Prepare Your Home for FHA Financing

Prepare Your Home for FHA Financing

When listing your home for sale, the most important consideration is how to get the most attention from potential buyers. It’s simple, the more buyers interested in your home the better. You have already considered how to build curb appeal and staging the home for 

How to Respond to a Lowball Offer

How to Respond to a Lowball Offer

After all the hard work it takes to ready a home for sale, it can be so discouraging to find the first offer you get is a lowball offer. Regardless of the market, there are buyers who write offers 10%, 20%, even 30% below list 

Buyer’s “Love Letters” – Should You Read Them When Selling Your Home?

Buyer’s “Love Letters” – Should You Read Them When Selling Your Home?

Selling a home can be an emotional experience. As the seller, you want to make sure that the buyer loves the home as much as you do and will take care of it. In other words, you’re looking for the perfect buyer with the perfect 

Does Your Listing Use the Right Keywords to Attract Buyers?

Does Your Listing Use the Right Keywords to Attract Buyers?

If you’re selling your home, you already know it’s critical to your success to attract as many potential buyers as possible. Yes, you’ve engaged a real estate agent to handle the marketing and listing, but you need to be aware of the effectiveness of their 

Market Signal to Watch For in Real Estate

Market Signal to Watch For in Real Estate

The housing market has been crazy over the past few years. While there have always been periods of ups and downs, buyer’s markets and seller’s markets, yet the frenetic pace and swings since the start of the pandemic has had everyone on edge. Now that 

What Not to Say When Someone Asks Why You’re Selling

What Not to Say When Someone Asks Why You’re Selling

The minute you list your home, everyone will want to know why. You will hear from your neighbors, family members, and friends. Of course, there is no harm in speaking freely with family and friends but be careful what you tell your neighbors and especially 

5 Trendy Tips to Enhance a Small Porch

5 Trendy Tips to Enhance a Small Porch

Who doesn’t love the idea of a front porch? Picture a cool lemonade in the shade on a hot summer’s day while watching the world go by. Home builders have embraced this ideal over the past couple decades with more new construction featuring this timeless 

10 Things to Remove from Your Home When Listing for Sale

10 Things to Remove from Your Home When Listing for Sale

One of the most common questions from home sellers is, “do I really need to put my family pictures away”? The short answer is “yes,” but maybe not for the reasons you assume. The general principle is that buyers need to be able to visualize 

It’s Still a Great Time to Sell?

It’s Still a Great Time to Sell?

Sellers all over the country are confused and worried they may have missed the best time to sell their home. Prices are dropping, mortgage rates are rising, and the pace has slowed but the impact on any individual seller is unclear.  While the days of 

How to Use Comps to Price Your Home Correctly

How to Use Comps to Price Your Home Correctly

The most important aspect of listing your home for sales is the asking price. Unlike many other items we purchase, home prices are based on what a willing and able buyer would pay for the property. Sounds complicated, right? This is why real estate agents