Tips - Real Estate, Updates, News & Tips

REALTORS: 5 thrifty home renovations that get sellers the most ROI

Inexpensive fixes tend to offer the highest returnsKey Takeaways Sellers often lose money making high-cost renovations. Inexpensive renovations tend to offer higher ROI and present less risk than costly projects.Can you list the home renovations that get the best returns for sellers? If not, can you honestly claim to get top dollar for sellers’ homes?Tracy McLaughlinOn a podcast with Pat Hiban, Tracy McLaughlin shared her expert advice on home

Read More

5 home staging hacks that barely cost a thing

Your sweat equity will pay dividends when the home sellsKey Takeaways The key to staging a home on a budget is manual labor with a detail-oriented focus.Staging a home on a budget isn’t as hard as you may think. As a real estate agent, you can advise sellers on how to instantly boost the appeal of their home using tricks of the trade that cost little or no money and bring a huge return on investment.Small changes add up to create buyer-friendl

Read More

5 Tips For A Lower Heating Bill

Keeping a home warm during the colder months of the year can prove to be expensive. With energy costs on the rise, many households are facing higher energy bills each year.Fixr.com, which provides "Cost Guides" of estimates to common household remodeling projects, highlights five projects to help increase a home’s energy efficiency and keep utility bills lower. (Fixr.com also provides cost estimates below of the projects listed.)1. Find unor

Read More

5 Fall Maintenance Tips

The changing of the season brings several household tasks you should perform to keep your home safe as colder temperatures approach. Realtor.com® recently featured several chores to do for fall and winter preparation. Clean the dryer vents. Excess lint in a dryer can pose a fire risk. “A key indicator of a dryer vent needing to be cleaned is if clothes aren’t drying as fast as they usually do, or if it takes multiple cycles to get them com

Read More

REALTORS: 7 Steps for Protecting Clients From Disasters

Major natural disasters, such as hurricanes, floods, wildfires, and earthquakes, have made headlines recently, and your clients may be considering taking extra precautions to protect their homes against extreme weather events. Pass these tips along to homeowners. Know your risks. Preparation is key before a disaster strikes because emergency supplies dwindle quickly after such an event. And know what types of threats your area is most vulnerable

Read More

8 Exterior Renovations to Boost a Home’s Value

Replacing the roof may be the most important upgrade your client can make to the exterior of his or her home, according to the National Association of REALTORS®’ 2017 Remodeling Impact Report. The report takes a look at the cost of the most common exterior and interior renovation projects and gauges how appealing they are to home buyers at resale.REALTORS® ranked new roofing, vinyl windows, and garage door as the three exterior projects that

Read More

Kitchen Remodels Offer Big Paybacks at Resale

Homeowners looking for a remodeling project may be smart to tackle a kitchen renovation—that is, if they’re looking for projects with the strongest buyer appeal and high returns on their investment at resale.Kitchen renovations and upgrades are among the top remodeling projects most likely to add value to a home at resale and most likely to appeal to home shoppers, according to the 2017 Remodeling Impact Report, conducted by the National Ass

Read More

24 mistakes to avoid when buying your first home

Minimize some of the roadblocks along the path to happy homeownershipFirst-time homebuyers make mistakes going into the homebuying process, throughout the process and even after they purchase a new home. Because they’ve never done it before!Here are 24 mistakes that I’ve observed and some tips on how to help rookie buyers avoid making them.Pre-purchase mistakes: Not knowing their true budget. Homebuyers should crunch their monthly number

Read More

6 Easy Ways to Boost Curb Appeal

The exterior of the home counts big for creating first impressions. Indeed, 99 percent of real estate pros say that curb appeal is a critical factor in attracting a buyer, according to the National Association of REALTORS®’ 2016 Remodeling Impact: Outdoor Features survey.Here are a few things you can do to enhance the curb appeal to your listing:1. Paint colorful flowers.Adding colorful flowers, like yellows or pinks, to your landscaping can

Read More

Where College Students Should Buy a Condo

The monthly median cost nationwide to house a student in a dorm is $705, but that can stretch to $1,817 in some locales. That may mean college students—or their parents—in certain places are better off buying a condo than paying for a dorm. Redfin’s research team recently compared the monthly dorm rate at 195 public colleges with the median monthly mortgage payment for a condo in each university’s city. They found that for students at 47

Read More

This website includes images sourced from third party websites including Adobe, Getty Images, and as otherwise noted.