About House Real Estate...

Extra value with no extra cost

House Real Estate extra marketing value comes without adding cost for either buyers or sellers. House Real Estate works with traditional real estate sales and listing offices with the best agents in town. The offices we work with pay our entire fee. We only use high quality agencies that have physical offices in town and we use only agents that meet our high standards of ethical conduct. Clients who work with us receive the traditional sales office's marketing and our added marketing for the same cost:

We will help market properties and procure prospects in many ways.

Added marketing for potential sellers:

  • Location- Location- Location
    Our exclusive staffed counter inside Mammoth Lakes Von's Market is the best location in town. No other office offers more exposure for properties. Thousands of prospects go through the market daily.

  • Weekly real estate radio talk show. We will feature new listings on our exclusive radio program that is broadcast hundreds of miles up the Eastern Sierra. This airs from Lone Pine to Mammoth Lakes at 9pm on Fridays. This is the best time for Highway 395 traffic driving to Mammoth.

  • Internet Web Site Technology:
    Get listed on the best real estate web site in Mammoth Lakes.

  • Email for prospective sellers. We stay in touch. Simply supply us your Email and address and we will Email you when a property on your street sells.

  • We stay in touch. The largest complaint from sellers is the lack of communication about their property.

  • Custom hot sheet fliers distributed throughout town. These are frequently updated with current information. Our fliers have dates on them.

  • Fliers to agents. (Agents sell homes - ads do not.) We notify many agents in town when your property becomes available on the market.

  • We will also produce extra print ads in local publications.

    • Added marketing for potential Buyers:

  • We prefer to have you see all available listings for what you are looking for. This makes sure you get the best possible property that meets your needs and not just what an agent or office wants to show you.

  • We will keep you informed by Email, standard mail, or faxing better than any other office or agent. You will get updates on properties that meet you criteria. You get the benefits of having a standard office agent and House Real Estate working hard to find the right place for you.

  • For buyers, we offer the use of a digital camera for you or agent to take photos as you look at properties. House Real Estate will print or Email the photos for you. This will be a tremendous help in remembering the highlights of properties you like.

  • Our hot sheet fliers are frequently updated with current information. Our fliers have dates on them. We strive to offer the most current real estate information available.

    • You receive the participating local offices marketing and services and House Real Estate services at no additional cost, a win-win for buyers and sellers.

    Broker /Owner

    Karl Kratz lives and owns property in Mammoth Lakes. He has a degree in Business Marketing from the Cal State University system. He has taught at the Eastern Sierra Junior College, Cerro Coso, for a couple of years. He teaches business skills (i.e. marketing, advertising, sales skills, management, etc.) as well as computer science (Internet, Spreadsheets, Database, Word, PhotoShop, Illustrator, PageMaker, etc.) He moved from the San Francisco bay area where he was an operations manager of a division of a two billion-dollar computer manufacturer. He has been in the computer trade for over fifteen years and has also taught classes for Foothill Junior College in the bay area. He wrote the popular book 510 Ways to Crime Proof Your Home.
    His specialty is in sales, marketing, and Management Information Systems.

    He has worked for many fortune 500 companies on high technology projects including McDonald Douglas, Measurex, Apple Computer, Solectron, Applied Materials, FORCE Computers, Times Mirror, and sold computers to many more companies including City of San Jose, Raytheon, SRI, Xerox, National Semiconductor, Lockheed, NASA, etc.

    He volunteered at many non-profit organizations including Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Santa Clara - big brother ten year volunteer (little went to UCLA), Computer trainer for the Inyo County Youth at Risk Program, etc.

    Motto
    Honesty, integrity and hard work.
    We will do whatever it takes to sell your home or find the best home for you as long as it is legal and ethical. We team up with you and work harder and smarter than any other office or agent. Together we will get results!

    Member
    MLS (Multiple Listing Service), CAR (California Association of REALTORS®), NAR (National Association of REALTORS®), BOR (Mammoth Lakes Board of REALTORS®), REALTOR®, Licensed Broker (Karl Kratz), Mammoth Lakes Chamber of Commerce, House Real Estate is an equal housing opportunity company.

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