Buying a home can be a precarious business. When money and emotions are involved, things can get dicey (and ugly). So when issues pop up during a home inspection or initial walk-through, it’s important to request some repairs — especially if they’re related to safety concerns or would cost a mint to fix once the property is yours.
It's no secret that the real estate market is constantly changing. In order to stay ahead of the curve, it's important to keep up with the latest developments. Technology is advancing at an exponentially growing rate in most areas and industries. Until recently, though, that hasn’t been the case in the real estate arena. The adoption of the latest technologies in real estate has lagged behind that in other business sectors. But that’s changing now, with a huge increase in real estate tech in recent years – which looks to change this industry in big ways. So let’s take a look at the latest tech buyers and sellers should know about in Shoreline, WA.
Many people think, summer is the best time to sell a home, and in some areas it is usually the season when homes are the priciest. So we’ve put together these five summer tips for homebuyers to help them navigate the months ahead. Historically, many people have wanted to move while their kids were out … Continued
When you're trying to sell your home, the bigger you can make it look, the better buyers will like it. For one thing, it will make them think they're getting more square footage for their purchase dollar. With the right staging tactics, even a small home can be made to seem much larger.
Preparing your house for showings, especially the cleaning, can appear at first glance like an overwhelming, hopeless undertaking. And it most likely will be if you don't go about it in the right way. Â There are, however, some tricks and tactics to make the whole thing much more manageable. So pay attention to these simple ways to clean up your house for showings.
In the old days, when I used to be geek-chic and travel the country speaking on stage to hundreds of real estate investors at adult-education conferences, I occasionally got to listen in to other speakers who would speak and/or sell their products. One amusing schtick I may have witnessed more than once was when a speaker would get up on stage and ask, “Who wants this $100 bill that I am holding up?”
If you're thinking about selling your home, you're probably also thinking about getting an agent. That's a good idea – if that is, you get a good agent, one who is knowledgeable and experienced in the right ways. In fact, in looking for agents, you should treat that first conversation as a job interview, with you as the employer and the agent as the prospective employee. With that in mind, we offer these questions to ask your agent when selling your Seattle home.
A normal person would have gotten frustrated. Not Moses and Roxanne - these two were some of the most positive and optimistic buyers I have ever worked with.  They had a specific type of house they were looking for. In fact, I think we looked at EVERY SINGLE split level in Marysville, Everett and Lake Stevens that was in their price range.
