An all-cash offer for your home can be a dream. A streamlined sale without the lender’s strings attached can take a lot of the stress out of selling your home. That said, cash offers can come with red flags you shouldn’t ignore. “3 Things You Should Consider Before Selling Your House for Cash,” offers some [...]
Here’s a superb resource you can share with a range of prospective home buyers. Whether they’re five years out or ready to go right now, Wealthfront’s “Home Planning Guide”contains vital information, questions, calculators, and advice for investing in a home. Wealthfront is an “automated financial planning and investing service” and much of its housing data is [...]
An ongoing feature in Tuesday Tactics is our “Great Read Roundup” in which we highlight some of the best pieces we’ve read recently and why they might expand your mind or help with your real estate career. 8 Signs of Fake Buyers, Sellers (5 minute read) Why it matters: Don’t let your eagerness to land new [...]
An ongoing feature in Tuesday Tactics is our “Great Read Roundup” in which we highlight some of the best pieces we’ve read recently and why they might expand your mind or help with your real estate career. 5 Holiday Splurges to Avoid If You Hope to Sell Your Home Next Year (7 minute read) Why [...]
When competition for limited inventory is high, buyers can feel like they don’t have room to ask for concessions or repairs. When this happens, buyers may feel they’re forced into bidding on a house which will only require upgrades as soon as they move in. In Kristina Brunnler’s article, “How to Ask the Listing Agent [...]
If you’ve been in real estate for even a month you’ve probably had a talk with at least one seller who wants to price their home high above what the market will bear. In this situation, it can be difficult to adequately communicate the hidden consequences of an unrealistically inflated listing price. My Real Helper recently [...]
An ongoing feature in Tuesday Tactics is our “Great Read Roundup” in which we highlight some of the best pieces we’ve read recently and why they might expand your mind or help with your real estate career. 5 Efficient Ways to Banish Pet Odor From Your Home (5 minute read) Why it matters: Buyers agree… if [...]
The home inspection is a tense time for both buyers and sellers. If issues come up, the pathway to closing becomes a little more twisted. If you’ve come up against inspection issues which require repairs, here are some thoughts from an excellent short piece published on Zillow. The piece takes a look at: 1. Asking for [...]
An ongoing feature in Tuesday Tactics is our “Great Read Roundup” in which we highlight some of the best pieces we’ve read recently and why they might expand your mind or help with your real estate career. The Business of Emotion (10 minute read) Why it matters: We can’t pitch this piece any better than it’s [...]
Never assume your sellers know what goes into pricing. When it comes to pricing their home, sellers have three things in mind: What they paid for it. What they owe on it. What they think they should get for it. As you know, winning a listing and successfully selling a home depends heavily on pricing. [...]
