Vetting real estate agents is an important part of selling your home. Between pre-sale preparations, locating a buyer, and closing the deal, selling can take anywhere from a few weeks to several months. The agent you choose will affect how easy (or how intrusive) that experience will be. It could also impact the final sale price on your home.
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Topics: Seller Resources, Buyer Resources, Real Estate Tips, Investing in Property, Selling Your Home
Once you decide to sell your home, things move rather quickly. Between consultations and renovations and open houses, a lot happens in a few short weeks. Without the proper planning, you can lose track of the process and end up frustrated, overwhelmed, and underpaid for your property.
The most important thing to remember when selling a home: preparation matters. The better prepared you are, the more likely you are to lock in the selling price you want.
Topics: Seller Resources, Moving Tips, Real Estate Tips, Selling Your Home, Prepping your home
So you’ve decided to sell your home. Congrats! The next step you take will impact how the next few months of your life play out — how much time you spend dealing with contractors, researching real estate legalese, and so on. It could also directly impact the amount you receive in the sale of your home.
What options do homeowners have when selling their property (and why should anyone selling a home contact a real estate agent pronto)?
Topics: Seller Resources, Buyer Resources, Investing in Property, Home Buying, Selling Your Home
The moving process can be as exciting as it is stressful. As you plan to sell your home, the opportunity to clean house, start anew, and organize your home in a way that inspires joy shouldn’t be overlooked. But how do you determine what stays and what goes?
When you purposefully downsize, you cut down on moving expenses (and reinvigorate your home decor at the same time). Consider these tips for downsizing to make your move a lot easier:
Topics: Low Maintenance Homes, Seller Resources, Buyer Resources, Home Decor Tips, Moving Tips
When we sell a home, we want to make sure we get the most bang for our buck—and not miss anything too evident during the selling process. Not surprisingly, many statistics surround the question, “When is the best time to sell my house?” and in some cases, it may be wise to wait, while certain circumstances can bring you to sell immediately.
Topics: Seller Resources, Selling Your Home
Our homes are our sanctuaries. When it’s time to move, however, we need to reimagine it for potential buyers. When you stage a house for selling, it’s a different thought process than creating a space for yourself and loved ones. You have to appeal to a broader audience, and that means hiding personal items or rearranging furniture. All sellers want there home to have the most expansive reach possible. Therefore, consider following these steps to staging your home before buyers walk in your front door.
Topics: foothills staging tips, Seller Resources
How Buyers and Sellers Have Lost Thousands of Dollars to Email Scams
Email scams are as old as, well, email, but as the years go by, these scams have become more and more sophisticated. Recently, several home buyers have fallen victim to specially targeted email scams that attempt to rob them of their closing costs — sometimes up to hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Topics: Seller Resources, Buyer Resources, Email Scams, Home Buying, Selling Your Home
This time of year is ideal for looking for homes. Since springtime is a popular home selling season, you have plenty of choices when it comes to finding listings in your preferred location, in your ideal price range, and with your favorite features. With all of these options, it’s going to be a breeze buying your perfect home… right?
Topics: Seller Resources, Buyer Resources, Moving Tips, Real Estate Tips, Home Buying
14 Conveniences You Don’t Want to Forget in Your Home Search
You have it all planned out. You know exactly which shopping centers and conveniences you want to live near, you know which amenities you need within a few miles of your community, and you have a general idea of where your workplace, grocery store, and soon-to-be-favorite hangouts are located.
Topics: staying active in the foothills, things to do in the foothills, Seller Resources, Buyer Resources, Moving Tips
The winter holidays and New Year’s have come and gone, and so have all the decorations. With no twinkling lights or festive ornaments brightening up its main living areas, your home can start to look a little bare. Not to worry! Here are a few winter home decorating ideas that can cheer you up and bring back the holiday sparkle. And if you’re planning to sell your home this season, these tips will also help you impress potential buyers with your warm, welcoming home.
Topics: Seller Resources, Buyer Resources, Home Decor Tips, Moving Tips, Winter Home Decor