You’ve listed your home and the agent wants to start showing it to prospective buyers. Here’s a few tips to help it look its best.

You may have already read the importance of clearing out clutter. Well, that’s because it can’t be stressed enough. It is one of the...

After a solid five year run of record home sales, the market is readjusting itself to a more normal level. Most of those who wanted to move have moved. Interest rates are rising again, lowering the upper end ceiling for buyers overall. With buyers qualifying for a lower mortgage today than they...

A home seller’s worst nightmare is selling to a buyer who disappears mysteriously at some point during the transaction. The deal never closes, leaving the seller in the lurch just before moving day.

Occasionally a buyer gets cold feet soon after his offer is accepted and backs out...

The simple truth is that the market value of your home is what a buyer is willing to pay. An estimate of your homes value is a prediction of what most buyers would be willing to pay at a given time. This prediction requires a close look at two factors: recent home sales in your area, and an...

If you are considering putting your home on the market, realize that it will take some preparation to get your home up to show quality. Experience is proving that when a home is staged, it can bring in up to many thousands of dollars more than the asking price. Also, staging helps in all types...

Many communities have associations for homeowners, property owners, condo owners, or similar associations. The presence of a homeowners association, also known as HOA, introduces another layer of rules and regulations to consider when buying a home. Some people love these associations and some...

Home Inspections Getting your home ready for the inspection

Many times I go to do a home to complete an inspection for a potential buyer, only to find the home not ready for an inspection. The home not being prepared then makes the buyer suspicious that there are areas that the inspector...

Is there any good reason to do your own home inspection? How about to get a better deal. Every flaw you can find is a negotiating point. You don’t have to learn building codes, and you probably should use a professional inspector in any case. The point of learning what to look for is to...

Sometimes when selling your home it is necessary to make a few improvements to realize the value that you want or to gain the attention that is necessary to sell a home on today’s real estate market. If you really want to get top-dollar for your home, you should really make sure that your...

Everyone would like to find a way to make a lot of money without doing a lot of work. Getting rich quickly seems to be the American dream. And if you watch a lot of late night television, you might think that you have found the ticket to fast riches by investing in foreclosed homes. There are...

Home for Sale? Use the Internet to Gain Maximum Exposure

If you have a home for sale or are thinking of putting your home on the market, you have probably been closely following the recent housing-related news. The media has speculated that the real estate “bubble” is bursting...

Warning! Home finance has blossomed into an incredibly diverse and complicated industry. This is good and bad. There are at least a hundred ways to borrow the money for your next home now. There are also dozens of ways for lenders to take advantage of you, from hidden charges to prepayment...