Don’t Hide Anymore, Sellers!

Today’s post will be short and sweet – we real estate practitioners need to use all available platforms to get the word out.  It seems the newspapers are starting to let the public know that the buyers have been coming out in droves lately, and the problem is a HUGE lack of inventory.  Sellers, please, [...]

Don’t Forget the Garage When Selling Your Home

They’re for more than parking cars, stacking boxes, and holding trash bins. The garage can help sell your home if you stage it right. Most homeowners might think of staging their kitchens and bedrooms, but the garage is a feature that is playing an increasingly important role.  Here are some organizing tips to help you [...]

How to Stay Sane While Selling Your Home

After much soul searching and working the numbers, you decided to put your home on the market. You may be selling to change cities for a job, or move up or downsize. Regardless of the reason, this is a big and important decision! The time has come, though. You have received an offer on your [...]

Don’t Depersonalize Before Selling

“Depersonalize” – this term drives me crazy. Some agents and sites suggest completely depersonalizing your home. My suggestion is a resounding don’t do it! There is a big difference between de-cluttering and de-personalizing. Houses in my opinion are not just brick and mortar. There is history and an energy about them. Buyers want to know [...]

Great Online Safety Tips

We’ve all heard of various ideas to keep our personal information secure when we’re online, but it’s always good to be reminded…check these out: -Never respond to spam – Even if you’re responding to be asked to unsubscribe – your amount of spam may triple -Never send anything in email you wouldn’t want to see [...]

Staging Your Home on a Tight Budget

When working with Sellers we always stress the importance of a staged home.  Most of the time sellers have only one chance at catching attention of a potential buyer.  Staging your home is a way to make your home appealing to incoming homebuyers and making it look its best on the Internet. Staging a home [...]

Zeros Don’t Sell

The Week suggested that home sellers trying to grab buyers’ attention should avoid putting zeros in their sale prices. You don’t actually need to drop the price from $400,000 to $399,999 to make it seem cheaper.  In fact, you could even raise the price – to, say, $401,298 – and try to take advantage of [...]