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Our Process


Buying

At COHEN SMITH CHANG we want you to live your dreams. As soon as we establish an exclusive relationship with you, you will receive your COHEN SMITH CHANG Dream Workbook, the place to keep your hopes and wishes, as well as your practical financial information.

Our process is simple--we intake as much as we can about you, and then we get to work finding you the home you want. Working with our staff of more than 40 agents in the field, many whom are multi-lingual, we scour the market and get started with our neighborhood scouts to start the process of finding your dream residence.

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Selling

At COHEN SMITH CHANG, we create customized and distinctive identities for each and every one of our properties. This means we get to know you and your property intimately so we can create the best marketing plan to ensure a sale at the right price, in the least amount of time. After we have carefully crafted the appropriate marketing message for your property, we embark on a strategic advertising and promotional campaign to ensure your property gets in front of the right audience.

We deploy every tactical media channel available to get the message out, including online advertising, ads in local and regional print publications, notification to all REBNY members, and we co-broke with all New York licensed real estate brokers.

All potential candidates are pre-qualified ensuring the right buyers are enticed by your property. We scrutinize all documentation to make certain the transaction moves forward smoothly. COHEN SMITH CHANG will be your partner through the entire transaction.

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Renting

At COHEN SMITH CHANG we take finding your abode seriously. Whether you are looking for a place to rent for a few years until you buy, a place to settle into long-term, or a rent stabilized property, we are the resource to turn to. We focus on every kind of habitat possible, in every possible locale, from luxury high rises, to brownstones, to new construction properties, to rent stabilized apartments, to townhouses and lofts.

Because of our strong relationships with an extremely large number of landlords, management companies and owners, we consistently have access to listings no other brokers have. Our highly sophisticated and proprietary C-LAM listings system gives our agents an edge. They are constantly ahead of the curve on the fast moving rental market; rental information is distributed to our agents faster than any other brokerage, and our clients get the inside scoop on new apartment listings faster than competing renters.

Our clients always have the most choices available and our elite agents will support and assist you throughout the entire process.

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Investing

Whether you are an investor buying or selling a property, COHEN SMITH CHANG will take a careful assessment of your goals and devise a plan to assist you in achieving it. Our investment sales division has agents working with the most sophisticated clients to first time investors. We handle some of the largest transactions in New York down to the investor looking to buy or sell a single unit. We have foreclosure specialists, HUD specialists, and some of the most informed individuals in the business.

For our sellers we create customized distinctive identities in order for your property to stand out in the market place. We will create the appropriate set-up, market study and book, not only showing the current income, expenses and area demographics, but outlined the future growth potential of the property. By using current market trends and comparables of other building, we will assist in establishing the appropriate cap rate and consequently the sale price for your building.

After we have carefully crafted the appropriate marketing message for your property, we embark on a strategic advertising and promotional campaign to ensure your property gets in front of the right audience. We deploy every tactical media channel available to get the message out, including online advertising, ads in local and regional print publications, and notification to all REBNY members. If discretion is called for the appropriate buyer will be located through our vast knowledge and relationships with established buyers without bringing attention to the current tenants or general public.

For our buyers we first assist, if necessary, in established a budget. Depending on the type of investment 'the out of pocket' or 'cash' investment will vary as will the closing and due diligence expenses. It is important to establish the right type of investment to meet your use and goals. At COHEN SMITH CHANG we understand the importance in making the right investment and the impact it may have on your finances and daily life.

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