Home Alone Fund ( Help 4 Widows )
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MISSION
To help widows with transitional expenses
by realizing additional profits from the sale of their home.
WHERE does the money come from?
The Home Alone Fund is built up by those who choose Steve Martin Homes Group to be the Real Estate Professionals in their lives. Because of them, we can take a percentage of each sale and move it into our Home Alone Fund. The percentages mirror our commission percentage. As an example, if our broker was paid 3% on one of our sales, then we move 3% of our pay from that sale into the Home Alone Fund.
WHY do we do it?
It is common for a home’s condition to suffer at the loss of a spouse. If a widow needs to transition to another living environment, the profits realized from the sale of her current property may be critical to support that lifestyle change. A desire for helping widows has been a shared passion in our 37 year marriage. I'll share more background on this below if you are interested.
WHEN do we decide is an appropriate time to help?
As seasoned real estate professionals, we have the knowledge and skill set to determine which repairs and improvements can be made to increase a seller’s profit margin. However, there is not always available funds to make even modest corrections to a property’s market value. When we see opportunities to make improvements that will make a substantial difference in the value that buyers will find in a home, that is when we roll up our sleeves and pull from the Home Alone Fund. Due to the nature of this service, it is reserved for widows who have hired Steve Martin Homes Group as their full service listing team.
HOW does it play out in real life?
There are many ways that we’ve seen this situation play out over the years. As I write this, we have a Home Alone listing in progress. The seller has just moved out and our team has begun the process of sorting through the items left behind, cleaning the house, detailing, staging, replacing the carpet and padding in both bedrooms, and a variety of other task that will produce a move in ready home for the next owner. Much of the labor is being done by our team. Some tasks we hire out. Katrina personally manages the entire process from start to finish and is the best prep-for-market professional I have ever seen. Watch the video below from 2017 when we just completed prepping our youngest widow’s home.
More of our story... ( coming soon )