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Boost Your Home’s Value with Do-it-Yourself Curb Appeal

We’ve all seen the lists and heard the recommendations for which home improvements add value, and which ones warrant second thought. Landscaping falls firmly in the first category, especially when you’re selling your home. Certainly landscaping, like everything related to your home, is going to be a matter of taste. Where you might enjoy raking… Read More

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2020 Home Selling Quick Tips

Real Estate market conditions are in constant flux and your home selling strategy will need to keep up. For instance, your game plan in a market with low inventory like current 2020 first quarter conditions, will be entirely different than a market saturated with listings, and each variation in between will alter your methods in… Read More

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The Before, Could be More Important than the Open House Itself

There are multiple things to keep in mind when considering whether or not an Open House can work for you. General traffic patterns in the neighborhood determine signage including where, how much, and the need for enhanced visibility in some instances. During what hours is traffic the heaviest, and more importantly what type of traffic… Read More

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At Home Feature: We’ve Mastered Minimalism, So What’s Next?

‘Living with less’. This is the minimalistic definition of minimalism. Minimalism can be taken to extremes or barely discernible, be deliberate or incidental, but if you’re on the minimalist track you are solidly on trend. Actually the minimalist lifestyle may have begun as a fad, but having caught on so quickly and completely, we have… Read More

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SOLD in 1 Day! 4 Br Home in Western Skies Golf Community

SOLD  in 1 Day! 1081 S Palomino Creek Drive, Gilbert AZ 85296 Western Skies Large Lot, Nicely Landscaped — VIDEO TOUR — – Find Out More About Heroes Home Advantage Cash Back Program – Gilbert, AZ home sellers Tim & Ann received over $7,000 cash back when they sold their lovely Western Skies golf community… Read More

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Home Sellers: Get the Biggest Bang for Your Upgrade Buck

Setting the appraisal aside (which is something I find difficult to do but I’ll give it a go at for the sake of sticking to the point) home updates can do one of three things for a home seller. They either increase the value of the home, decrease the days on the market, or they… Read More

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Save Time and Money, the Spring Home Selling Season Starts… … …NOW!

And the Spring home selling season starts… … …NOW! Perfect timing is everything, and never more so than choosing the ideal moment to put your house on the market. The real estate market is most definitely picking up and just so you know, it’s usually a very short leap between gathering steam and full-on crazy…. Read More

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The Other Smart Tech to Protect Your Home

Certainly we’re all aware of smart security systems and thermostats that can be managed remotely through apps on our phones, tablets and laptops. But there are so many other things that can go wrong when we’re away from home, and Murphy’s Law, the original Murphy’s Law, states that “things will go wrong in any given… Read More

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Moving with Kids is a Whole Other Can of Worms

So why is May to August prime-time for Real Estate sales? It mostly comes down to families with kids. For obvious reasons, parents would prefer moving during the Summertime, Real Estate’s infamous ‘busy season’. “Before the kids start school” is most often the #1 item on a parent’s home buying wish list. But of course… Read More

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3 Things You Didn’t Know About Good Real Estate Agents

If you’ve never bought or sold a home, chances are you have a preconceived notion of what real estate agents are all about. Even if you have had experience working with an agent, you may have formed a mistaken impression of the profession as a whole. Are you aware of exactly what your agent should… Read More