Hello!  My name is Jim Graham........

I have had the pleasure of serving buyers and sellers for over 30 + years. I'm fortunate to be in a career that I love. My career started in Worcester, Massachusetts.  I have sold over 600 homes and I currently serve the Spring Hill area, which includes Brooksville, Weeki Wachee, and Northern Pasco County here in Florida. I've been a real estate investor for most of my life and have helped buyers, sellers and investors purchase homes ranging from 1 bedroom condos to million dollar homes.
I have negotiated tens of millions of dollars worth of real estate. I've been rated in the top 1% in sales nationally for several years. I have earned several Real Estate designations including CRS, CBR,  SRES,  E-PRO and I graduated from Assumption College where I earned my Bachelors Degree in Economics. 

 Why should you hire me as your Real Estate agent?   ASK ANNIE CHEN, CPA .......

A N N I E  C H E N  C P A , I N C . 

March 2008

Dear Homeowner,

Jim Graham is the real estate professional you absolutely need in this market to sell your

home. Most realtors say they can help you but Jim and his team actually delivers results. After only 1 week of signing the contract, Jim SOLD my home at FULL PRICE, and $25,000 more than I originally expected.

As a CPA, a broker, a seminar speaker, and an investor with multiple out-of-state

properties myself, I know how frustrating it can be to put your home on the market, and

wait for months for it to sell, especially in this buyer´s market of high inventory and slow

sales. In this market, you need Jim. Jim has the magic to really move property and here are the reasons why based on my first hand experience:

1. CRS - I found Jim through www.CRS.com. Jim is a Certified Real Estate

Specialist-he is far more knowledgeable than the average realtor.

2. Seasoned Experience - Jim has 30 years of experience behind him and proved

to be extremely knowledgeable about selling and closing process, efficiently

keeping on top of inspections, appraisals, loans, and everything necessary to

close the deal. He has the integrity to follow through and deliver on his promises.

3. Responsiveness - Jim is extremely responsive. On the first day he took my call,

he immediately went out to see my property before giving me a valuation. In

addition, he had to work hard with my property manager to make sure the

property was accessible and problems were addressed immediately. He obtained

and found reliable and lower cost servicemen, repairman, and gardener for my

every need, and this was very helpful since I lived out of state. He was especially

responsive and had many contacts. He brought buyers immediately to view my

property and someone to record the virtual tour right away. He worked very hard

to communicate with me promptly on an almost daily basis and was never hard

to reach.

4. Top Dollars - Jim proved to be extremely knowledgeable about the pricing of

the local market there. I was going to sign with the broker who originally sold the

home to me. However, that broker had 100 other listings that were not selling

and didn´t even bother to call me back when I asked her for the contract. I had

purchased my investment home in 2005 for $165,000. Sixteen months later, it

had appreciated to $220,000. But when I was ready to sell in December 2007, I

was told by my old broker that I would be lucky to sell it for only $130,000, and

it would take probably 6 months to 1 year to sell. When I talked to Jim, he convinced me that $130,000 was far too low and he was confident he would be able to sell at approximately $155,000.

I was skeptical since I was sure that we would have to list it 15% below fair market

value to obtain any sort of activity. I didn´t want my property to become a "stale"

listing from a high price. But Jim assured me that he sold a recent house with

similar features for a similar price. Amazingly, Jim followed through and within

1 week, I received a FULL PRICE offer for $154,900!

5. Strong Web Marketing -The top interview question I teach investors to ask is

what will the marketing program be? The usual program of a typical agent covers

the MLS, Craig´s List, newspapers, magazines. In this market, this program is not

going to work! Jim has an E-Pro Designation which means that Jim has been

specially trained on how to market on the internet. Jim´s marketing program is

extremely effective because he lists all of his properties on 7 websites, uses

premium boxes and highlights, virtual tours, to bring in buyers.

Jim also had 25 other listings which eventually brought in the buyer that bought

my property. I could also tell from Jim´s website that it was custom made, and

not one of those canned real estate websites that received no traffic. This is truly

what sets Jim apart. Even though my old broker had over 100 listings and was in

every major newspaper, her listings were moving very slowly because she didn´t

know how to market on the internet.

6. Jim´s Team - Jim and his wife work well as a team, to respond to my every

question and need. He has his crew to help work and beautify my property for

sale. Jim has the quality contacts, from escrow to service people, to help my

transaction close smoothly.

Overall, I couldn´t have asked for a better Real Estate professional. I thank God that I found Jim to help me sell this property and I am pleased to recommend him to you. Please feel free to e-mail me if you have any questions at admin@AnnieChenCPA.com.

 Sincerely,
 Annie Chen, Broker and CPA, Orange County, California