Doug Goerss covers how to buy your NEXT house when you still own your current one.
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How to Buy Your NEXT House using FHA
How to Buy Your Next House While Owning Your Current One
Doug Goerss covers how to buy your NEXT house when you still own your current one.
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US Credit Rating Downgrade and Real Estate 3 of 3
Doug Goerss discusses how the U.S. credit rating downgrade is going to affect homes for sale.
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US Credit Rating Downgrade and Real Estate 2 of 3
Doug Goerss discusses how the U.S. credit rating downgrade is going to affect homes for sale.
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US Credit Rating Downgrade and Real Estate 1 of 3
Doug Goerss discusses how the U.S. credit rating downgrade is going to affect homes for sale. [Read more...]
Removing the Rose Colored Glasses to Buy or Sell in Hugo, MN
Whether you’re buying or selling a home in Hugo, MN, you may find yourself wearing a beautiful pair of rose colored glasses. Buying or selling a home can be an emotional process, and sellers and buyers have different blind spots that they are susceptible to in a sale or purchase. This article outlines a few of the ways that you can prepare yourself for a successful transaction by taking off the glasses. [Read more...]
Boost the Value of your Forest Lake Home’s Garage
As you prepare your Forest Lake home for sale, don’t neglect the garage! It’s easy to allow garages to become (or remain) catch-all holding tanks for your possessions, especially as you prepare to move. It’s a mistake, however, to treat the garage any differently than you treat the rest of your house as you clean and stage it. [Read more...]
Selling Your Woodbury, MN House? Give it a Bath.
If you’re working on getting your Woodbury, MN home ready to sell, you’re probably getting sick of the phrase “curb appeal”. You want to do everything you can to make your property attractive to potential buyers, but it can be overwhelming to think about all the possibly ways you could spend money sprucing up your house and yard. [Read more...]
Help Sell Your Lindstrom House With a Gorgeous Lawn
To sell your house in Lindstrom, MN, you need good curb and web appeal. Most potential buyers will be viewing your house online before coming in person for a showing. A beautiful lawn is key to presenting your house in the best light, and achieving it is not as difficult as you might think. Here are some simple steps to getting a gorgeous green lawn to attract buyers:
- Soil - your lawn may become compacted, which will hinder growth. Having it aerated will allow water to seep into the group and soften the soil. Testing your soil’s pH balance is also a simple thing that may be a big difference-maker: if your soil is too alkaline, simply adding some soil amendments may be the thing that allows your grass to grow lush.
- Water - it’s very possible to overdo it. Your grass doesn’t need an unlimited amount of water to grow well. One inch is about right, and doing it early in the morning when there is no wind is the most effective way to avoid evaporation
- Mow - not too short! Most people mow their lawns too close to the ground, and are then disappointed when the first very hot, sunny day of the summer turns their yard into straw. Longer blades of grass absorb more sunlight and grow deeper roots, which prevents them from burning out quickly in the heat.
- Thatch - If you don’t have a mulching mower, you may end up with a layer of thatch on your grass post-mowing. Raking your yard well will allow water to get down to the soil.
- Fertilizer - fertilize twice a year: once in the spring and once in the fall, using a slow-release fertilizer. It will take you about 20 minutes, and is well worth the green rewards! Natural fertilizers have been shown to be more effective than synthetic fertilizers, and are better for you and your family as well.
“Fixing your lawn” can seem like a huge, overwhelming task. Breaking it down into these steps will help make it more manageable; none of these jobs is very difficult on its own, and together they will add up to more buyers looking at your Lindstrom, MN home!
Avoid These Landscaping Mistakes to Sell your North Branch, MN House
If you’re working toward selling your house in North Branch, MN, you may be looking around your yard and considering ways to improve your curb appeal. You’re wise to do so – Smart Money magazine indicated that consumers value a landscaped home up to 11.3 percent higher than its base price, and a study by Aspen Environmental Companies found that a landscaping investment is nearly always recovered and can help reduce time on the market. [Read more...]
Short Sale or Foreclosure for your Highland Park Home?
If you are facing the reality of a potential foreclosure on your home in Highland Park, St. Paul, MN, you’re probably considering the option of a short sale. It can be a very confusing process, and one that you shouldn’t attempt without experienced professionals helping you through it – both legal help and real estate help.
Study These Trends to Sell your Grand Avenue, St. Paul House
Want to sell your Grand Avenue, St. Paul house? You would be well-advised to study recent buyer trends when it comes to home priorities. Ron Phipps, president of the National Association of Realtors, lists several noted trends that show what buyers are looking for. Some may surprise you! [Read more...]
Selling Your Maple Grove, MN Home as a Short Sale
There is good news and bad news on the horizon if you want to sell your Maple Grove, MN home as a short sale. If you owe more on your mortgage than the house is currently worth and need or want to sell, a short sale is quite possibly your best option. [Read more...]
Staging Your Shoreview, MN House to Sell
If you’re thinking about selling your Shoreview, MN house, one of the most important things you need to do is something you can’t do: view your house from a detatched, unbiased perspective. Your real estate agent is someone who can help you make important decisions about the price of your home, and a stager is someone who can help you make good decisions about how to present it. [Read more...]
Tips for First-Time Home Sellers in Mahtomedi, MN
If you are selling a home in Mahtomedi, MN and this is your first time as a home seller, the good news is that you have no previous experiences to compare this to. That’s good news because all your previous experiences would have had very little bearing on what it’s like to sell a home in today’s market. [Read more...]
Five Things That Can Help Sell Your Blaine, MN Home
Interested in selling your home in Blaine, Minnesota? You likely know the importance of pricing your home correctly for the market and your area, and have taken care of major repairs and decluttering. But some other surprising factors can help sell your home, as mentioned in this article: [Read more...]
Remodel Your Kitchen to Sell Your Hugo, MN House
Selling your Hugo, MN house can seem like a daunting task, and you have certainly considered the question “What do I need to do to my house to sell it?”. [Read more...]
Hopeful Signs for Stillwater River Front Homes
If you are selling or plan to sell your river front home in Stillwater, MN, you know that there’s been plenty of bad news in the housing industry to go around for the past few years. And although we’re not ready to jump up and down and declare the beginning of a huge upswing, it’s good to note the hopeful signs on the housing market horizon. [Read more...]
It’s Home Selling Season in Forest Lake, MN!
It’s June – the birds are singing, the grass is green, there are long lines at Dairy Queen, and it’s time for your Forest Lake house to sell! May – July are generally the hottest (no pun intended) months for home sales, and you want to be sure that your home is positioned to be seen by families who want to move in the summer and be settled before the kids go back to school. [Read more...]
Present your Woodbury Home for Sale in the Best Light
If you’re in the process of selling your Woodbury, MN home, you know that you need every advantage on your side. With many foreclosed houses on the market competing with yours for showings and interest, it’s never been more important to make your house stand out from the crowd. [Read more...]
