tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80182353407265647482023-11-15T07:13:00.872-08:00The Blair Mortgage TeamAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02976810332731816728noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018235340726564748.post-12455293849873709172015-09-16T13:03:00.001-07:002015-09-16T13:03:47.397-07:00The Power of Home Loan Pre-Approval<p>“Power” is not a word you typically associate with obtaining financing for a home purchase, but it should be.</p>
<p>Your power source is: pre-approval.</p>
<p>Do you know what the difference is between Pre-Qualification and Pre-Approval?</p>
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<p>Pre-Qualification means that the lender you approach for the...</p>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02976810332731816728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018235340726564748.post-54159273026686277902015-09-04T09:35:00.002-07:002015-09-04T09:35:25.236-07:00Sell Your Home Fast - Home Staging Secrets<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Selling your home can be a very trying experience. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you
have small children in the home this can be multiplied trying to keep the
clutter from “showing up” at the wrong time; 2 buyers just showed up with their
agent to walk the home…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If possible, you want stage your home to highlight its best
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Being able to move out of your home so there is zero clutter
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here are some thoughts from Global news in Toronto.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jennifer Walker, owner of Toronto-based <span style="color: blue;">Pearl Street Home Staging</span>, defines it as “the process of
determining and then highlighting a home’s best features to ensure it appeals
to as wide an audience as possible. The goal is to make the home stand out in
both pictures and in viewings so buyers walk away wanting to live there.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Home staging can range in price. According to
Walker, factors that influence the cost are:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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home and the stager will be working with existing furniture and accessories... </span><a href="http://globalnews.ca/news/2174075/how-to-stage-your-home-to-sell-without-breaking-the-bank/" target="_blank">Read more here…</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>You should probably hire a pro to stage your home. </b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Most people get emotionally attached to their “stuff.”
Problem is many times your stuff is not as attractive as what can be with a
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The trick here is to really bring the assets of your home to
life through staging.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Realtor.com takes a good look at this idea.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“There’s a big difference between designing for someone’s tastes and remerchandizing a home to appeal to as many people as possible,” says Kathy Burke of Sensational Home Staging in Danville, CA. Getting it right is a critical and enigmatic art. Don’t panic! We got some stagers to reveal their secrets to help you navigate the process.</span></blockquote>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Don’t take it personally</span></b></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We know you love the way you set up your living room. That eclectic collection of wicker baskets from all your European travels stacked up in the corner?</span></blockquote>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Toss your stuff, and disconnect emotionally</span></b></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For many sellers, home staging will be the first time they realize they’re really, actually moving. Family pictures come down, the sofa goes into storage, and suddenly this place you called yours is looking less and less like you.</span></blockquote>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stay out of the picture(s)</span></b></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">According to the 2014 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers, 92% of buyers use the Internet to look for homes—meaning the pictures posted alongside your home’s listing are wildly important. </span><a href="http://www.realtor.com/advice/sell/6-things-your-home-stager-wishes-you-knew/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Read the rest here..</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></blockquote>
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to create a potential elevated lifestyle based on your home will attract your
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New Jersey explains it very well. “You can fish without bait!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, serif;">They do their research and ferret out the houses they want to visit based on your online presentation (Multiple Listing Service, Zillow and/or Trulia). They then contact their Realtor with a select list of homes they want to view in person.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Your photos are the “bait” that attracts 95% of buyers to your house. This is why so many sellers have smartened up and call professional home stagers to prepare and market their homes. </span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, serif;">This is not a new concept; model homes have been around forever, successfully selling out entire communities of townhouses, condos, spec homes and apartments. <a href="http://www.elitestagingandredesignmorriscountynewjersey.com/home-staging-you-cant-fish-without-bait/" target="_blank">Read more here..</a></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The bottom line is, when you are going to sell your home, really try and do it right. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Plan way ahead.<br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Find the best real estate agent you can. They should be savvy in the best ways to market your home on the Internet.<br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They should also be strong negotiators not just a mouth piece who tells you to lower the price because no offers are coming in.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you are buying a home in Arizona, please give the <a href="http://thenohasslemortgage.com/" target="_blank">Blair Mortgage Team</a> a quick call. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are here to serve you and we are well connected with the people you might need should you be moving from outside of Arizona.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02976810332731816728noreply@blogger.com0