The Patz McMillan Team

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There are dozens of ways to make your property more enticing to potential buyers. For example, you can invest in getting your home professionally "staged", which involves making it look a little like a model home. Or, you can do a major renovation to improve your home's look and value.

But what if you don't have a lot of time and are on a limited budget? What can you do today to make your ho ...

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You're probably familiar with the term "home staging". It involves cleaning, de-cluttering, reorganizing, and decorating specifically in order to make your home more attractive to potential buyers. Furniture stores do something similar when they "stage" a bedroom suite in a showroom.

Most sellers focus their staging efforts on the inside of their homes. But the outside is important too. Aft ...

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"It's alright to have butterflies in your
stomach. Just get them to fly in formation."
Dr. Rob Gilbert

"The emotions aren't always immediately
subject to reason, but they are always
immediately subject to action."
James Joyce

"Many of life's failures are people who did
not realize how close they were to success
when they gave up."
Thomas Edison

You're about to make an offer on a
home. Then, to your despair, you
find out that three other offers have
also come in for the same property.

Be careful. It's all too easy to get
swept up in the excitement and, like
a hand raised one too many times at
an auction, end up paying more for
the home than you had intended -
or can afford.

Working with a good REALTOR® will
increase the odds of get ...

You see a home on the market that you like. Should you buy it?
Before you make an offer, it's a good idea to get a sense of the
property's long-term potential. After all, a property is not just a
potential home, it's also an important investment.

Here are some things to look for when viewing homes on the
market:

• Is the area's average income increasing? The more affluent a
neighborhood bec ...

"If I look confused, it's because
I'm thinking."
Samuel Goldwyn

"Everyone is a genius at least once a year."
G. C. Lichtenberg

"I not only use all the brains I have, I use all
the brains I can borrow."
Calvin Coolidge