Whether you are interested in buying or selling -- or both, you have come to the right place! I have spent nearly half a century helping people achieve their goals -- and that is exactly what I will do for you.

John Cleek, Ph.D., e-PRO, REALTOR®
The Crown Platinum Team
Education and Marketing Consultant

I want to help you buy or sell real estate!

The only agenda I will bring to the table is to help you achieve your objectives in a sensitive and supportive manner.

Most experts agree that the real estate industry is in a period of significant transition and transformation. One of the major drivers of this transformation is technology. For example, over eighty percent of all real estate transactions today begin with an Internet search. If you are reading this, you are a part of the transformation.

For nearly two decades I have been working to master the tools for the rapidly exploding field of communications technology, including the Internet -- and I am now ready to put these skills to work for you. Rather than view technology as a threat, I embrace it as a means for upgrading the marketing of your home or helping you find the perfect home for you. But it is important to keep the technology under control. In my view, the most effective approach to technology is to couple it with a high degree of personal marketing. I call it -- high tech, high touch!

At the end of the day, the most valuable asset any realtor® has to offer is credibility. I have invested a lifetime earning the trust and respect of my colleagues, friends, and family. I am now asking you to give me a chance to earn your trust and respect as well.

If you grant me the privilege of helping you sell your present home, my Top Priority from Day One will be

to sell your home in the shortest time,
at a price that is reasonable from your point of view and on the most favorable terms,
and do all of this with as little stress and inconvenience to you as possible.

In today's volatile real estate market, it is essential that your property be priced to the market. Before we will discuss the price point is correct for your property I will study all sales and active listiings in the area and review this data with you. Together we will select a listing price that fits your objectives and priorities

One thing we know for sure, the only way anyone is going to buy your home is if they know it is for sale. I pledge to aggressively market your home to the largest possible number of prospective buyers using the most effective marketing techniques from a sign in the yard to a special website created just for your property.

If you allow me the opportunity to help you find the perfect home for you, I will screen all of the homes on the market in the area you have selected that fit the conditions you set -- but I won't stop there! I will assemble all available information about these homes and where appropriate I will prescreen them to eliminate those that have been puffed up by a wordsmith or a skillful photographer.

My Pledge to You --

I will never waste your time showing you properties that do not match your stated requirements.

I NEVER want to hear a prospective home buyer say, "Why would you think I would be interested in this home?

Whether we are marketing your present home or searching for your future home -- the first thing I always do is LISTEN! I will ask lots of questions to help me define as precisely as possible your wants and needs.

Armed with a clear profile of your objectives, I will be ready to go to work providing you with the finest professional real estate service available anywhere. I am happy to provide you with contact information for my previous clients because I know they will tell you that I not only provided them with high quality professional guidance but that I also treated them as friends. I'm not only interested in working with you today, I am interested in serving your needs so well that you wouldn't think of using any other REALTOR® when you are buying or selling in the future. I also want you to be so completely satisfied with my service that you tell all of your friends and relatives to give me a call.

If this is your first venture into home ownership, let me help you make it a positive and rewarding experience. Nothing is more gratifying to me than to see a family settled into a home that fits their needs AND their budget.

John E. Cleek, Ph.D., e-PRO, REALTOR®
Education and Marketing Consultant
The Crown Platinum Team
Crown Realty
Miami County - Johnson County - Linn County (Kansas)
Jackson County - Cass County - Bates County (Missouri)