How to Make your Home Sale “Smooth Sailing”
When you plan to take a journey somewhere, you hope it will be smooth sailing all the way. That simply means the trip will be relatively trouble-free, and without stress or hassles.
Well, selling your property is like a journey. So, how do you ...
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Posted by Ray Riley on May 21, 2022 in Selling Your Home
Should You Worry about Competing Listings?
Imagine you've been waiting for the right moment to sell your home and you're finally ready to pull the trigger and list it. But, just as you're about to put up the sign, you notice that a few other FOR SALE signs have unexpectedly popped up in the ...
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Posted by Ray Riley on May 14, 2022 in Selling Your Home
Selling Later in the Year? Start the Process Now
Imagine you want to take the “trip of a lifetime” this fall. Would you leave it until the summer to start planning, booking dates, and generally getting ready?
Probably not. A trip like that is a big deal. You’d want to start ...
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Posted by Ray Riley on February 4, 2022 in Selling Your Home
How to Light your Home for an Evening Viewing
When you’re selling your home, you may find buyers who want to see it later in the evening, when it’s dark outside. In that circumstance, effective home lighting becomes more important.
The best place to start is with exterior ...
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Posted by Ray Riley on January 21, 2022 in Selling Your Home
5 Tips for Preparing for an Early-in-the-Year Sale
If you’re selling early in the year, effective planning will make the process a lot less stressful.
There are numerous reasons why you might need to sell early in the year. Perhaps you even need to sell this month! Whatever your reasons, ...
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Posted by Ray Riley on December 30, 2021 in Selling Your Home
Reasons to sell your home today that have nothing to do with the market
“Non-Market” Reasons Why it Might Be the Ideal Time to Sell
When considering whether or not to sell their home, many people think about market conditions. They consider whether it’s a buyer’s or seller’s market. They ...
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Posted by Ray Riley on October 30, 2021 in Selling Your Home
Paperwork to Get Together in Preparation for Selling your Home
Preparing to Sell Your Home?
Here are Some Documents To Get Together to Make the Selling Process Easier
When preparing your home for sale, you need to fix things up, declutter, perhaps slap a fresh coat of paint on a few walls. That’s all ...
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Posted by Ray Riley on October 30, 2021 in Selling Your Home
How to Determine the Best Features of your Home
How to Determine the Best Features of your HomeWhat is it about your property that stands out? What will buyers like most about it? What are your home’s most enticing features?
Answering those questions will help you determine which features ...
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Posted by Ray Riley on October 8, 2021 in Selling Your Home
4 Reasons Why Buyers Get Turned Off by an Otherwise Ideal Property
4 Reasons Why Buyers Get Turned Off by an Otherwise Ideal Property...
When prospective buyers view your property, you hope they will think it’s the perfect fit for them. It might well be. However, there are things that can get in the way of a ...
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Posted by Ray Riley on October 8, 2021 in Selling Your Home
Should You Accept the Highest Offer for your Home?
Imagine a kid running a lemonade stand. He’s selling his product for 25 cents a cup. He’s doing okay. Sales are good. Then someone comes up to his stand and says, “I’ll give you 50 cents for a cup. But, I don’t have the ...
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Posted by Ray Riley on September 20, 2021 in Selling Your Home
Pulling Together the Records you Need when Selling
Pulling Together the Records you Need when Selling
You venture to the basement, check out the furnace room, and notice the water heater. Is it owned or rented? As a potential buyer, you’d want to know.
Now imagine a property you’re ...
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Posted by Ray Riley on August 20, 2021 in Selling Your Home
Easy Ways to Keep your Home “Show Ready” when Selling
After your home has been cleaned from top to bottom, it’s natural to want it to stay that way. Don’t you wish you could just wave a magic wand and the place would clean itself? Unfortunately, even Harry Potter can’t manage ...
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Posted by Ray Riley on August 16, 2021 in Selling Your Home
Will You Need to Lower your Price to Sell your Home Quickly?
Worried you might have to drop your price to sell your home? Here’s how pricing really works:
If you want to sell an item quickly—say, a couch—you can post it online, stick a super-low price tag on it and, chances are, it will be ...
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Posted by Ray Riley on July 28, 2021 in Selling Your Home
Want your home to make a good impression on buyers? Focus on Painting these Areas
When You Can’t Paint Them All: Prioritizing Rooms
As you may know, a fresh coat of paint is an inexpensive way to make your home look great to buyers. But, what if you don’t have time to paint the entire place? Here are three areas you ...
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Posted by Ray Riley on July 11, 2021 in Selling Your Home
How Important are Good Listing Photos?
There are two trends impacting real estate photography that you should know about if you’re thinking of selling this year.
First, more than ever before, buyers are relying on pictures to decide whether or not to schedule a viewing. They ...
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Posted by Ray Riley on June 10, 2021 in Selling Your Home
Bathroom Staging Tips from Professional Home Stagers
There's a reason why there are "kitchen and bath" stores, and even design magazines devoted to these rooms. A well-staged kitchen and bathroom can make the entire home look better. So, it's no surprise that professional home stagers pay particular ...
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Posted by Ray Riley on April 28, 2021 in Selling Your Home
Cutting Down the Time it Takes to Prepare your Home For Sale
Preparing your home doesn't need to be overwhelming and time-consuming.
If you're thinking of listing your property, one thing that might be holding you back is concern about preparing your home for sale. You may be wondering how much work there ...
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Posted by Ray Riley on April 27, 2021 in Selling Your Home
How Emotions Can Get in the Way of Selling
Like most homeowners, you probably don’t think of your property as just a building with rooms and a backyard. To you, it’s much more than that. It’s a home.
When you walk into your dining room, for example, you don’t merely ...
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Posted by Ray Riley on April 6, 2021 in Selling Your Home
6 Affordable Ways to Boost your Home's Curb Appeal
When buyers come to see your home, the first thing they notice is how your property looks from the curb. That first impression is powerful and lingering. If buyers don't like what they see, it can influence how they judge the rest of your property, ...
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Posted by Ray Riley on March 19, 2021 in Selling Your Home
What to Fix Up in your Home before You Sell
If you have a home that is overdue for a renovation, you might be worried that it will be difficult to sell as a "fixer-upper". In fact, you might delay listing yourproperty for that reason.
The good news is, you don’t need to fix up ...
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Posted by Ray Riley on March 11, 2021 in Selling Your Home