real estate tips: Top 5 Home Staging Tips - 01/13/17 10:12 AM
If done properly, home staging can make the home look much more appealing to buyers in photos and showings. Other than just the obvious tasks of cleaning, which is the first thing you should do, there are several essential steps in staging a home to sell.
 
#1 Make Obvious Purpose for The Space
An empty room makes it hard for buyers to imagine what they can use an empty space for. Put a desk in the office space, a T.V. in the family room, a chair with a reading lamp in the reading space, and twin beds in children’s bedrooms.
 
#2 Position “Floating” Furniture
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real estate tips: Valuable Lessons for First-Time Homebuyers - 01/13/17 08:05 AM
Buying a home can be a particularly stressful, and time-consuming process. Buyers may learn through experience some valuable lessons for buying a home. Here are 5 useful tips for first-time homebuyers to consider when entering the real estate market. 
 
#1 Get your documents in order
To apply for a home mortgage, you will need income and tax documents. Typically, lenders will ask you for 2 recent pay stubs, 2 previous years’ W-2s, tax returns, and the past 2 months of bank statements. Having these documents in hand will save you a lot of time when buying a home.
 
#2 Watch the market 
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real estate tips: Team Service Above Expectation: Office Bio (1/7) MARKETING - 07/11/12 11:33 PM
Brittney Dahlberg was born and raised in Montana to parents who love her, cherish her, and gave her the best friend of a lifetime, her brother. Educated in International Relations, she will receive an Honors and a Leadership degree from Montana State University Dec. 22nd 2012. Professionally, Brittney is the Marketing and Relations Manager at Bozeman Montana Real Estate.net. She coordinates post closing relations, all the online marketing, as well as serves as our in house professional photographer for all our listing advertisement. REAL ESTATE              PORTRAITS                           BOZEMAN LIFE Her perspective and her drive opened the doors to free lancing positions with other realtors around the valley. … (0 comments)

real estate tips: Hot Topic: Kiddie Condos - 06/01/12 12:29 AM
“Kiddie” Condos 
Defined:
FHA’s Kiddie Condo Loan Program is a non-occupant co-borrow program allowing parents to assist their children buy a single family home or condo  as they go off to college instead of paying for the costs of rent or dorms. The kiddie condo is just a nickname for a whole realm of options available for buyers-not only condos. Both borrowers take the title of the property and sign for the loan together. 
Cons:
All borrowers have to qualify and pass a credit check.  There are ‘non-traditional credit’ options available for fresh young adults who may have not accumulated substantial credit yet.
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real estate tips: Buyer Turn Offs - 04/20/12 01:49 AM

Dirt: "The No. 1 biggest mistake is not getting the home in the best possible condition. That's huge," says Goldwasser. "I won't even represent sellers at this point unless they are fully aware of how important it is to get their home in the absolute best condition that they've ever had it in." Steam cleaning, carpet cleaning or even replacement, and attention to detail will change the first impression. (BOZEMAN AREA CLEANING)
Old Fixtures: Updates on fixtures are not too pricey but newer lighting will bring a world of difference to your rooms.

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