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Selling a Unique Home Requires Unique Marketing

Who buys a castle, or an old church converted to a house, or a century-old home with architecture unique to...

Showcasing Work-From-Home Space When Selling Your Home

The Covid-19 pandemic has caused seismic changes in American workspaces, with large numbers of employees now working from home. As...

Six Ways Your Neighbor Can Sabotage Your Home Sale

You can spruce up your home to perfection before you put it on the market, but problems on your neighbor’s...

Do I Stay or Do I Go? Selling a Vacant Home

You’ve decided to sell your house. Should you move out before sellers come calling? You may not have a choice...

Single Women Making Their Place in the Housing Market

Women still face hurdles when it comes to equal pay and job opportunities. Even so, sales to single women home...

Selling Your Home As Investment Property

Most homeowners sell their houses to traditional buyers who plan to make the property their home. But investors also buy...

Our House Isn’t Selling

It’s frustrating: You’ve had your house on the market for a few months. Other sellers are headed to closing, but...

Is a Broker Open House Right for You?

In residential real estate, the weekend open house for prospective buyers is as traditional as the “For Sale” sign in...

Do You Have a CLUE About Selling Your House?

Most states require home sellers to complete a property condition report disclosing the history of damages, repairs and deficiencies in...

How Accurate is a Zestimate?

The real estate website Zillow offers an online home valuation known as a Zestimate. Some homeowners find the Zestimate to...

The Resale Value of an Accessible Home

Disabled or aging people may have difficulty living in a home that hasn’t been adapted to accommodate them, so some...

Selling Rural Land

Selling all or part of your undeveloped rural land differs in some important ways from other real estate transactions. Let’s...

Finding a Good Locksmith

Whether you’re locked out of your house or vehicle or need to change the locks on your new home, a...

What You Need to Know About Renting a Dumpster

If you’re remodeling your kitchen or clearing out your basement and attic in preparation for a move, you’ll likely generate...

Lights, Camera, Video Home Tour!

With the COVID-19 pandemic keeping buyers close to home, video tours of seller’s homes are in greater demand than ever....

Your Decluttering Bucket List

Books, podcasts and TV shows promote the liberating benefits of decluttering and minimizing your possessions. Swedish author Margareta Magnusson gives...

Using Virtual Home Staging to Sell Your House

It can be challenging to sell an empty house. Furnishings help potential buyers to see a home as if they...

7 Tips on How to Clean Your Carpets

Clean your home’s wall-to-wall carpet before listing for sale. Proper care will, of course, extend its life, but you may...

What to Do with Leftover Paint?

Every homeowner eventually faces the issue of what to do with leftover paint. How do you store it, how long...

When It’s Time to Hire a Professional Organizer

Is your closet so stuffed that you’re secretly hanging new purchases in the back of your kids’ closets? Have you...

Electronics Recycling: Where and How to Toss

When decluttering your home for sale, remember that ancient desktop computer has got to go. But where? With new and...

5 Forgotten Places to Clean in Your Home

When preparing a home for sale, most of us clean all the hot spots – vacuuming the carpets, scrubbing the...

6 Home Staging Tips for Dated Cabinet Hardware

When putting a house on the market, many homeowners worry about spending large sums of money on replacing outdated door...

7 Home Improvements Approved by Design Experts

Whether you are ready to list your home or expect to stay put a few more years, check out these...

Use Your Home Equity to Lessen the Sting of Higher Interest Rates

Today’s higher mortgage interest rates have many homeowners hesitant to sell their houses and buy new ones. But the skyrocketing...

What Must You Disclose When Selling Your Home?

You must disclose certain material facts about your home that you are aware of when selling it. Not informing the...

Don’t Overlook These Moving Checklist Items

Moving is much more than packing boxes, hiring a mover or renting a truck. Here is a checklist of “must-do”...

What to Repair Before You Sell Your House

It generally isn’t financially wise to undertake major renovations just to sell your house, but repairs are another story. Most...

Does Your Homeowner’s Insurance Cover Your Vacant Home?

Your homeowner's insurance covers damages to your home from specific perils and certain expenses of visitors who get hurt at...

Are “Cash for Houses” Companies and iBuyers Legit?

While stopped at an intersection, you’ve probably seen signs advertising “we pay cash for houses.” You also may have heard...

Pros and Cons of Using a Discount Broker

When selling your home, you might consider a discount brokerage firm to save money on commissions. Using a discount firm...

How to Buy a House Before You Sell

Across the country, a shortage of houses for sale coupled with strong demand has led to homes selling mere days...

Should You Remodel Before Selling Your Home?

Home sales in many parts of the country are red hot. With houses selling so briskly, is it worth the...

Counting the Closing Costs Before you Sell

When you sell your home, you may be subtracting the amount you owe on your mortgage from the sales price...

What Does it Mean to Have Clear Title?

Having clear title to a property is a crucial part of any transaction between buyers and sellers. What does it...

Save on Taxes With a Real Estate Installment Sale

If you sell real property, you can avoid or reduce your capital gains tax by structuring the deal as an...

Avoiding Rogue Moving Companies

Moving is stressful and exhausting. The last thing you need is a shady mover that plays games with the price...

Your Survival Guide to Packing and Moving Your Kitchen

Moving is hard, stressful work, and packing your kitchen may be the most difficult task of all. The kitchen has...

Should I Take My Appliances When Moving Abroad?

While it’s commonplace for Americans to haul washers, dryers, and refrigerators to new homes across the country, it’s an entirely...

Repatriation: 9 Tips for Easier Move Home

As you prepare to move home from a stint working abroad, organization is key. Here are nine must-do tips for...

How to Help Expat Children Learn a Foreign Language

Although English is spoken around the globe, ex-pat children who learn the language of their adopted country will acclimate faster...

7 Smart Storage Solutions When Moving Abroad

Rental properties abroad are typically furnished, meaning you’ll have the freedom to move with little more than your personal belongings....

From Here to There: Transplanting Trees and Shrubs

There may come a time when you decide a tree or shrub in your landscape would look better in another...

Finding New Health Care Providers After a Move

A move to another community means finding a lengthy list of new service providers — everything from utility companies to...

Educate Yourself Before Relocating

Moving to a new city or even a new state is an adventure! Whether you are relocating for a job...

Settling Into a New Community

Moving to a new house creates a long “to do” list and no small amount of stress. If the house...

A New Headquarters in Town: Help or Hindrance to Home Ownership?

Large corporations frequently relocate their headquarters to new cities. How will that affect you as a home buyer or seller?...

What to Do While Waiting for Shipped Belongings

On an overseas or cross-country move, you’ll probably arrive long before your belongings. Here’s a game plan for what to...

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