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Home Staging for Pet Lovers
Staging your home for potential buyers can be quite the hassle. You may start moving your furniture around spontaneously, or become tense when your children or spouse make messes in a room that you just prepped for show. With all of the planning that one can put into making their home shine, one crucial step in home staging is often overlooked: your family pet.
For the sake of simplicity, I will outline a few things that you must keep in mind when cleaning up after your pet in a home for sale.
Pet presence – For obvious reasons, some pets can’t leave the house. Giant enclosures, aquariums, and disabled pets are hard to relocate sometimes, and a lot of people will be understanding of this. But if your dog or cat is healthy, then you’ll want to strongly consider relocating your pets temporarily. Many people aren’t pet owners, and don’t like being around an excitable golden retriever or a yippy chihuahua when they are trying to imagine their family occupying your home. Remember….You are trying to make the potential buyer as relaxed as possible. Ask a friend if they wouldn’t mind looking after your loved one for a bit, and if all else fails, look into a reputable boarding service for your pet.
Fur – Fur can get everywhere. Even in places that you, as a resident of your home, don’t necessarily notice all of the time. Be sure to give your couches, chairs, and love seats proper attention. That means taking the pillows and cushions off, and using a hand vacuum or brush to remove all of the fur you see. After you are sure that they are thoroughly cleaned, use a fabric freshener to finish it off. Try to do this well in advance of the potential buyer, as some people have sensitivities to fabric fresheners.
Litter – No matter what kind of animal you have, odds are you have do deal with some form of waste. It may sound pretty obvious, but make sure your litter beds are clean and well hidden. Even if you own an exotic pet like a reptile of amphibian, this includes you too. Many people don’t like snakes, but they’ll like a messy snake cage even less. Another important thing to remember as an exotic pet owner is this: even though you may not be able to smell anything offensive coming from your reptile’s cage, that doesn’t mean that there isn’t an odor. Many people who live with reptiles get used to the subtle odors that emit from the cages, and will tend to spot-clean their animal’s cage without giving it the proper scrub-down that it needs.
Odors – Don’t use air fresheners to mask pet odor. It is meant to freshen the air…Not cover pet odors up. Instead, use powdered cleaners on carpets and rugs that your pets frequent. These can be purchased at your local pet store in the cleaning isle. Odds are, if someone has a severe allergy to animals, then they are going to be at risk of having a reaction. The cleaner the house, the less dander will be in the home.
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5 Tech Savvy Tips for Selling Your Home for Top Dollar
Not long ago, real estate sales involved hammering a sign in the yard, placing newspaper ad’s and mailing post cards to neighbors. Today, selling a home requires a huge amount of internet advertising and distribution…which means using great photographs, video’s and social media to boost your properties image and catch a buyer’s eye.
If you are one of the thousands of home sellers looking to capitalize on the real estate recovery and pocket maximum profit from your home sale, you have to embrace the internet. Home buyers use Ipad, tablets, desktop computers and smart phones to shop online and compare hundreds of homes for sale. Today’s buyers quickly scan through hundreds of listings on sites like Zillow and Realtor.com, looking for that one home that catches their eye.
To maximize the sales price of your home, consider these 5 tech savvy tools and tips.
- Use Professional Grade Photography. A recent study revealed that professional property photo’s increase the perceived value of a home by 13 percent. Considering that a 13% added value on a $250,000 home equals an increase in value of $32,500, it could well be worth your while to hire a pro. Buyers are visually oriented, so selling your home has become a bit like a beauty pageant, of sorts. To increase your sales price, provide the best possible pictures on the internet to grab the buyer’s attention and motivate them to schedule a home showing.
- Post a Video Tour on YouTube. About 20% of buyers search online for home video’s. Grab their attention by posting a video on InfoTube.net . We will upload it to YouTube for you, or you can upload toYouTube.com by yourself.
- Include a Floor Plan of Your Home. If possible, include an interactive floor plan that shows how rooms in your house relate to one another. Interactive floor plans combine the floor plan with professional photo’s and create an exciting shopping experience for home shoppers.
- Get Rid of Clutter. We have all heard this before, but it is amazing at the number of people who do not pay attention to this simple advice. Buyers are not interested in buying furnishings; they are shopping for a home. Your house will show much better if it is clean, organized and all personal items are removed.
