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7 Super-Easy Cleaning Recipes for the Most Awesome-Smelling Home

Essential oils are the key to these sweet-smelling (and highly effective!) homemade cleaners. If you get light-headed just reading the ingredients on your cleaning products, take heart: There’s another way. These make-in-minutes, super-cheap recipes create potions that use sweet-smelling essential … Continue reading

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Renovations That Can Hurt Home Value

Your home isn’t just a source of pride or a place where you can relax after a long day — it’s also an investment in your family’s future. And while it’s natural to want to make improvements to increase your home’s … Continue reading

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10 Tricks for Hosting an Open House That Make Buyers Say “OMG, Wow!”

Here’s what you can do to get your home ready for its big reveal. Few words get home buyers more excited than these two: open house. An open house is their opportunity to give your house a whirl. To wiggle the … Continue reading

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8 Ways to Get Rid of Awful Pet Smells That Turn Off Buyers

You probably only think you’ve eliminated pet odors. Here’s how to make sure. Having pet odors inside your home can turn off potential homebuyers and keep your home from selling. Ask your real estate agent for an honest opinion about … Continue reading

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9 Things Real Estate Agents Wish You Knew About Selling Your Home

By Julie Ryan Evans | When it comes time to sell your house, having a great listing agent is one of the keys to making it happen. And yet, the agent can’t do it all—your help is needed. Help your agent help you! Ideally, you will have … Continue reading

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From an Architect: 6 Affordable Ways to Make Your Listings More Attractive

Posted in Curb Appeal, Home Trends, Remodeling Adviser, Staging Tips, by Melissa Tracey on March 17, 2009 By David Applebaum In this market, selling a house can be more challenging than ever. As a real estate professional, I’m sure you … Continue reading

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Future Proof Your Kitchen Remodeling

As with almost any trend in the market, kitchen fads are constantly changing. What you find fantastic will essentially in 5-10 years be out of date. Chances are a person will only remodel a kitchen once during their lifetime as … Continue reading

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Mistake No. 9: Not prepping for an appraisal

Mistake No. 9: Not prepping for an appraisal. Once you have an offer, you may be tempted to relax your housekeeping standards a bit. that is a mistake. “When the appraiser arrives, you need to make sure your home reflects … Continue reading

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Mistake No. 8: Procrastination Post-offer

Mistake No. 8: Procrastination Post-offer Always ensure that the communication between your Realtor and yourself is exceptional and that you are both reachable at all times. Once an offer on a home is made time is usually of the essence, … Continue reading

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