To Renovate or Not to Renovate
To Renovate or Not to Renovate? That’s always the question before listing your home, right? Every seller wants to achieve the maximum sale price for their property, and a quick renovation could make all the difference. Consider looking at the other homes for sale in your area. Is there something they have that your home […]
How to Begin Preparing Your Home for Sale
How to begin preparing your home for sale isn’t just a matter of cleaning up and sticking a sign in the yard. When it’s time to sell your home, there are a lot of things to consider and chances are that you’ve never sold a home or it’s been a while since you last did. […]
When You’re Ready to Renovate, Be Prepared With Careful Planning
Remodeling can be expensive and time-consuming. However, it can also be a great investment and allow you to have the home of your dreams. With careful planning and by hiring qualified professionals, you can soon have the home of your dreams. Realtor Candis Carmichael of Charles Rutenberg Realty in the Clearwater, Florida, area helps her […]
Fixing Up Your Home Before Putting it on the Market
Fixing up your home before putting it on the market could help you sell it faster and/or for more money. Sellers often ask if it’s worth it and the short answer is yes. If you take the time to evaluate your home and make sure you’re putting its “best foot forward,” you increase your home’s […]
Protect Your Investment: How to Shop for the Best Home Warranty
Your home is likely the most significant investment you’ll make. After spending all that time, effort, and money into finding the perfect home for you and your family, the last thing you want is to have to deal with issues that can significantly cost you down the line. That’s where a home warranty comes in […]
How to Make Dried Flower Shadowbox Art
Dried floral arrangements and keepsakes of flowers has always interested me. I’ve tried my hand at preserving dried flowers with a lacquer and I’ve tried just letting them airdry. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. I’ve never gone the next step of intentionally creating a shadow-box display, though. So you can imagine this caught my […]
The Sky is Falling! Part 2 of 2
….and other anxiety-creating myths you might hear about the real estate market. Part 2 of 2 If you didn’t get a chance to read part 1 in this 2-part series, click here to give it a read now. In this 2nd part, let’s continue the reality check: the world didn’t end. I remind you, Chicken […]
Decorating With Houseplants
I don’t personally have a green-thumb, so I’m always intrigued by folks who are able to decorate with houseplants. I can’t seem to get them in the right place to get the right amount of sunlight or where they don’t dry-out. So naturally, when I came across this article from Real Simple with some ideas […]
The Sky is Falling! Part 1 of 2
….and other anxiety-creating myths you might hear about the real estate market. Part 1 of 2 There is a lot of instability right now. Not exactly uncommon for real estate during an election year. But it seems more intense today with the added pressures of inflation, interest rates, quickly falling listing prices and the overall […]
How ‘Forever Renters’ Are Changing Real Estate As We Know It
Eye-catching article title, right? Of course I had to read more! “Millions of Americans are wondering if they’ll be forever renters. In fact, ‘18% of millennial renters say they plan to rent forever’ (up from 11% in 2018), according to research from Apartment List.” Now, I’ve always said that just because you can do something […]