Susan Sawyer's (susansawyer2006) Blog

Delightful!  Two story foyer, great room, spacious eat-in kitchen, charming dining room, large master bedroom with sitting area, second floor laundry room plus basement laundry area, wonderful finished basement with full kitchen, full bath, family room and office.  Oversized deck and great yard. 

Finally the big day has arrived after 7 months on the market I finally received an offer on my condo. After carefully going over my closing costs and mortgage amount, I call with my counter offer and yes it was accepted. I have to say I was lucky to receive a nice offer and I made a nice counter ...

Here in Ohio and other states as well, you can ask your realtor to set up an automatic search for you. I ask my buyers what criteria they are looking for in a new home and then I can set up a search for them on the computer. Then whenever a home with their criteria is listed or has a change in pr...

One of the strangest things I have seen while showing a home was finding a dead animal in the wall. I unlocked the door to a vacant home and proceeded my buyer into the home. At the end of the kitchen was something protruding from the wall. My buyer said what is that and I walked down to take a l...

One of the strangest things I have seen while showing a home was finding a dead animal in the wall. I unlocked the door to a vacant home and proceeded my buyer into the home. At the end of the kitchen was something protruding from the wall. My buyer said what is that and I walked down to take a l...

One of the important questions to ask a realtor that is going to work with you whether you be a buyer or a seller is how easy is it to get a hold of them. Will they give you their cell phone or will they give you a voicemail number to leave a message and then they will call you back. To me being ...

First time home buyers thinking of buying a home and receiving the $8,000 home buyer's credit remember that Thanksgiving is at the end of Nov. Title companies and the county courthouses where the deed files are closed or closed for half days around the holiday. Don't wait until the last minute to...

  Here is the before picture sent to me by my seller. She packed up all of her stuff stacked the boxes in one corner and turned it into a bed. I did a blog on this before but didn't have the before picture. When talking to her today, she said she had the before picture and wow what a difference ...

As I mentioned yesterday in my blog about pet smells, the next most disgusting smell to buyers is cigarette smoke. Most of my buyers will imediately turn around and leave if they smell cigarette smoke when they walk in the front door. If you smoke, please smoke outside. You may need an air purifi...

In today's buyer's market, sellers are trying everything including using a St. Joseph Statue. As many of you know rumor has it that if you bury a St. Joseph statue in your front yard, it will help your home sell more quickly. The best story I have heard is about the seller who buried St. Joseph i...