by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Nov 1, 2018 | Home Buying, Selling Your Home
An agent listed a home in Antioch, California. When she periodically visited it she started to have “experiences” in the home. On one occasion she was shoved by an invisible force. She was also told during a showing to ‘get out’ by a disembodied voice. Despite all...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Sep 25, 2018 | Selling Your Home, The Attorney-Broker Advantage
Photos are probably the most efficient home marketing tool. Visually appealing images will heighten the interest of a possible buyer and may determine whether that buyer decides to visit a property. Studies have shown that a viewer is more likely going to choose to...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Jul 9, 2018 | Selling Your Home
The Endowment Effect is the tendency of sellers to over value the things that they own. When combined with loss aversion instincts, the Endowment Effect can cripple the home sale process. An example of its impact was shown by an experiment where half of a group were...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Apr 19, 2018 | Preparing a Home for Sale, Selling Your Home
Will a staged home sell for more money? A staged home in this context is the use of furniture and decorative items supplied by the stager – usually on a multi-room basis (and the removal of existing furniture and decorative items if necessary). Time and money has been...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Apr 9, 2018 | Home Buying, Selling Your Home, The Attorney-Broker Advantage
As well as competent preparation of the contract and supervision of the escrow, buyers and sellers need guidance. What is essential is knowledge of all of the options, so clients can make informed, reasonable business decisions. In other words, the client has many...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Apr 5, 2018 | Preparing a Home for Sale, Selling Your Home
Staging professionals say that sometimes the word “staging” is misused and what is actually done is misnamed. For example, when the activities are really organizing, decluttering, and rearranging or eliminating the existing furniture. These things can be very...
