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Home Selling Real Estate

Smell Matters

It may sound a bit strange, but one of the most overlooked factors in selling your home fast is actually how your house smells. Most likely you have gone nose blind to however your home smells – it just smells like you. Subconsciously, the first thing we as humans take note of in our surroundings is scent. This is for varying reasons. First and foremost, our sense of smell can save our lives. We have a natural aversion towards potentially life-threatening scents, such as burning or toxic chemicals.

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Home Prices Home Selling Real Estate

Why You Should Invest in Landscaping

After doing some digging on this topic, I was surprised to find that not all realtors have the same opinion on whether or not you should invest in adding some landscaping to your home. I thought this was a no brainer, upgrading landscape increases the value of your home. However, this is not always the case and there is actually a logical reason why.

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Home Buying Home Decor Home Selling Real Estate

Tips for Staging Your Home

Every realtor has seen it – a home that has so much potential but is not getting any offers because it is just poorly staged. It is a lot more common than you think. Staging your home to be more desirable to potential buyers is one of, if not the, most important things in the selling process. Here are some simple tips to beautifully stage your home cut down the time it is on the market.

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Home Buying Home Selling Real Estate

Market Update for Condos & Townhomes

The local market for condos and townhomes continues to be hot for sellers across all price points in both Sarasota and Manatee counties. Markets are generally considered in “balance” when there is about six months of inventory for sale at the current pace of sales.

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Home Buying Home Maintenance Home Selling Real Estate

Should I Get a Home Warranty?

I want to start out this blog post by saying I am biased. My husband is a cofounder of Achosa Home Warranty, a home warranty company that protects their customers in over fifteen states. That being said, Florida is not one of those states; therefore, I have no secret incentive to grow my husband’s business. I just happen to be very informed as to what a home warranty is, and why I honestly believe that at least for your first year of living in a new home you should really consider having one. Before I get further into this, let’s talk about what a home warranty even is, and how it differs from your homeowner’s insurance.