sasanna strozier realtor: Peak Season Is Near: 4 Tasks to Get Your Home Ready for Sale Season
- 01/20/17 09:38 AM
The spring is the most popular time of the year when it comes to real estate, and it's a good time for a few fix ups if you're putting your home on the market. While you may have a lot of different things to do before you're ready for your first showing, here are the four things to keep at the top of the list.
Complete The Forgotten-About Fixes
If you've lived in your home for a while, it's entirely possible that there's a damaged baseboard or broken door latch that you haven't gotten around to fixing; however, these are the things that … (2 comments)
Don't Overlook Ways In Which You Might Be Approved
You’ve earned your degree and are working to build your career. You feel your next step is to buy a home. There’s just one challenge. The student loans that helped you get here might make it more difficult to qualify for a mortgage. Difficult, maybe, but not impossible.
All mortgage programs today have built-in provisions for applicants with deferred student loans as well as loans in repayment. Recent, and not-so-recent, graduates with student debt can follow a set of guidelines to improve their chances mortgage approval at low interest rates.
Spring and summer usually get all the real estate glory with lofty accolades as the best time to buy a home—and, of course, the busiest. Meanwhile, their seasonal sibling, fall, often gets tossed to the leaf pile by potential buyers who might think autumn is just about haunted houses and turkey dinners rather than house hunting. But surprise! Fall is not only a great time to buy a home, it might also be the best season to find the perfect property (and not just because you can browse the listings while cupping a pumpkin latte). Read on to discover the many reasons. Reason No. 1: Lower home prices The best month to snag a deal when … (0 comments)
sasanna strozier realtor: It’s a sign of the times!
- 10/18/16 12:29 AM
Most of us grew up thinking that if we planned well and played by the rules, we’d never have to stand by as our financial lives unraveled. But upheaval on Wall Street, unacceptable rates of unemployment and plummeting real estate values have taken their toll. Since 2007, 7.9 million homeowners have lost their homes to foreclosure. Current estimates are that one in four homeowners owe more on their mortgages than they could get from the sale of their home. Millions more homes will be lost to foreclosure before this real estate crisis runs its course. The sad fact is that foreclosure is … (3 comments)
sasanna strozier realtor: Are you a Home Seller? – READ THIS!!!!
- 10/06/16 02:58 AM
Home owners continue to believe their homes are valued higher than what appraisers say they are currently worth. Across the country, appraisals averaged 1.56 percent lower than what refinancing home owners expected in August, according to Quicken Loans' latest Home Price Perception Index. That said, the gap between appraiser and home owner expectations is slowly aligning: In July, appraisals were 1.69 percent lower than owners' expectations.
"While a one and a half percent difference may not seem like a big disparity of home value opinions, the gap could cause problems, especially in areas with an even wider difference," says Bob Walters, Quicken … (1 comments)
The Cleaning Authority offers the following tips on deep cleaning a home:
1. Use a top-to-bottom approach. Begin at the top: Clear the cobwebs from the corners of the ceiling, dust off light fixtures and ceiling fans, and clean off cabinet tops (including the top of the refrigerator). All of these areas tend to be prime dust collectors. Next, move on to the middle of the home: Wipe down walls, … (1 comments)
First Impressions Matter Your home needs to have curb appeal. If the potential buyer doesn’t see that, it will be difficult to get the price you want. Spend money and time landscaping your yard. Pressure wash your driveway. Paint your front door. Make your porch look welcoming. If you do all of this yourself or with the help of … (2 comments)
One easy way to add texture to walls is to use tissue paper. You apply the tissue paper to the walls and it stays there until you want something new.
Crumple up a piece of tissue paper into a tight ball and then open it up and smooth … (1 comments)
sasanna strozier realtor: Spring DIY Projects: How to Build a Treehouse That the Kids Will Love
- 04/14/16 12:45 AM
If you have children, no home is complete without a treehouse. Besides the fact that treehouses provide kids with hours of entertainment, they can also confer ancillary benefits that are hard to quantify. For starters, treehouses can improve property values by boosting curb appeal. When building any type of treehouse, keep the following tips in mind.
Location, Location, Location Before you head off to Home Depot and get all the necessary supplies, you need to spend some serious time storyboarding the build process. Pick a tree with low, sprawling branches such as an oak or a maple. Furthermore, consider issues … (0 comments)
sasanna strozier realtor: Kitchen Design: Three Trends That You Need to Be Aware of Before You Renovate
- 03/02/16 01:42 AM
Renovating your kitchen is an excellent way to improve its look, increase the value of your home and appeal to a more diverse range of home buyers if you decide to sell. However, a kitchen remodel can easily cost $10,000 to $20,000 or more, which is why you want to make choices that you can live with. Learning more about some of hottest trends can help you decide what you want and don't want in your kitchen.
Traditional Is Back
Trends come and go, but the classics remain constant. One of the hottest renovation trends is a more traditional … (0 comments)
sasanna strozier realtor: 15 Ways to Make Life Better
- 02/01/16 12:38 AM
In a recent issue of Angie’s List, I saw these 15 Ways to Make Life Better. They were no brainers to me but most us of think, WE DON’T HAVE THE TIME. If you take some time to get a few of these things done, they will be easier to maintain. You might choose a few or all of them, but when we start taking care of US, those around us see our potential. Fix Up Your Finances Give Your Home a Checkup Plan Your Dream Remodel Write a Will Schedule a Physical Organize Your … (2 comments)
sasanna strozier realtor: Stage Your Kitchen to Attract Potential Buyers
- 01/22/16 12:42 AM
While preparing your Atlanta area home for sale, staging your rooms should take center stage for your priorities. The kitchen should be the focus of your hard work. The kitchen is the heart and soul of a home and the most important room to set the stage and attract buyers to your home. There are some key things to do which will help turn a potential buyer into one ready to make you an offer. The first step to stage your kitchen is a thorough cleaning. Prepare for cleaning by first removing all excess clutter. This includes all magnets and photos on … (1 comments)
sasanna strozier realtor: Staging the Family Room
- 01/12/16 09:34 PM
Your home is on the market and potential buyers are going to start coming into your home and you want to make the best impression possible. In and around the Atlanta area, the time is coming when more and more homes are going to be on the market and you need yours to stand out so we can get it SOLD.
The family room or living room as you might call it, is the main room in the house where the family hangs out, watches TV, plays games and spends time together. It is also the one room in the house that … (1 comments)
sasanna strozier realtor: Staging Your Home for Sale
- 01/07/16 01:09 AM
Springtime is coming and you might be preparing to sell your home in and around the Atlanta area. Just as it is your realtors job to get your home sold, it is also your responsibility to prepare your home to be in the best shape possible for sale. For the next few weeks, we are going to share pointers on how you can be best prepared for showing your home to prospective buyers. The best thing you can do is to get rid of the clutter in and around your home. Start with the outside of the house. Put away all of … (0 comments)
The spring is the most popular time of the year when it comes to real estate, and it's a good time for a few fix ups if you're putting your home on the market. While you may have a lot of different things to do before you're ready for your first showing, here are the four things to keep at the top of the list.
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