Nik Shewmaker's (nikshewmaker) Blog

With so much information readily available online, clients sometimes ask me, "Why should we hire a real estate agent?" They wonder, and rightfully so, if they couldn't buy or sell a home through the Internet or through regular marketing and advertising channels without representation, without a a...

Pricing to high! The truth is it doesn't really matter how much money you think your home is worth. Nor does it matter what your agent thinks or ten other agents just like her. The person whose opinion matters is the buyer who makes an offer. Pricing homes is part art and part science. It involve...

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Home Buyers are entitled to seller disclosures. As a home seller, what do you need to disclose? Are deaths on the property required disclosures? What are material facts? Do you need to disclose recent repairs? Call my team to find out you need to handle this and other seller situations! Thinking ...

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When real estate markets cool down, typically inventory increases and the number of buyers decrease. Slowing market conditions make it more difficult to sell homes, yet some homes still sell. So, why do some homes gets offers and others sit on the market? The answer has very little to do with the...

Preparing Your Home for WinterThe fall Equinox is a good time of year to start thinking about preparing your home for winter, because as temperatures begin to dip, your home will require maintenance to keep it in tip-top shape through the winter. Autumn is invariably a prelude to falling winter t...

fsbo factsPercent of U.S. real estate transactionsthat were for sale by owner:- 12 percent of 2006.- 13 percent in 2005. - 14 percent in 2004. - The all-time high was 20 percent (1987). Please call my team if you are thinking of selling your home. We have the tools to make it a joint success! 

Disassociate Yourself With Your Home. Say to yourself, "This is not my home; it is a house -- a product to be sold much like a box of cereal on the grocery store shelf. Make the mental decision to "let go" of your emotions and focus on the fact that soon this house will no longer be yours. Pictur...