March 2007 - Tips & Tools - RealEstate.com's Town Square

How to Sell Your Home Fast

Just because you need to unload your home quickly doesn't mean you have to settle for less. Here's how to make a profitable sale on short notice. You’ve just landed a dream job on the west coast. The only glitch? You start in two months...

Published Thu, Mar 22 2007 5:20 PM by RE.com Tips & Tools

Filed under: selling, staging, home staging, selling a home

10 Easy Ways to Update Your Home

Looking to modernize your home to increase its resale value, but not deplete your bank account? Here are 10 easy ways to spruce it up quickly. You don’t have to spend a fortune on expensive upgrades to enhance the appeal of your home and make it...

Published Thu, Mar 22 2007 5:19 PM by RE.com Tips & Tools

Filed under: home, painting, home repair

Are the Days of Home Flipping Over?

by Brenda Spiering – RealEstate.com If you’ve been thinking about buying a home, fixing it up and selling it for a quick profit, better proceed with caution. It’s often said that once a trend hits the mainstream media, it’s a sure...

Published Thu, Mar 22 2007 4:42 PM by RE.com Tips & Tools

Filed under: house flipping, home flipping

Unhappy With Your Real Estate Agent?

Before you consider "firing" your agent, honestly determine why you're dissatisfied. If you signed a listing contract but are unhappy with your agent’s performance, it may be because: • Your home is not selling as quickly as you’d...

Published Thu, Mar 22 2007 11:11 AM by RE.com Tips & Tools

Filed under: real estate agent

Questions to Ask Before Hiring a Contractor

Be sure to interview several contractors before hiring one for your renovation. Got the itch for some home improvement projects? Then hiring a contractor may be in your future. Before you get out the phone book and call the first ad that you see, be prepared...

Published Fri, Mar 16 2007 3:28 PM by RE.com Tips & Tools

Filed under: contractor, references

Buying a Home? Look Carefully at What You Can, and Can't, Change

Paint and carpeting are just temporary, but a busy airport near the neighborhood is forever. In many ways a home is like a blank canvas waiting for you to fill it with color, beauty and life. That’s part of the reason it can be so exciting to buy...

Published Mon, Mar 12 2007 5:35 PM by RE.com Tips & Tools

Filed under: location, square footage, lot size, closets

Tips on Finding the Right Neighborhood

When in doubt, check it out Finding the right neighborhood when you’re buying a home brings out the Sherlock Holmes in all of us, requiring a little bit of detective work and a lot of instinct. One of the first things you’ll want to do is...

Published Mon, Mar 12 2007 5:33 PM by RE.com Tips & Tools

Filed under: buying a home, neighborhood

How Technology Can Help You Buy and Sell a Home

The tools available from a home computer and a cell phone put the power in your hands. Forrest Luff doesn’t have to be at his office to look up real estate listings, send and receive e-mails or work up a sales contract. A “smart” cell...

Published Mon, Mar 12 2007 2:57 PM by RE.com Tips & Tools

Filed under: technology, mapping

How to Negotiate a Home Sale Without Torpedoing the Deal

Both sides want to win, so don't get too greedy Unreasonable expectations can ruin all kinds of relationships, including ones between prospective home buyers and sellers. That’s the word from real estate professionals who have watched deals...

Published Mon, Mar 12 2007 2:06 PM by RE.com Tips & Tools

Filed under: negotiating, home sale

Quick and Easy Ways to Boost Curb Appeal

Bust the rust, mulch the beds and paint the front door to bring buyers inside. You know the basic curb appeal storyline: If potential buyers don’t like what they see from the street, they might never get inside the front door. You might have done...

Published Mon, Mar 12 2007 1:23 PM by RE.com Tips & Tools

Filed under: curb appeal, painting, exterior painting, exterior maintenance

New Homes or Existing Homes: Which is Best for You?

Your personality and your pocketbook both come into play. Are you a new-home person, wowed by the idea of moving into a newly-constructed home and putting your stamp on it? Or are you an existing-home person, attracted to the charm of a neighborhood that...

Published Mon, Mar 12 2007 1:08 PM by RE.com Tips & Tools

Filed under: new home, existing homes

Retirement Debt: Does a 30-year Mortgage Make Sense?

Tips on balancing debt and investments. Retirement beckons, and you have many real estate choices to make. Do you downsize or relocate, or do you stay in a home in which you have a large amount of equity – or even own outright? If you sell, how...

Published Sat, Mar 10 2007 2:48 PM by RE.com Tips & Tools

Filed under: mortgage

Working with Professional Movers

Even if you are using professional movers, you are not off the hook in preparing for moving day. Using professional movers can seem like a dream come true. Movers come to your house, pack your belongings, and move them to your new home for you. What could...

Published Fri, Mar 9 2007 3:38 PM by RE.com Tips & Tools

Filed under: movers, professional

Buying a Home: The Overlooked Details

Keep these often overlooked details in mind when buying a home. There’s a lot to buying a home. Finding the house that is right for you, getting financing, organizing the move – the list goes on and on. But, what if you think you find the...

Published Thu, Mar 8 2007 5:39 PM by RE.com Tips & Tools

Filed under: water damage, neighbors, easements

5 Ways to Help Your REALTOR®

Ready, willing and able home buyers get the most time and attention. A REALTOR® can be a home buyer’s best friend. But some buyers behave in ways that are counterproductive to the REALTOR’s® efforts. Here are five ways you can help...

Published Thu, Mar 8 2007 3:14 PM by RE.com Tips & Tools

Filed under: REALTOR®, price range, prequalified

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