We talk a lot about home staging, but is it actually worth the extra effort and expense? Home staging is when you prepare and decorate a home in order to try to help buyers see the potential in your home. A Tampa Bay home for sale is generally worth the home staging efforts and cost. […]
When you’re selling your home, it’s a process – and eventually, you’ll get to the part of the process where the buyer asks you to make some improvements or upgrades. So should you agree? Here’s what you need to know. Sellers: Should You Agree to Repairs a Buyer Wants? Once you’ve accepted a buyer’s offer […]
Staging your home is incredibly important – any real estate agent can tell you that. However, there are little tips and tricks professional stagers use that pack a powerful style punch, and one of them is the vignette. Here’s how you can create your own. How to Stage a Small Vignette When You’re Selling Your […]
When you’re selling your home in Tampa Bay, there are three things you need to do every day to make sure it’s in top shape for buyers to visit – and they can help you sell your house faster and for more money. 3 Things You Need to Do Every Day When Your House is […]
Your real estate agent will walk through your home with you when you decide to put it on the market – and he or she will give you plenty of suggestions for improvements. But check out these five basics you can do before you even start talking to real estate agents. They’ll make a huge […]
When you’re selling your home in Tampa Bay, your real estate agent might suggest that you hold an open house. If that’s the case in your home, here’s what you need to know first. 3 Things You Need to Know if You’re Having an Open House An open house – an event where potential buyers, […]
When you’re selling a home in Tampa Bay, you want it to look like a glamorous space that buyers would fight to pay top dollar for – and the good news is that even if your house isn’t ultra-glam or super-desirable, you can make it look that way. Here’s how. 3 Ways to Make Your […]
So many people plant beautiful flowering plants only to see them lose their petals and many of their leaves because the plant needs shelter from the wind. Typically, across America, people plant perennials like flax, daylilies, and daisies in the windy parts of their garden. Plus, they plant annuals like zinnias and nasturtiums. In our […]
Adjustable Rate Mortgages are in higher demand, according to a recent article in The Washington Post. An Adjustable-Rate Mortgage (ARM) is a mortgage that starts out with a low-interest rate. See, the first part of an ARM is lower than the rate for a 30-year fixed-rate loan. This is a very tempting concept and one […]
Many of us have found better uses for rooms than their traditional, intended purposes. Guest rooms become exercise rooms. Dining rooms become easy places for the kids to do their homework, so the pencils and laptops just stay there. I have known someone who put a filing cabinet along with work paperwork in the dining […]
