When done correctly, home staging can lower the amount of time your home is on the market. Both real estate sellers' and buyers' agents believe it enhances the value of the home.

Home staging offers a quicker sale because it makes it easy for potential buyers to see themselves living in the home. The master bedroom is among the top three most staged rooms in a home.

If your home is on the market, consider staging to ensure a quick and efficient selling process. Staging is equivalent to det...

Whether you're buying, selling, or just trying to live your life in your home, the garage probably isn't a top priority for updates. It's likely at the bottom of the list--even less attractive than the unfinished basement. But your garage doesn't have to be. It can be so much more than a place to park your car. Maybe you don't even have enough room to park a single car in that "two car garage." Would you like to change that?

If you've spent so much time and energy transforming the inside and...

When it comes to choosing a realtor, the options sometimes seem endless. Your best friend knows someone who is married to a realtor. You neighbor is a realtor. You’re looking at three local real estate websites and they all seem to have many great agents available.

So, where and how do you make a good choice? Start with evaluating them with the following five important criteria.

1- Interpersonal Skills It’s important for a realtor to have good interpersonal skills—you want to enjoy who you’...

Having a stinky pet can be more than just a minor inconvenience at home, especially if you’re trying to sell it—your home, that is. Not your pet.

If you can recall those Febreeze nose blind commercials, it’s like that. Except instead of your friends and loved ones having a cat couch intervention, your pet odorous home could result in zero buyer interest. In the real estate industry, we call that not good.

If you worry that your furry loved one is harming your home’s sale potential, don’t wor...

If you have pets at home, chances are you love them. They're probably considered part of the family. They may sleep with you at night or take over the couch all day. Whether you have a dog or cat or turtle, rabbit, snake, guinea pig, goldfish, bird, or something else entirely, their presence is likely all throughout your home. Under normal circumstances, this is nothing to think twice about. But when you're looking to sell your home, it can become a real issue.

When people are looking at your...

Open house staging can be scary on a few different levels.

Perhaps the biggest fear for some is that you’ve got to get past any emotional attachment you have to the home. Homes hold a lot of memories, and I know it can be hard to let go, but fear not! Here are some tips to help you get through the process with a little less stress.

Clean it up. We talk about this all the time: if someone is coming into your home who usually doesn’t, you want them to feel comfortable and welcome. One way to...

You might think that spring is king when it comes to buying and selling real estate—after all, most families prefer to move when children are out of school and the weather is, well, more pleasant. However, selling your house in winter isn’t an impossible feat; in fact, there are perks to selling in the winter. Notably, buyers who are looking for homes during the winter often have a greater sense of urgency.

Ideally, it’s best to wait and put your home on the market at a time when supply and d...