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When considering a remodeling project, most homeowners think of renovating their kitchen or redoing a bathroom, but maybe they should be looking to the outdoors for an upgrade. According to research by the National Association of REALTORS® outdoor remodeling projects not only add value to a house on resale, they also increase the amount of… Continue Reading Story Idea: Deciding which outdoor remodeling project should you take on

By Patti Stern, PJ & Company Staging and Interior Decorating Thinking about remodeling but not sure it will pay off when it comes time to sell? According to Remodeling Magazine’s Cost vs. Value Report, most room remodels and additions may only recoup up to 80 percent of the cost. And since time and money is… Continue Reading How to Reinvent a Room to Attract Buyers

Existing home sales dropped 0.9 percent in August from one month prior while new home sales slipped 7.6 percent.  These headline figures are seasonally adjusted figures and are reported in the news.  However, for everyday practitioners, simple raw counts of home sales are often more meaningful than the seasonally adjusted figures.  The raw count determines… Continue Reading Raw Count of Home Sales (August 2016)

Baseball, privacy, nature, safety, bees, coffee, TV, home buying, and bathrooms. The Chicago Cubs are having a record season — how did Theo Epstein put this team together? Let’s hope the Cubs can put this mess behind them! No one deserves an ordeal like this, but can oversharing information on social media make you a… Continue Reading What We’re Reading: October 3-7

Every month NAR produces existing-home sales, median sales prices and inventory figures. The reporting of this data is always based on homes sold the previous month and the data is explained in comparison to the same month a year ago. We also provide a perspective of the market relative to last month, adjusting for seasonal… Continue Reading August 2016 Existing-Home Sales Over Ten Years

It’s something many real estate professionals know about. Right after a sale closes, many clients don’t just like the agent that helped them; they love the agent that helped them, especially when the transaction went seamlessly and was even pleasant. Of course, happy buyers often make great sources of referrals snd, down the road, they’re… Continue Reading The Business Case For Caring About Clients Long After the Sale Closes

Alexis Craig By Alexis Craig The true test of whether or not you own a real business is if you can go on vacation to a place like Fiji—without your cell phone—for two weeks and continue to see your income grow. If you need to be working everyday in order for your business to grow,… Continue Reading 4 Steps to Hiring Out Your Sales Process