Posts in category 'Sellers'

Living rooms get a lot of use. This is usually the room where you watch TV, relax with family, and entertain company. As such, when you sell a home, you really want your living room to make a great impression. Staging the living room will help it shine among Jackson homes for sale. But how do you stage a living room before listing your home? Here are a few top ideas from our real estate agents.

• Add some fresh flowers.
  Find a simple vase that matches your living room decor, and fill it with fresh flowers. Even a simple floral arrangement will brighten up the space and keep the air smelling fresh. Replace the flowers every couple of days while showing the home.

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Selling your home can cost you money before it pays off. You are probably already counting on paying your agent and the closing costs, but our real estate agents recommend also budgeting for miscellaneous expenses. Each situation is unique, and not all of these costs will apply to every sale, but in many cases, you'll have at least a few miscellaneous expenses to cover before your home sells.

• Interior painting. Holdernes...

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If you're looking to maximize your sale and minimize your effort, you need to work with a real estate professional. In a sellers' market like today's, it can be tempting to list your house on your own – known as For Sale By Owner (FSBO). But the truth is, a real estate professional can save you time and money by managing every step of the process, from pricing your home to reviewing documents and handling negotiations.

Before you decide to sell your house on your own, here are five reasons why working with an agent is your best bet to maximize the sale of your home.

1. First impressions are everything – and an agent knows how to make a great one.

Prepping a house for sale requires a significant amount of time and effort, even though it...

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I try to target my ramblings towards the Saturday crowd. If we are expecting a snowstorm, I won't bother talking about how nice and sunny it is as I'm writing. In this particular case, you should be enjoying a "warm-enough" spring day after having just endured a pretty lousy week of weather. We are in mud season after all so it was to be expected. Suffice it to say, spring is on the way. Yes, we all know there is the imminent threat of that April snow, but at this point we can handle it.

Every year the spring season brings with it a new "crop" of homes for sale and this year (we're hoping) will be no different. The

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I think it's in the Bible where it says children should be seen and not heard. Today I'm going to extend that advice to those of you currently (or about to be) selling your home. The reality is that most of us are not trained salespeople. We don't have the years of experience and smooth savvy of "Big Tom Callahan". We have encouraged sellers in the past to allow their real estate professionals to handle the showings and the subsequent questions. I'd like to share a few items today that might help keep you out of trouble if your agent is not around and you're stuck talking with those potential buyers.

First and foremost I would never encourage anyone to be dishonest. There are certain things that you are required by law to disclose about your home and there are other things that you may just feel more comfortable telling th...

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