Tips to Sell Your House | Charlotte NC Homes for Sale By The Maxwell House Group, Realtor

Charlotte Real Estate Q&A | How Should I Prepare My Charlotte House for Sale?

How should I prepare my Charlotte house for sale? Preparing your Charlotte house for sale is not just a simple, “put it on the market and see what happens” process! It’s a multi-step, organized process that begins with a great real estate coach (your agent)! The first step is to de-personalize and de-clutter your home as much as possible. This is the step that most sellers just hate having to do! I always tell my sellers, “You’re going to be packing it up to move anyway, you may as well do it now!” Pack up the personal items and then ‘grow’ your rooms by removing any non-essential pieces, … Continue reading...

Home Sellers, TEAR DOWN THOSE WALLS!

Home Sellers, TEAR DOWN THOSE WALLS! Why Investing in an Open Floorplan Could Increase Your Home's Value While home design preferences come and go over time but, the open floorplan concept has remained top-of-mind for most home buyers. If you're ready to take the sledgehammer to your walls and open up that living space, not so fast! First, be certain that you have an architect or builder/contractor evaluate those walls for you, ascertaining that they are NOT load-bearing walls! Here are a few reasons this new open design may make your home look more appealing to potential buyers when you … Continue reading...

The Best Advice EVER! 10 Remodeling Tips for Charlotte Homeowners

"The Best Advice EVER!" 10 Remodeling Tips for Charlotte Homeowners While speaking with one of my clients a couple of years ago, they shared with me that they planned to downsize when their youngest child leaves for college. They have only performed general maintenance on the home - no updates other than paint during the last 10 years. Suggestions that I gave to them included, “Go ahead and do this work NOW; that way you can enjoy it for another year or two.” They immediately addressed nearly all of the tips below and are loving their ‘new’ home at the same time! Speaking with the Mrs. … Continue reading...

Follow the 3 Golden Rules of Staging to Get Your Charlotte Home SOLD!

After staging in Charlotte home for sale

Follow the 3 Golden Rules of Staging to Get Your Charlotte Home SOLD! I recently had a vacant home that was screaming for staging! The Sellers priced the home ‘to sell’ at below market value in lieu of staging. What happened? More price reductions. When the Sellers agreed that staging seemed ‘hopeful,’ we brought a stager in. What happened? The home sold within DAYS! 82-90% of homebuyers cannot visualize themselves in a home that is vacant. (That’s a powerful statistic that is oh, so true!) Many Sellers do not want to spend the upfront money it costs to stage but, the ROI on staging … Continue reading...

Selling Your Charlotte Home in the Spring? Let’s Get it READY!

Selling Your Charlotte Home in the Spring? Let's Get it READY! Historically spring is the BEST time of year to get your Charlotte home on the market and sold quickly. The reason behind this trend is understandable; most people don’t want to look at new houses, pack everything up and move in the cold of winter. Also, many buyers want to wait until school is out for the summer to move, so they’ll start shopping in the spring. Thus, when the warm weather returns, so do the buyers in the Charlotte real estate market. *Note: Relocation buyers ARE out now, searching for their dream home in this … Continue reading...

Home Seller Tips – Lights, Camera, ACTION in Just a Short Time

Charlotte home sellers prepare their homes for sale

Home Seller Tips - Lights, Camera, ACTION in Just a Short Time In a perfect world, Charlotte home sellers have plenty of time to prepare their home to list and SELL. This would include time to pre-inspect, make necessary repairs, thoroughly clean the home and properly stage it for showings. However, as we all know, there are those cases when time is not on the sellers’ side to complete all of these tasks. Here are a few short cuts that ARE necessary in order to get your home in show-ready condition in a very short period of time. Remove All Personal Photos/Miscellaneous Items One of the most … Continue reading...

Top 10 Charlotte Home Seller Tips for 2015

Top 10 Charlotte Home Seller Tips for 2015 If you’re considering selling your Charlotte home then you may want to take inventory and identify what needs to be addressed before placing your home on the market. First Impressions are Critical Put yourself in your buyers’ shoes. Enter your home starting at the front door and ‘tour’ your home as though you were a buyer. When a buyer is viewing your home, they have every right to be critical of every single aspect of your home - remember, this may very well be their new home! Does your home ‘flow’ nicely? Are your colors coordinating? Are … Continue reading...

4 EASY Tips on Selling Your Charlotte Home This Fall

4 EASY Tips on Selling Your Charlotte Home This Fall If you haven’t noticed already, autumn is HERE and in full swing towards those cold winter months! Autumn is not only a great time to enjoy some cooler weather but, it is also a perfect time to sell a home. If you want to sell your house this autumn, these home staging tips will have buyers pounding down your door. Lighting, Lighting, Lighting The shorter days of autumn make lighting more of a challenge when selling your Charlotte home - especially on cold, rainy, already-dreary days. It is important to make sure your Charlotte home is … Continue reading...

Thinking of Selling Your Charlotte Home? Let’s Talk!

Putting the puzzle pieces together to sell your Charlotte home

Thinking of Selling Your Charlotte Home? Let's Talk! Hiring the RIGHT Charlotte Realtor® As a soon-to-be Charlotte home seller, I am keenly aware of the preparation that it takes to get your home SOLD! Just like every other home seller in the world - my mission is to sell our home for the most money and get it done as quickly as possible. When I interview Charlotte home sellers who are thinking of listing their Charlotte home, I ask them what their goals are. Inevitably, the top two responses are: 1. I just want to get my home sold as quickly as possible and... 2. For the most … Continue reading...

Charlotte Home Seller Tips – Top Mistakes Sellers Make

Home appraisals - How to be sure that yours is accurate

Charlotte Home Seller Tips- Top Mistakes Sellers Make Charlotte homeowners, it's that time again! Okay, well, people do sell homes all year long but, the vast majority of homeowners who can be flexible with the time to sell their home, do so in the spring. So, it's time to start thinking of what you need to do to prepare...and what mistakes you need to avoid. Being a member of a national real estate network, ActiveRain, we provide feedback about our areas, participate in surveys about anything and everything to do with real estate and share information that we know and learn with our … Continue reading...