by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Feb 28, 2015 | Home Buying, Preparing a Home for Sale
Around Halloween last year I wrote a blog about gruesome surprises found in homes for sale. It seems that agents are continuing to find all kinds of disturbing things in homes and foreclosures. In Milwaukee an agent found a very dead occupant on the stairs in a home...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Feb 28, 2015 | Preparing a Home for Sale, Renters and Renting
If you buy and fix up older homes to sell or hold as a rental, it just got a lot more difficult and expensive. New federal regulations effective in April of this year (the “New Lead Rules”), now require professional remediation techniques when even a...
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by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Feb 28, 2015 | Home Ownership, Preparing a Home for Sale
When homes decrease in value, people stay put. Many are unable to move due to a lack of equity or can’t afford the sale and moving costs. But if homeowners need a change, will they recoup any of their costs if they remodel? Remodeling Magazine’s Cost vs. Value...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Feb 10, 2015 | Preparing a Home for Sale
Want more stories of offenses encountered by buyer’s agents when showing homes? Here are a few more things sellers have done wrong. Cleanliness and clutter are consistently in the top 10 offences. Dirty laundry piles, dishes on the counter or sink, unmade...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Feb 10, 2015 | Preparing a Home for Sale
Around this time last year I wrote “Dead Men don’t Tell Tales (Part II)”, a blog about gruesome surprises found in homes that real estate agents were showing. Here are some more home seller no-nos for you. Home owners. One of the top offenses cited by...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Feb 9, 2015 | Preparing a Home for Sale
Last year I gave five important home preparation tips. I emphasize those again, with a twist, because they are worth repeating. But this time I’ve added a couple more to help you prepare for your next listing and sale. Paint. Exterior for critical curb appeal when...
