I would like to introduce myself and my new business, Glimmerglass Realty, located at 57 Grove Street in Cooperstown. I am a native of Cooperstown, a graduate of CCS, and after having been away for many years, have recently returned to the area. I was originally licensed in 1984, and have years of experience as a professional real estate agent.

My goal in bringing a new real estate business to the Cooperstown area is to provide excellent service to both the buyer and the seller, utilizing hard work and professionalism, and incorporating new ideas and technology. My brokerage is a member of the Otsego-Delaware Board of Realtors, the NY State Association of Realtors, the National Association of Realtors, as well as the Otsego-Delaware and Capital Region Multiple Listing Services.

So, how will Glimmerglass Realty benefit you?
An Exclusive Listing with Glimmerglass Realty gets the best service and exposure possible. Looking to buy a new home, investment, or second home? We won't quit until we have found you the best home or property that meets your needs. The staff at Glimmerglass Realty are in the "people business" to serve your real estate needs on a personal level and we want to help.

What is the best way to list my property?
If you are planning to sell, we strongly encourage an exclusive listing with us. First, your property is listed with the Otsego-Delaware Multiple Listing Service and the Capital Region MLS within 24 hours of taking the listing. This provides immediate notice of your desire to sell your property to the hundreds of member brokers who service these areas. We provide complete information to all MLS members, including photos and any available documentation (property maps, tax statements, disclosure forms, etc.) to be prepared ahead of time, to make the sales transaction as smooth as possible. Your property can then be found on the ODMLS's website, the CRMLS's website, and subsequently, on the most visible real estate website in the country, Realtor.com. Did you know that now almost 50% of prospective buyers first use the internet to locate possible purchases, surpassing newspapers as the primary media resource for consumer home searches?

The benefits of MLS...
I am a strong believer in MLS systems, having worked in real estate in the Syracuse, Capital District, and Saratoga areas in the past. As MLS systems utilize only exclusive listings, this creates a very cooperative and professional real estate milieu, and provides the best service to both sellers and buyers. Members of multiple listing services are required to share their listings with other member brokers immediately, and being guaranteed the listing portion of a commission, are less worried about spending advertising dollars to promote a property, or divulging their listings to their fellow brokers.

In the case of Open Listings, it is rare for a broker to willingly share the listing information, as providing this knowledge immediately makes the entire commission up for grabs to any other licensed area broker. The property owner is also responsible for disseminating his selling desires to all the brokers in the area, and must juggle everyone's sales activity him/herself. An Exclusive Listing with an MLS broker makes it possible for the listing broker to keep track of all activity on your property, while cooperatively sharing and promoting the exclusive listing.

So what about other area non-MLS member brokers? It is our policy to promote our exclusive listings to all area brokers, therefore full descriptive property sheets of all Exclusive Listings will be immediately forwarded to other local real estate agencies in the area. Additionally, we continue to promote our exclusive listings through brokers' opens, continuous updating to all area agencies of any changes in the listings, and of course while overseeing showings to other agencies' customers. Our goal at Glimmerglass Realty is to provide the best service to you, so the best exposure of your property fulfills that goal.

We have other ideas to promote your property to all real estate professionals, and to buyers, including, but not limited to, listing in our comprehensive website, membership in the Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce, and of course, broad advertising in both local newspapers, real estate periodicals, and other forums.

Interested in buying?
If you are looking to buy property in Cooperstown, Cherry Valley, or Otsego County, we can help you with that too, of course. Real Estate is once again an excellent investment alternative, whether it be an investment in your personal home, a second home, or any other type of property. We keep our professional eyes and ears open, and can show you any property listed for sale in the area.

How else can we help?
Have questions? Need to know where to find out information on schools, town regulations, your property's market value, or local communities? We have lots of answers, and are happy to research answers for those we don't have. Give us a call. We can help with your real estate needs.