Every house needs house numbers. But not every house has to have boring house numbers. They’re easy to change and can make a place feel fresh and new when you find just the right ones....
Tips, Advice & Links
Avoiding the BOM
When thinking about selling your home, do you have concerns that a sale could blow out and leave you hanging? Have you heard stories from others like that? It is a real concern. If a deal blows out, the sellers have to go through the hassle of showing the house...
Lowball Strategy
Have you seen a home sale close at a surprisingly-low price, and you said, "Geez, I would have paid that!" Usually the house has been on the market for months, and everyone else has forgotten about it. The seller doesn't want to lower the price, but tells his agent,...
Preparing Your House For Sale
When it comes to getting the best price for your house, there might be no higher-profile experts than Drew and Jonathan Scott, the personable hosts of several HGTV series including the long-running “Property Brothers.” The 38-year-old twins started their real-estate...
Taller Walls
We've talked about the importance of staging, but there are other simple things you can do to improve your look. Rooms with low ceilings can feel smaller and darker than they actually are. Here are some great ideas to offset that feeling!...
Make Offer!
Just a soft friendly encouragement......
2015 Home Buyer Survey
Takeaways from the 2015 C.A.R. Home Buyer Survey: http://www.car.org/marketdata/surveys/buyer/
Buyer Tips in a Seller’s Market
Hat tip to bode for sending this in, and noting the importance of #3! http://www.trulia.com/blog/mistakes-buyers-make-in-sellers-market/ The real estate market fluctuates often, making it tough to predict whether the market will favor buyers or sellers when it’s your...
Home Buying Tips
What are good tips for buying a house? Answer by Julie Gurner, doctor of psychology, multiple time home owner, on Quora - the knowledge sharing network where compelling questions are answered by people with unique insights. I have invested, done some flipping, and...
Fog Security
When we think of home security systems, we usually think of alarms that make a lot of noise, but do they really deter the intruder before they steal anything? Check out the fog cannon. It's a security device that fills the room with dense fog in seconds, making it...