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With everything being online these days, it is easy to skip the prep work before you begin your home search. While it is tempting to immediately start looking at homes on Zillow, you’re most likely setting yourself up for disappointment. The market is ever changing and can be unpredictable when you are going at it […]

Lifestyle, Real Estate

February 14, 2023

5 Things You Should Do Before You Start House Hunting

It’s a question we get all of the time — and it’s a great question! Because, did you know that we don’t get paid to show homes? At least not up front. In fact, we don’t get paid until the keys have been given to the new homeowners and the funds have been dispersed! We show […]

Real Estate

January 31, 2023

How Do Real Estate Agents Get Paid?

THE NUMBER 1 QUESTION I GET ASKED AS A REAL ESTATE AGENT: What home projects have the highest ROI? The answer: The kitchen. The average recoup on a kitchen upgrade is 98.5%! However, that doesn’t mean you have to do a full renovation (unless you want to – then by all means, chase your kitchen […]

Real Estate

September 12, 2022

What home projects have the highest ROI?

You’re not just buying a house, you’re buying a lifestyle! That means when you’re writing out your list of must have home features and deal breakers, you need to think beyond the “house data” and figure out which features to focus on that will give you the lifestyle you want to live! As a buyer, […]

Lifestyle, Real Estate

June 28, 2022

Top Lifestyle Considerations for Buying a Home

You find the perfect house, start creating all of your Home Décor Pinterest boards and BAM – you find out that the sellers didn’t accept your offer. Your dreams of making dinner in the beautiful farmhouse kitchen are crushed and you’re wondering what you did wrong. Well here are a few reasons your offer could’ve […]

Real Estate

May 10, 2022

Reasons Why Your Offer was Rejected

After helping many first time home buyers successfully buy their dream home, I noticed something that I want to share with as many future first time home buyers as possible! What I noticed was that several of these buyers weren’t aware that they had the ability to use a buyer’s agent to represent them in […]

Real Estate

March 21, 2022

Do I Need to Hire a Buyer’s Agent?

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