tips for sellers: Remodeling? Flipping? You Need to Read This - 12/10/07 01:58 PM
by Rich Schiffer, Weichert Realtors When selling your home, there are two key concepts to getting it sold for the best price that the market will bear: Price it according to market conditions.Update it to market standards. This article focusses on #2. Whether you are an Investor buying properties to "flip" or a homeowner who wants their (8 comments)
tips for sellers: What To do Before You Sell - 05/03/07 12:05 PM
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 (10 comments)
tips for sellers: Absorption Rate: What it is, and Why you Should Know it - 04/29/07 09:12 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 (60 comments)
tips for sellers: Educating Sellers about Market Value - 01/25/07 12:32 PM
by Rich Schiffer, Weichert Realtors Sellers are often affraid that they are going to get less money for their home than it is worth. So in their minds, the best thing to do is price it high, so when they accept a lower price, they will "be ok with it." This leads to (17 comments)
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