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Avoid These 3 Bathroom Design Trends Buyers Hate

If you’re selling your home in Tampa Bay, your REALTOR® will talk to you about home staging and what you need to do before you list your home – when they do be sure to take a closer look at your bathroom. Does your bathroom have any of these characteristics that buyers hate? Most real estate agents will encourage buyers to look past cosmetic issues and focus on the structure of the house while encouraging them to update the home to match their own style once they move in when they’re trying … Continue reading...

7 Tips for Staging a Living Room

Everyone knows that the key area in the home to consider staging is the living room. Buyers will be looking very carefully at this central social space when they stroll through your home. What they see should impress them. Yet not all homeowners have a clear idea about how best to stage their living room. Here are seven tips for effectively staging your living room. 1. Remove clutter This can involve big and small items. Be aggressive about taking away excess furniture. What remains must be … Continue reading...

5 Tips for Selling Your Home Faster

In some markets, homes sell very quickly. Where the inventory of homes for sale is low, a house can sell the very day it hits the market, sometimes with multiple offers from homebuyers. That's usually great for home sellers. Who doesn't want their home to sell quickly? Unfortunately, not every market is "hot" all the time. Homes can linger on the market for weeks or months. If you're considering putting your home up for sale, here are five steps for selling your home faster. 1. Price it … Continue reading...

4 Steps to Ready Your Home for Sale

Your house is your home, but it is also your biggest investment. And like any investment, it's only worth what the market is willing to pay for it. You can increase that perceived value by looking at your home with the eyes of a buyer. You don't need to hire a professional stager, but you should follow these four steps before putting your house on the market. Get it Clean This isn't saying you are a sloppy housekeeper, but there is a big difference between everyday clean and "this house is … Continue reading...

How NOT to Sell Your Home

Buying a new home can be an exciting time. But once your new home is under contract, it's time to sell your current one. Selling your home is probably not as exciting as buying one, and it can be pretty stressful. Home sellers sometimes compound that stress by making mistakes that can sabotage their efforts and lead to longer times on the market, lower sales prices, and more hassle in general. Recognizing this danger of self-sabotage can be crucial, so here some ways not to sell your … Continue reading...

The Three Best Italian Restaurants in Downtown Tampa

Everyone loves a little Italian flair - the right dish paired with the perfect wine and the right environment is just what is needed after a day or work or play. Fortunately Tampa has some awesome Italian Restaurants, and many are downtown. Whether it's fettucine alfredo, signature lasagna or a more daring dish, these restaurants are prepared to deliver a welcome punch to your taste buds! The Three Best Italian Restaurants in Tampa Uncle Giuseppe's Wood Fired Pizza and … Continue reading...

Selling Your House? Three Ways You Can Easily Scare Buyers off – and How to Avoid These Mistakes

Are you selling your house or condo? Once you place your home up for sale you'll start to receive interest from prospective buyers, many of whom you'll meet in person and invite in to take a look around. In order to ensure your sale goes smoothly you'll want to avoid making any slip-ups that can spook the buyer and cause them to drop their interest in your listing. Let's take a quick look at three ways that you can scare buyers off and how to avoid finding yourself in these circumstances. … Continue reading...

Three Reasons Why Setting Your Listing Price is the Most Important Aspect of the Home Sales Process

Have you decided to sell your home, perhaps to make an upgrade to a newer, larger house? Whatever your reasons for selling, you'll have a number of decisions to make as you craft your listing and begin receiving offers from buyers but few are as important as your initial selling price. Let's take a look at three reasons why setting your listing price is the most important factor in your home sale. Reason #1: You Can Scare Off Potential Buyers With A High Price You'll receive the majority of your … Continue reading...

Juggling Priorities: How to Manage Buying a New Home and Selling Your Old One at the Same Time

Are you a homeowner who is thinking about selling their current home and making an upgrade to a newer, larger home? If you're facing the prospect of having to manage a home purchase and a home sale at the same time you'll find that there are numerous priorities that are begging for your attention. In today's blog post we'll share a few tips for how to manage a buying and selling transaction simultaneously without being overwhelmed by them. Start By Getting Your Finances In Order Before you … Continue reading...

Four Ways You Can Enhance Your Home’s Value Before You List It for Sale

Whether you've decided it's time for an upgrade or you're moving on to a new city, if you're selling your home you may be wondering how you can boost its value before listing it up for sale. In today's blog post we'll share four ways that you can spend a bit of time and money upgrading your home before it hits the local real estate market. Spruce Up Your Landscaping You'll want your home to make a great first impression, and as such a great place to start is by sprucing up your lawn, gardens and … Continue reading...