Category: For Sale By Owner

How To Sell A House “As-Is” By Owner In Seattle, WA

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Are you considering selling your home “as-is” without the help of a real estate professional? This is known as “For Sale By Owner” or FSBO. Many homeowners consider this route, especially if their home needs repair. However, it’s not for everyone, so in this article, you’ll learn how to sell a house as-is by owner … Continued
Emily Cressey Seattle Real Estate Agent

Is It Worth It To Upgrade My Home Before Selling?

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One of the most common questions people ask when they are thinking about selling their house is whether certain repairs will pay off. What I try to remind people is that if they have upgraded something in their home in the last couple of years, it will definitely improve the value. But it may not … Continued
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Homes that need to be remodeled – (AS-IS Home Seller Video)

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What if you just want to sell your home “As-Is?”   Selling “as-is” can be a great solution for people who don’t have the time, money, or energy to fix up their homes before putting them on the market.  The disadvantage is you may not get as much profit from the sale of your house.

How Your Listing Photos Impact The Sale of Your Shoreline, WA Home

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At the most basic level, your photos need to look technically sharp and polished. Take them with a professional camera (or at least a very good smartphone camera), and make sure the shots are in focus, correctly exposed, and properly framed. Unappealing or amateurish shots won't sell. There was a time when you or your real estate agent would snap a few quick listing photos with a cheap disposable camera, and that was good enough.

Choosing a Realtor: Does Your Real Estate Agent Really Matter?

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If you have been wondering the best way to choose a realtor to help you buy or sell a home, you might ask yourself: Does your real estate agent really matter? Or are they all kind of the same? As with any service-based business, much of what realtors do seems similar when observed from the outside. However, real estate agents differ, not only in personality but in skills. How can your real estate agent differentiate themselves?

Our Top 5 Real Estate Books to Help Buyers and Sellers in Shoreline, WA

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Buying or selling real estate is a big undertaking involving a complex process with many moving parts. So whether you’re a buyer or seller, you need to be informed and understand as much about it as you can. The problem, though, is that what you find online is often incomplete at best and just flat wrong at worst. So it’s a good idea to go old school and read the best books on the topic before taking that big step. Here, then, are our picks for the top-5 real estate books to help buyers and sellers in Shoreline, WA.

Are All Shoreline, WA Real Estate Agents The Same?

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Does your real estate agent really matter or are they all kind of the same? Well, obviously as a real estate agent myself, I have a pretty strong opinion about that, but for me to think it is one thing you have to believe is for it to matter and I'm going to share with you one of the reasons that can make a difference. Yes, I would say in several transactions that have come together, both with me representing the buyer and with me representing the seller, I have seen instances where who the agent is matters. For example, a few months ago I was selling a house that was an estate sale, and we had a lot of interest that was in Bothell so there was a huge, huge number of us, in the wonderful Bothell property, a huge number of people interested in this thing.