- Advertise on the MLS. The internet has made it possible for sellers to list property on the MLS and sell it By Owner. The MLS is the national database of homes that are For Sale. If your listing is not a part of the MLS, you are missing millions of home shoppers every month, who will never know your house is For Sale. All MLS listings are distributed to every major search engine for real estate including Realtor.com, Zillow, Trulia, Google, Yahoo and many more. These websites report buyer traffic in excess of 24 million home shoppers each month. If you want to maximize your sales price and profit, you have to be on the MLS.
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Housing Outlook for the Next 6 Months
The real estate market was overheated during the first 6 months of 2013. Low home inventory, record low interest rates and the lack of new construction were to blame for the unsustainable, rapid price increases and multiple bidding wars for properties.
5 Reasons we do not feel the hyper-inflated housing market will, or should, continue.
- Rising Interest Rates – Interest have risen sharply in the past few weeks and the trend continues up. Current rates will slow the number of homebuyers and speculators that are coming into the market during the next 6 months.
- Marginal buyers have been priced out of the market due to bidding wars, rapid price increases and higher borrowing costs.
- Wall Street and large investment groups are curtailing their buying. One-third of all homes purchased this year were Cash sales. This translates to heavy investor buying, which will slow down going forward in 2013.
- Shocking run up in home prices are not sustainable. In May, home prices were up 12.1% on average. This brings home price levels to a 5 year high. Pricing is now at a point that many of the short term gains have been realized, and the market will fall back to more normal levels.
- Realtors and builders report that inquiries and calls from new customers is down 11%, so far for June.
Summary: We feel that the housing market was under valued at the start of 2013, but a frenzied market chewed through much of the low hanging fruit. With rising interest rates, and increasing inventory levels, we see a move to more sustainable and healthy growth moving forward. It is still an excellent time to buy or sell. Inventory levels will increase, but they will remain on the low side throughout the year. Interest Rates are still at historic lows and price increases, although impressive, leave the average home price far below levels seen in 2006 and 2007.
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FSBO Sellers Who Use the MLS – Sell Quicker and For More Money
Home sellers and investors are a happy bunch this spring. Homes are selling quickly and for very near their asking prices. If your home is on the market and you haven’t had success…you should consider an MLS listing and here is why.
Washington Post writer and real estate expert, Iilyse Glink weigh about why the MLS is the key to home sales and why it works so well.
Studies indicate that most homes sell with the help of a real estate agent. The No. 1 tool to market those homes is probably the MLS. This listing service in most markets gives real estate agents the ability to see and review all listings in an area. If your home isn’t in the MLS, you’re missing the most effective tool to sell your home.
Twenty or so years ago, an FSBO seller would advertise his home in local newspapers and a lawn sign, with InfoTube or InfoBox, to market his home. Few if any of these FSBO sellers succeeded in selling their homes. More recently, the Internet has started to level the playing field, but many buyers still work with real estate agents to buy their home. Those agents rely on the MLS.
An FSBO service may offer various packages to sellers such as you. The more you want, the more you pay, with the top package giving you access to the MLS for six months. We guess you want to give your home the greatest exposure possible and that you wouldn’t want to exclude a major source of potential buyers.
As you decide whether you want an a FSBO package, you must understand what it will take to sell your home. If you overprice your home for sale, trying to sell it yourself isn’t likely to give you a good result.
You still will need to price your home right, make sure your home shows really well, both from the inside and the outside, take great photos for posting on Web sites, create a beautiful brochure for the home, and make sure the description of your home is succinct, emphasizes the good points of your home and accurately shows off its best qualities.
As the real estate market has improved in many areas, you likely have a better chance of selling your home today than you had a year or two ago. But home sellers can make the same mistakes in any market. Again, you need to decide whether you want to spend money upfront to sell the home yourself in a FSBO or try again with a real estate agent.
We think that listing your home on the MLS is a good step toward getting your home sold. Unless you find a buyer that is searching for a home on the many sites out there that carry listings, you might miss out of that one buyer truly looking for a home like yours.
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6 Reasons 2013 is a Home Sellers Market
Prices for existing homes rose another 7.7% in the month of December. For our customers who have been patiently waiting for the market to favor sellers, instead of buyers…the tables have finally turned.
Why is the housing inventory so low in 2013?
