2018

Zillow Unicorns and MLS Monkeys

"Our home has been viewed 1,254 times on Zillow," the owner told me in his home that had been on the market for 2 months. He was so confident that of all those shoppers, or at least one of them, was willing to pay $375,000 for their custom home, especially since they just lowered the price $15,000. In his mind, Zillow was a unicorn and it was going to make his dreams come true. I politely shook hands...

Trouble Deciding on a Home? Use the Home Selection Triangle!

You are ready to buy a home. So you jump on Zillow or drive around and just start looking.  Next thing you know you fall in love with a home you find and are now emotionally attached to it.  Wait!  Can I afford this?  Is there something better out there?  Do I know everything I need to know? Or maybe you keep looking but you just don't have time to look through them all.  After days of searching...

Pricing Your Home

Two Reasons FSBO’s Price Incorrectly

Pricing your home correctly is what the National Association of Realtors says is most difficult for For Sale By Owner "FSBO" sellers. Pricing items in general is not always easy, but pricing a home is the absolute hardest.  Obviously, every market is different when it comes to pricing your home.  For example, if you compared apples to apples of homes across the country you would see the same home with...

Is Selling Your Home a DIY?

Is Selling Your Home a DIY?

Between Zillow and Fixer Upper, many think that selling your home is a DIY project.  Friends telling you "it's such a sellers market" make it easy to believe that selling your home is as simple as sticking a "For Sale By Owner" sign in the yard and uploading few mobile phone pictures to Zillow. Sounds easy, right? It could be for some, but in all honestly, selling your home is not as simple as some...

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