Category Archives: Selling a Home

Gay neighborhoods have grown in popularity over the years.  Originally something of a ghetto where gays and lesbians were almost forced to live due to prejudice, today’s gayborhoods are well-to-do areas with higher than average property values.  People flock to them because they want to live there, not because other neighborhoods aren’t welcoming.  But with the gay marriage question now settled and more and more people supporting LGBT rights, do these gay neighborhoods have a future?  Will most fade away as the LGBT population becomes dispersed across cities? Property Values […]

Common knowledge would tell you that an open house is the best way to drum up excitement for your newly listed FSBO home. After all, it’s so easy to do; all you need is a fruit platter, decorate your house with plants, a sign, and a few hours of spare time. However, open houses aren’t quite as effective as you’d think. Open Houses are Inconvenient and Unpredictable First, the aforementioned “few hours of spare time” is easier said than done for most people. If you’re always hectically busy with your […]

Trying to sell your home can be confusing if you’ve never done it before. It’s even more confusing if you don’t have a good realtor at your back. Here are a few common questions and misconceptions about home sellers that seem to keep popping up. “I’ve Listed Too Low/High, What Do I Do?” Sellers lose hours of sleep mulling over prices. Most sellers overprice or underprice their homes wihout the assistance of a realtor or appraiser. Luckily, it’s usually just a minor inconvenience. It’s also so important to use the […]

If you’re working with a real estate agent to sell your home, he or she has probably mentioned how you have to have great curb appeal.  This means when potential buyers pull up to your home, they have to be wowed by their first look.  But that first look only goes so far.  Great curb appeal won’t guarantee you a sale if the inside of your home doesn’t have just as much of a wow factor if your driveway’s paving isn’t done right. When it comes to curb appeal, having […]

Selling your home involves a lot of work, especially if you’re trying to buy a home at the same time.  You have to get all of those little things done around the house that you’ve been meaning to do for years—things like touching up the paint, looking for the right tile dealer so you can finally replace that cracked tile, and getting the rest of that backsplash put in.  You also have to pack and take care of everything involved with moving, all while trying to keep your home in […]

If you sold your house ten years ago, you were selling to a different market.  Many of today’s buyers are first-time homeowners who have just gotten married or graduated from college.  They’re in their twenties, so they’re part of a younger generation that is looking for very specific features in a home.  If you’ve recently put your home on the market and found that it’s not getting a lot of traction, it may not be your realtor’s fault—it may be that your home is lacking some of the features that […]

You may buy your partner out of the home that you own together if he or she agrees to sell it to you. A problem arises when you both want the home or your partner does not want to sell his or her interest to you and you do not have a written agreement setting out how this situation will be dealt with. Your options are to work out an agreement with your partner or follow your state’s legal procedures and ask the court to order the home sold. An […]

If you’re selling your home, one of the things your realtor may suggest is having an open house.  This is a great way of getting a good number of potential buyers into your home.  Unlike scheduled showings, open houses allow anyone who just happens to be driving by to come in and take a look at your home.  Of course, you won’t want to leave it up to chance—your realtor will advertise the open house and work hard to get the word out to those looking to buy in your […]

You might have seen a house with a “for sale by owner” sign in the front yard and wondered if that was a good option for you.  While it’s true that selling your home yourself does mean you don’t have to pay a realtor, there are a lot of downsides to doing so.  In fact, hiring a realtor to sell your home gives you a lot of advantages, all of which are worth paying for.  Here are a few of the reasons why trying to sell your home yourself is […]

As we come into the fall season real estate listings (For Sale) often outweighs demand, the easiest thing to do is to ensure your home is the best priced product on the market, in order to sell it fast. But that is not the only way out ~ there are other ways on how you can easily sell your home besides lowering the price. If you are almost done selling your home and need a new place for your family, then consider checking out some commercial real estate for sale. […]