The Wall Street Journal writes a good article on this, pointing to six reasons:
1. Many homeowners are underwater, and thus can’t sell.
2. Homeowners with equity in their home don’t have enough of it to “trade up” to buy a bigger and more expensive home.
3. Everyone wants to buy at the bottom, but few want to sell when they feel their home will be worth more next year.
4. Investors – from mom and pop and corporate investors have come out and become landlords, taking property that normally would be on the market into the rental realm.
5. With the foreclosure fiasco, banks have been slower at foreclosing homes.
6. There’s been a lot less construction of new homes by home builders.
What does this mean for home sellers?
1. Advertising your property on the MLS and Realtor.com has never been more crucial to reach qualified home buyers. Realtors and homebuyers are searching for new listings, daily, because there is nothing on the market that fits their needs. If your home does not appear in these real estate search engines, chances are that no one will ever know your home is for sale and you will miss your window of opportunity.
2. Holding an Open House on the weekend is a great way to get people who see your listing online into your home for an actual showing.
3. Place a FREE listing on InfoTube.net. InfoTube is visited by thousands of people daily who are looking for “by owner” property.
4. The homes that are flying off the market are the properties in the best condition, location and they are priced right, ready to sell. Homebuyers will not look at a house that is overpriced, hoping to negotiate back and forth. They are buying homes that are reasonable to purchase and are ready to move into.
5. Keep your InfoTubes and InfoBoxes full of flyers. We receive calls from buyers everyday who want more information, but the container is empty. Be sure to keep a back stock of brochures on hand in time of high traffic.
Home sellers should act quickly to take advantage of the present market conditions because they will not last. Home inventory levels will increase as home builders react and start more new homes. Banks will quickly work there way through millions of foreclosures that are still sitting in limbo. And, home buyers are snapping up houses right now to lock in low interest rates and low home prices. If you want to sell your home for the most money, in the least amount of time, you should act aggressively. Time is of the essence.
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2013 Marks Rebound in Housing Market
InfoTube is bullish on housing in 2013 and here are a few reasons why.
Home prices rose 7.5% last year, largest increase in six years. Total number of homes sold increased 6% last year, to 4.2 million, marking the first increase since 2005. The same forces that helped propel prices last year will be in play this year, including improved housing demand fueled by good affordability, fewer foreclosed homes for sale and a low inventory of unsold homes.
Trends that will Boost Home Prices Again in 2013
- The Fed feeds housing rebound in 2013. Interest rates for mortgages are at historical lows, making monthly payments affordable than renting for millions of families.
- The rate of new foreclosures has fallen to normal, pre-bust levels.
- Banks have cleared a lot of bad debt off the books and rising home prices will loosen up their purse strings. Expect loans to be easier to come by in 2013.
- Stronger job growth will drive more housing demand as people living with friends and relatives move into their own homes.
- Increasing rents and lack of desireable rental inventory will push many tenants out the door and into a home of their own.
- Investors are snapping up distressed property, rehabbing and flipping it. This means higher average home sales prices and fewer homes vacant or in disrepair.
- Rising home prices will increase borrower equity in their homes. This means that few people will be interested in walking away…or requesting a short sale.
- The Fiscal Cliff settlement left housing tax benefits in tact. Mortgage interest deduction, property taxes deductions, depreciation schedules and one time tax free home sales were left in tact, making real estate one of the few remaining tax havens for the average working American.
- Rising home prices will allow more sellers to list their homes and sell near the asking price.
- The supply of homes for sale fell to 4.8 months in November, the National Association of Realtors says. That’s the lowest level in more than seven years. Realtors consider a six-month supply to be a balanced market between buyers and sellers.
- Market researcher, Corelogic, calculates that home prices will increase 6 percent in 2013.
- According to a December survey of 105 real estate experts and economists by real estate company Zillow, home prices will rise 3.1% in 2013.
All the evidence stacks up to make a good year for real estate in 2013, whether buying or selling. If you have been waiting for the market to improve to sell your home, the time is now. If you have always wanted to own a home of your own…the odds are stacked in your favor, too.
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Proof the Real Estate Market Has Turned Around
The cover story for the September 10th weekly magazine Barron’s is on the recent surge in real estate and how the rise in property prices is no fluke. We agree with the many experts and professionals that believe the recovery is real…and that is will continue in the foreseeable future.
