Not too long ago I received my SRES® designation. The Seniors Real Estate Specialist designation is awarded to REALTORS® who have successfully completed the required education course. SRES® designees learn how to lead senior clients through real estate transactions and draw on the expertise of a network of senior specialists, such as CPAs, estate planners, lawyers, clutter and staging experts as well as community resources and services. The SRES® designation is the only one of its kind recognized by the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®. More than 15,000 REALTORS® have earned the SRES® designation.

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When you are putting your home on the market, and your Real Estate agent takes pictures of your home, make sure you have done your homework first. People are moved by emotion, you can have pictures that help buyers visualize your home as theirs.

Are the pictures showing your home the best it can be? It isn’t enough to turn on all the lights and open the curtains to help your rooms look bigger. Pick up your dog’s dish, put away your cat’s litter box, do the dishes, pick up any papers and think of your home from… read full article

That means it’s time to clean up the yard.

Whether you are selling your home or not, with the nicer days ahead take the time to clean up what Winter has left behind. Look at your front yard from the eye of a new buyer walking up to your door; does your yard say there’s a lot of work to do here?

Placing potted seasonal plants at your front entrance gives a great first impression.

Maybe have a seasonal wreath or dried grasses in the off-season. Make sure entry windows are sparkling clean and your is porch swept… read full article

Question, why is your home not selling?

Too many properties sit on the market for months without buyers walking through or making offers. Why? It could be the home is overpriced for this market, or it could be that your home needs to be spruced up a bit; we call this staging.

Walk through your home and visualize how a potential buyer sees the use of space. Do you need to remove clutter, paint a room or clean the yard up? Is the carpet in need of professional cleaning? Look in your cupboards and closets; are they bulging… read full article