Having Trouble Selling Your Home? Avoid These Common Mistakes in 2024 Home selling mistakes in 2024. Struggling to sell your home? You might be making one of the most common mistakes that hinder home sellers from closing the deal. 1. Asking Too Much The single biggest home selling mistakes sellers make is setting their asking price too high. Homeowners need …
Landscaping Increases Home Value and Curb Appeal
In our last blog, we talked about homeowners updating outdated features. We talked about that adding lots of home value. On the same vein, let’s take it outside and look at another piece of the home value-adding strategy. In fact, the yard should not be ignored when looking to increase a home’s value and appeal. What kind of appeal? Why …
Updating Outdated Features Adds Much Home Value
Homeowners often make home improvements one of their must do’s over the course of ownership. Even if the home seemed ‘perfect’ when they bought it, some changes usually make their way into the mix. In fact, it could be as simple as a new wall color. Although, more often than not improvements involve bigger change. And, if you’re a homeowner …
Underlying Emotions Drive Many Home Selling Or Buying Decisions
A lot of things are involved in the home selling or buying process. Although, one thing’s for sure. Underlying emotions drive many home selling or buying decisions. That’s right. Selling or buying a home may seem like quite a practical and logical matter on the surface. Although, as any savvy realtor should know, a buyer or seller’s emotions can often …
Simple Way to Beautify Your Home Interior
Making home interiors more amenable and comfortable might be considered a national pass time. It’s popular across every income level. In addition, homeowners might have 2 or more pet projects going on at any one time. These could include things like new carpet and tile flooring. They could include larger projects like expanding a room and remodeling the bathroom. Although, …
Home Sellers Should Avoid These Buyer Turn Offs
Even with a lot of prepping that may include remodeling and decluttering, home sellers sometimes miss the mark. They overlook things that may not require major work but still amount to big turn offs for buyers. In fact, overlooking these things often drives the buyer away. Home sellers should avoid these buyer turn offs, but exactly what are they? Also, …
Benefits of Curb Appeal
Many of us have heard the words, ‘curb appeal’ bantered around and used a lot in the real estate world. Although, how many of us really know what it means? Unless you sold a home or looked into what selling a home involves, you may not have first hand knowledge. As a result, if the term is not quite understood, …
End Clutter and Increase Spaciousness
Homes, big or small can appear more spacious with a minimalist approach to home decor. Although, the number one enemy of space is clutter. What’s more, as lovely as a home’s interior style and furnishings may be, where you find clutter, you find little charisma. Many homeowners find they must deal with clutter as a real issue when planning to …
How Staging a Home For Sale Gets Top Dollar
Many people may not know exactly what staging means in terms of selling a home. As a result, with little familiarity, they may not imagine how staging a home for sale gets top dollar on the real estate market. Yet, a lot of top realtors like Kirk McDonald often advise their clients on putting together a staging strategy. So, for …