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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 Real Estate

Benefit of a 55+ Community

The Sarasota and Lakewood Ranch area is known for many things, such as being a thriving hub for the arts, a lovely beach town, and a prominent retirement community in Florida. A large percentage of my clients are moving to Florida for the first time from up North. They aim to escape freezing cold winters and enjoy their retirement in the sun… and who can blame them? I visit my parents every winter for about two weeks and let me tell you, that is more than enough cold to last me the whole year. One of the first questions I ask my older clients is whether they are looking to move into a 55+ neighborhood.