I was referred to JP Faulkner by my friend Joe Budde, and man.... am I delighted that he did. Simply put, JP is an amazing realtor. He was thoroughly prepared for our first meeting, had researched the Upper Arlington comps ahead of time, and brought paperwork to support the asking price that he thought we should start at. He didn't try to "buy the listing," as they say, by suggesting some outrageous, high-end price to get me to sign with him and then later dropping the price when there were no bidders (which is something I've had other realtors do before--ugh). Instead, he did his homework and recommended a price that would reflect fair market value to get me the most money for my home, and yet also be competitively priced when compared to similar houses in my neighborhood. The result? I had 5 written offers on my house within 24 hours of going onto the market---4 of which were above the asking price, and after an exciting bidding war (every homeowner's dream!), we were under contract with a pre-approved bidder within 48 hours. And then...we closed on the house within 3 weeks! I have worked with a number of realtors over the years (4 different realtors in the Cincinnati market when buying/selling my house in 2006-2008, and another realtor here in Columbus when buying my Upper Arlington property in 2007.) I can tell you that hands down, JP is the best realtor I've ever worked with. Not only does he have a keen sense of property values in Columbus, he knows how to price a home to sell for the most amount of money and also what to do to prepare it for sale. After an initial walk-through of my home, he instinctively knew which items to upgrade that would give me the most bang for my buck prior to listing it on the market, and he was absolutely on target. He even found contractors who could do the work quickly and at a fair price. And, JP has a phenomenal eye for staging a home. My house was empty at the time, so he used all of his own staging furniture and décor to give my home an exquisitely rich look and feel to it. He even built a fire in the fireplace to give the living room photos a warm look. Several friends said that the MLS photos of my house's interior rooms looked like they came right out of a magazine. They were absolutely gorgeous. I couldn't have asked for a better experience in selling my home. read more