The Safari Guide to Listing Your Home This is the second installment in our weekly blog series to help you prepare your home for listing in today’s market – Assess Big Repairs! If you follow this 8-week guide, you’ll be able to break up all those to-do’s into manageable steps that will leave you in… [Read More]
The Safari Guide to Listing Your Home – Week 1: Paperwork
The Safari Guide to Listing Your Home This is the first installment in our weekly blog series to help you prepare your home for listing in today’s market. If you follow this 8-week guide, you’ll be able to break up all those to-do’s into manageable steps that will leave you in the position to present… [Read More]
Open House Etiquette
Open House Etiquette Tips for Sellers Research First, talk to your Real Estate Agent about their specific goals for the open house. If there are any upcoming open houses in your neighborhood, stop by! You may get some ideas about what works and what doesn’t, as well as scoping out comparable properties. If there aren’t… [Read More]
Refinancing: The Right Move?
Refinancing: The Right Move? Consider these factors about refinancing: The federal reserve recently cut interest rates for the third time in 2019, and if you have anything above a 4.25% 30-year fixed mortgage, or an Adjustable Rate Mortgage (ARM), it may be a good time to consider refinancing your home. There’s no one-size-fits-all answer to… [Read More]
Getting Your Home Ready for Winter
Getting Your Home Ready for Winter Even though we are already one (or two) storms into winter, you may still have some catching up to do to winterize your home. Here are some handy tips: Get Your Water Under Wraps Blow out sprinklers Detach all hoses from the outside of the house Make sure ponds,… [Read More]
Achieve Morning Person Status
Ever wish you could become that rare beast, the morning person? You know the ones… they wake with a start, feeling refreshed and energized. The ones that get in that morning workout or wrap up some work before many of us even hit the snooze button for the first time. Here are five tips to help… [Read More]
2019 Home Decor Trends
New year, new ideas! We have been combing the internet to compile the most talked-about home decor trends, both do’s and don’ts. If you are getting ready to sell your home, making some of these changes can help make the home more attractive to buyers. If the home has elements that buyers see again and… [Read More]
21 Tips for Getting Your Home Ready to Sell!
Are you or someone you know getting ready to sell their home? Make sure they and their house are prepared before it hits the MLS. A few minor touch-ups can go a long way toward making a great impression on potential buyers, and might even help you cinch a deal more quickly. Pretend you’re a… [Read More]
What the Heck is KonMari?
Most people have heard the name Marie Kondo pop up in the last year or two because of her popular book “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up,” but she has become even more culturally ubiquitous with a recent Netflix special. Kondo is the compiler of techniques she recommends for simplifying and organizing your home, which… [Read More]
Household Hacks to Keep Life Just a Little More Under Control
Household Hacks to Help You Get By This week I thought I would try to make your life a little calmer and more settled by providing you with little hacks around your house. We all can get a little crazy and frazzled at times, and sometimes you need things to just. Be… Easier. Plus, it’s always kind of… [Read More]