More and more homebuyers scan the market long before they get a realtor involved. Many times they come to the realtor with several homes that have made the final list. This means homeowners can do themselves a favor by getting the best possible photos to highlight their home. A professional home photographer is usually worth … Continued
Probate is the legal procedure by which a deceased person’s debts are settled and then the remaining assets of the estate distributed to heirs and beneficiaries. The whole process begins when the executor, named in the decedent’s will, presents the will for probate in court. It can seem at first glance an intimidating and complex … Continued
Selling your house in Martinsburg and Hagerstown doesn’t have to be all hard work and seriousness with a good measure of nail-biting anxiety. But no longer is an open house with a freshly baked batch of cookies and some fresh-cut flowers enough to do the job. In today’s markets, you have to get a little … Continued
When the fiduciary/beneficiary duties of handling a deceased loved one’s estate fall to a family member, the experience can be stressful and overwhelming in addition to the sorrow they’re already suffering through. The temptation, then, is just to get through it all as quickly as possible. And when selling a probate property, the family may … Continued
Selling a house can be a lengthy process that takes a lot of effort and contains no small amount of frustration. For you will be competing against many other sellers with similar houses having similar features. And that means you’ll have a hard time making your listing stand out if you just use traditional marketing … Continued
The probate process, which often includes a probate property sale, can seem, for good reason, like an intimidating and overwhelming process. It’s not simple, it’s not easy, and it takes a long time. But this lengthy, complicated process exists for a good reason. It is designed to keep the executor from making rash decisions driven … Continued
Any major undertaking always goes better when you know what to expect when and plan accordingly. And this definitely applies to something with as many steps and contingency factors as selling a house. Any number of things can go wrong, but they don’t necessarily have to if you have a solid plan in place. So … Continued
Okay, so you’ve decided to sell your home. But have you given any thought to the fact that you’re also entering a competitive marketplace with lots of similar houses with similar features? Well, you are, and so you need to stand out from the competition in order to make you make your home more appealing … Continued
Real estate experts agree that the single most important consideration for selling your house is pricing it right. Besides having to be in line with the price of similar homes in the area, the sale price can’t be too high or too low, it should be priced for online searches, and it needs to be … Continued
If you’re preparing to sell your house, you know that you’ll have to do a certain amount of repairing and sprucing up. The trick, though, is figuring out which projects will net you the greatest return on time and money invested at sale time. Generally, landscaping costs less than other major upgrades and improvements and … Continued
Everyone trying to sell a house, wants, understandably, to sell it fast. So most sellers spend a good amount of time, effort, and money making repairs and renovations, hoping it will all translate into a fast sale. But there’s a better way. Take a look at these secret (and some not so secret) agent hacks … Continued
When you’re trying to sell your home, the bigger you can make it look, the better buyers will like it. For one thing, it will make them think they’re getting more square footage for their purchase dollar. With the right staging tactics, even a small home can be made to seem much larger. That’s why … Continued
The process of selling a house has a lot of parts that must be in place for everything to go smoothly, and a few of those parts cause more anxiety than all the rest. Among the anxiety-inducing steps in the process are the inspection and the appraisal. You can, however, reduce the stress and anxiety … Continued
Even when it’s overwhelmingly a seller’s market, committing certain mistakes will drastically reduce your chances of selling your home when you want and at the price you want. One of the tallest hurdles to overcome here is achieving some emotional detachment from the place where you’ve lived for several years, a place filled with your … Continued
Preparing your house for showings, especially the cleaning, can appear at first glance like an overwhelming, hopeless undertaking. And it most likely will be if you don’t go about it in the right way. There are, however, some tricks and tactics to make the whole thing much more manageable. So pay attention to these simple … Continued
If you’re thinking about selling your home, you’re probably also thinking about getting an agent. That’s a good idea – if, that is, you get a good agent, one who is knowledgeable and experienced in the right ways. In fact, in looking for agents, you should treat that first conversation as a job interview, with … Continued
Right now, millennials make up the largest percentage of homebuyers nationwide. So if you aren’t marketing to millennials, you’re missing out on a huge chunk of potential buyers. But millennials have very specific tastes, needs, and wants. And that means you may need to adjust your prep work in order to appeal to this target … Continued
When you’re considering selling your property, a logical first step is to figure out what it’s worth. Now, this doesn’t mean the price you want (although can be an important consideration). Rather, what it means is the fair market value – what other comparable properties in the immediate area have sold for in the recent … Continued
Selling your home is a huge and sometimes frightening undertaking, very often being the turning of the page to a new chapter in your life. There are so many things to do that the whole process can be pretty overwhelming. Still, you want to get everything right so you can sell quickly and at a … Continued
Pricing your home right – that is, pricing for a sale and the most profit – is no easy task. You can’t overprice because then your home may languish on the market unsold. And after about three weeks, your chances of selling at all at a reasonable price drop dramatically. Then, again, you can’t price … Continued
Probate is simply the process of administering a deceased person’s estate. And you have probably heard about how lengthy and anxiety filled the probate process can be. The reality, though, is that done right with the aid of an agent experienced in probate, it doesn’t have to be that way. The probate process itself can … Continued
Are agents really worth that 6% commission? After all, many home sellers complain about having to pay a commission that can take a big bite out of the sale price. But are those complaints justified? In most cases . . . no. A good agent is actually usually worth much more than she charges in … Continued
Some investors have reached the stage of the game where they are desperate to get out, having had their fill of negative cash flow, terrible tenants, and expensive repairs. Others are ready to exit the real estate investment game because they’ve achieved their goals. They have made, for instance, a good return on their investments … Continued
Buying or selling a home is one of the largest financial transactions a person will experience ever. Hiring the wrong agent can lead to mistakes. Mistakes might cost you the home or tens, if not hundreds of thousands of dollars. Do you need an agent? Here are 4 signs of a great agent in Martinsburg … Continued
When it’s time to sell your house, you want to do what is best for you. Your two basic options are either to use a real estate agent or to do a for sale by owner (FSBO) deal. But which is the better route to take? If you hire an agent, you will have to … Continued