About MySanAntonioAssociate.com

Most brokerage and agent Web sites are designed primarily to entice visitors into contacting the brokerage or agent, while providing little substantive information.

This site was designed to help you find the information you need without first contacting me or registering. There are no "tricky" links that appear to offer information, but open only a form that requires registration in order to get the information you want. If you choose to do so, contact me when you are ready.

MySanAntonioAssociate.com is the Web site of REALTOR^® Jim Johnson, an agent for Century 21, Pinnacle and member of the San Antonio Board of REALTORS^®, Texas Association of REALTORS^® and National Association of REALTORS^®.

About Century 21 Pinnacle

After only 9 years in the real estate businessPinnacle grew to be the NUMBER ONE TEAM IN THE NATION!

The # 1 Team in the Nation for 7 years
The # 1 Team in San Antonio, regardless of company for 7 years
The # 1 Century 21 Office in the Region for 7 years
The # 1 Team in the Nation for 7 years

Team Production:
2006—$353,000,000 in sales, over 2,700 homes
2005—$225,000,000 in sales, over 1,900 homes
2004—$207,000,000 in sales, 1,700 homes
2003—$163,242,000 in sales, 1,383 homes

Voted San Antonio's #1 Place to Work in 2007
San Antonio Business Journal

The reasons for the stellar performance of the franchise are:

Extensive Marketing Program—Century 21 Pinnacle takes a marketing approach to the real estate business.
- Aggressive Internet marketing on over 400 Web sites:
  - Our office Web site, IloveSA.com, averages 200,000 home views monthly—and the combination of hundreds of Websites we use through our Century 21 franchise Websites, including Century21espanol.com, generates millions of home views each month!
- Full page ad in the AT&T Telephone Book, Ad in New Braunfels Yellow Pages, full page ads in the New Braunfels AT&T and GVTC Telephone Books
- Branded Magazine & Newspaper Advertisements
- All Marketing is evaluated monthly to ensure your home sells as quickly as possible—And For the Most Money

About My Services

I am an agent licensed in the state of Texas. My license number is 0579307, and public information about my licensing is available on the TREC Web site.

My services begin by providing you with what you need to know, and continue with the kind of service after the sale that you are entitled to expect, but too rarely receive. I am committed to tracking developments in the San Antonio real estate market and the trends that affect the market, and share my findings with the clients whom I serve:

The home buyers I serve can expect to be informed when something specific to their individual need to know arises—long after the sale:
- I am an Accredited Buyer Representative (ABR^®). Unlike some REALTOR^® designations which require only training, we must earn the ABR designation through both training and proven performance.
- I am a fierce advocate for my clients, and.
  - Provide counciling to assure that my clients are completely informed throughout the buying process—including all possible pitfalls;
  - Devise negotiating strategies and negotiate on my client's behalf to assure that my buyers interests are served; and
  - Guide my buyers through the home-buying process to assure that all time-critical criteria are met to preserve their interests.
- I monitor closely the legislative propositions that affect home owners—national, state and local—and report them to my buyers.
- I monitor closely the taxing authorities that affect home owners—national, state and local—and report them to my buyers.
- I track the trends in property appreciation in each neighborhood in which I have sold a home, and provide annual competative market analysis reports of property values on the anniversary of the home purchase.

Click here for a more complete overview of my services (PDF).

The home sellers I serve can expect me to tailor a marketing plan for their home, which includes:
- As a Certified Home Marketing Specialist, I possess a keen understanding of target markets, and what is needed to position your home to optimize its marketability.
- I understand how pricing and terms, and differentiating your home from others on the market will help maxixmize your net proceeds..
- My affiliation with Century 21 assures exposure of your home through the largest referral system in the world. In a market with as large a military and bio-medical presence as San Antonio, this is an invaluable asset to the marketability of your home.
- Homes listed through Century 21 Pinnacle are also featured on MySanAntonio.com, Realtor.com, Yahoo.com, MSN.com, Trulia.com and 400 others.
- I will also feature your home on it's own Web site, complete with a virtual tour and many other features that will make your home stand out in the market. See ePropertySites.com fmi.
- I also deliver brochures to your 50+ nearest neighbors to invite them to an open house and solicit their help in selling your home.
- My training and experience also affords insights to negotiating strategies to put to work for you, further assuring the best possible price and terms.
- Include your home in my listings on the leading industry forum online, ActiveRain, my FaceBook account, and a link to your property Web site from my Web site and BLOG to assure its visibility in the search engines.

