home buyers: What Do Home Buyers Want? - 03/17/11 04:50 PM
What Do Home Buyers Want? 
Home sellers spend a lot of time focusing on what THEY want ... They want to sell their house.  They want to sell it quickly. Regardless of the market conditions, they want their price. And more than anything they want all of this without having to work too hard or spend very much money getting their house ready for market. 
At my staging consultations and during all of my staging workshops, I tell sellers that while it's good to be clear on your desired outcome - the key to getting your house sold is … (15 comments)

home buyers: Sellers ... Are You Resisting Making Those Repairs? - 09/03/10 01:41 PM
So you've been told that you need to make a few repairs and updates to get your house ready to sell.  If you're like most sellers, you probably don't want to. Now that’s certainly understandable, especially since you’ve probably lived with those things needing to be fixed for years.  Why should YOU have to fix them anyway?  Your time is better spent worrying about what needs to be done to your next house?  Right? 
Not necessarily.  You might be tempted to sell “AS IS” - and that's certainly an option - IF you’re not concerned about your price.  You must … (17 comments)

home buyers: Why the "Home Team"? - 08/28/10 05:06 AM
My husband and I chose the name of our business, The Home Team Advantage - because it fits us perfectly - what we do, what we believe in and what we're passionate about.  It works for us in more ways than I could ever explain ... nontheless I will try.  
First of all at the Home Team, we're all about homes.  Buying, selling,and making them beautiful for ourselves and especially for others.  There is no more important or intimate place in the world than the place we all call HOME.  Working with people in their home is both a responsibility … (13 comments)