Barbara Butler came fully prepared to the real-estate profession, leveraging her background in mortgage finance and corporate relocation to assist buyers and sellers across the Dallas metroplex. Nearly two decades later, she’s become a consistent top producer with a specialty in the sale and marketing of multi-million-dollar luxury homes, though she assists clients in all price ranges.
Her experience as a corporate relocation specialist make her particularly well suited for the Dallas market, which leads the nation in relocations from other states and abroad, according to the Dallas Morning News. Because these moves can happen quickly, Barbara wastes no time identifying the right home for a buyer on short notice and preparing a home for sale with equal speed.
Her secret in all cases is the same, she says: “Don’t look at the deal. These are real people. These are their homes and their families.” By zeroing in on her clients’ specific needs and lifestyle, Barbara writes a different roadmap every time, whether a client is leaving the area or just moving to the neighborhood next door.
As a Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist, Barbara is skilled in achieving top dollar for each listing. Using the Compass Concierge service, which handles the up-front costs of renovation, she can address every necessary improvement before listing a house without asking her clients to spend their money out of pocket. In one recent sale, her sellers completed every upgrade she requested by using the concierge service. The work resulted in 19 showings in the weekend after it was listed and seven offers either at or above the list price by Monday. “When sellers take advantage of Compass Concierge, it makes a big difference,” she explains. And the cost, which was repaid upon settlement, paid for itself more than two times over.
After 20-plus years in the business, Barbara has helped many of her clients through several moves, and they swear by her work. “Above and beyond”, “overachiever”, and “fun, knowledgeable and very professional” are among the comments offered in testimonials. Perhaps most telling was a buyer who said, “I admire someone who puts their clients’ interests before their own.”
Barbara raised her four children in the Allen Independent School District. In her spare time she enjoys shopping, trying new restaurants, traveling, listening to audiobooks, and raising her Maltese puppy, Coco Chanel.
Home Types:
House, MultiFamily, Lot/Land, Townhouse
Years of Experience:
24
Education:
Brigham Young University
