Is Your Home A Certified Pre-Owned Home?

By Cindy

In today’s market when buyers have multiple choices in a neighborhood how do you make you home stand out?  Certainly every Realtor® will talk to you about pricing your home to sell and talk to you about making sure your home is free of clutter.  A good agent will make sure that your home has the best quality photos in the MLS and your agent may even bring in a professional stager for a consultation if it is necessary. 

We hear the commercials for the high end car dealers talking about the benefits of buying a “certified pre-owned” car.  They lure you to the lot with guarantees of 32 point inspections or free vehicle reports to show you the car wasn’t salvaged from a flood.  So why don’t you make your home a “certified pre-owned home”?  Instead of waiting for a buyer to conduct a home inspection, after you have already negotiated what you thought was the sales price of your home, take the first step and have the inspection before you list your home for sale! 

When we live in our homes we tend to overlook some of what we think may be cute quirks and don’t realize that the next owner of the home may consider them to be a excuse to ask you to lower the sales price even further or jump through hoops Read more

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5 Tips to Maximize Your Home’s Value When You Sell
By  markrox

1) First, do your homework. Find out the local market conditions for your neighborhood. Depending on your area, there may be better/worse times to sell. Once you’ve decided to sell, there are three different levels of service that you may want to consider: Read more

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People always says that first impression is very important for the first time to meet your lover. It also applies to selling your home.

when a prospective first drives by your house, what does the homebuyer see? It is the landscaping, curb, and exteriors of the house. Is it a nice, neat appreance that gives the buyer a great first impression? or is it a "problem house" that drives away the buyer who may never wants to get into your house to view it regardless how nice it is inside?

Therefore, in preparing your home for sale, the first step is to prepare the curb appeal. Here is what you should do: Read more

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I talked about the first impression at previous blog on curb appeal. The principle of the first impression also applies here. Imagine if you are a buyer, and stepping into a house. What stuff can influence you most at the moment you open the door?

There are few inexpensive things you can do to instantly increase the appeal of your house. Here are the tips on how to prepare the inside of your home for sale. Read more

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When planning to sell your home, you need to determine the costs of home selling in order to make the right decisions. This is one important part of your planning for home selling.

Here is a list of the home selling costs you must consider: Read more

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