25
Jun
By Jim Hasek
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Summer’s Coming! Boost Your Home’s Curb Appeal and Get a Quick Sale with These 3 Tips

Curb appeal is important in the home sales process, and this is because it will impact the overall first impression that potential home buyers have about the property. Some homeowners can easily spend a small fortune and a considerable amount of time improving curb appeal, but others may be looking for faster and easier results. The good news is that boosting curb appeal is easy and affordable to do when these three tips are followed. Spruce Up The Front Door The front door and patio area are focal points for those driving by the home, and this area receives even…
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17
Apr
By Jim Hasek
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Pre-sale Painting: Color Combinations to Use – and Avoid – when Painting Your Home

One of the more common steps that homeowners will take when preparing to list their home for sale involves repainting the walls. Walls can easily give the home a worn, drab look when they have visible signs of dirty, smudgy fingerprints and other unsightly blemishes. While repainting the walls can have a whitewashing effect that instantly makes the home look cleaner, brighter and more appealing, the color combinations that you choose for your home should be considered with care. You have a rainbow of possibilities for your space when preparing your home for sale, but you want to choose colors…
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04
Mar
By Jim Hasek
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What Factors Determine Your Home’s Resale Value? Let’s Take a Look

There are several factors that will help you determine the value of your home when you want to sell it. Location, condition, layout, upgrades, and events relating to your home are all important when selling your home. It's All About Location Anyone in real estate will tell you location, location, location is the first thing to consider when buying real estate. If your home is on a busy street, it’s going to be harder to sell unless someone is looking for that exact location. If a buyer is looking to have a business inside the home, then having more exposure…
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20
Feb
By Jim Hasek
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Selling Your Home in 2015? Boost Your Resale Value with These Three Inexpensive Renovations

To get top dollar for your home, renovations may be necessary. However, some renovations can prove costly and they don't always add value to your home. Here are three inexpensive renovations that are sure to improve the resale value of your home. First Impressions Matter Your home needs to have curb appeal. If the potential buyer doesn't see that, it will be difficult to get the price you want. Spend money and time landscaping your yard. Pressure wash your driveway. Paint your front door. Make your porch look welcoming. If you do all of this yourself or with the help…
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29
Oct
By Jim Hasek
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Four Ways You Can Enhance Your Home’s Value Before You List It for Sale

Whether you've decided it's time for an upgrade or you're moving on to a new city, if you're selling your home you may be wondering how you can boost its value before listing it up for sale. In today's blog post we'll share four ways that you can spend a bit of time and money upgrading your home before it hits the local real estate market. Spruce Up Your Landscaping You'll want your home to make a great first impression, and as such a great place to start is by sprucing up your lawn, gardens and other landscape features. Your…
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16
Oct
By Jim Hasek
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Three Reasons Why Setting Your Listing Price is the Most Important Aspect of the Home Sales Process

Have you decided to sell your home, perhaps to make an upgrade to a newer, larger house? Whatever your reasons for selling, you'll have a number of decisions to make as you craft your listing and begin receiving offers from buyers but few are as important as your initial selling price. Let's take a look at three reasons why setting your listing price is the most important factor in your home sale. Reason #1: You Can Scare Off Potential Buyers With A High Price You'll receive the majority of your buyer interest in the first few days and weeks after…
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