by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Apr 14, 2015 | Home Buying, Mortgages + Lending
The Price is Right. Although median prices have risen, most of the increase is at the low end, with moderate additions in prices higher than $400,000. And most price ranges are a good value historically. It’s Cheaper to Buy than Rent. Rents have increased...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Apr 10, 2015 | Selling Your Home
Of course pricing it right is the number 1 concern. Once you’ve done that, when buyers get to your home you want them to fall love with it. Here’s how: 1. Add curb appeal. Get them from the start with well kept landscaping, good condition or new paint, clean...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Apr 7, 2015 | Selling Your Home
If you are a senior or know one that plans to move, check out the National Association of Senior Movers at www.nasmm.org. No it isn’t a bunch of old people that move furniture really, really slowly – although that might make a great comedy sketch. It is an...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Apr 3, 2015 | Home Buying, Preparing a Home for Sale, Selling Your Home
1. Bad listing photos. Badly executed (i.e., blurry, dark) ones reflect poorly on the home, seller and agent. Poorly chosen photos (of ugly things, small rooms) make things worse. More is not always better! 2. Dirty homes. One agent related how she and her buyer found...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Apr 2, 2015 | The Attorney-Broker Advantage
Half-truths are statements designed to get you to believe something that isn’t true. They are made by some agents to get you to make a decision that they want or one that favors them. It works by giving you half of the story, leaving out inconvenient facts that would...