“Did you just say you’re thinking about buying a house?” With that one simple acknowledgment that you are ready to start looking, mortgage lenders seem to pop up everywhere. And while it is nice to have choices, making a good choice is hard, especially if some of those choices are family or friends. Don’t get … Continued
Even if the home you’ve just bought is fairly new, there’s always still some work to be done to get it just the way you want it, from minor repairs to major renovations. Home renovation is a multi-billion-dollar industry in this country. But even though many other people are spending a small fortune for renovations, … Continued
As an investor, you’re used to moving quickly and communicating effectively to close a deal. To help you meet that goal, a qualified agent can make the entire process more efficient. To better understand the agent’s function, let’s examine why every Los Angeles real estate investor needs a good agent on their team. Why Every … Continued
Once you make the decision to sell your home, you really want things to move quickly. After all, you are the one in limbo waiting for the home to sell to make decisions to move and where. If you already have the where you may be even more eager to get the house sold because … Continued
Selling your house in Los Angeles 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 inventive, … Continued
Every real estate agent, good or bad, will agree on one thing: curb appeal gets more potential buyers to your home and increases sale prices. First impressions go a long way and excellent curb appeal suggests a home has been cared for. Upping the curb appeal of your home doesn’t require a lot of money. … Continued
It goes without saying that you want to get the best price you can for your house, and you probably also want to sell it as quickly as possible. And if you’re not listing during the spring season, but instead during fall, that may seem like a tough job. But it can be done. First, … Continued
An individually owned, single-family dwelling with at least two floors and usually sharing a wall with another such dwelling, a townhouse is a different animal from a single-family detached house or a condominium. As a result, selling a townhouse requires targeting a different kind of buyer with different needs. That’s why we want you to … Continued
You thought long and hard about moving. You know it’s a stressful situation between preparing the house for viewing, packing and making the place available. Now that you’ve made the decision to move, it can’t happen fast enough. That is why you should do these six things to get your house ready for a sale … 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
Selling your house on your own has a lot of potential attractions. You get to save on commissions paid to a realtor. There is no timeframe except yours to consider. And it gives you negotiating room with buyers who are happy there is no seller’s agent collecting commissions. With that said, there are downfalls of … 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
Hosting a get together like an open house can be a pretty intimidating prospect to those of us who aren’t used to entertaining all the time. But having an open house during the holiday season makes it much easier because a lot of the work, especially planning, has already been done for you. Because it’s … Continued
Obviously, the process of selling a multi-family property is quite a bit more complex than that for selling a single-family home – and usually for the obvious reason that a lot more people are involved. In addition, sellers of multi-family property have to follow certain rules and regulations in order to be legally compliant. Above … Continued
Yard improvements to sell your Los Angeles home and landscaping will generally get you the biggest return on time and money invested. An added plus is that they usually cost much less than, say, an extensive kitchen update. According to some real estate experts, an investment in landscaping and yard improvements has the potential to … Continued