
Home seller tips
Proper preparation will help your home sell faster and for more. Get advice from professionals.
What Sells a House
Do you remember the first impression you had when you bought your house? Maybe the wall color in the bedroom stood out or some weird tiling choices. When it comes to home buyers, interior design ...
Nov 17, 2022
What Not to Fix When Selling a House
Living in a society based on consumerism, we are used to everything we buy being in perfect shape. We send back articles of clothing that don’t fit instead of altering them at a sewist; We ...
Oct 03, 2022
Risks and Rewards of Selling Your Home Without a Realtor
From the perspective of a home buyer, the position of a real estate agent can seem unjustified in its existence. Why in the world would you pay someone 6% commission on the total sale price of your ...
Jul 04, 2022
Restoring a Repossessed Home: Dealing With Damage
For a person who’s got an enterprising spirit, the world is full of money-making opportunities. From investment to entrepreneurship and good old-fashioned hard work, there is almost no set of ...
Mar 25, 2022
Property Management Tips & Trends For 2022
45% of property managers have expressed the desire to improve efficiency. To make efficiency a reality in your property management role, you will need to keep up with the latest tools to make your ...
Feb 08, 2022
The Difference Between Freehold And Leasehold
In the USA, buying a property usually means entering into a freehold. This means that you have bought your own home and the land it sits on. Once you have paid off the mortgage, it will be yours ...
Jan 31, 2022
How to Host an Open House and Generate Leads While Doing It
As a well-established convention in the sphere of real estate, the sight of an open home being hosted by a local real estate agent is not at all uncommon. If you were to drive through an average ...
Nov 15, 2021
How to Improve the Privacy of Your Home
If you live in a residential neighborhood, there’s a good chance that you’ve had to deal with neighbors who don’t respect your privacy. Whether they’re peering through a ...
Oct 20, 2021
Top 5 home improvements with the biggest impact on your house
I guess you got to that point when for whichever reason, you need to say goodbye to the old and a big, bright and glamorous hello to the new. These moments come at certain points in ...
Aug 21, 2020
Homes for sale in Fort Washington
Just south of Washington D.C. is the small unincorporated census-designated area of Fort Washington, MD. As the capital, its location is on the right side of the Potomac River and there are around ...
Jun 15, 2020
When A Friend Lists For Sale By Owner
Being a real estate agent kinda makes you the go-to person for friends and family who are looking into buying or selling a house. When you find out that a friend of yours is going about selling ...
Apr 23, 2020
Social distancing during the home buying/Selling process
Being a homeowner after many years of moving from one rental to another is probably one of greatest accomplishments a person can feel. Also, during our lifetime we will be faced with the decision ...
Apr 02, 2020
How to sell a house in Orlando, Florida
The state of Florida also known as the “Sunshine State” is renowned worldwide for its touristic attractions. World-class beach experience, dining, and amusement parks are just some of ...
Mar 17, 2020
How to Rebuild Your Life After a Foreclosure?
When one chapter ends, another one begins. Foreclosures are simply that: fresh new beginnings. Of course, it can bring you down for a while, it may have a negative impact on your credit score for ...
Jun 19, 2019
9 Unusual Ways in Which Water Increases the Value of Your House
What really increases the price of the house is its location. So, if your house is not on an exotic beach, we will tell you how to bring the sea to your house. Stay with us as we look at the ...
May 13, 2019
Innovative Ways to Sell and Buy a House
What do you do when your listed house sits on the market way longer than you anticipated? It’s time to get creative and try some alternative ways to sell your house! According to major listing ...
Apr 03, 2019
Real Estate Terms Every Home Seller HAS to Know
People fear the unknown; there is no shame in admitting it. Legal language, banking terms, real estate jargon: each of these domains revel in juggling with far-fetched terms and notions. All are ...
Jan 14, 2019
QR Codes for Real Estate Signs
There has been a revolution going on when it comes to those traditional for sale real estate signs. Instead of the boring static old for sale real estate signs, savvy real estate agents and ...
Nov 19, 2018
Things Home Sellers Should NOT Do
We’ve made several articles in the past regarding things that home sellers should do to sell their house. We gave home staging tips and tricks, advice on how to optimize your next open ...
Sep 05, 2018
5 Signs You Should Sell Your House
From time to time, homeowners wonder if it’s the right time to sell their house. They look to the sky and say “God, if this is the right time to sell my house… just give me a ...
Aug 06, 2018
Short-term Lease Pros and Cons
Although the biggest chunk of home buyers are thinking about long-term commitment – buying a home where they’ll grow old and raise their children or buying a home where, hopefully, ...
Jun 25, 2018
Spring Landscaping Ideas to Improve Curb Appeal and Sell Your House
They say April showers bring May flowers, but in many parts of the USA the month of May in general has a lot of rain, so we guess June is the month bringing them. Regardless, most of us know that ...
Jun 13, 2018
DIY Home Improvement to Increase Your Home Value
We’ve talked about how to increase your home value with some home improvement ideas, but the truth is that they can be quite costly. Sometimes we just don’t have the money to change ...
