5 “Emergencies” That Are Actually Normal When Selling Your Home

If there’s a mantra every first-time seller should memorize, it’s this: Expect the unexpected. While your realtor is going to educate you about the process of selling your home and share their thoughts about how the sale could go based on what’s going on in your market right now, no two sales are exactly alike. That’s because there is any …

10 Reasons Why You Need a Home Inspection

After your offer to buy a home enters into a contract, the buyer may be tempted to skip the home inspection and its $500 to $600 cost. There are ten good reasons why you should get one. 1. It Provides an “Out” A quality home inspection can reveal critical information about the condition of a home and its systems. The home inspection …

The Emotional Side of Home Selling

The decision to sell your home isn’t an easy one. In fact, research has ranked selling a home as second to relationship breakups for the most stressful experience in a person’s life. The same survey said Americans are more stressed out about selling their home than planning a wedding, getting fired or even becoming a parent. In other words, it’s …

The Value of a Realtor – Do You Really Save Selling on Your Own?

Every time we encounter a HOT real estate market, we witness the emergence of alternative methods to buy and sell the property. However, even in the hottest markets, more than 90% of Canadians still chose to enlist the services of a professional real estate agent to sell their homes. ‘For Sale By Owner’ companies advertise a unique system for selling …

Picture Perfect — Real Estate Photography 101

If you are preparing your home for sale and want to help your realtor sell your home quickly for maximum dollars, start with setting up for the photo shoot. Today’s buyers are very visual and will look at photos before they will even read the wonderfully written description full of details and dynamic adjectives. The first step in this process …