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I am Dennis Rath of Dennis Rath Home Sellers LLC. I am a father of two, and a husband, born and raised in Cleveland’s Westpark neighborhood. I have been helping families buy and sell houses in Lakewood, Rocky River, Westlake, Bay Village, Avon, Avon Lake, Fairview Park, and North Ridgeville for over 29 years. I am honored to be on Cleveland Magazine’s “Top Real Estate Agents List”, and am humbled that my clients have rated me as a “Zillow 5 Star Agent”.

I began selling real estate after I sold “The Mars Bar” in Lakewood, Ohio in 1994. My clients are the reason I love selling Real Estate. I have always strived to achieve long-term relationships with my clients by making it my business to represent their best interests; even if this means advising them to walk away from a potential deal if the terms are unfavorable to them. I feel no commission is worth losing the confidence and respect of a client.

Most agents say they are in it for the client, but I have noticed in my career that most agents are transactional. This stems from the fact that if there is no deal, they don’t get paid. Unfortunately, this oftentimes puts the agents in an awkward situation, and they end up putting their interests and needs in front of the clients, and clients end up suffering because of it. This behavior is very apparent with the large brokerages and teams. Because the agents are forced into taking a smaller percentage of the commission, they have to focus on quantity over quality for them to make a living. They have layers and layers of management above them and every time they walk into the office they have someone telling them to sell more.

When you hire me to represent you, you can rest assured that I have the ability to make any decisions needed. I do not need to run it by some manager or team leader back at the home office.

Most, if not all, of my clients are intelligent enough that they could sell their homes on their own; it’s not exactly rocket science. They hire me to make the selling of their home as easy as it can be. I give them the good, bad, and the ugly. I don’t tell them what I think they want to hear, I tell them what they need to hear. Then they make their own decisions at their kitchen table. If I believe a client is making a mistake, I will tell them so. It is all part of gaining trust and respect, which are fundamental tenets of a fruitful business relationship. Thinking of selling? Let’s talk!