REALTOR® · REMAX Realty Associates · Champaign-Urbana
MAX
MITCHELL
I've sold houses in Champaign-Urbana my whole career. Most of my business still comes from somebody I sold a house to years ago, which is about the only measure of this job I've ever trusted.
About
A little about me
I grew up around here and went to the University of Illinois, and I've worked this same market my whole career. Champaign, Urbana, Savoy, Mahomet, Monticello, Tolono, St. Joseph. I know which streets flood, which blocks have a ceiling on them, and what a house on them is worth without having to look it up.
The other thing I did for forty-five years was fly hot air balloons, the special-shape ones. Felix the Cat. An elephant named El Fonz. A full-bodied Santa I flew in Japan and in Canada. A clown. I sold real estate at the same time.
These days it's two grandkids and a lot of swim meets and cross country, and a couple of Corvettes and a Camaro out in a twenty-by-sixty building that my wife has opinions about.
Call or text (217) 369-0376 · [email protected]
What I actually do
Deep Dive Market Research. Not a CMA.
Most agents pull three comparable sales, average them, and hand you a number. It takes about twenty minutes and it's mostly guesswork with a spreadsheet around it. I research your property, not your zip code. I have usually sold in your subdivision before. Sometimes the same house twice.
Every comparable read on its own, never averaged
What actually sold, what condition it was in, what it was listed at first, how long it sat, and what came off the price at inspection.
The showing and offer history behind the numbers
How many showings each one took, where the offers landed against list, and what fell through and why. A website estimate can't see any of that.
Who is shopping your price band right now
What they're financing with, what else they're looking at, and what they keep walking away from.
The condition spread on your street
Two houses four blocks apart can sell a hundred dollars a square foot apart. That gap is condition, and it's knowable before we pick a number.
A net sheet, not a list price
What you actually keep after commission, repairs, title and closing costs. A real number with the costs subtracted. There's no charge for it and I won't hound you afterward. If you've got a cash offer in front of you, bring it and we'll put the two side by side. Sometimes the cash offer is the right answer. I've told people to take one.
How I sell a house
The 10-Day Selling System
It isn't a gimmick and it isn't a promise about the calendar. It's the order I do things in, which is what decides whether a house sells at the top of its neighborhood or the bottom of it.
Inspection first, then the list
Three or four hundred dollars tells you what a buyer is going to find, so you fix what matters instead of what was bothering you.
Price against what sold, not what's listed
Asking prices are wishes. The number comes from what actually closed near you, adjusted for condition.
Do the work that pays
Paint, clearing it out, and written-down mechanical ages. Not a new kitchen. That money doesn't come back.
Photograph it right, then go live everywhere at once
The first photo decides whether anybody clicks. The first ten days decide what you get offered.
What clients say
In their own words
My own clients, talking about their own sale. Nobody here is reading a script.
We couldn't believe the results we got.Mr. & Mrs. Todd · Stoneybrook Dr., Champaign
My best experience, ever.Anthony & Mary Eng
If you want the most money for your home, Max is your guy.Mr. & Mrs. Knight · Eagle Ridge, Urbana
“Max really enjoys people, and he seems to love his work.”
Google review“There is a reason he is among the top realtors in the area.”
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My listings
On the market now
Every home I have for sale right now. Tap a photo with a play button to watch the video tour without leaving the page.
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1905 E Country Squire Drive
Urbana, IL · 2 bd · 2 ba · 1,630 sq ft
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Champaign, Urbana, Savoy, Mahomet and the towns around them, updated from the MLS.
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Get the Deep Dive on your house
Give me the address and I'll do the research, then walk you through what I found. No cost, no obligation, and I won't hound you afterward.
Most people who ask me aren't selling this month. That's fine. It's the ones who plan ahead who net the most.
Rather just talk it through? Call or text me.
(217) 369-0376