advice to home sellers: What To do Before You Sell
- 05/03/07 05:05 AM
by Rich Schiffer, Weichert Realtors (Reprint Permission Granted. Click here for a list of other Advice to Home Sellers articles by this author.) In a recent blog post, I was asked the question, "What are the top 5 things homeowners should do/replace to get the best value from their home?" Here is my answer: The first advice I would give anyone considering selling their home, is to get in touch with a local REALTOR, for specific advice about your specific property in your specific market. But that aside, there are some general bits of advice I can give you: Identify the areas that need most improvement. Ask yourself, "If you were looking to buy this (10 comments)
advice to home sellers: Absorption Rate: What it is, and Why you Should Know it
- 04/29/07 02:12 PM
by Rich Schiffer, Weichert, Realtors Before I began my career in Real Estate, I had often heard the terms "sellers market" and "buyers market" but I had never stopped to think at all about what these terms really meant. Now that I am engaged in this career, and am being looked to as an expert by my clients, I thought I should boil this down in a way that would make it easy to explain to the consumer. In addition, a recent conversation with Jeff Bellonger tipped me to the fact that this simple concept may be misunderstood by other professionals in the (67 comments)
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