About Krystal Bartak
My passion is helping clients navigate the home buying process with ease and confidence. I will partner with you throughout the process to ensure you are fully informed about all that goes into buying or selling a home. Not only do I help you plan for the expected and unexpected, I also help make this process fun and exciting as you get to start this next chapter in your life.
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Word Of Mouth: The Best Advertising Tool A Realtor Can Use
As a real estate agent, there are a lot of ways to get your name out there. From business cards to billboards and advertisements on search engines, there’s no shortage of marketing tools that you can and should use to your advantage as a real estate professional. Each of these tools can be useful in its own rite, but there’s one tool that you’re ...
Agent Advice
How Much Do Real Estate Agents Spend On Marketing?
If you’re just starting out in the real estate business, you might currently be a bit overwhelmed by everything at your disposal in your new role. There’s so much you need to learn, so many new techniques you can use, and so many new people to meet. The world of real estate is more akin to an ocean than anything else, with all the depth and variety ...
Agent Advice
How To Retain Your Real Estate Clients Effectively?
The professional practice of the real estate business as a genuine magician is like being in a relationship. In the beginning, you may be lucky and dazzle your soulmate with your looks and expertise. As a result, you get to close the deal. Then, it’s official: you’re together. But for how long? An excellent suitor and skilled ‘hunter’ can conquer ...
Home Seller Tips
Risks And Rewards Of Selling Your Home Without A Realtor
From the perspective of a home buyer, the position of a real estate agent can seem unjustified in its existence. Why in the world would you pay someone 6% commission on the total sale price of your home, just so that they can set up a couple signs in the yard and do some paperwork? On the face of it, it seems utterly preposterous; why not just sell your home without a ...
Agent Advice
The Do’s And Don’ts Of The Real Estate Code Of Ethics
In the real estate business, it’s no secret that flexible morals have had a presence in the field since the very beginning. Whether it’s real estate agents that conceal vital information to make the deal go through or real estate developers cutting corners on multi-million dollar housing projects, this business has a reputation for being less-than-reputable. ...
Real Estate Glossary Terms
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Contract Rate
Stated rate of interest on the face amount of a loan or installment note. ...
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Relocation Service
Organization that manages the relocation of the employees of client companies from one area of the country to another. A relocation service will manage home sales and purchases in another region as well as assisting in moving furniture and other personal effects. The primary purpose of a relocati ...
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Rebate
Same as term Negative Points: Points paid by a lender for a loan with a rate above the rate on a zero point loan. For example, a lender might quote the following prices: 8%/0 points, 7.5%/3 points, 8.75%/-2.5 points. Negative points, often referred to as 'rebates,' are used to reduce a borrower's ...
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Incurred Expenses
Expenses that have or may not yet have been paid by an insurance company. ...
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Total Return
Comprehensive gain or loss on a security over a stipulated period of time comprised of capital appreciation plus dividend/interest received. ...