price- The Home Itself!  Named after it's usefulness, the "Premier Home Audit" is chock full of utilities.  It get's down deep and dirty!  It's full of information that really gives you the ultimate facts about the home, neighborhood and gives ideas and suggestions of items that could or should be addressed to get the best possible price for the home.  Then after determining what needs to be addressed if anything, you can then use the info to build the best marketing plan for selling the home that is unmatched to any of the other options listed above. This Audit is proprietary and is done by a licensed Realtor.  It will help you net the best price for your home and you will want to utilize the Realtor doing the audit to list your home due to their knowledge, ethics and determination to earn your business.

Here's the best part of the process.  It's done absolutely Free of Charge by any agent at AAA Realty LLC. We understand that we need to be different and we want to earn your business.  We do that by doing our job better than anyone else out there does.  You will hear us use the term "earn your business" a lot as we work hard for you so see that we do sincerely and loyally work to "earn" your business.

To get more information on our Premier Home Audit or to sing up for yours today go to http://www.aaarealtyllc.com and click on Listing Your Property For Sale and sign up for the audit or call us toll free at 1-888-243-1720. You can also click here.

Till next time,
Tammy Rodriguez
Your Broker
AAA Realty LLC

Service For Life!

My new Newsletter is being sent to all my family, friends, clients and hope to be clients on a monthly basis.  It is funny, full of great tips, insightful, and so much more.  To show you a typical article that you will see in my newsletter, I have reprinted one of the articles below. 

The Dangers of Drinking Soda


Liquid candy...that’s what it’s been called as far back as 1942. Here we are, over a half a century later, and scientists continue to study the effects of soda drinks on the body. Now there’s mounting medical evidence that drinking even one sweetened soda drink a day can be harmful to your health...not to mention your children’s health.

The National Soft Drink Association reports that the average soda consumption is 600 servings (12-oz ) per person per year. That number has tripled for boys and doubled for girls since 1978.

In a study conducted at the Harvard School of Public Health, researchers found that women who drank one sugar soda drink a day had an 85% greater risk of developing Type 2 diabetes. The researchers also found that soft drinks contributed to weight gain and obesity in the women in the study.

The danger doesn’t stop there. Add to that, additives like caffeine stimulants, phosphoric acid (which can cause calcium loss), artificial flavors, fructose (hard on your liver), and you have a recipe for disaster.

© 2011 Forte Communications, Inc. All Right Reserved

To recieve this great monthly newsletter via mail or email- simply respond to the below email with your information and how you want to receive it.
tammyjrodriguez@aaarealtyllc.com

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Translation of Documents and Notary Service

We are now offering full document translation and notary services at both our AAA Realty LLC locations.  The need has presented itself with many spanish folks coming in the office looking for this specialty service.  Many of our staff are Notaries and at least three of our staff has experience as document translators.  So whether it be to translate a foreign birth or marriage certificate, or any other notary or translation needs, you can depend on us to help you.

In such times of difficulty with making the money we used to, we have to find innovative ways to offset the loss of income in this economic enviroment.  With many people coming in and asking and us having the ability to do the services without adding any staff, it was no nonsense. 

For more info go to http://www.aaarealtyllc.com or call us at 239-368-8520

How's the market in LEHIGH ACRES?

Interesting question and one that seems to come up daily at least once.  I always quickly answer with a resounding - great!  I think it is the place to invest in real estate. Prices are outstanding, insurance rates and taxes are reasonable, we will rent the home for you and guarantee it.  Positive cash flow!  What more can you ask?  It is a win win!  Then look at that this is SW FL. Who doesn't want to live in FL?  If not now, later. We are a growing community that has plenty of room for the growth. What does it all spell- SUCCESS!

The only thing left is to hook up with a Good, honest, aggressive real estate company looking out for your best interests along with property management that does the rest to make a super successful relationship complete.