Whether you are looking for homes for sale or want to sell a home through the leading San Antonio real estate company, I know the ins and outs of real estate for sale in San Antonio. My knowledge of marketing, real estate loans, mortgages, mortgage loans, loan qualifying and creative financing alternatives, and my computer expertise* and negotiating skills have served my clients' best interests for many years. You will not regret making me your San Antonio real estate agent.

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* I was an innovator in the use of the MLS computer system in the 1980s, and my fascination with and appreciation of the capacity of information technologies has kept me on the leading edge of my profession. In addition to my six years experience in real estate sales, I also have six years experience in Web site development and promotion.

About the Site Content

While information abounds on the Internet, there are significant differences between the information provided by the various sources, and much of it is not necessarily valid. The primary reasons for the disparity between the several sources appears to be the motivations of the writers.

Many of the writers of the how to select an agent advice columns are agents who are promoting their services through the Internet, and their advice highlights their attributes. Other writers appear to be reasonably knowledgeable non professionals whose advice too often relates to their attitude toward the real estate sales profession.

In example, a neat theme in the online advice appears to be that of grouping advice on a topic into sets of ten, ie: "The ten worst mistakes . . ." After reviewing these, I found that several important points were not addressed, and expanded on the lists in the "Buyer Info", "Seller Info" and "FSBO Info" pages.

The most truly sound advice I found was on Web sites belonging to real estate professionals. Because it seems pointless to "reinvent the wheel," links to the advice are provided from the respective pages on MySanAntonioAssociate.com.

Two very important matters are poorly addressed in the information available online, real estate agency and closing costs. Information about real estate agency is available, but it is either buried within other information or difficult to find if you are not looking for it—and you should be looking for it. The information about closing costs is usually general in nature or not specific to the San Antonio market—"customary" and actual costs vary widely from location to location, even within Texas. Then there are those sites that appear to offer information about closing costs, and provide visitors only with a link that opens a contact form.

Since these are among the most important bits of information to buyers and sellers, they are emphasized and fully explained in the "Agnecy Info", "Buyer Info" and "Seller Info" pages.

Significant effort went into providing the most useful tools and a wide range of information and information sources too. Tools like the Mortgage Calculators and the information available through the San Antonio Real Estate Market and Current Mortgage Rates pages will prove to be valuable assets to anyone with an interest in the San Antonio real estate market. The Area Info and Links pages point visitors not only to the most comprehensive lists of attractions, services and other need-to-know information, but the best maintained lists and directories as well. An added dimension to the lists are the structured search links for Superpages.com.

The Newcomer Info, Homeowner Info and FSBO Info pages each provide information and tools that are either not available elsewhere, or obscure enough that they are difficult to find. The Featured Listings section is an asset for sellers that provides expanded exposure to the Internet. The San Antonio MLS section makes the Realtor.com abstract of the San Antonio Multiple Listing Service (MLS) available to home buyers. Unlike the IDX applications on other real estate Web sites, which serve only the agency area and are provided solely as a means of generating leads, the MLS available on My San Antonio Associate can be used to search any MLS database in the US and Canada.

What ever you are looking for, whether it be a home for sale and sources of home loans—including FHA and VA home loans, home equity loans and bad credit home loans—new homes and new home builders, or mortgage lenders, a free competative market analysis and the right agency for listing your property, whether you are a first time home buyer trying to find a REALTOR^® among all the real estate agents or homes for sale, an investor looking for houses for sale or other investment properties, rental property, home builders, land for sale or commercial property, if it is a San Antonio area real property, I can help and I'm ready to serve your needs. If you are relocating, I can even help you find a realtor in your new location.

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