tips: Getting Ahead Of Competition Through Pricing
- 01/23/19 03:04 PM
Unlike last year when sellers can aggressively put a price on their houses and still come up successful in selling, this year will be slightly challenging. More inventory means more option for the buyers and they almost always certainly look at the price first. As we have explained before, pricing your home at or slightly below market value actually increases the number of buyers who will see your home in their search! Over the last six months, more inventory has come to market while the months' supply of inventory available has dropped. This means that the demand for homes to buy … (0 comments)
tips: Ultimate Walk-through In Guiding Sellers
- 09/20/18 05:25 PM
Any process can prove tricky to someone new. Let alone, the complicated procedure of selling homes, to agents helping out the ordeal could be less difficult. Good thing we have this tips to make your life easier. Memorize the Market When a market turns and sudden transition occurs, study your potential market response with the sudden changes. As a listing agent and local market expert, mastery of the signs of a shift and having the means to communicate the new reality to your sellers is a must. Our job is to help our potential sellers understand the turns. We should sent out … (0 comments)
tips: Attention Yonkers Home Sellers: Why you do repairs before you sell.
- 07/20/12 01:13 AM
Attention Yonkers Home Sellers: Why you do repairs before you sell. If you’re selling your home (or at least considering it) you’ll want to Read This. Feel free to pass it along to any friends or family members who are also thinking of selling. In today’s market, the competition is as fierce as ever to get buyers to look at your home over your competition’s. Moreover, it’s tougher than ever to get them to make an offer without your home looking spiffy…especially if you want top dollar.
Here, we’re giving you some solid input on why you need to … (0 comments)
tips: Summertime Safety: The Survival Guide
- 07/04/12 10:58 PM
Summertime Safety: The Survival Guide Summer is the time for outdoor cookouts, pool parties and backyard play dates – not a time for bandaging scrapes, nursing burns – or worse. Learn these important summer safety tips and make sure everyone in your family knows them by heart too. That way, it will be a summer to remember, for all the right reasons. Pool Safety Supervise constantly: Good supervision means you are able to scan the pool area every 20 seconds and be able to reach the pool in 10 seconds. Put multiple safety barriers between children and the pool: Install … (0 comments)
As we enter the increasingly hotter days of late spring and early summer, your prospective home buyers will be looking closely at patios, decks, landscaping, air conditioning, and in some cases, pools. So if your home is on the market, you'll want to make sure your house is in top order and summer-friendly.
While a large number of homes sell during March, April and May, June and the summer months run a close second. In fact, June is traditionally a busy month because many families want to get moved during their children's summer vacations and … (0 comments)
Getting a home signifies financial security and an investment for the future. Owning a home is part of the American Dream. There are some surprising reasons why you can’t get a home.
1. Down Payment – You may have the required 10%-25% of the asking price of the home you are interested in but how you acquired it and how long you’ve had it could keep you from getting the home. Many times relatives offer young couples the down payment. Lending institutions take this into consideration … (1 comments)
I know lots of landlords who think it is a good will gesture to deliver a turkey or a bottle or cookies for the Holidays to their tenants. However we are finding it is not a good idea to get in the habit of giving gifts to tenants. Many of you know what we mean. Tenants normally think they deserve the gifts you give them. Then they expect them each year. What if you don't give a gift to your tenant after you gave him something the previous year? There may be … (2 comments)
tips: New Year, New Start-Evictions Made Simple
- 12/19/11 12:31 AM
With tenants and rental property, chances are you'll have to evict a tenant sooner or later either because the tenant hasn't paid his rent or because strange people keep visiting him at odd hours of the night. Whatever the reason, the tenant hasn't lived up to the terms of the lease agreement and you want him out. The question is, how do you go about evicting him?
First and foremost, remember that the laws in your state may require different procedures than the general advice in this post, so get familiar with the rules in your area and get yourself … (0 comments)
tips: At Home Holiday Party Safety Tips
- 12/15/11 02:12 AM
If you plan on hosting a holiday party, especially one that has a fairly large guest list there are a few things you need to be aware of and remember. This time of year, slip and fall claims tend to become more common, as snow and ice make exterior pathways slippery and melted remnants sneak indoors to create slick floors. Large parties increase the risk valuable household items possibly being damaged or stolen. Serving alcohol at a party comes with its own set of responsibilities for a host, and when food is served proper safety precautions must be followed.
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tips: 10 Tips to Avoid Common Landlord Errors
- 12/02/11 01:15 AM
Some very common mistakes are made by landlords everywhere. This is the top 10 common mistakes that you should avoid. These simple tips will also help you to be a better landlord. No matter how bad the rental market becomes, always remember, NO tenant is better than a BAD tenant"! Failure to check the tenant's ID! You know something is wrong when the rent for the second month is a challenge to collect. There was a perfect example of this: The tenant paid the 1st month's rent and the 2nd was hard to collect. After a few months the landlord learned … (1 comments)
tips: Avoid Sabotaging Your Home Sale
- 11/04/11 09:52 AM
Unfortunately, too many times, sellers leave great sums of money on the table when they are held in reserve, unwilling or unable to correctly prepare their home for sale. Unless you are in a situation of severe distress, money wise, there really are no excuses to not making your home "Market Ready". It starts with de-cluttering, cleaning and staging your home and making sure that everything is in working order and good repair. You must keep in mind that buyers will almost always overestimate any type of repair or needed update and want to deduct the perceived cost from the asking … (0 comments)
Unlike last year when sellers can aggressively put a price on their houses and still come up successful in selling, this year will be slightly challenging. More inventory means more option for the buyers and they almost always certainly look at the price first. 
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