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About Me
CAROLE HELWIG is a Realtor and Broker licensed in MA.
Advanced Designations include
Accredited Consultant In Real Estate (ACRE™)
Certified Buyer Representative (CBR®)
Senior Real Estate Specialist (SRES®)
Certified Residential Specialist (CRS)
e-Pro® certified
Carole has been a full time licensed REALTOR since 1994. She is a Broker/Partner with Keller Williams Realty and services the communities located in eastern Worcester and western Middlesex Counties in Central Mssachusetts. In addition to actively serving clients, Carole is responsible for all aspects of the business that is Carole Helwig and Associates. That includes planning, operations, technology, marketing and general team management.
Within a few years of her real estate career, Carole began operating her business in a consulting model, and built a strong referral based business. Always feeling there was a "missing piece" to the business model she embraced, it did not become apparent until completing the ACRE program in 2007. The missing piece turned out to be the total transparency activity based pricing provides to the consumer.
No longer is the consumer required to suffer the "square peg, round hole" syndrome. This occurs when the only choice is all or nothing.
These are essentially the terms the real estate industry has offered homeowners for nearly a hundred years. To compare how crazy that is, just think about how would you feel if your tax accountant billed you a percentage of your gross annual earnings, rather than a flat or hourly fee, to prepare your income tax return.
Now Carole Helwig and Associates can design a personally tailored plan for you that revolves around the services you need and want. That may end up being the traditional real estate commission model, or the hourly consulting fee or a fee determined by the specific menu of activities you chose. The main focus here is total transparency of what you are actually paying and CHOICE. What a refreshing change!
Proudly affiliated with Keller Williams Realty since 2002, Carole is also a certified trainer for Keller Williams Realty, New England region, served on the Agent Leadership Council (ALC) from 2003-2007 and is an active mentor to agents in her office.
FAMILY AND COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP
For the past 25 years, Carole has lived in beautiful rolling hills of Central Massachusetts and happily resides with her husband, Noel, and twin sons, Parker and Evan.
She is a Corporator with the Clinton Savings Bank.
EDUCATION
Carole holds her Bachelor of Science Degree in Speech Pathology from Bowling Green State University and has post graduate hours from Marshall University (yes, of the "We Are Marshall" movie fame).
Always interested in seeking knowledge, Carole regularly attends courses and conferences throughout the country that gives her the very best tools to serve her clients at the highest level.
Advanced Designations include
Accredited Consultant In Real Estate (ACRE™)
Certified Buyer Representative (CBR®)
Senior Real Estate Specialist (SRES®)
Certified Residential Specialist (CRS)
e-Pro® certified
Carole has been a full time licensed REALTOR since 1994. She is a Broker/Partner with Keller Williams Realty and services the communities located in eastern Worcester and western Middlesex Counties in Central Mssachusetts. In addition to actively serving clients, Carole is responsible for all aspects of the business that is Carole Helwig and Associates. That includes planning, operations, technology, marketing and general team management.
Within a few years of her real estate career, Carole began operating her business in a consulting model, and built a strong referral based business. Always feeling there was a "missing piece" to the business model she embraced, it did not become apparent until completing the ACRE program in 2007. The missing piece turned out to be the total transparency activity based pricing provides to the consumer.
No longer is the consumer required to suffer the "square peg, round hole" syndrome. This occurs when the only choice is all or nothing.
These are essentially the terms the real estate industry has offered homeowners for nearly a hundred years. To compare how crazy that is, just think about how would you feel if your tax accountant billed you a percentage of your gross annual earnings, rather than a flat or hourly fee, to prepare your income tax return.
Now Carole Helwig and Associates can design a personally tailored plan for you that revolves around the services you need and want. That may end up being the traditional real estate commission model, or the hourly consulting fee or a fee determined by the specific menu of activities you chose. The main focus here is total transparency of what you are actually paying and CHOICE. What a refreshing change!
