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About Me
My name is Ammon Franklin and I love helping people navigate property sales! I grew up in CO and have lived here most of my life. I’m married and have a small family. Most of the last decade I’ve worked in real estate, principally on the investment side. I’ve helped hundreds of people find their best course through the challenges of property sales. I’ve witnessed incredible agents be quintessential professionals, and I’ve seen entirely avoidable tragedies.
Why Start Snap Sale?
There is no single, perfect solution for every circumstance, but there are common mistakes to avoid! I firmly believe the free information I offer will help you avoid pitfalls and facilitate the best possible outcome!
Whether you may be best served by a traditional brokered sale or a qualified cash offer, the best decisions happen when you are armed with the best information and the best advocates.
For Free?!
Yes, free to you.
If you allow me to be your advocate, I will still get paid of course. How I’m remunerated depends on if you need a traditional sale or a cash offer.
Traditional Brokered Sale: I use database analytics to narrow possible agents and then personally call and interview each top candidate to find the best agent to serve you. When I refer you to them, I get paid a small fraction of their commission. This saves the agent time and money getting a new client, and it costs you nothing at all.
Qualified Cash Offer: Likewise, when I help you solicit, analyze, and negotiate cash offers, it’s the investor that you pick who pays me a small fee. This is already part of the investor’s cost structure. You get all the conveniences and contractual guarantees you deserve. You also avoid bad actors and wholesalers, and you still pay nothing!
These are the horror stories that I’ve made it my mission to help you avoid!
These are true stories:
Tragedy #1: Inexperienced Agent. A young couple I knew selected a brand new agent to represent them on the purchase of their first home. This agent encouraged the purchase of a house with significant challenges. The house had previously been under contract FIVE times, and each time fell apart after inspections. But the inexperienced agent encouraged an offer price well above any reasonable value, and failed to renegotiate after inspections. Ultimately, many years of problems and many THOUSANDS of dollars in expenses followed, and the couple sold the house for less than they bought it for.
Tragedies #2: Wholesaler. A home in my neighborhood sold for $415,000 and then sold for $485,000 … only 16 days later. Another home sold for $450,000 and then $500,000 two days later. And yet another home on my street sold for $530,000 and then for $569,000 the same day.
That is $159,000 of lost equity because sellers didn’t know their “buyer” was actually a wholesaler! A wholesaler is an equity-grabbing middleman. There are specific clues to look for in the contract to spot them.
Tragedy #3: i-Buyer. A friend of a friend got an offer from a national i-buyer. The offer was for cash but had none of the benefits or conveniences of a qualified cash offer (such as an “as is” sale without price renegotiations).
All the headache of a traditional sale, and the lower price of an investor offer.
The fine print makes all the difference!
Tragedy #4: ... Let’s ensure it’s not yours.