About Olsen Ziegler Realty...

Olsen Ziegler Realty is an energetic, transparent, innovative real estate company serving the Greater Cleveland area. We present our entire business model on this website for both buyers and sellers. Our unique, comprehensive service offerings provide our clients with the resources needed to make the best financial decisions possible. For our sellers, we strive to maximize their sales price while minimizing expenses. For buyers, we strive to put them in the driver’s seat by providing the tools to make their property searches organized, efficient, and time-sensitive.

We do not believe in the concept of “one size fits all” in the real estate market. We know that buying and selling a home is one of the largest financial decisions our clients make and that we are active participants in the outcome. We do not take that lightly nor do we treat it as “just another deal.” Instead, we respect the fact that our clients are individuals who have specific needs, budgets, and timeframes and we work hard to ensure that they achieve a successful outcome.

In any market, whether you are buying or selling, the key is to partner with a knowledgeable, experienced, responsive agent who is keenly aware of the market. We invite you to compare our business model and our service offerings to other real estate companies and Realtors you may be considering. We guarantee you will not find a company who compares.

We wish you only the best in your real estate endeavors. We hope you will allow us the opportunity to represent you in your home sale or purchase now or in the future.

About Chris Olsen...

Chris is Broker/Owner of Olsen Ziegler Realty. He is a mega-million dollar producer representing buyers and sellers across the Greater Cleveland area. Chris has extensive experience assisting sellers prepare their homes for sale to maximize their sales price from recommending the correction of deferred maintenance items, to home staging, to re-design and renovation services. Chris also helps sellers minimize their expenses by creating an innovative service offering including a lower listing commission, no dual agency commission, no transaction fee and reduced variable title/escrow fees. In addition, Chris works frequently with buyers, from first-time home buyers, to fortune 500 executives, to medical professionals around the University Circle area, as well as professional sports individuals. Chris' knowledge of the entire Greater Cleveland marketplace is also invaluable to his relocation clients.

Chris is at the forefront of technology and utilizes it to its fullest potential for every client. Sellers reap the benefits of vast marketing exposure via the Internet as well as enhanced digital photography and unparalleled virtual tours. Buyers receive their own custom property search website based on their criteria which puts them in the “driver’s seat.” Moreover, Chris believes in staying at the top of the real estate field by continuing his education and attaining numerous designations which translates into clients benefiting from his broad knowledge and experience in negotiation strategies, home staging, multiple offers, buyer representation, inspection issues, representing and marketing luxury properties, helping first-time home buyers and a host of other topics.

Chris possesses a B.S. in Computer Science and his current real estate designations, professional memberships and awards include:

Accredited Buyer Representative (ABR)
Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist (CHLMS)
Certified Residential Specialist (CRS) (Top 4% of REALTORS nationwide)
Certification for Internet Professionalism (e-PRO)
Accredited Staging Professional (ASP)
Graduate Senior Appraiser (GSA)
Advanced specialization and training in corporate and individual relocation
Cleveland Area Board of REALTORS
Ohio Association of REALTORS
National Association of REALTORS
The Institute for Luxury Home Marketing
Winner of “2005 FIVE STAR: Best in Client Satisfaction Real Estate Agent” as featured in December 2005 of Northern Ohio Live Magazine.

Prior to co-founding Olsen Ziegler Realty, Chris was a REALTOR with Re/Max Classic, Howard Hanna, and Smythe Cramer in the Greater Cleveland area, and previously with Weichert REALTORS in the Washington, D.C. marketplace. He was also employed by Cleveland’s oldest and most well-respected commercial real estate appraisal firm as a commercial real estate appraiser. Chris spent sixteen years in the information technology field serving in various capacities from software engineer to project manager and worked as an independent consultant for Fortune 10 companies and for highly successful Internet and telecommunication start-up companies, including a company that made "IPO of the Year."

Chris Olsen, Broker/Owner, REALTOR®
Olsen Ziegler Realty
Phone: 216.702.0537
Email: Chris@OlsenZiegler.com
www.OlsenZiegler.com

About Julie Ziegler...

Julie is Owner/Agent of Olsen Ziegler Realty. She is a multi-million dollar producer representing buyers and sellers across the Greater Cleveland area. Julie works with sellers in transforming their home for sale via written reports for staging, redesign and/or renovation. She recognizes the importance of presentation and the fact that first impressions are crucial. Therefore, she provides sellers with all of the ingredients for achieving buyer appeal. For her most recent home stagings, redesigns and renovations go to 2200 N. St. James and 1381 Oakridge. Julie is always sensitive to a seller’s budget and time, therefore, she provides various ideas and suggestions for a home’s transformation which includes no-cost or inexpensive methods.

Julie works with Chris on the development of creative, high-quality, innovative marketing materials for each seller. Again, presentation is crucial, and pictures tell a thousand words. Julie and Chris are both keenly aware that the majority of buyers start their property searches via the Internet, therefore, Julie spends hours ensuring that each property is presented at its very best—from taking pictures on a sunny day to capturing important features in a room, to providing descriptive text for each photograph.

Julie also uses her creative abilities with buyers when viewing properties. She recognizes that some buyers have a hard time visualizing beyond what is in front of them. Many times, a buyer will fall in love with a home’s location, but not the home, or fall in love with a home and a location, but something is not quite right. Julie can help them sort through their misgivings by suggesting ideas for redesign or renovation that they did not consider.

Julie possesses an M.A. in Sociology and her current real estate designations and professional memberships include:

Certified Negotiation Expert (CNE)
Accredited Staging Professional (ASP)
Cleveland Area Board of REALTORS
Ohio Association of REALTORS
National Association of REALTORS

Prior to co-founding Olsen Ziegler Realty, Julie spent twenty years in medical research including pediatric AIDS, infant mortality, adolescent medicine, and nephrology. She served as a project manager on various federal government-funded studies and was responsible for staffing, budgets, and research study operations. Much of her time was spent at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. and, upon moving to Cleveland, at MetroHealth Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University (CWRU).

Julie and Chris have two children and two Labrador Retrievers. Chris enjoys bike riding, hiking, drawing and cooking. Julie enjoys reading (everything from novels to home magazines), music, and shopping for clients as well as helping out at a local elementary school clinic. Most of family time is centered on their daughter’s equestrian activities and their son’s sports activities.

Julie Ziegler, Owner/REALTOR®
Olsen Ziegler Realty
Phone: 216.225.9368
Email: Julie@OlsenZiegler.com
www.OlsenZiegler.com