First take a look at the chart below. You can see that housing starts (crucial to rebuilding our economy) bottomed in 2009 and have been trading in a healthy base pattern for 2 years. In February of 2011, we finally started moving up off the bottom and the trend is continuing.
We all know that real estate can not thrive in an environment where lenders will not lend money. Tracking real estate loans is a good indicator for the future direction of housing. As you can see in the chart below, there has been a dramatic increase in lending, which has pushed the housing market higher over the past year. We believe this trend will continue and will improve as lenders work there way past non-performing assets and bad loans liablities.
Finally, we show a chart of home prices since 1991. The chart shows that home prices are certainly on a sustainable upward trend, since the 2006 crash.
In conclusion, we believe conclusive evidence shows that there is immediate long-term opportunities for homebuyers and investors in the housing market. InfoTube is BULLISH on housing and the stocks of home builders, some REIT’s and home improvement giants like Home Depot and Lowes Hardware.
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Thanks to Barrons and Seeking Alpha for giving us facts and charts for this story.
New Rules for Comparable Sales and Apprasial Info
The real estate meltdown has changed many things about the way we think about real estate and property values.
Recently, we watched 3 home sales close in the same neighborhood. Typically, the price per square foot and price range for all 3 homes would be similar…given that the ranch style homes were of similar age, size and were located in the same small neighoborhood. What we learned today was that the 3 homes sold in a range from $200,000-$400,000…or from $100-$200 a square foot.
The vast difference in the prices tells us a story about why comps (or comparable sales data) is not the indicator of true value that is has been in the past. Today, we have essentially 3 housing markets, thus 3 price ranges in every neighborhood.
First, we have the bank owned home that sold for $200,000. This is the home that no one cares about. The lawn is 2 foot tall…the air conditioner has been pilfered through for copper and spare parts, the appliances have been stolen and the home has been abandoned. 
This property was purchased by a rehab company, who will put a lot of money into its restoration, then resell it for a profit, at an estimated $400,000.
Second, is the home that sold for $300,000, but, far short of the loan balance owed against it. This house was always lived in and had never been vandalized, but all maintenance had been deferred and no updating had taken place in years. The seller knew they were losing the home and had no money available to properly maintain the residence. 
This home was sold to a young couple who didn’t mind doing some cosmetic work in order to save money.
The third home located right around the corner from the other two closed for $400,000. This home was meticulously maintained. The interior and exterior had been upgraded with high end finishes and colors. The home was move in ready. 
The only thing this move up buyer had to do was unpack their personal belongings and enjoy themselves.
As these 3 properties illustrate, we have 3 different real estate markets developing across the USA. Typically, homes in the same neighborhood were very similiar to one another, so sales data was easy to compare. Today, there may be 3 distinct markets in every neighborhood, so beaware that price ranges can vary greatly.
If you are attempting to value property today, you must look at the category your home is in…ranging from bank owned/abandoned to high end/move in condition to determine the average price per square foot in your neighborhood. Eventually, all this upheavel will work itself out… and houses in a neighborhood will once again be more similiar than different…but until then, make sure that you compare apples to apples when buying or selling
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Is Your Property the Pinball Listing??
What is a Pinball Listing?
A pinball listing is a house that is listed for an unrealistic asking price. It pulls in a lot of showings by agents and home shoppers, but receives no offers. Real estate agents, including the listing agent for the home, use the overpriced house as a negative example to sell similar homes that are listed for lower prices.
Any pinball listing is basically a set up. Listing agents show clients these homes to make realistically price homes look like fantastic deals, which is why the traffic for pinballs is high…but no sale will ever take place until the price is drastically reduced.
What Happens to the Pinball Listed Home? Unless it is being used by Realtors as a set up…they stop showing it until the seller agrees to reprice it at a realistic number.
Is it Ethical for a Broker to Accept a Pinball Listing? NO! It is not ethical to list a property at a price that an agents knows it will not sell. If they do, they are intentionally misleading the seller. Do agents list unrealistically priced houses to use as a set up, anyway? YES, all day long.
How to Protect Yourself? Interview several real estate agents before signing any listing agreement. Get as much information as you can about CLOSED sales prices of comparable homes in your neighborhood. If you are inclined, you can always push a little on the listing price, but if you get greedy, or try to go overboard…you may unknowingly become the set up, pinball, out of touch with the competition listing…that everyone loves to visit, but no one will buy.