Jun 06, 2018
Increase Your Home Value With These Home Improvement Ideas
It’s a given. Whenever we decided the time to sell a house is getting closer, we think about all the home upgrades we could make in order to spike up our asking price. It’s also a given ...
May 30, 2018
Furnished Rental Tips for Real Estate Investors
There are a few reasons why real estate investors choose furnished homes instead of “naked” properties when playing the landlord role. Sometimes its because they intend to attract ...
May 09, 2018
The Ugly Truth About Open Houses
This one is not for the faint-hearted; walk away if you don’t want to hear the truth: the reason a real estate agent throws an open house event is not selling the home. Well, at least not only ...
Apr 25, 2018
The Solar Panel Trap: When Renewable Energy Messes up Real Estate
One of the many advertised reasons to get solar panels to a home is the fact that it increases the market value of the property. Although in a broader sense not only solar energy but all type of ...
Apr 09, 2018
3 Reasons Why Now Is The Perfect Time To Sell Your Home
Last year, sellers sold 5.45 million existing homes in the United States. This year, projections suggest that number will rise to 5.78 million. With a promising outlook for real estate in 2018, ...
Apr 05, 2018
Seller’s Agent vs. Buyer’s Agent: the age-old question
Where do their duties collide? Who’s got the most power? Can one agent act as both? Pick your side and place your bets; the real estate fight of the century starts now! Ok, now that we got ...
Mar 05, 2018
LISTINGS 101: What You Need To Know When You Hire a Real Estate Agent or a Broker
Open Listings, Net listings, Exclusive Right to Sell Listings, Exclusive Agency Listings, Dual Listings… feeling you’re getting drowned by so many different types of Listing ...
Feb 26, 2018
Large Real Estate Companies vs Individual Agents or Small Companies
When buying or selling a home, finding a real estate agent is a good way to get the job done quickly, efficiently, and responsibly. Real estate agents are trained to market, sell, and close deals ...
Feb 22, 2018
5 Things Home Sellers Always Forget
When selling a house, homeowners often follow a ‘checklist’ of sorts to make sure that everything is spic-span to help in wooing potential home buyers. Landscaping, repainting, ...
Nov 02, 2017
Top Things to Budget for When Rehabbing a Flip House
Rehabbing a house for sale purposes is an entirely different ball game than renovating a home for living purposes. Where you might have no problem dropping twenty grand to personalize a home how you ...
Oct 31, 2017
When to Dispute Your Home Appraisal
When refinancing or selling your home, the lender will want an appraisal to determine the home’s value. Usually it must appraise for at least the amount of the loan. The lender will send an ...
Aug 22, 2017
Why Use a Real Estate Agent?
Wondering why use a real estate agent when you can do it all by yourself? Surely going the For Sale by Owner (FSBO) route can save you a lot of time and money, right? You can maximize profits by ...
Mar 02, 2017
Getting Ready to Sell? DIY improvement tips
From Dallas to Dubuque, homesellers DIY their way to speedy, satisfactory sales - but what should you focus on and what should you leave to the pros? If you are preparing to sell your home and are ...
Dec 29, 2016
What Must I Disclose When Selling My Home?
For decades, buying a home was a home buyer beware business - sellers didn't have to tell the purchaser a thing. Termite damage? Hush-hush. Leaky roof? Make sure to show the home when it's dry ...
Oct 04, 2016
What Costs Do Buyers and Sellers Pay On Big Day When Escrow Closes?
Many wannabe first-time home buyers and sellers alike wonder who should pay what costs for on the wonderful day that both parties seal the biggest deal of a lifetime. As virtually every item is ...
Feb 24, 2016
Is it better to buy or sell a home first
If you are looking to buy a home and already own one, the age-old question is whether you should sell your home first before you buy a home. There are pros and cons to selling first just as there are ...
Feb 11, 2016
Real Estate Open House - The Do's and Don't's
Homeowners in the market to sell their property will likely engage in hosting an open house. The leading reason is to secure contracts. The next is the opportunity to showcase it to serious home ...
Jan 25, 2016
Tips to ensure your sale goes through
New home buyers to the housing market do not always realize that to buy a home means competing with other interested parties. Placing a contract on a property is one phase in the process. Taking ...
Jan 19, 2016
How To Sell Your Home
When it is time for homeowners to sell their property, there are a variety of tactics and strategies to employ. These ideas should secure the most lucrative asking price as well as move the home ...
Jan 14, 2016
What do Real Estate Attorneys do?
Buying and selling a home requires the professional services of a real estate attorney to ensure due diligence is used throughout the transaction. This includes filing the appropriate paperwork, ...
Dec 16, 2015
Mortgage Loan Types
There are a variety of options available to buy a home. Depending on the home buyer’s financial picture, possibilities exist to save money over the short-term, while long-term options provide ...
Dec 14, 2015
What is Hazard Insurance?
The home buying process can be a long and daunting process that involves quite a few steps. Things such as estimating your principal, taxes, interest, and insurance, along with the type of insurance ...
Nov 30, 2015
What is Earnest Money
So, you are ready to take the big step of purchasing a new home. You've met the home seller, examined the property and neighborhood, and decided that you've found the one. You come to an agreement ...
Mar 24, 2021