Looking for a Buyer for Your Overpriced Home?

Looking for a buyer for your Charlotte home for sale?

I'd Be Hard-Pressed to Procure a Ready, Willing and Able Buyer For Your Over-priced Home!! I recently wrote about four reasons why it, perhaps, isn’t your agent’s fault, if your home is not selling.  I’ve received several comments, even from my own sellers who actually made valid comments about other homes in their own neighborhoods, proving to me that they just ‘get it!’  I also received an invitation to present my marketing plan to a potential new seller. In a discussion with the potential seller this week, he asked the question, “What if my home doesn’t appraise when we DO have a buyer? … Continue reading...

5 Tips to Getting Your Charlotte Real Estate SOLD!

Sorry too late - we know you want this sign in your yard!

Get Your Charlotte Real Estate SOLD! Preparation for anything in life is a critical step in helping to insure success.  The same applies to listing and selling your home--especially in today’s market.  Five tips to help assure a successful sale: Interview and get a comparative marketing analysis (CMA).  Each agent has a different opinion about the value of your home and how to best market your home.  Learn from each agent and then sign a contract with the agent you feel will best represent YOUR needs. Research the number of foreclosures and short sales in your neighborhood.  To sell … Continue reading...

Charlotte Home Seller Tips: Think Like A Real Estate Agent

Seller Tips: Think Like a Real Estate Agent

Think Like a Charlotte Real Estate Agent Before putting your Charlotte home on the market, you will want to make certain that your home is in tip-top condition to ensure a quick sale.  The key to listing your home is a competitive price and ascertaining  you have what buyers are looking for.  The trick to that is to think like a Charlotte real estate agent. To prepare your home to sell, here are five easy and inexpensive home improvements this Charlotte REALTOR® recommends: Layout – Take an objective look at your home and stage your home accordingly.  Remove clutter and rearrange furniture … Continue reading...

Your Charlotte Home Won’t Sell? 4 Reasons Why It May Not Be Your Agent’s Fault

Why won't your Charlotte home sell?

Your Charlotte Home Won’t Sell?  4 Reasons Why It May Just Not Be Your Agent’s Fault I recently received a call from a seller who was furious with her agent and wanted to discuss listing her home.  As it happens, I know the agent fairly well and have very high regards for her.  She does a wonderful job and if I didn’t live here in Charlotte, she’d be one to whom I’d consider referring business.  Sellers seem to be quick to blame their real estate agents if their Charlotte homes are slow to sell but, that can be an unfair assumption.  Here are four reasons for a slow sale that have nothing at … Continue reading...

Charlotte Home Seller Tips – Leave The Emotions OUT of the Equation

Emotions are not healthy when selling your Charlotte Real Estate

Don’t Be So Emotional!  Mistakes Charlotte Real Estate Sellers Make More than likely, you’ve cooked dinners, you’ve played games and you’ve made thousands of memories within the personally decorated walls of your home — and now you think you’re ready to move on. No matter the reason for selling your Charlotte real estate, getting emotional is normal. However, you need to keep those emotions in check, because they could be detrimental to closing the deal. Emotional calls constantly get sellers in troubling situations that make them regret their split decisions. A snide remark, too-low offer … Continue reading...

Light Up the Night With Your Charlotte Home For Sale

Light Up the Night With Your Charlotte Home For Sale Have you ever thought about what your Charlotte home for sale looks like at night?  You should, because potential buyers certainly do. Imagine a potential buyer driving by your home after sunset.  What will they see - a beautifully lit walkway leading to a welcoming front door - or a house that’s dark and dreary? Many potential buyers want a home that looks lovely both day and night.  Why do they care what it looks like in the dark?  They entertain primarily at night, they frequently come home from a long day at work after dark, and they … Continue reading...

Charlotte Home Seller Preparation Checklist

Charlotte Home Sellers' Check List

SELLER CHECKLIST - 30 Interior Tasks for Your Charlotte Home for Sale Those who have never had a Charlotte home for sale before often think that selling is as simple as hiring a real estate agent and putting a sign in the yard. Believe me, it’s not that simple, as you’ll soon discover! The Interior of Your Home You’ve taken care of the exterior of your Charlotte home for sale-the first up-close impression buyers get.  So, when buyers make it inside, they’re one step closer to actually buying your home.  However, if the interior is a mess, this could blow the entire plan to get your home … Continue reading...

Five Quick Fixes that Will Pay Off Before Listing Your Charlotte Home for Sale

Make repairs on your home before listing your Charlotte home for sale

Five Quick Fixes that Will Pay Off Before Listing Your Charlotte Home for Sale Almost every Charlotte home could use some remodeling here and there, but if you’re thinking about putting your house on the market in the near future, you’ll also need to consider investing in updates that will provide a return. So, before you list your Charlotte home for sale, below are a few quick repairs to spark motivation for a sound investment and encourage a speedy sale of your Charlotte home. Flooring:  Consider refinishing hardwood floors, if they haven’t been done in a while; it’s worth the … Continue reading...

What’s Worse Than an Unrealistic Seller?

Charlotte Seller Tips

What’s worse than an Unrealistic Seller? I think it is common for a lot seller’s to think their home is worth more than their neighbor’s house that sold down the block a few months back and therefore want to ask X amount more. They have granite and their neighbor didn’t, so they add $5,000 more to their asking price. They have crown molding and their neighbor didn’t, so they add another $5,000. Their home backs to a hedge, which they call a preserve, so they add another $10,000 on. The days of getting $20,000 for these items are LONG GONE and as a professional REALTOR I don’t expect … Continue reading...

Bring More Natural Light into Your Charlotte Home for Sale

Bright sunny rooms in homes for sale in Charlotte NC

Bring More Natural Light into Your Charlotte Home for Sale Why would you want to bring more natural light into your Charlotte home for sale?  Any time you don’t need to turn on a light switch, it saves energy and money.  It discourages mold and mildew.  It’s cheering and feels expansive. Even if your power goes out, you can see and possibly even read by natural light. Here are some ways to do it: Paint it brightly.  You may be amazed at how much brighter a room becomes when the walls are a lighter color.  Give it a try in one room and you will see the difference. Use mirrors strategically.  … Continue reading...