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Importance of Photos

This is one of my favorite topics, it comes from me being visual and from looking at tons of listing for my clients.  From experience, I know that a picture is not necessarily the home.  I’ve seen plenty of homes were the pictures look great and the home is terrible and I’ve been on the [...]

What’s important when selling your Home

As a successful real estate agent, I’m always looking at factors that contribute to a successful sale of a home.  I’ve identified 6 factors that contribute to the success, listed in order of importance:

Pricing – Pretty straight forward, if the price is lower than the competition, it will sell quickly, if it is higher than the [...]

What to leave for the new Owners?

Congratulations on selling your home!  Now you want to know what you should leave for the new owners, well, here are my suggestions:

Owner’s manuals and warranties for appliances left in the house.
Garage door opener.
Extra sets of house keys.
A list of local service providers — the best dry cleaner, yard service, plumber, etc.
Code to the security [...]

Announcing ListingBook Service

I recently added another service to my toolkit.  It’s called ListingBook, it’s a web-based application that allows my clients to access much the same data as users of the MLS have, with a few extra benefits.

For the Buyers, the benefits include:

Days on Market data
Price History
Map Reports
Open House Invitations
Price reduction notifications
New listing alerts
All the property photos
Virtual [...]

Getting an Offer for your Home

With the market the way that it is, this comes up from a lot of my sellers, how can I get an offer for my home?  Well, here are some of the tips that I’ve given: