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Why Sell With Blake

Maximum Value. Minimum Stress.

Selling your home is one of the most significant financial transactions you'll make. I combine deep local market knowledge with a proven marketing approach to position your property for maximum exposure and maximum return.

From your initial home valuation to the moment you hand over the keys, I handle every detail with care, transparency, and relentless follow-through.

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Blake Schollmeyer, REALTOR®
My Approach

How I Market Your Home

Most agents will tell you they'll "put it on the MLS." That's the floor, not the work. The difference between a listing that lingers and one that draws buyers within days is what happens between the listing agreement and the first showing.

Here's what I commit to for every home I list, regardless of price point.

How your home is seen online determines who walks through the door in person. Ninety-seven percent of buyers start their search online, and the first photo on a listing decides whether they keep scrolling or save it for a showing.

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Professional Photography

Wide-angle architectural photography of every room and exterior angle. Full HDR processing, color correction, vertical line correction, and exposure balancing. Your home photographed the way magazines photograph homes.

02

Premium Photo Editing

Every photo receives full post-production: sky enhancement, lawn greening, twilight exterior conversion, and object cleanup. Empty rooms receive virtual staging so buyers can visualize the space (clearly labeled per MLS standards).

03

Drone Aerial Photography

Elevated stills of the property, lot, and surrounding context. For larger properties or distinctive features, a low-altitude orbit reveals what ground-level photos miss.

04

Cinematic Walkthrough Video

A short, edited video tour combining drone footage and interior walkthrough. Optimized for Instagram Reels, TikTok, and YouTube where buyers actually spend their time.

05

Detailed Floor Plan

An accurate, scaled floor plan with room dimensions. Most listings skip this. Buyers love it because it answers questions photos can't.

06

Neighborhood Context Shots

Aerial views and ground-level photography of nearby parks, schools, downtown areas, and amenities. Buyers aren't just buying the house. They're buying the neighborhood.

Words describe the work. These show it. Samples below illustrate the kind of photography, editing, and post-production every listing receives.

Premium Photo Editing
Home exterior after professional editing: blue sky, green lawn, clean driveway
Home exterior raw camera capture: overcast gray sky, dormant brown lawn, vehicles and bins in view
Before After

Sky enhancement, lawn greening, HDR exposure balancing, lens distortion correction, and object cleanup. The same home, photographed twice as well.

Virtual Staging
Living room virtually staged with sofa, accent chairs, coffee table, plants, and decor
Empty living room with fireplace and hardwood floors before virtual staging
Before After

Empty rooms are digitally furnished, styled, and lit so buyers can picture themselves living there. Always clearly labeled as "Virtually Staged" in MLS listings per industry standards.

Day-to-Twilight Conversion
Craftsman home at twilight with warm glowing windows, porch light, and dramatic blue-and-orange sky
Same craftsman home in daytime with bright sky and dark windows
Before After

The lights-glowing-at-dusk exterior shot is one of the highest-converting photos in real estate. Achieved through post-production rather than waiting for the perfect 8-minute window of natural twilight.

Drone Aerial
Drone aerial view of a two-story suburban home showing full property, lot, mature trees, and neighborhood context in golden hour light

Elevated perspective showing the property, lot lines, and surrounding context. Reveals what ground-level photography cannot.

Floor Plan
3D isometric floor plan of a two-story home showing main level (living room, kitchen, dining, mudroom, powder room, garage, covered porch) and upper level (master suite with walk-in closet, three additional bedrooms, full bath, laundry room) with room labels and dimensions

Accurate, scaled floor plan with room dimensions. Buyers consistently rank floor plans among the most-wanted elements on a listing.

Cinematic Walkthrough Video

A short, cinematic video tour built for Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and the single-property website. Buyers feel the space before they ever walk through the door.

Sample work shown above. Actual deliverables vary by property.

Listing on the MLS reaches buyers who are already looking. Your buyer might not be looking yet. The job is to find them too.

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Single-Property Website

A dedicated landing page for your home with its own memorable URL, all photography, the video tour, floor plan, neighborhood info, and a contact form. Looks far more professional than a Zillow listing buried in search results.

08

MLS & Syndication

Listed on the MLS and automatically distributed to Zillow, Realtor.com, Redfin, Trulia, Homes.com, and 800+ partner sites. Maximum passive exposure as the foundation.

09

Targeted Social Ads

Paid Facebook and Instagram campaigns targeting buyers by ZIP, income, life stage, and "currently moving" signals. Your home shown directly to people most likely to buy it, not random scrollers.

10

Neighborhood Postcards

Just-listed postcards mailed to the 250 closest homes. Neighbors often know the next buyer (a friend, family member, or colleague who's been wanting in). Most listing agents skip this.

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"Coming Soon" Teaser Period

A 7-10 day pre-MLS launch where the listing builds buzz on social media and within my network of agents and past clients. By the time it goes live on MLS, buyer interest is already warm.

12

Branded Yard Sign with QR Code

Custom yard signage with a QR code linking directly to the single-property website. Drive-by traffic becomes immediate website visitors and qualified leads.

13

Open Houses & Showings

Flexible scheduling, coordinated open houses, and rapid response to showing requests. Every interested buyer gets through the door, often the same day they ask, with detailed feedback collected after every visit.

Marketing isn't only what happens before the sign goes in the yard. It's what happens every week your home is on the market, until the keys change hands.

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Strategic Pricing

Using comprehensive market data and local comparable sales, I price your home to attract serious buyers and maximize your net proceeds. Pricing right from day one is the single biggest factor in days-on-market and final sale price.

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In-Person Staging Consultation

Before photo day, I walk through your home with you and provide a written room-by-room report: what to declutter, what to move, what small fixes will photograph dramatically better. No charge.

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Custom Listing Brochure

A full-color, magazine-style PDF brochure with your home's story, full photography, floor plan, and neighborhood highlights. Available digitally for emails and printed for in-person showings.

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Weekly Seller Activity Reports

Every week you're on the market, you get a written report: showings completed, buyer feedback summarized, market activity in your area, and my recommended next moves. No silence. No guessing.

18

Buyer Feedback Collection

After every showing, I personally follow up with the buyer's agent to collect specific feedback. What did they love? What didn't work? You learn what's resonating and what we should adjust.

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Negotiation & Offer Strategy

Every offer is analyzed and explained. When competing offers arrive, I lay out the trade-offs (price, contingencies, financing strength, closing timeline) so you make decisions with the full picture.

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Close-to-Close Communication

From accepted offer to closing day, I coordinate with the buyer's agent, lender, inspector, appraiser, title company, and your moving timeline. You hear from me before you have to ask.

The Promise

Every item on this page applies to every listing I take, whether it's a $180,000 starter home in Ashland or a $700,000 lake property at the Ozarks. There's no upsell, no tier, no premium package. This is what listing with me looks like.

The math is simple: I'd rather take fewer listings and give each of them this level of attention than spread thin across a roster of homes that all get the same treatment as the MLS minimum.

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