Ever wonder how much you should offer on a home and what facts you should consider prior to deciding on a purchase price? There are many things to consider when it comes to buying a home and making an educated offer that will attract a seller to negotiate with you. Check out the list below. Condition of the home: Check the condition of the home prior to making an offer. Is it in Continue Reading
HRE Home & Lifestyle Series Volume 15: Mistakes to Avoid as a Home Buyer and Seller
Everyone makes mistakes, right? Learn how to avoid these pitfalls when buying or selling your home so you don't have to learn from your own blunders! Here are top mistakes home buyers or home sellers make that could ruin a potential sale. We're prepping you now, so you won't be unpleasantly surprised later. If you're a Home Buyer, avoid making these mistakes: 1 - If you find a home you love, Continue Reading
HRE Home & Lifestyle Series Volume 14: Quick Tips to Make Your Home Look Like a Model
We're spilling all of our secrets here, so you can take the guesswork out of how to make your home beautifully staged before it goes on the market! Here are the top 15 simple ways to stage and turn your home into a model home! If you’re getting ready to sell or buy a home a home, this article is for you! The value home staging brings to the selling process is incomparable to the homes Continue Reading
Seller’s Guide – Market Your Home – Vol 06
The Seller's Guide is a new Series we created, to provide useful tips to prepare you and your home for sale. Our sixth edition in the series talks about telling your homes' unique and individual story in marketing your home. Market Your Home Each home has its unique and individual story to tell and the marketing should be reflective of that. Take some time and sit Continue Reading
HRE Home & Lifestyle Series Volume 04: Hurricane Storm Safety Prepare Guide
June 1 marks the beginning of Hurricane Season in Florida. We've prepared a guide to learn how to keep your home and your family safe during a storm. It's important to develop a plan ahead of time to protect your greatest assets. Protect your Family first, talk with them about what to do if you suddenly receive a warning for a storm. Making children, especially, aware of what's ahead will Continue Reading
HRE Home & Lifestyle Series Volume 13: Clean Your Home In 31 Days
Clean Your Home in 31 Days! A clean home is a surefire way to gain a higher profit! Spring has arrived! Now is the time of year when the weather warms up, the flowers are blooming outside, and we begin thinking about all those deep cleaning chores on our to do list for our home. If you're like us, we see the long list and procrastinate, because let's be real, we'd rather go to the Continue Reading
HRE Home & Lifestyle Series Volume 12: Staging Your Home
Staging Your Home It's a simple fact that a whopping 77% of buyer's agents believe that staging a home made it easier for a buyer to visualize the property as their future home. Staging doesn't have to be difficult, with these simple steps, turn your home into a dream home which allows every buyer to see themselves living there. This will ultimately increase the number of potential buyers Continue Reading
HRE Home & Lifestyle Series Volume 11: Keep Your Home Safe While You’re Away
Yes, it is true, we live where other people vacation, but we may not live here year round and sometimes, we need a break of our own to get away and experience other parts of the world. While you're out exploring other cities, here are some tips to keep your home safe. Lock the Premises: This one may seem like the most obvious, however, many break-ins are accomplished by an intruder simply Continue Reading
HRE Home & Lifestyle Series Volume 10: Best Apps for Home Selling
Selling your home can be a lot of work for you, the home seller. There are many steps to navigate through, leaving you feeling overwhelmed. With the assistance of a licensed real estate professional to guide you through the process, we've found there are many tech apps available to choose from to make the home selling process easier on you. We've rounded up a few of our favorite apps here. Continue Reading
October 2017 Events Around Lakewood Ranch & Sarasota
Lakewood Ranch & Sarasota Events It’s Fall Y’all and the Best of Fall Festivals are here including the beginning of the Tour of Homes in Lakewood Ranch! Check out the latest happening events this month. Dates to Remember: Columbus Day - Monday, October 9 Boss's Day - Monday, October 16 Halloween - Tuesday, October 31 Special Events: October 6: Music on Main 6p @ Lakewood Main Street Continue Reading
