staging: Selling Your Home During The Holidays - Is It O.K. To Decorate? Vancouver WA Real Estate - 11/30/09 10:21 PM
Selling Your Home During The Holidays - Is It O.K. To Decorate? Vancouver WA Real EstateContrary to popular belief, the holiday season is an excellent time to sell your home. There aren't as many homes on the market so that means less competition. Most buyers don't like to move during the holidays, so the sellers who are out viewing homes are serious. Many buyers set deadlines for their move. Holiday buyers often set a January 1st deadline.Keeping that in mind, you have to be prepared to take advantage of every buyer's visit. A question that I get asked frequently during … (9 comments)
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staging: Clark County Has A Lot to Be Proud Of! 2009 Clark County Parade of Homes - 08/14/09 08:20 PM
Clark County Has A Lot to Be Proud Of! 2009 Clark County Parade of HomesAnyone who has read a newspaper lately or watched the evening news knows that the media has been heavily preaching the "Doom and Gloom" of the real estate market. While nationally we have slowly begun to see sales rise, Clark County has shown wonderful improvement over the last six months, proving us to be one of the most resistant and more resilient markets in the nation!We ended the month of January 2009 with 21 months of inventory. That means that if no one else were to list … (0 comments)
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staging: Green Real Estate Tip #5 – Non-Toxic Ingredients to Make Your Own Green Cleaners - 09/22/08 05:34 PM
So many of the products that we buy to clean our homes contain toxic ingredients that can be harmful to people and the environment. What can you do? You can choose less toxic products to clean your home. Doing that can protect your family and the environment. Additionally, you will save money by using simple and safe ingredients to make your own cleaners.
Here is a brief list of safe ingredients to make your own eco-friendly cleaners:
Baking soda - Absorbs odors and is a mild abrasive. It is easy to find in the baking section of your grocery store.Glycerin - … (3 comments)
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staging: Green Real Estate Tip #4 – How to Purchase Less Toxic Products - 09/19/08 05:55 PM
For those of us who aren't willing to take the time to mix up our own cleaners (or don't care for the smell of vinegar!), there are also ready-made cleaning products that are less hazardous than many traditional household cleaners. Just because you aren't going to make your own, doesn't mean that you have to put your family's health at risk. Look in the health or natural food sections of your grocery store or visit a store that specializes in eco-friendly types of products. Some brand names of "earth-friendly" products are:
Bi-O-Kleen, Citra-Solv, Earth Friendly Products, ECOS, Planet, Seventh Generation, SoapWorks, … (3 comments)
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staging: Green Real Estate Tip #3 – Cat and Dogs and Urine, OH MY! - 09/17/08 05:30 PM
So you show up to the listing appointment and when you walk through the door your eyes start to water. The owner's pets are obviously indoor pets and the smell is overwhelming. We get alot of rain here in Vancouver Washington so if you are there in the winter it is even worse. Times are tough and you want the listing but something has to be done. Try this out next time!
Carpet odor remover
A simple solution to neutralize carpet odors is to sprinkle baking soda over the entire carpet. Leave it on for one hour or overnight and vacuum … (8 comments)
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staging: Green Real Estate Tip #2 – Dirty Walls and Windows! - 09/16/08 10:30 AM
How many times have you listed a gorgeous home that is clean and well kept except for stubborn old crayon marks in the kid's rooms? Try this out next time!
Crayon mark remover
A simple solution for removing crayon marks from walls, floors, counters, cabinets, and furniture is to rub the area with toothpaste and a damp cloth. Do not use on non-vinyl wallpaper. Stay away from the colored gels and toothpastes with mouthwash or sparkles!
Glass cleaner
For an easy to make glass cleaner without any harmful chemistry combine 1 quart warm water with ¼ cup white vinegar or 2 … (5 comments)
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staging: Green Real Estate Tip #1 - Smelly Houses! - 09/15/08 04:21 PM
This is the first in what I plan on turning into a series of eco-friendly tips for real estate agents and home owners alike!I am sure that we have all taken a listing at sometime in our careers that was a little bit less than market ready. As much as we would like to think that we only list homes that have been professionally cleaned and staged, that isn't always possible.
Here is a green tip for home that... well...uh...STINK!
Natural Room / Air Fresheners
After you locate the source of the odor problem and take corrective action, try opening a … (17 comments)
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staging: The Fine Art of Curb Appeal - Staging for the Outside of Your Vancouver Home! - 08/20/08 11:44 AM
Every home buyer has been there, the pictures online are gorgeous, the visual tour has confirmed that this is your Dream Home, and your real estate agent is telling you that the floor plan is absolutely perfect. This is the "One." Your anticipation builds as you drive through a beautifully manicured neighborhood to your new castle. You can picture yourself entertaining in the garden as your guests shower you with compliments on your new Vancouver home.Then you pull up to the curb and park right in front of the for sale sign. Your dream is shattered. Paint flakes off of the … (2 comments)
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staging: The Power of Flowers Pt. 3 - 08/03/08 11:39 AM
Another staging trick that we have used as real estate agents here in Vancouver, Washington, involves the use of vases of fresh cut flowers throughout the home. Flowers in the vicinity of the front door a great way to welcome visitors to your wonderful home. We often place a vase of flowers in the master bathroom as an added touch of luxury. A spring bouquet on a kitchen island or breakfast bar brings adds light and warmth to the room.
Flowers can also bring life to a vacant listing. A vase of flowers on a kitchen counter can bring just enough life … (0 comments)
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staging: The Power of Pictures - How to Sell More Homes with Visual Tours - 07/20/08 07:23 PM
They say that a picture is worth a thousand words. Is it worth a thousand dollars? Ten thousand dollars? More?There was a time here in Vancouver, Washington, when the MLS system was a Xeroxed book that was distributed to the real estate brokers every week. Realtors would comb through the listings trying to match their clients' needs with the latest batch of homes to hit the market. If there were any pictures at all, they were a 3rd generation copy of the outside of the home. Real estate in Vancouver, Washington was a business of driving to and touring houses. Buyers … (4 comments)
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staging: The Power of Flowers - Pt. 1 - 07/02/08 11:26 AM
The Power of Flowers
About ten years ago I was living in Redondo Beach, California and I had put my small bungalow up for sale. It was about 1100 sq. feet on an oversized lot for the area, about 12,000 sq. feet, with a panoramic view from Los Angeles to Malibu. The little 1947 home was in perfect restored condition right down to the original kitchen tile, antique cast iron gas stove (Edgewood?), and beautifully refinished hardwood floors. It was priced competitively for the time at $475,000. I wasn't a real estate agent at the time. I used a close friend … (1 comments)
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