As home prices retreated from fever-pitch highs, a new breed of real estate investor eclipsed the speculator: the landlord. More Americans began hanging out “for rent” signs. Some were forced into the business after learning they’d purchased their home for top dollar during the boom and simply couldn’t sell after the market turned and their home was no longer […]
Category Archives: For Sellers
What Stinks? Cheap, Easy & Natural Methods for Freshening Up Your Home
You don’t have to be an aromatherapy aficionado to know that smells have the ability to trigger strong emotions and associations. Baking cookies can bring you back to the comfort of your childhood while freshly cut grass can return you to childhood summer camp. Unfortunately, it also works in the other direction: a neglected garbage […]
Tips for Deducting Moving Expenses
Are you planning a move for a new job? Are you relocating to find a new job? Are you moving and self-employed? Good news: If you meet any of these criteria, you may be eligible to deduct your moving expenses. Few people realize how generous the rules are about moving expenses and often overlook this […]
5 Common Home Seller Mistakes
Whenever you’re new to anything—a new job, a new sport, a new town—you’re bound to experience a bit of a learning curve. For real estate professionals, the art of buying and selling homes is second nature. But for first-time (even, sometimes second and third-time) sellers, the process of getting their home sold can be a bit […]
Selling a Home During a Divorce
When a marriage dissolves, full-boil emotions can overtake reason as couples untangle their finances, routines, and other details of their life together. As real estate agents who understand the complexities of selling a home during a divorce, we bring a compassion that’s just as vital to the process as is our business acumen. While divorce rates have been […]
Expired Listing: Tips for Relisting Your Home
If you’ve taken your home off the market after a previously unsuccessful attempt to sell, now may be time to re-list your home. Most are excited and nervous when they first sign a listing agreement to sell their home, hoping that the home sells quickly and for a big profit. It’s frustrating to wait week […]
Avoid These Mistakes When Selling Your Home
Fueled by low interest rates and a recovering economy, buyer demand is currently on the rise while the current inventory of available homes remains low! If you’re considering taking advantage of this shift in the market and selling your Columbus / Central Ohio home, there are some common mistakes that you’ll want to avoid as they can significantly negatively impact how long […]
For Sale By Owner: Why It’s So Hard to Sell Your Own Home
You might be surprised to hear that after six months of running online classified ads and promotions on FSBO sites, the founder and former CEO of ForSalebyOwner.com, Colby Sambrotto opted to hire a real estate agent to list his home, a 2,000 square foot New York condominium. After giving up on the DIY route, Sambrotto’s decision to hire a real estate agent led […]
Homes Values and Housing Inventory Levels
Nationally, housing inventory fell 23% year-over-year in February, this according to the Department of Numbers HousingTracker. Inventory fell year-over-year in all 50-plus markets they track, and by more than 50% in several California metros. Price increases and disappearing inventory go hand-in-hand: nearly all metros with the biggest inventory declines also had year-over-year price increases of 10% […]
Selling a Home? How to Negotiate a Home Sale
The art of negotiating is just that! Only an artful negotiator can take two sides with opposing interests and bring them to consensus. No formula can be applied to the process; no scientific equation can bring it about. And the back-and-forth communication that is negotiating is a huge part of the home buying and selling […]