Read this month’s top real estate Tweets:
Home Staging…
8 Shockingly Bad Staging Decisions (And What to Do About Them) | @TruliaPro
And while, ultimately, buyers should be more focused on the bones of the home—the things that will stay after the current owner has vacated—staging can often be the difference between a buyer bonanza and a dearth of hot offers. Don’t let your sellers suffer at the hands of poor staging.
Seven Things Sellers Should Do Before Placing Their Home on the Market | @RealtyTimes
As the Spring time approaches, many homeowners who need or want to sell will make the decision to place their home on the market for sale, since Spring is considered the best time of the year for home sales. However, prior to making that decision to place your home on the market, there are at least 7 crucial things that the Seller should do before putting up that ‘For Sale’ sign.
Selling Your Home…
Check out: Real Estate 2014: The New Wisdom | @aolrealestate
When the housing bubble burst, a damage-control mentality replaced decades of conventional real estate wisdom. With the housing market now rebounding, there is still uncertainty. The old rules — such as getting a fixed-rate mortgage and refinancing when you can — don’t apply. But the post-bust rules don’t work either. “There’s a new, new emerging wisdom.”
Making Sense of Your Appraisal Report | @Zillow
Before any lender will loan you money to buy or refinance a home, the lender will attempt to get some idea of what the property is worth. After all, the real estate serves as the collateral that you will be putting up to secure the loan. Typically the lender will order an appraisal report. The value returned on this report will determine how much the lender is willing to lend. Here is a simple guide to help you understand this sometimes very confusing document.
Home Buying…
Buying in a Tight Market with Low Housing Inventory | @RealtyTimes
Increase your chances of getting your first, next, dream home in a competitive housing market, and lower your chances of losing out to another buyer!
Home Design…
How Much Stuff Is Enough? | @houzz
Play the numbers game to streamline your belongings, for a neater home and a less-stressed you.
9 Planning Musts Before You Start a Makeover | @houzz
Don’t buy even a single chair without measuring and mapping, and you’ll be sitting pretty when your new room is done.
Career Development…
How Incredibly Successful People THINK | @YouTube
This is Brendon filmed unscripted, in a single take, without a prompter or notes. Quotable from this video: “Successful people take their current limitation and put it on their agenda as a job to do, as a thing to figure out and make happen.” – @BrendonBurchard
Personal Development…
15 Things That Emotionally Strong People Don’t Do | @EliteDaily
There is a particular aspect of mental strength that is the deciding factor of whether or not you will have a good life. There are many levels to mental strength and all are needed to be successful and happy. The one particular area of mental strength that has the greatest impact is that of emotional strength.
Portrait of a Reformed Terrible Housekeeper | @houzz
See how a man who once stashed dirty dishes under the couch is turning over a new leaf for a neater home