Proudly affiliated with Keller Williams Realty since 2002, Carole is also a certified trainer for Keller Williams Realty, New England region, served on the Agent Leadership Council (ALC) from 2003-2007 and is an active mentor to agents in her office.
FAMILY AND COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP
For the past 25 years, Carole has lived in beautiful rolling hills of Central Massachusetts and happily resides with her husband, Noel, and twin sons, Parker and Evan.
She is a Corporator with the Clinton Savings Bank.
EDUCATION
Carole holds her Bachelor of Science Degree in Speech Pathology from Bowling Green State University and has post graduate hours from Marshall University (yes, of the "We Are Marshall" movie fame).
Always interested in seeking knowledge, Carole regularly attends courses and conferences throughout the country that gives her the very best tools to serve her clients at the highest level.
Testimonials
"Carole helped our family relocate from France. She made a very big and stressful move very enjoyable and relaxing. She was able to anticipate our needs, she helped us to understand everything we needed to know about moving to the US and even assisted us in getting our documentation in order. Carole had high energy and provided us very personal service, she anticipated our needs and her follow through on every detail was exceptional.
We have recommended her to our relocation company and to any other friends or colleagues we know who will be buying or selling."
Pascale and Bruno Duquet Thu Aug 23, 2007
Pascale and Bruno Duquet Thu Aug 23, 2007
"Carole Helwig went above and beyond for us. She could always meet with us and spent as much time as we needed in helping us to understand all the parts of finding and buying our first home. We knew we could call her about any questions we had.
We feel lucky to have worked with her and look forward to having Carole represent us again when we sell our starter home and buy our next home."
Jennifer and David Smith Sun Sep 3, 2006
Jennifer and David Smith Sun Sep 3, 2006
"Carole, I want to thank you for all you did for me in the sale of my house. You saved me thousands of dollars ($43,000 to be exact) and I am extremely grateful. It was not a straight forward situation and your knowledge and professionalism throughout were the keys to a successful sale.
You always knew the right people for me to contact regardless of the situation and your referrals were always just right.
I am so happy to be out from under a bad situation and I could not have done it without you.
I am pleased to recommend you to anyone I know who will be buying or selling.
Thank you again. Lauren B. Rue"
Lauren B. Rue Sat May 3
Lauren B. Rue Sat May 3
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Carole Helwig answered:
Hi Joel,
That's a great question. We are required by MLS to change the status of a listing within 24 hours of accepting an offer. There are 2 ways a status can be changed. The first is to go to Under Agreement right off the bat. Most listing agents do not use that option to protect the seller.
The 2nd, and most common, status change is Accpeted offer, accepting back ups.
That notifies everyone that an offer has been accepted (signed by all parties) and the buyer is protected with that contract. Because most offers come with contingencies that can include, but are not limited to, home inspection and financing, there are many reasons the accepted offer does not stay together.
As previously stated, some buyers use the home inspecition as an opportunity to renegotiate the price with the seller. Some homes have so many problems that the buyer makes a decision to withdraw the offer after the inspection. It's also a possibility that the buyer was unable to secure financing to purchase the house.
Until the purchase and sale contract is signed the buyer can get out of the contract fairly easily without penalty. And then, there is "cold feet" as stated by Donna.
The benefit of accepting "back up" offers, is that the back up buyer is in the queue, so to speak, so that if anything does happen to the original offer that it falls apart, they are in line to negotiate a new offer on the property. So, instead of a buyer's agent telling the listing agent, "If anything happens to the deal, let me know. I have an intersted buyer", and maybe getting that call, a firm offer is in place to begin negotiating.
The flip side is that often times the lsiting agent, doing their duty for their client, the seller, will use the back up offer as a way to put pressure on the existing buyer to move forward with the transaction.
So, to answer your questions for this scenario, if the explanation you received is accurate:
1- Yes, it's legit
2- There is nothing being done that is not within the law
3- The reason your offer would be used as a pawn in the exisitng offer is not to neccesarily drive the price up, but to let the existing buyer know that if they do not move forward there is another offer on the table the seller will negotiate with if the buyer backs out. The "take away" is often enough motivation for the buyer to keep moving forward and remove unreasonable demands of the seller.
