About Marilu Kafka
2010 Prudential Real Estate President's Circle (top 3% among Prudential's 50,000 sales executives nationwide)
# 1 Agent in Tolland County and Town of Tolland 2010 & 2011 per MLS statistics
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A resident of Tolland since 1983, I am a FULL TIME RealtorŪ and a university graduate with more than 20 years of experience. Throughout my career in real estate, I have focused on my customers by first getting to know and understand their priorities and drivers and then working with them on the appropriate strategy for buying or selling a home.
Since real estate is a full time career for me I have consistently demonstrated my ability to dedicate the time to service my clients needs, while continuously learning about new marketing approaches and innovative technologies and applying them for the benefit of my clients. Referrals from past clients, are a big part of my ongoing business success and one of my greatest sources of personal satisfaction. My success has also made me a regular recipient of multiple awards and recognitions such as the Prudential Real Estate Network's President's Circle award. This award is granted to top performing sales executives who are in the the top 3% of sales professionals/teams in all of North America.
Based on 2010 Multiple Listing Service data, I am the agent that sold the most homes in the town of Tolland and in Tolland County. Among other awards I am also the recipient of a Realtor.com Marketing Excellence Award; this award program was created to recognize top real estate agents across the country who consistently provide great marketing services on behalf of their buyers and sellers. Such agents distinguish themselves by doing more for their customers: by displaying more photos, crafting better descriptions or adding a full motion video, more attention is brought to the unique selling attributes of a home. The goal is to make the home stand out in a "sea-of" competing properties and ultimately to help attract more qualified buyers looking for just such a property.
While I am --of course-- pleased to receive the above and other recognitions, my biggest satisfaction comes from helping buyers and sellers have successful, smooth as possible real estate transactions. I continue to service my clients with the best tools available in today's challenging Real Estate Market.
I know that experience counts. The most important recognition I get is from my own satisfied customers.
Over the years, I have had the privilege of interacting with people from many backgrounds and different cultures, have traveled in multiple countries of South America and Europe and am fluent in Spanish.
Why Sellers Choose Me
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My Client-First Philosophy
There are many qualities and skills that go into being an excellent real estate professional and a hallmark of how I work:
- listen and understand my clients requirements, drivers, priorities
- demonstrate integrity in all my dealings,
- cultivate in-depth community and market knowledge,
- continuously enhance my marketing savvy,
- apply effective negotiation skills
- maintain a high-quality professional network
- invest in access to state of the art tools and marketing
- full-time dedication to a real estate career
Why BUYERS rely on me to provide valuable real estate services for their home purchase
Why SELLERS rely on me to to provide valuable real estate services for their home sale
In my experience as a real estate professional, providing the very best service is essentially about putting my clients first. This means keeping myself accessible, being a good listener as well as a good communicator, and responding quickly to your needs as I apply my experience, knowledge and resources to the situation at hand.
This "client first" philosophy has always been my approach and it requires me to continually improve my skills and ways of doing business. In addition, I've found that the latest technologies are enabling me to do everything I've always done, only much more quickly and efficiently. They've also helped me to extend the range of services I provide to my clients.
So when you decide that you'd like to buy or sell a home in the "East of the River" areas of metro Hartford that I primarily cover (Tolland, Ellington, South Windsor, Manchester, Coventry, Mansfield, Willington, Stafford, Storrs) or surrounding towns in Tolland County, Hartford County and Windham County, please contact me.
I work hard and with the satisfaction to know that what I do is important: I am helping people to find, choose and execute on a home buying- or selling transaction that represents one of their biggest lifetime investments. Beyond the transactional, our houses are not just where we live, but the places were we raise our children, create lifelong memories, entertain friends and associates and build and cement relationships.
In over 20 years, I have sold hundreds of homes and have been part of many transactions. I have gotten to know many fabulous people, been involved in this very important part of their lives, and created some solid friendships along the way. Real Estate is not a hobby for me but a full time career.
My promise to you is to, not only help you find or sell your home, but to give the process the importance it deserves. The services I provide to my clients, strive to be of a higher quality and higher level, based on the knowledge acquired over many years of experience, and the ongoing quest to stay current with trends and technology. In doing so, I always have extreme respect for your own wishes, experience and time.
I know that my performance today is what will give me referrals tomorrow. I am never too busy for your referrals!
As in any other business, the relationships that you build with all those that work in the same or related field can be critically important in facilitating a smooth transaction. Frequently, in each transaction there are two Realtors involved (one on buying side, another on selling side). My solid reputation for integrity, wide range of acquaintances from many years in the business, full time availability, often helps things move along. I know many if not most of my fellow Realtors in the area, many, if not most of the local real estate lawyers and their assistants, many of the local builders as well as countless individuals in supporting roles, whether they relate to having to do some repairs, landscaping, providing estimates or any of the myriad tasks that come up during the normal process of completing a typical real estate transaction.
So, whether you are buying or selling, contact me by email at mariluk@yahoo.com or call me at