Seller Help

In MLS, more photos isn’t always better

Seller Help

We’ve long maintained that pictures are a critical part of selling your home. More buyers are using the internet to view homes, more broadband connections have made this ever-easier to do, and digital cameras have never been better or less expensive.  In today’s digital age, most buyers look at any home listed without a full [...]

31 August 2009 Read the full article →

Spruce Up Your Home’s Exterior

Seller Help

Here are some low-cost ways to increase a home’s curb appeal. Clean up beds by weeding and pruning shrubs. Add mulch for a high-end look. Invest in pots. A couple of attractive ceramic (or ceramic look-alike) pots filled with attractive plants can really make an entrance look classier. Install landscape lighting on the path to [...]

25 August 2009 Read the full article →

Staging Your Kitchen, Goldilocks Style

Seller Help

This kitchen has too much stuff. This kitchen has too little stuff. This kitchen is just right. A Few Pointers for Kitchen Staging Greenery makes potential buyers feel ‘homey’, calm and reassured. A little goes a long way though. Notice this fairly roomy kitchen has only one green plant. Don’t overdo. Paint. That. Kitchen!  Home [...]

10 July 2009 Read the full article →

Two Chandler Homes burglarized by Fake Buyers

Seller Help

AZCentral.com is reporting a story this morning about homes being burglarized by “fake buyers”.  Here’s the short version: A fake real estate agent calls the seller’s realtor asking to show the home to her buyers and for the sellers to not be home.  The agents exchange lockbox codes, and the showing is scheduled.  Later, the [...]

9 July 2009 Read the full article →

Landscaping shows personality

Homeowner Help

Your front-yard landscaping is usually the first thing people notice about your home – the first impression of your home’s personality.  And there are as many different landscaping choices as their are homes – color, # of plants/trees, grass vs desert, water usage, ease of maintenance – these are just some of the things to [...]

15 June 2009 Read the full article →

Produce the Note, More Information

In The News

Back in late February I wrote a piece about using a tactic called “Produce the Note” to prevent your mortgage lender from foreclosing on your home. A very nice gentleman called me yesterday and left me a voicemail, reminding me that I hadn’t posted the follow up piece I promised. Thanks for reading, sir! I’m [...]

1 May 2009 Read the full article →

Cheap Staging Idea

Seller Help

Sellers, does your kitchen lighting look like this? (click the pic to enlarge and get the full effect) If so, it’s the builder’s original cheapo lighting. Change it! Every buyer out there knows the builders put in this cheap lighting because they got it at a bulk discount of about $5 each. Change that builder [...]

11 April 2009 Read the full article →

More Truth About Arizona’s Termites

Buyer Help

Just today I sent a current client a link to Chris’ excellent August article called The Truth About Arizona’s Termites. Wanted to add a few additional items I’ve learned over the years by talking to my termite inspectors, Budget Brothers Pest & Termite. Termites are drawn to the paper backing on drywall. They’re also drawn [...]

28 January 2009 Read the full article →

Prices Falling, Sellers Denying Worldwide

Seller Help

Housing prices fall worldwide but sellers remain in denial over the value of THEIR property.

13 December 2008 Read the full article →

Bad MLS Photos, The Flip Side

East Valley

I post every once in a while about the truly horrible MLS photos that are out there. Today’s post is the opposite. This is a stunning photo series of remodeled kitchen. This series is a showstopper. I look at MLS photos for hours at a time, every day. By the time I finished this 4-series [...]

9 December 2008 Read the full article →

Fixing Bad MLS Photos

Homeowner Help

Better photos can help sell your house. Quick and free photos fixes courtesy of Google’s Picasa.

7 December 2008 Read the full article →