I am a firm believer that when it's meant to be it will happen. So if that house does not work out for you, there must be a better home waiting for you to come along!
I hope that helps.
Good luck in your search.
That's a great question. We are required by MLS to change the status of a listing within 24 hours of accepting an offer. There are 2 ways a status can be changed. The first is to go to Under Agreement right off the bat. Most listing agents do not use that option to protect the seller.
The 2nd, and most common, status change is Accpeted offer, accepting back ups.
That notifies everyone that an offer has been accepted (signed by all parties) and the buyer is protected with that contract. Because most offers come with contingencies that can include, but are not limited to, home inspection and financing, there are many reasons the accepted offer does not stay together.
As previously stated, some buyers use the home inspecition as an opportunity to renegotiate the price with the seller. Some homes have so many problems that the buyer makes a decision to withdraw the offer after the inspection. It's also a possibility that the buyer was unable to secure financing to purchase the house.
Until the purchase and sale contract is signed the buyer can get out of the contract fairly easily without penalty. And then, there is "cold feet" as stated by Donna.
The benefit of accepting "back up" offers, is that the back up buyer is in the queue, so to speak, so that if anything does happen to the original offer that it falls apart, they are in line to negotiate a new offer on the property. So, instead of a buyer's agent telling the listing agent, "If anything happens to the deal, let me know. I have an intersted buyer", and maybe getting that call, a firm offer is in place to begin negotiating.
The flip side is that often times the lsiting agent, doing their duty for their client, the seller, will use the back up offer as a way to put pressure on the existing buyer to move forward with the transaction.
So, to answer your questions for this scenario, if the explanation you received is accurate:
1- Yes, it's legit
2- There is nothing being done that is not within the law
3- The reason your offer would be used as a pawn in the exisitng offer is not to neccesarily drive the price up, but to let the existing buyer know that if they do not move forward there is another offer on the table the seller will negotiate with if the buyer backs out. The "take away" is often enough motivation for the buyer to keep moving forward and remove unreasonable demands of the seller.
I am a firm believer that when it's meant to be it will happen. So if that house does not work out for you, there must be a better home waiting for you to come along!
I hope that helps.
Good luck in your search.
My Listings
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Specialties
Consulting, residential property marketing and sales, domestic and international relocation, investor services.
Experience
Latest:
Broker Partner for Keller Williams Realty
November 2002—present
Previous:
Sales Associate for RE/MAX Traditions
February 1999—November 2002
Previous:
Sales Associate for RE/MAX Walden Country
April 1997—February 1999
Previous:
Sales Associate for Coldwell Banker
Began real estate career as licensed Realtor.
October 1994—April 1997
Certifications & Awards
Awards:
100% Club RE/MAX International 2000-2002
Bronze Medal Award Keller Williams International, 2003
Silver Medal Award Keller Williams International, 2004
Double Gold Medal Award Keller Williams International, 2005
Gold Medal Award Individual and Team Keller Williams International, 2006
Certifications and designations:
Accredited Consultant In Real Estate (ACRE™)
Certified Buyer Representative (CBR®)
Senior Real Estate Specialist (SRES®)
Certified Residential Specialist (CRS)
e-Pro® certified
100% Club RE/MAX International 2000-2002
Bronze Medal Award Keller Williams International, 2003
Silver Medal Award Keller Williams International, 2004
Double Gold Medal Award Keller Williams International, 2005
Gold Medal Award Individual and Team Keller Williams International, 2006
Certifications and designations:
Accredited Consultant In Real Estate (ACRE™)
Certified Buyer Representative (CBR®)
Senior Real Estate Specialist (SRES®)
Certified Residential Specialist (CRS)
e-Pro® certified
Interests
Gardening, Cooking, Golf, Reading, Travel
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