Sellers

ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT SELLING YOUR HOME?

When you’re ready to sell or buy, you need an experienced partner.  Someone who will listen to your questions and who will give you honest, easy to understand answers. You want someone who speaks for you at the offer table, during negotiations, through inspections, appraisals, and all of the stressful moments in a real estate transaction. You need a FULL TIME Real Estate Professional, someone that you can trust. You need Sherrie Benner, REALTOR®, Broker, WCR®, SRES®, CRTS®, and her team, The Benner Group, top producing team for Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Northeast Real Estate Southern Maine area. 

What makes Sherrie Benner of The Benner Group different from other agents? She leads a hardworking team of trusted service providers to assist you with all your real estate needs from pre to post closing including IT staff, inspectors, movers, painters, handymen, electricians, and plumbers. Her team of marketing professionals makes YOUR HOME stand out. Benefits of listing with Sherrie include Professional Photography and Home Staging for FREE. You, the Seller, are the key member of the team and together we all work to create the best possible listing experience. 

Representing Southern Maine, Sherrie is active in her community and understands the market where she works and lives. You can count on Sherrie to be passionate, genuine, and focused on you throughout the real estate transaction.  Her natural curiosity drives her to listen to and learn about the people she encounters. Empathetic and dependable, she will be your confidant and advocate. Sherrie is committed to listening to her client’s needs and utilizing her keen negotiating and analytical skills to ensure a successful transaction. 

Known by her clients and colleagues for her positive working relationships and skills as a collaborative negotiator determined to produce the best possible deal and get it to the closing table to the satisfaction of all parties. She is quick to solve problems and resolve differences. Most importantly, Sherrie earns your trust, referrals and repeat business. 


HOME STAGING

Agents would love to have a million dollar “magazine cover” home to sell but the truth is most homes in Maine are more modest in price and scale. They might need a little attention because of out-dated decor (think shag rugs or taste specific decor like poker playing dogs on velvet). If your home could use a little sprucing up, when you list with Sherrie you get her Staging Services for FREE. Staged homes have been proven to sell a home for more money in less time. Although staging is not needed for every home, you are guided through the decision of how much staging preparation (interior and exterior) is needed.

She repurposes what you might already have and brings in carefully curated pieces to enhance and supplement. Your home is staged with a professional eye, highlighting the positive and minimizing the negative. Need a bed for that awkward placed bedroom on the 3rd floor or spiral-staircase-access-only bedroom? We have a clever trick for that …. want to know the secret?


PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY 

Other benefits to you as the seller, include having your home professionally photographed. Here’s to the old saying “A picture paints 1000 words.” Beautiful images evoke emotion and emotion stirs the soul. Nothing is more driven by emotions than a purchase of a new home. Her Photographers are some of the best in the business. They have won awards and also have had their photographs in national magazines. 


CUSTOMER SERVICE

While Sherrie works with all age groups of homeowners, she has specific skills for working with an older population that may be transitioning to senior assisted housing or working with families facing estate sales. Sherrie has seen expanding needs of senior real estate buyers and sellers, as people age out and families often move away.  As a certified Seniors Real Estate Specialist® (SRES®), Sherrie has had the pleasure of helping clients with special needs that could only be met by a caring, compassionate and experienced real estate professional. Sherrie provides a no pressure approach. She takes the time to make you feel comfortable with the complex selling process and understands the demands a sale can make on you and the overwhelming choices being made during a difficult process and time. She works with the homeowners and as appropriate, family members. Sherrie even minimizes the stress of speedy downsizing by arranging for temporary off-site storage for ease of moving. 

The Internet is helping real estate professionals grow and manage businesses more efficiently than ever before and internet enabled devices not only make homes and the process of selling them smarter but also takes a lot of the leg-work off of the agent.   While embracing technology in all other aspects of the job, Sherrie does not rely on the Showing Time technology, a service that automates the scheduling of showing appointments. She schedules all property showings on her listings through direct communication with the buyer’s agents. This enables her to specifically engage the buyer’s agent about the property and to tout all it’s best features and what makes the property unique. It is this personal connection that allows Sherrie to communicate so much more than a simple automated confirmation.  She is your home’s cheerleader.  


MARKETING

Effective marketing is the key to Sherrie’s success.  She offers a customized marketing strategy for each property which encompasses a powerful mix of print media, cutting edge internet techniques, and closely targeted direct mail marketing.  


Want to know more about what the marketing plan entails? 

Reach out to Sherrie for a custom consultation.

It is with great pride that The Benner Group, for many years, has had a tradition of providing an American Flag to fly at each of our listings to help showcase the property,  if the homeowner does not already have one.  The flag is then given as a gift to the buyer at closing.  Proud to be your Realtor. 

Seller Resources

Free Storage for Seller Clients!

Is your stuff taking over? Clear the clutter for FREE while you prepare your home for sale

Free Staging for Seller Clients

If YOUR home could use a little sprucing up, when you list with Sherrie you get an added benefit of Staging and Re-Design Services for FREE

Photography & Marketing

Once we get your home all picture perfect, it's time to take photos! The photos of your home are often a potential buyer's first encounter with your home, so my professional photographer will take great care to capture your home in the best light possible. 

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A Seniors Real Estate Specialist® (SRES®) has unique training and experience in helping elder home buyers and sellers.

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Expert Insights for Today's Sellers

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What's Ahead for Mortgage Rates and Home Prices?

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Top Reasons Homeowners Are Selling

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What Increased Housing Supply Means for Current Homeowners

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Your Home's Asking Price Matters More Now Than Ever

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Reasons to Hire a Real Estate Professional

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A Checklist for Selling Your House

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What's Going to Happen to Home Prices This Year?

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Record Equity Gains Can Power Your Next Move

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Real Estate Voted the Best Investment

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Save Time and Effort by Selling with an Agent

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Should I Update My House Before I Sell It?

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If I Sell Now, Where Will I Go?

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4 Major Incentives to Sell This Fall

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Expert Insights on the Current Housing Market

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Why Low Inventory Is a Win for Sellers

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Home Price Appreciation Is on the Rise

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Why You Shouldn’t Wait to Sell Your House

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Leveraging Your Equity

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6 Reasons Why Selling Your House on Your Own Is a Mistake

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Should I Renovate My House Before I Sell It?

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Selling Your House with Today’s Technology

Working with a trusted professional who’s skilled with today’s changing virtual practices may help you win big. 

Why Pricing Your House Right Matters

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Why You Should Sell This Spring

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Why Sellers Are Winning Big Today

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Why People Are Moving this Season

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The Expert Winter Housing Market Forecast

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5 Tips for Selling a Home That Needs Updating

It is amazing to see what a few simple cost-effective changes can make in a home’s appearance, like adding a rug, white towels or other decorative items to freshen up the space when a full blown renovation is out of the budget.

Testimonials

"Sherrie is friendly, knowledgeable, intuitive, dependable, and always ready to do whatever is needed."

- Carol, Seller

"We can't imagine any better service."

- J & Kathleen, Sellers

"Sherrie staged my home and made it beautiful. It helped me get a great price for my home."

- Theresa, Seller

"Sherrie is excellent in staging and presentation of a home for maximum selling potential. Sherrie is very professional and extremely knowledgeable, always looking ahead to anticipate potential problem areas. She did an outstanding job for us."

- Paul & Linda, Sellers

"Excellent, professional, thorough, and fun! From marketing to closing - excellent service!"

- Carrie, Seller

"Sherrie did an excellent job. If I were to do it again, I would work with her."

- Dan, Seller

"Sherrie's experience and professionalism was outstanding! We couldn't ask for better.

- Lori & Steve, Sellers