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Nearly 1 in 10 Homebuyers are Foreigners
The 6 year slide in U.S. home prices and the dollar weakness against some currency are driving a property buying binge with Asians, Canadians, Europeans & Latin Americans eager to own a piece of America.
Plowing money into real estate may sound like a risky venture to many Americans. But to a growing number of foreigners, U.S. housing has never seen a smarter investment.
International buyers accounted for $82.5 billion, or 8.9%, of the $928 billion spent on residential real estate in the 12 month period ended in March, according to a survey released Monday by National Association of Realtors. (Article by the Wall Street Journal)
How does this news impact your potential home sale and your marketing efforts?
Simply, if you are not on the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) or Realtor.com, you miss out on 1 of every 10 homebuyers looking for property in your area. International buyers primarily use these services to locate property and if you’re not listed there…they can’t find you.
BONUS: Foreign buyers also pay in CASH . No Loan Qualifications. No Apprasials. No Delays and No Waiting. CASH NOW!
The cost of listing your home on the MLS or Realtor. com is only a few hundred dollars for a 6 month listing. The summer selling season is well underway. Get your house on the MLS and Realtor.com today. There is no other way to get your property in front of all the homebuyers in the marketplace….and Time is ticking!!!
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How to Speed Up a Home Closing
Some home-sale transactions close quickly, while others can take months. Two significant factors that affect most home sales are inspections of the property and financing the purchase.
Inspections should be done within the first couple of weeks after the offer is ratified, i.e., accepted by both buyer and seller. Usually, the day after ratification is day one of the contingency and closing time periods. This may vary from one location to the next.
When transactions fall apart soon after ratification, the cause is usually something discovered during the buyer’s inspections. It’s a good idea for sellers to get presale inspection reports so that the buyers have as much information about the property as possible before they make an offer.
Most home inspection reports make recommendations to consult other specialists such as a roofer, furnace contractor, drainage specialist or engineer. Few sellers have these additional inspections done. Even if they do, the buyers might want a second opinion.
Inspections are also somewhat subjective. One inspector might say a roof needs to be replaced; another might say it has a few years of life left as long as it is properly maintained. Transactions fall apart because the buyer and seller can’t come to an agreement on inspections, which means the sale doesn’t close, the house goes back on the market and the buyers renew their home search.
If the inspection issues are worked out satisfactorily, the next major hurdle that could delay your sale, or crater it, is the loan contingency. Cash buyers bypass this rigorous process; however, they do need to provide the sellers with evidence that they have sufficient liquid funds to close the sale.
All-cash deals can close whenever the buyers and sellers agree, after all inspection issues are resolved. Closing can occur in a week or two. Some all-cash buyers include an appraisal contingency in their contract to confirm that they’re not paying over market value.
In this case, it would take longer to close because an appraiser would need to visit the property and work up an appraisal report. If the property didn’t appraise for the purchase price, the buyer might be able to back out and have the deposit returned.
Both buyer and seller would start all over again. However, if they negotiated a resolution, the sale could close quickly and would take far less time than it does to close a sale involving a mortgage.
HOUSE HUNTING TIP: Purchase contracts include contingencies and time periods for them to be met. To avoid having to ask for extensions, make sure that the time periods you request are reasonable. An extension might not be granted if the seller has a backup offer for a higher price.
Buyers should get preapproved for the financing they need to close a home sale before their offer is accepted. This way, they are assured of what they can afford to pay. Preapproval can cut a few days off the loan approval process.
Loan approval can go relatively quickly if you present all required documentation promptly and your financial situation is not complicated. It can be more time consuming for buyers who are self-employed or are using other than W-2 income to qualify.
Part of loan approval involves an appraisal on the property by a licensed appraiser. This can slow the process down depending on the lender, how backlogged they are and the loan amount. A large loan amount can prompt the need for two appraisals, which adds more time to the approval process.
THE CLOSING: If you’re buying in an area where homes are selling quickly, it may take 35 to 45 days from contract acceptance for final loan approval and closing.
Dian Hymer, a real estate broker with more than 30 years’ experience, is a nationally syndicated real estate columnist and author of “House Hunting: The Take-Along Workbook for Home Buyers” and “Starting Out, The Complete Home Buyer’s Guide.”
