About Robert Milward
Imagine Your Life Here™
An accomplished broker and real estate agency owner and sales agent with more than twenty years experience, Robert is an active member of: SAR, CAR and NAR. As a California Broker-Owner, Robert is also a member of C.R.E.B. Additionally, Robert is SFR certified to handle foreclosures and short sales.
Some of Robert's more outstanding accomplishments include: Representing a buyer's winning bid on a high ranking Sacramento King executive's home in Granite Bay; representing both buyer and seller in the highest priced single family luxury residential sale in El Dorado Hills' history at $3,500,000 (of note) this was the second time Robert sold this home, which now owns the high dollar record in two distinct decades. In our current market, Robert sold eleven undeveloped acres in the upscale community of Southpointe, as well as listed and received a full-price offer in only 8 days on an El Dorado Hills, luxury home, closed at $1,275,000. As a stat for 2009, Robert marketed the second largest home in Serrano of greater than 7,000 square feet which became the highest price closed sale for a home larger than 7,000 square feet. In one of the most outstanding Fair Oaks sales in memory, Robert listed and sold a Fair Oaks semi-custom home of under 3000 square feet for $999,000 to the first buyer that walked through the door. In the spring of 2010, Robert marketed and sold the largest home in El Dorado Hills at $1,900,000. In July of 2010 Robert marketed the most expensive home in Fair Oaks, a reputable builder's own family home, which sold for $1,550,000—the highest sale in this community in many years.
If you have considered selling your special home, no matter the price range, you'll want a listing agent that can maximize your sales price by employing the best marketing strategy and proven selling techniques that only a very few agents can provide. Before you list with any other agent, it might be a wise idea to speak with Robert first.
The El Dorado Hills, Granite Bay, Fair Oaks and Greater Sacramento Luxury Home Marketing Expert Will Not be Seen Using a Pocket Digital Camera to Photograph Your Home. Sadly, many agents cut corners while using important sales tools, such as photography, marketing materials, and websites that should be active instruments designed to generate interest and ultimately—traffic to your home. We know through proven data that most buyers do their initial shopping for homes online. This is why it is so important to make your home stand out above all others. Your home's appearance on our website says who you are and who we are. In this area, Robert Milward is unwilling to compromise. On a first look, a buyer better be captivated or they're gone. Today's home buyer will quickly turn away from homes shown in unattractive photographs that featuring poor lighting, cluttered rooms and outdoor shots that are not well thought out. A visit to the Milward website should set a very good example of just what photographs and marketing materials should look like. It will also help you understand what is meant by the "Milward Difference". When Robert lists your property for sale, you can be assured that you will benefit from his proven methods and expertise in sales strategy which include the unsurpassed photography, scene staging, specialized lighting and the utilization of first-rate marketing materials which include Luxury Home and Sacramento Magazine's. To further assist sellers, Robert is highly computer literate and excels in email marketing campaigns, website traffic, real estate blogging and agent-to-agent networking. These additional talents assists in generating the kind of exposure to your home that is way above and beyond the standard in our real estate industry.
In Today's Unusually Tough Real Estate Market, Changing Times Means Changing Tactics. Due to a downward cycle in the economy, many of the people we meet today are in desperate situations. As a true professional, Robert's first concern is that of protecting his client's piece of mind. Robert is always mindful that good advice is priceless, particularly in these times. From a seller's point of view, Robert is proficient in foreclosure prevention and in the short sale process. Robert holds the only certification—SFR, recognized by the National Association of Realtors for conducting Short Sale and Foreclosure transactions. He consistantly convinces the banks to agree to postpone foreclosures by working through them and has saved many sellers in danger of foreclosure by bringing a quick sale before the dreaded foreclosure auction. Robert assists sellers with great sensitivity, by coordinating and cooperating with the lender and supporting them during the often tedious and usually bittersweet aspect of bringing a short sale to fruition. To assist buyers, Robert regularly helps in the purchase of bank-owned property and handles the critical research prior to an offer. Robert is highly skilled in the composition of offers that get great attention due to their professional packaging and appearance. Robert has written countless in-depth cover letters, particularly useful in multiple offer situations, expressing, often in great detail, the finer points, motivation and strengths of the buyer's offer, thus appealing to the more personal side of a seller. This imaginative procedure has accounted for the single reason sellers have often accepted his buyer's offer, even when they were lower than competing offers.
Some Personal Information: Robert is married and has three children; two daughters and one son. Robert and his family live in a 1937 home his family has lovingly restored and improved, a few miles from downtown Sacramento. Robert's hobbies and activities include photography, coaching youth soccer, swim-meet announcer for the Del Norte Dolphins Swim Team and supporting annual charity events, including those put on by: SAR Masters Club, Jose Ramos Lung Cancer Foundation and the First Tee of Sacramento. Robert enjoys morning bible study, home improvement projects, camping, fly fishing, running, tennis, golf, wake & snowboarding as well as overall fitness.
