Welcome To My Site...
If you are planning to buy or sell a house, you have come to the right place! I would love to help you, and I am professionally trained to offer you sound advice and personal assistance that will make your real estate experience as pleasant and as easy as possible. One of my slogans is “Bette is Ready”...to give you the personal attention and quality service that you deserve, and I will. My brochure also describes me as "A Realtor Who Cares,” and I do. I hope you will let me use my real estate training and skills honed as a former school teacher to help guide you through the home buying or selling process with a high degree of professionalism and care. I have earned several designations through advanced study, examination, and sales production in real estate including the Certified Residential Specialist(CRS)designation, the Graduate Realtor Institute(GRI)designation, and the Seniors Real Estate Specialist(SRES)designation which is special training for working with senior citizens. I am also a certified home stager. I offer a variety of marketing strategies for sellers including the use of seversl personal web sites, my company web site, virtual tours,voice pad, YouTube, and "Talking House." Read more about this below. I know I will do an outstanding job for you whether you are a buyer of a seller..so give me a call…and “Make Deller Your Seller.”

• Creative Marketing Plan
• Latest Technology and Real Estate Tools
• Rapid Response to All Calls and Messages
• Wide Exposure for Listings
• Buyer Assistance Tailored to Needs
• Individual Website Address for Each Listing
• Automatic E-mailing of New Listings to Buyers
• Honest and Professional Treatment
• Personal Attention and Quality Service
• A Real Estate Professional Who Cares

Service You Can Count On...
The real estate profession is built on service and integrity. When you make a decision to buy or sell a home with me, I will be committed to going that extra mile to ensure that all your needs are successfully met in a friendly, yet professional manner. I am dedicated to making sure that you are satisfied and comfortable with your real estate experience. It is important to work with someone who is skilled, but also with someone who cares. I am such a person, and I would like to be your realtor. My strength lies not only in my training, experience and professionalism, but also in my commitment to providing my clients with caring, fine-tuned service tailored to meet their specific needs.

Selling a Property...
If you are planning to sell your home, I will give you the insight and information you need to help you make intelligent decisions about marketing your home and qualifying your buyers. My marketing plan will provide your home with the widest possible exposure by using both conventional methods and modern technology. I will place your home on several Internet web sites including my own. I can provide it with a unique web address all its own so people receiving my print ads can go directly to your home on the internet for more information. I will advertise your home through the use of direct mailings, local newspapers, virtual tours, "Talking House," YouTube, attractive flyers and brochures, and e-mail messages sent to my database. "Talking House" is a unique transmitter placed inside your home that enables me to record a message about the features of your home which passersby can tune into on their car radio. I will also network with other realtors who may have potential buyers. I am equipped with the latest in real estate tools to facilitate marketing your home, and I feel certain I can get your home sold for the best possible price in the shortest possible time. Last but not least, I will inform you frequently regarding activity on your home, evaluate the success of our marketing plan, and suggest additional strategies to facilitate the sale of your home. My goal is to make the home-selling process as simple and effective as possible, and I know I can do an outstanding job for you.

Buying a Property...
Whether you are looking for your first home, moving up to a larger home, or scaling down to a smaller one, my job is to help you achieve your purpose and make the process as easy and pleasant as possible. I can give you access to all homes listed in the MRIS database. The status of these listings is updated every 24 hours, and you will automatically be e-mailed information about new listings as they come on the market. In addition, I can provide you with assistance in all of the steps involving the purchase of a home including finding a lender, arranging for a home inspection, choosing a title company, understanding the settlement process, and locating a reliable mover or other service providers. When you are ready to move, my company provides a unique free service called Home Service Connections that will help you coordinate all of the facets of your move and continue to refer you to approved home service providers before and after your move. Ask me about it.

About Bette...
I am a full-time realtor in the Laurel Office of Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc. I am licensed in the state of Maryland and primarily service Prince George's, Howard, Anne Arundel, and Montgomery Counties focusing mainly on homes in the Beltsville and Laurel area. However, I can help you with the sale or purchase of any home in the state of Maryland. I am a former Maryland school teacher and a University of Maryland graduate with extensive graduate school work in education. I am a member of Who's Who Among America's Teachers and am a chapter president of a local chapter of The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International, which is a women educator's honorary. I have lived in Beltsville, MD for many years, and have been a resident in the state of Maryland even longer. I have one son who lives in Ashburn, Virginia who owns his own Internet web site design company named Virid. He designs and maintains e-commerce web sites...and helps to keep me current on the latest developments in technology. I also have two sisters and other family members living in nearby suburban Maryland. I enjoy my real estate career and find much satisfaction in helping people find homes in Maryland. Caring for my clients and making their real estate experience a pleasant and stress-free one is a very rewarding and important aspect of my job.

My Real Estate Credentials
I am a multi-million dollar producer with three advanced designations. I am a Certified Residential Specialist (CRS). This designation is a significant achievement. Earning it requires both advanced study and meeting production quotas set by the National Association of Realtor's Council of Residential Specialists. Fewer than one fourth of all realtors nationwide have this designation. I have also earned the Graduate Realtor Institute (GRI) designation after completing 90 hours of study on many real estate topics followed by examination. In addition, I am also certified as a Seniors Real Estate Specialist(SRES) with special training to help me to better serve senior citizens. I am committed to using the latest technology as well as more conventional marketing methods to market your home or to help you find a new home. I try to offer my clients a high degree professionalism, integrity, honesty and TLC. I am a member of the Prince George's County Association of Realtors (PGCAR) and their Distinguished Sales Club. I am also a member of the Maryland Association of Realtors (MAR)and the National Association of Realtors (NAR).