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Choosing a good real estate can make the difference between a frustrating experience and a pleasant one. Here’s a few tips I would recommend for making sure a listing agent is good for you. Tip #1 – Make sure your agent actually listens to you. This should be obvious, but I need to stress the…
A licensed real estate agent needs to understand how to perform a comparative value analysis. This is like a rough but technical estimate of value. Not an official appraisal. In real estate school, we’re taught what factors influence the worth of the home. I don’t need you, the reader, to use me as your agent.…
Here are some tips I’ve learned on staging or presenting a home to maximize the beautiful impression your home can make on a buyer. If everyone who walks through your home has an amazing impression and doesn’t want to leave, there will be more demand for your home and it will tend to get more…
Not every home project you’ve done helps you sell the home. The money we put into the home is the cost of the upgrades. But that doesn’t always translate to value for the buyers. Example: You may love your custom purple and magenta wallpaper put in by professionals for $10,000, but James, a buyer moving…
5 Quiz Questions to Test If You’re Ready to Sell Your House It seems like a simple process… Put up a sign. Take some pictures. Put it online. People come and see it. Agree on a price, and we’re good to go. Right? Let’s make sure you don’t jump in blind. Here’s a quiz I wrote to test…
If you’re looking to buy or sell a home, you should know what appraisal value is. Here’s why: When a person is looking to get a loan on purchasing a house, the lender will usually check the home’s value based on recent sales in the area. They send a real estate appraiser to calculate and…
How to maximize your home’s selling price, know how much you’ll get, and do it all with confidence. In this article, I’ll make sure you know what to watch out for when you’re looking to sell your home! Power Tip #1: Know what your home is actually worth before getting your hopes up or down. There…