No business can operate alone; we all need a large group of other individuals and businesses to help us succeed. At Garan Commercial Properties, when one of our clients needs someone to help their business grow, we look into our list of contacts to see if we can find someone with the requisite skills to further aid our client or their business.
Let’s meet Mark Narro, one of the people we know:
1.Please provide a brief history of your current business or area of expertise.
I am a broker associate with RE/Max Westside Realtors offering buyer and seller brokerage services since 1984.
2. What is your specialty or target market? My core market is new or upgrading home buyers or sellers specializing in Memorial, Katy, Alief, and master planned communities.
3. What are the greatest challenges facing your clients presently? As with most business sectors, the greatest challenge today is financing. Lending requirements have tightened up significantly making it harder to be approved for home financing.
4. What advice do you give clients or potential clients to overcome these challenges? I recommend buyers get pre-approved before beginning your home search to determine the amount of purchase you can qualify for and if there are any personal issues that need to be addressed prior approved.
5. What positive aspects do you see in the current market? Though difficult to maneuver in without an experienced realtor, the current markets provide ample buying opportunities and low interest rates.
6. What is your outlook for the remainder of the year? Next year? I see a continued improvement in the market as deals get done which should improve market confidence and strengthen value.
7. What separates you from your competition? I feel that my expertise, knowledge and common sense approach along with my ability to to properly price, stage, and market your home allow me to stand apart from other residential realtors. In addition, I continually strive for excellence, am a supporter of the Children’s Miracle Network, and am an inductee of the 1999 RE/MAX Hall of Fame.
8. What is the greatest satisfaction that you get from operating your business? I take great pleasure in being able to assist homeowners obtain their largest asset with ease, confidence, and joy.
9.What are some points you hope clients take away from their initial meeting with you? After conducting and completing business with you? When meeting with potential clients, I hope they take away knowledge of the current housing market, how to get the best price for their home, and what their needs are for their next home purchase. After the purchase, I hope my clients take away clear concise advice on how to maintain their asset as well as the calm of a stress free transaction which will allow them to enjoy their new home.
10. How may people contact you? Mark can be reached at www.marknarro.com where you can sign up for his quarterly newsletter, by email atmarknarro@remax.net, or by phone at 281.798.2676.
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