selling your home: Home Staging Tips - Staging Your Home to Sell - 08/13/17 11:51 AM
So you are planning to SELL your HOME and have already taken care of the "5 Easy Ways to Get Your Home Ready to Sell". Now the last step before putting your home on the market is to STAGE your HOME!      STAGING YOUR HOME TO SELL is a marketing tool that is becoming more & more essential in the the Lake Ray Hubbard Real Estate Market. As your Realtor, one of my main responsibilities is to make sure YOUR HOME SELLS in as little time as possible and for as much money as possible! STAGING is a big part … (7 comments)

selling your home: 5 Easy Ways to Get Your Home Ready to Sell - 06/25/17 06:53 PM
Are you thinking about or planning to SEll your Home? If so, here's a quick list of FIVE things you should do to get your home ready to hit the market AND for Home Buyers to fall in love with your home! 

This list of FIVE things you should do to get your home ready to SEll are the comments that I most often hear from Home Buyers:


Declutter ... This is a difficult thing to tackle but one that is very beneficial and won't cost any money to do! The key focus on Decluttering is to open up spaces so Home Buyers can see themselves … (0 comments)

selling your home: 3.8% "Real Estate" Medicare Tax - 02/15/13 03:57 AM
What ... there's a "3.8% Real Estate Tax" that came into effect January 2013!?!    

Yes, there is a new tax that is being tacked onto Real Estate transactions (sales), but it's really an Investment Income Tax and known as the 3.8% Medicare Tax. 

You see, when you sell your home, it's possible that you might have this extra tax, but NOT ALL Real Estate sales will have this tax.   In a nutshell, the 3.8% Medicare Tax is a tax on Investment Income, an income which is derived from the sale of the property. This tax will only be on transactions … (60 comments)