Houzz is a social platform designed to bring home owners together with home professionals in a unique, visual way. While the platform was initially intended for the use of architects and interior designers, real estate agents have tapped into Houzz with extraordinary success. Real estate agents can harness the network of Houzz to potential home …
The Attitude of Gratitude: Giving Thanks This Holiday Season
The Attitude of Gratitude: Ways You Can Be More Grateful This Thanksgiving Often life is lived in the hustle and bustle of the chaos that surrounds us. Work, soccer and basketball practice, grocery shopping, dinner time, family time, back to work… Life can be one big, repetitive, and routine circle. We go through the year …
Three Tips for Contracting Referral Agents
Competition is not always a negative thing. It encourages businesses to push beyond the “status-quo” in order to gain an edge on the market. And in real estate, your competitors – whether direct or indirect – can be leveraged as a secret key to your agency’s success. Building a professional referral system with other real …
3 Improvements to Make Before You List Your House
Are you looking to sell your home in 2016? Essential home improvements could enhance the value of your home and help to retain a higher appraisal, which in most scenarios more than covers the cost of the home improvement. It’s important to ensure there are no major home improvement requirements that need to be completed …
Color Staging: Make Your Buyer Feel At-Home
“The chief function of color should be to serve expression.” -Henri Matisse Take a moment and look at the room around you. Observe the furniture that fills the room. Observe the colors of the furniture and walls. What colors fill the room? Now take a moment to observe your current mental state. What emotions and …