40+ Reasons You Should Pick a Local Realtor

Are you considering working with a realtor who really doesn’t know your community? 

Here are 40+ reasons we think you should choose a local realtor when the time comes to buy or sell your house.

Simply put, we don’t just work in our communities. We live here. We raise our families here. And we give our time, talents, and finances to many organizations to make our towns the best they can be.

Because we live here, local realtors know the ins and outs of the neighborhoods, the upcoming developments, and many of the homes. We dip our toes in the lake, have kids in the schools, and we’re in the stands or coaching the youth sports teams. 

We’re on local boards, support local events, eat at the restaurants, and shop at the downtown small businesses for gifts for our families, friends, and clients. We work closely with local mortgage lenders to help ensure smooth real estate experiences for our clients as well.

Ways We Serve Our Communities

In any given year, you’ll find Shine Real Estate Agents humbly serving as members, volunteers, sponsors, and event coordinators in our communities in ways like these:

1. Adopt a Grandparent
2. Care Net Pregnancy Center of Dane County Advocate
3. Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals
4. Church Members, Greeters, Ushers, Nursery Caretakers, & AWANA Leaders
5. Dairyland Collegiate Baseball
6. Jefferson Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
7. Jefferson Boo Bash
8. Jefferson Friends of Goat Island & Goat Fest
9. Jefferson Holiday Parade of Lights
10. Jefferson Hoops for Hope
11. Jefferson Human Society Pet of the Week
12. Jefferson National Night Out
13. Jefferson Plein Air
14. Jefferson Rotary Club President-Elect
15. Jefferson Wine Walk
16. Johnson Creek Track Coach
17. Lake Mills Booster Club
18. Lake Mills Chamber of Commerce
19. Jefferson Concerts in the Park
20. Jefferson County 4-H & Fair
21. Lakeside Golf Coach
22. Lake Mills Police Department
23. Lake Mills Rotary Club
24. Lake Mills Town & Country Parade
25. Lake Mills Trunk or Treat
26. Lake Mills Witches Night Out
27. Local High School Musicals, Halftime Shows, etc.
28. McFarland Bands on the Boardwalk
29. McFarland Chamber Annual Golf Outing
30. McFarland Chamber of Commerce
31. McFarland Hockey Rink
32. McFarland Home Talent Baseball
33. McFarland Winter Wonderland
34. Oconomowoc Chamber of Commerce
35. Pyramid City Run
36. Ruby’s and other Local Food Pantries
37. Rock Lake Activity Center’s Tour of Homes in Lake Mills
38. Safe Families for Children Jefferson & Dodge County
39. Shine Storytime
40. Shine Tea Time
41. Stoughton Chamber of Commerce
42. T-Ball Coach & Little League Sponsor
43. Underdog Pet Rescue
44. Watertown Chamber of Commerce
45. Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestra
46. and more!

We don’t compile this list to brag. We serve in these ways to show how much we CARE about our communities, clients, neighbors, and friends.

For all of these reasons and more, we hope you will “shop local” when it comes time to choose or recommend a realtor.

Have you been thinking about buying or selling? Contact one of our agents today. We’d be honored to help you!

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