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Marketing lights the way

Price builds the path

Good marketing matters.
I’ve built my career on it.

But marketing doesn’t decide what a home sells for.
It decides whether serious buyers ever take the first step.

Marketing lights the way.
Price builds the path buyers are willing to walk.

Why Marketing Still Matters 

Good marketing matters.
I’ve built my career on it.

But marketing doesn’t decide what a home sells for.
It decides whether serious buyers ever take the first step.

Marketing lights the way.
Price builds the path buyers are willing to walk.

Marketing Creates Attention.
Price Creates Pressure.

This is the part most realtors avoid saying out loud.

If a home is priced too high,
no amount of marketing creates urgency.

Sometimes overpriced homes get no showings.
Sometimes they get a few—one, two, maybe three.
That feels like progress. It isn’t.

Offers don’t come from curiosity.
Curiosity can bring weak, lowball, “just‑testing” offers.
Strong offers come when buyers feel real pressure—
that sense another buyer could move first.

Pressure forms when enough buyers see the home
and believe it could slip away.

Price controls that flow.

A home even a little above the market may get looks but not offers.
Buyers tour, but they don’t feel the need to act.

Marketing can invite buyers to the door.
Only price convinces them to step forward

The Quiet Gap Between Sellers and Buyers

You’re not selling square footage.
You’re closing a chapter.

This is the kitchen where holidays happened.
The hallway your kids ran through.
The years you built a life.

Buyers don’t see that.
They're focused forward—on condition, alternatives, risk.

My role is to respect what this home means to you

without letting emotion become leverage against you.

Where My Marketing Expertise Actually Helps

I don't use marketing to postpone pricing decisions.  

Marketing comes after price—to confirm it, not rescue it.

 

Here’s how I use it:

• Strategic positioning tied to committed price  

• AI-driven competitor analysis to define the real alternatives buyers see  

• Precision campaigns that test real demand  

 

When marketing is strong but buyers hesitate,  

it's an early signal—not a mystery to wait out.  


👉  How the Market Decides Your Home’s Value

Most agents promise exposure.
I focus on outcomes.

If you want marketing used honestly—
in service of the right strategy and the right price—
we should talk.

No pitch. No pressure.
Just clarity.

👉 Start with a conversation.

Bill Geronymakis

Associate Broker

The Real Estate Marketing Experts

Call or text: 540-840-2141

billgeron@gmail.com

(If writing is easier than talking)

1st Dominion Realty

943 Glenwood Station, Suite 202,  Charlottesville VA 22901

Samson Properties
1440 Central Park Blvd, Ste 210, Fredericksburg VA 22401

 

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