STAGING WITH PURPOSE Staging is the act of sprucing and setting up a home to make it as visually appealing as possible to a prospective buyer. Creating an eye-appealing home – one that potential buyers can envision themselves living in – is the best investment in the sales effort. Sellers often fail to take full…

Moving into a new home is an exciting time, and you’re probably daydreaming about decor and paint schemes and new furniture. But before you get into the fun stuff, there are some basics you should cover first. Change the locks Even if you’re promised that new locks have been installed in your home, you can…

After a long, dreary winter, spring brings forth an energy that can motivate you to take care of things around your home. While typical spring cleaning involves purging and organizing, one should not overlook what’s happening on the exterior of the home, too — especially after months of cold, windy weather. There are several DIY…

Real Estate Contingencies Explained The buying & selling of real estate can be very stressful to say the least. I wanted to write this blog so that those who decide to read it and find themselves trying to navigate through a real estate transaction themselves, it may shed a little light on how these contingencies…

First Steps to Home Selling “But You Gotta Know the Territory” — and Terminology Location! Location! Location! is the most crucial consideration in commercial real estate and a major factor, if not the predominant one, in commercial real estate pricing. Likewise, novice (and not-so-novice) home sellers must know the considerations – such as location – that…

How Buyers Survive in a Seller’s Market My real estate business has always been an even mix of buyers and sellers… So I represent approx. 40-50 buyers every year and right now in Las Vegas if you are looking to purchase a home in the $150-$300k range you are no doubt about to start pulling…

Six Tips for Increasing Your Homes Resale Value Certain home improvements can dramatically increase the resale value of your home. The question is which ones bring you the most value and which ones are not worth the time or money. Whether selling your home now or down the road, these six strategies will boost the…

When you put your home up for sale, one of the best ways to determine the asking price is to look at comparable sales. There’s rarely a perfect apples-to-apples comparison, so a pricing decision often relies on comparisons to several recent sales in the area. Here are five criteria to look for in a sales…