Real Estate Tips & Advice


What to Do When Neighbors List Their Home For Sale

When a neighbor’s house goes on the market, there can be important implications for you. Here's what to do when neighbors list their home for sale. 1. Document important disclosure items As…

3 Tips for Holding a Successful Open House

Holding an open house can make a seller's teeth grind. It's probably the only time you would invite to your home complete strangers who poke around, open your closets, and make judgments about…

Top 5 Open House Tips for Buyers

Going to open houses can be time-consuming. Here are my top 5 open house tips for buyers, to help you make the most of your visits. 1. Learn about the market without…
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How to Tell You’re Not Ready to Sell Your Home Yet

Having your home sit on the market for a long time makes buyers wonder what’s wrong. If you’re about to go on the market but feel some reservations, here's how to tell you're not ready to…
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How to Sell a Home With Renters In it

During the economic downturn, many people had to move for various reasons but couldn’t sell their homes. So they became “accidental landlords”—forced to rent out their homes. As home values increase, however, the…
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How to Turn Off Potential Home Buyers

As more homes come on the market, you as a seller have more competition. At the same time, buyers often get their first impressions of a home online, and their expectations are…
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What is Curb Appeal?

For years, buyers have formed their first impressions of homes while standing in the street or sitting inside the car, just beyond the curb. Before text messaging and smartphones, a buyer would…
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What Home Buyers Need to Know About New Construction

If you're a home buyer, you're likely to come across new construction homes for sale. The sellers can be either large national builders or smaller local developers. Some homes are for sale as a part…
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What is a Sellers’ Market in Real Estate?

In many parts of the country, first-time and entry-level home buyers are finding tight inventories and lots of competition. That's pretty much the definition of a sellers' market. In a sellers' market, homeowners looking to sell…
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Buyer’s Agent vs. Listing Agent: What You Need to Know

First-time home buyers aren’t typically versed in the intricacies of agency disclosure, nor do they understand the concepts of a buyer’s agent vs. listing agent. But a real estate agent’s loyalties and responsibilities change…