We want to be that for you!  We at AAA Realty LLC are here to show you how you can be successful.  Whether it be buying, selling or property management, we have experts waiting to help.

So to answer the  question of "how is the Lehigh market"?  Iwill again say, there is no better time to buy.

For more information on our services, the homes we have listed or our property management services, go to http://www.aaarealtyllc.com

Cheers for now

TAMMY

Brand New Marketing Kiosk- unbelievable

We have been excited about the addition of this to our Storefront in our Lehigh Acres office. 
It is a 24/7 marketing MONSTER.  Using a tecnology that is unbelievable, anyone can walk up to our window in a very busy shopping center and watch on a 32" screen any property that we have listed either for rent or for sale.  WOW!  We are super excited about this new technology that we have purchased for AAA Realty. 

Whether someone wants to watch a visual tour right there and then if they want to have the info on the property or someone contact them, they can choose to have it sent to either their phone or email and can ask for someone to contact them immediately to get more info on the property.

This is an idea of what our windo looks like at night.  There are spots for sponsors, listings and the system in the middle.  This makes for a 24/7 operating kiosk.

Interested in listing your home with us?  We also list all our rental properties on this kiosk.  No one else out there that we know of is doing this.  How's that for "More Technology- Less Corporate Nonsense" We don't just say it.  And here is the proof.

Give us a call today to see how this can help sell your home, or if you are a vendor that would be interested in partnering with us, we provide a visual ad as well as a lit up 8 1/2 X 11" ad that pops.

Check us out of the web at http://www.aaarealtyllc.com/ or give us a call at 239-368-8520 for more information on this new marketing machine.

For Now,

Tammy Rodriguez
Broker/Owner
AAA Realty LLC

Air Conditioning Service before the Summer Heat

We want to talk about AC service.  In South West Florida, there is no more of a need then before the summer sweltering heat hits to service your AC.  I like to compare it to changing the oil in your car.  If you don't keep the important upkeep items on your car up to date, you stand the chance of breaking down, costly repairs and unnecessary expenses.  It's the same thing for your AC at home.  During the cooler months, when the AC cooling system is not used, the gas sits in the systems dormant.  This can cause condensation to form in the system and well as microscopic holes that are in the AC system piping gets larger and creates small amount of loss of the gas refrigerant.  This in turn needs to be replaced or it can cause some damage and/or freezing of the system and may cause a repair as an emergency when the tenant calls to report no air conditioning in the middle of the night.  After all, we never get that call during the day when it would be most convenient or less costly.  It's after the tenant gets home, and a few hours go by and then they wonder why it's so hot in the house and finally call us at 10 or 11pm for an "emergency". 

So what should be done to "service" this equipment.  In most cases the central AC units is a split system which simply means that there is two pieces of equipment, one outside (the condensor) and one inside (the air handler).  The outside condensor is where the gas is charged in the system and is where the compresor is located.  There is a coil that has fins on them that help dissipate the heat.  These fins need to be cleaned.  This system is located outside so the landscaper mowing the lawn and all the dust and dirt that is stirred up naturally outside gets in these fins.  They need to be cleaned for the system to operate properly.  This is where a lot of leaks occur also so checking for leaks here is prudent during the ac service.  Then inside the home, the second part of the system (air handler) is mounted.  It can be either up in the attic crawl space, in the garage mounted high or sometimes is in a closet in the home somewhere.  Here is where blower motor, another coil, contactor is located.  These really get dirty here and if not maintained will break down the system and most likely a costly repair.

A service to the AC includes checking for leaks, top off the freon, clean the inside and outside coils, cleaning and checking out contacts, etc and then changing out the filters. This would be what consists of a basic service.  There may be times that the freon needs to be reclaimed and a leak fixed and then there may be a little more involved.

This necessary service is needed twice a year optimally but never less than once per year.  Now is that time and we encourage all our owners to get this service now.  We offer it at a special price of $129.00