Partnerships – an important consideration for Smart Homes

Successful real estate agents and teams have a strong and productive network of partnerships in their communities. These relationships support their real estate business and provide many referrals within the community.?

Smart agents understand the value of these partnerships that give depth and leverage to their individual practices, contractors, architects, designers, real estate attorneys, land planners…plus many other talented vendors.

In today’s world, one more partnership is critical - a strong working relationship with a Smart Home Automation Expert. Do your research and due diligence.?There are always highly respected home automation experts in your market area. Select one and get to know them well.?

As a real estate agent, you are not expected be an expert in this fast-moving Smart Home arena - but you can have an expert on your team. Here are several ways they can help you and your clients:

1. For your buyers purchasing an older home, your Smart Home partner can evaluate the opportunity for Smart Home features to be incorporated in the remodel. When done at the right time, this analysis of the home’s infrastructure can save your clients great expense and headaches. It will also introduce, in a timely manner, the Smart Home discussions that need to take place with the buyer’s contractor.
2. Your Automation expert can provide counsel to your Buyer clients on Smart Home choices that will meet their personal, family and lifestyle needs.
3. A Smart Home expert can evaluate and inspect existing Smart Home systems in a home that your buyer is purchasing.
4. For your sellers when Listing their home, a Smart Home advisor will help them properly disclose the Smart Home features in their residence.

Take the time to develop this relationship and it will bring you valuable dividends and future business. It will be a super opportunity for you to differentiate your practice and increase the strength of your brand.?

Finally, a Smart Home partner can help you prepare for the coming future of rapid changes in the Smart Home Landscape.

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Next time we will look at the issue of?Seller?disclosures of Smart Home features. Until then…

Be smart, be safe and be well…

Ben Heinrich | [email protected]

831-915-7415 | www.theheinrichteam.com