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I had the saddest listing appointment of my career this week. I sat down with a homeowner who wanted to sell because they could not stand their neighborhood (I was NOT their agent when they purchased the home). The house was renovated and cute as a button, but the neighborhood was what they cou...
05/27/2010
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I don't know about you, but Twitter is one area of social networking that I just have not been able to get my head around. This blog, from Akil in Bowie MD, did a great job of explaining it.I thought this might help some new to social networking. visit www.akilsellshomes.com 1. Understand what...
05/27/2010
This is an amazing story about a woman who is suffering just because she has the same name as someone else with a salacious past. By re-blogging this, hopefully the true story of this Northern VA Realtor will get to the top of a google search for Carolyn Capalbo.Carolyn Capalbo Is A REALTOR In N...
05/26/2010
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I recently read in a very well-written blog on Active Rain that it is not the seller that sets the ultimate price of a house, nor is it the buyer. The person who determines the ultimate sales price of a property is the appraiser. Sometimes, a buyer may agree to a purchase price and the appraisal...
05/26/2010
The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) has been on again, off again a couple of times this year due to the Federal Government's failure to extend the program before it expires. As the past weather events in the USA can attest, if you live in a flood prone area, and even if you don't (just a...
05/25/2010
This post comes from Florida and provides some great advice to sellers of properties that are currently occupied by a tenant. A colleague and I had a listing in Zephyrhills, Florida that was a rental home. When we first took the listing it had some deadbeat tenants in it and it was a mess. We ent...
05/24/2010
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A great post from a home stager who debunks many common practices when staging homes.Home staging should show off the great features of your listing and diminish the negative ones, not create a phony atmosphere. It's all about marketing that feeling of the good life and what is possible for the r...
05/24/2010
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Great post from Kathryn Glenn in NC. If you want to move, sell your house first. That way, your offer is stronger and you are set up for success when submitting an offer to purchase your next home.Tip of the Day: Sell your home before buying your next one! The ones who sell typically make more ...
05/24/2010
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One of the most critical factors that will determine if you qualify for a mortgage or whether you will receive a favorable rate on your mortgage is your credit score. For some people, how a credit score is determined or what they can do to improve their credit score is a complete mystery. Howev...
05/24/2010
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This is a re-blog of a post from an agent in Louisiana. I thought it was a great reminder that you can't make assumptions about anything. Even prize rose bushes and shrubbery can disappear on closing day. When it doubt...SPELL IT OUT!There is nothing more disheartening to a home buyer or selle...
05/24/2010