ALL HomeBuyers HATE Popcorn Ceilings
When trying to come up with a list of items that all homebuyers HATE..the first thing that came to my mind is Popcorn ceilings. They scream dated. They collect cobwebs, dust and dirt. They are impossible to clean or paint. And, if your home was built before the 1980’s, the popcorn may contain cancer causing asbestos. (Asbestos was outlawed in 1977, but old supplies were used for years.) 
If you are selling your home, get rid of it….even though that is easier said than done. If your home was built before 1980, you should first have the ceiling tested by a professional to see if it contains asbestos. (Read the handout “Asbestos in Your Home“). If asbestos is found, call a professional asbestos removal company to spray paint over it ($2-$6 a square foot), if it is in good shape. Or, better, have the pro’s remove and properly dispose of it ($54-$64 a square foot). Do not attempt to remove asbestos yourself! There is a lethal reason it is a banned substance.
Whether the popcorn contains asbestos or doesn’t…removing popcorn ceilings is a messy, difficult and possibly expensive project. Do it yourself with the proper gear, or expect to pay a painter about $2.50 a square foot to get rid of it, patch holes and repaint your ceiling.
There are a few alternatives to sealing or removing popcorn ceilings. You can opt to cover it up. Depending on the architectural style of your home…you can consider installing beaded board or press tin ceiling tiles to hide the popcorn….forever.
If you are selling a home…get rid of the popcorn!!! No one in the world likes popcorn ceilings…if you have them, you hate them, too. Today’s buyers have so many choices, they won’t even consider a home with popcorn.
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Home Buyers Move Back to Basics
Home Sellers take note:
When it comes down to chosing a home, buyers are going back to the basics. Today’s buyers consider new or updated kitchens and bathrooms, and a flexible, open floor plan as the most important features they are looking for in a home.
A recent survey of hundreds of real estate agents reveal what features appeal to the broadest cross sections of buyers in the marketplace.
- 33% of those surveyed said that a new or updated kitchen is the most important feature they are looking for.
- 14% of purchasers said that an open floorplan is a must have.
- 12% are looking for homes with new or updated bathrooms.
- Only 1% of buyers feel that entertainment rooms or finished basements are important home features.
Thank you for visiting InfoTube.net. When you advertise, photograph and show your home, don’t forget to emphasize the “hot buttons” area’s that buyers are telling you they are looking for.
Home Sellers Get “Real” about Selling their Real Estate
A recent survey of hundreds of real estate agents uncovers the reasons some homes sell….and others languish on the market.
Agents say that the majority of home sellers have gotten more “real” about their real estate in 2012. More than half (51%) of sellers are willing to price their homes more competitively this year vs last. And, nearly half (45%) are more willing to change the appearance of their homes to appeal to and entice buyers. 
What is the best use of a seller’s time and money? De-clutter, de-personalize to make their home appeal to the broadest cross-section of potential buyers.
- 94% of sellers are getting rid of clutter and making cosmetic updates.
- 78% are willing to “de-personalize” their homes.
- 59% are bringing in new home decorations or furniture to make their home updated and appealing.
De-personalizing and de-cluttering a home makes it easier for a buyer to imagine him or herself living in the property. In order to sell your home in today’s competitive marketplace, it is crucial for seller’s to realize that the property is no longer their “home”…it is an expensive product that is For Sale.
Always remove family photo’s and personal artwork. They do nothing for the appeal of the home. They simply distract a buyers focus and perhaps give the buyer too much information about the seller’s personal life. Never good.
Thank you for visiting InfoTube.net. 5 FSBO houses on InfoTube.net SOLD this week. Things are improving for those seller’s who work smart to attract buyers. Visit our Facebook page for informative, fun and revealing news.
Lowes Hardware Now Selling InfoTubes
We would like to say a big THANK YOU to the folks at Lowes Hardware for putting InfoTube back on the store shelves.
Lowes has been a supporter of InfoTube since the early 1990’s, but they made a decision to stop stocking The InfoTube a few years back, when the real estate market hit the skids.
Now, in support of our effort mutual efforts to Support American products and American workers, Lowes has restocked the shelves with InfoTubes, in anticipation of the spring home selling season. As a result, we have been able to add workers and our customers love the convenience of shopping at Lowes. (Lowes will also continue to sell our popular InfoBox, too.)
We appreciate everyone at Lowes and we appreciate all of you. Please look for our products trademarked Red Lids and Caps when you shop…and ask for InfoTube and InfoBox products by name.
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