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Your CERTIFIED RESIDENTIAL SPECIALIST
Please take a moment to browse through my Knoxville area Real Estate listings. Use the free Real Estate search and helpful information that will make your path to real estate ownership easier. If you are relocating to Knoxville from another city or state, I can help.
You’ll find local information, area listings and about me. For a professional, thorough, pleasant, and gratifying experience contact me anytime.
Thanks, Gary D. King
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About Gary D. King
I got into the real estate business a few years after college, when I started leasing oil and gas minerals for Shell Oil Company in 1978. I produced excellent results for the company by leasing over 140,000 acres of property during a 3-year span, ranging from Southeast Colorado, Southern Kansas and Oklahoma.
When the oil boom of the early eighties screeched to a halt, I moved to Northern Virginia where I became a realtor, broker and worked for prestigious real estate companies like Prudential, Long & Tester and Weichert. After selling over 200 million dollars worth of real estate there, I decided to move to Maryville, Tennessee with his wife and daughter, and open King Realtors. I ran King Realtors for 4 years while starting Gary King Builders Inc.
When my parents became ill in 2002, I relocated to Northern Kentucky and became a broker there, while working for Huff Realty and Realty Executives. I eventually moved back to Tennessee and decided Knoxville was the place I wanted to permanently call home. I have become a certified Residential Broker (CRB), a certified Residential Specialist (CRS), Accredited Buyers Representative (ABR), and a Graduate of the Realtors Institute (GRI).
Why Use Gary D. King
1. Over 2,000 sold homes and families satisfied with my services as a realtor.
2. Certified Residential Broker - insuring real estate law knowledge.
3. Certified Residential Specialist - possessing greater knowledge of the entire real estate transaction process from purchase to closing.
4. Acquired team of real estate service specialists which are 'top in their field' - loan officers, home inspectors, title closers, structural engineers and building contractors.
5. Twenty Four (24) years experience.
6. Real estate building contractor (inactive).
7. Graduate of the Realtor Institute - a professional degree in real estate.
8. Intense marketing plan to sell your home.
Steps to buying a home:
1. Inspect the credentials for a realtor to insure proper education, training and experience. There are several designations that realtors can achieve after licensing. 'Hire a buyer broker specialist.'
2. Ask your realtor to suggest several loan officers and banks to get prequalified. There is no penalty to your credit score by having several loan officers check your credit. After that, the loan officer will be able to suggest a loan program for you.
3. Save money and pay off debt.
4. Make a wish list of things you would like in the home. For example: number of bedrooms and baths, fireplace, garage, yard, etc. Remember, you may not get everything, you want. It depends on what you can afford.
5. Determine a specific area - geographic location.
6. Gather all your financial information for the loan officer.
7. Compute what house payment you feel comfortable with. Do not forget to include escrow in the payment. Escrow usually includes insurance and taxes.
8. Provide your realtor with your email address. Today's multiple listing services have email capability. Your realtor can email listings for you to approve or disapprove.
9. If needed, call the school system and find out what school district you want your child or children to attend.
10. At the contract, insist on a home inspection. Your realtor - 'Buyers Rep' - will make several suggestions
11. Think closing date - when would you like to move. Remember, house payments are made in arrears, so interest makes a big difference. Once again, I can explain in detail.
12. Have your loan officer or realtor explain what closing costs amount to and what they cover.
First Time BuyerÃs Guide to Buying a Home
1. Find a realtor who specializes in ìbuyer brokerageî and who is willing to guide you through the entire home buying process and explain such processes as you proceed. A Buyer Broker should:
Have a valid Tennessee Real Estate License
Have a lockbox keypad which will allow them to gain entry into all listed homes.
Be able to show you all listed homes.
Have at least 5 years experience and have ample credentials such as a GRI, CRS, CRB, etc.
2. Get prequalified with a lender. Being prequalified means you have discussed your financial information with a lender so they can determine how expensive a home you can buy and the loan program that best suits your needs. Your realtor can suggest several lenders to you.
3. Tell your realtor what type of home you are looking for and the area you most prefer.
4. Your realtor will access the Multiple Listing Service internet database and find listings which resemble the type of home you like. Your realtor can then schedule a tour for you so you may see the homes. This process can involve looking at many homes, but youÃll eventually find a home you love.
5. Once you find the home you like, make an offer to the seller to buy the home. Your realtor will take care of the paperwork and go over the contract with you.
6. The offer is presented to the seller. They will either accept, counter, or reject the offer, which your realtor will explain all this in detail.
7. The house you choose is surveyed by a home inspector to determine if your house needs any repairs.
8. You meet face to face with the lender.
9. Time is of the essence is a legal term which means you and the seller will do everything within the contract to carry the contract to closing.
10. The house closes and you take ownership of your new home. Your realtor will explain the details, such as HUD 1.
Steps To Selling Your Home:
1. Spruce your home up, so that it is in top notch condition. *** email me and I will provide you with a check list.
2. Have a realtor help you determine your homes worth and the right marketing strategy for the highest sale.
3. Have a termite inspector examine your home and get a pest free certificate.
4. Have a home inspector examine your home and begin repairing the list.
5. Know the time frame you want your home to sell by and work with your realtor and marketing plan to do so.
6. Have you home professionally 'staged' to present to buyers.
IMPORTANT NOTES:
A. Your buyer representation is free. They are paid by the seller at closing from the home is equity.
B. Your realtor should give you details on every aspect of the home buying process.
I hope you choose me, Gary D. King, as your realtor. I guarantee you a fantastic buying experience.
Gary D. King
Serving the following areas of East Tennessee:
Alcoa Highway
Cedar Bluff
Concord
East Knoxville
Farragut City
Fountain City
Gibbs
Halls
Hardin Valley
Holston Hills
Chilhowee
Karns
Lovell Road
Campbell Station
Mechanicsville
North Knoxville
Northshore Drive
Choto
Powell
South Knoxville
Doyle
Sutherland Avenue
University Area
Fort Sanders
Seymour
As well as
Knox County
And Grainger, Blount, Loudon, and Anderson Counties.
