Give Yourself a Vacation
While the market is so hot it is time to give yourself a vacation. Knowing your home is going to sell for a great number means it is time to plan a vacation. This can help aid in the sale of your home by getting you out of the home. For a lot of sellers one of the...
Real Estate Warning: School Deadline Approaching
In real estate paying attention to when you are selling your home can maximize the value. For most families with children they try to move in the off season of school. This way when the kids go back to school they get a fresh start with all their new friends. It can...
Should You Hire a Professional or DIY on Those Home Repairs?
When there’s a repair or home improvement project on their to-do lists, homeowners are challenged with figuring out if they should hire a professional or DIY their own project. The good news is that you can do plenty of things on your own. For other more complex...
Flower Power
As we work our way through the spring market and into the summer the real estate marketing is continuing to heat up. One great way to increase the value of your home is by adding curb appeal. There are many varieties of flowers that take little work and add a lot of...
Get Paid to De-Clutter
If there is one thing most homeowners struggle with before selling their home or moving, it is clutter. As humans we all have a natural tendency to hoard items. Whether it be the value we see in those items based on what we paid for them or the sentimental value, we...
Accepting Offers With No Inspection
Every seller dreams of receiving an offer with no home inspection contingency. No matter the quality home there is some sort of feeling at ease by skipping this step of the process. It is similar to the heart drop we all feel when we see blue lights in the rear view....
Two Risky Ways to Get Your Offer Accepted
In a busy seller’s market like we are in everyone is asking the same question. “How can I get my offer accepted?”. As a real estate agent it puts us in a tight spot when clients feel strong about their offer but we know there may be other offers with stronger terms....
Buyers Are Lining Up
For most of us we are now aware the real estate market is on fire. Buyers are lining up in massive lines just to get a glimpse of the home for 15 minute time slots. After this brief tour they then are going home to write a highly competitive offer. This means we are...
VA Home Loan Myths
1) The seller must pay for the buyer’s pest inspection report. Though in some cases this may be true if the buyer is using a mortgage company that is charging a mortgage origination fee it is not always true. Some lenders wave this fee as a help to the veteran...
Three Easy Tasks for Spring Cleaning
Spring is the perfect time of the year for out with the old and in with the new. Organization of our homes is everything when it comes to keeping our sanity. After a long winter of lock down now is the time to get your home and shed back in order. This week the...
A Few Reasons Why Owning a Home is the Best Choice!
There’s many reasons why owning your own home is one of the best decisions that you can make. Not only are you able to personalize the property to your liking, but you can also get some valuable equity that you can invest. Here are some of the benefits: You Can...
Price Surge 2021
With so many things going on in the world one might think housing prices would be adversely affected. The truth is nothing near that! 2021 is a surging market. Open houses are having dozens of visitors and when it comes time for offers they are abundant. This leaves a...
Getting a Home Showing in 2021
The 2021 market is off to an amazing start. Open houses with literally 100 plus people showing up. What does this mean in terms of booking a showing? Well there are a few things we want to point out to you so you can find success in getting an appointment at a time...
Pro’s to Executive Order to Pay Off Student Debt
No matter which way you look at politics one thing's for sure. Change in office means change ahead. This is not about personal opinions of one president to another. Since running for office the Biden/Harris administration has made a talking point of clearing off some...
Pricing in a Seller’s Market
When choosing a price to sell your home there is always a lot to think about. While we worry about getting the most money we also worry about overpricing. In an upward trending seller’s market place it is hard to pick a price. Every time we look at the market it is...