Author: Jeff Nemeth

4 Things Sellers Should Never Say When Closing a Home Sale in Sarasota

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The doorbell rings, and you’re expecting them, so you put on your best-winning smile and open the door. And there they stand looking slightly nervously uncomfortable, but still with bright, eager hope radiating from their faces – the prospective buyers of the home you’re trying to sell. Things go well for a bit, but then you mention … Continued

4 Home Appraisal Stories You Need to Stop Believing in Florida

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Whether you are a home buyer or seller, an appraisal is a key part of the whole process. And in many cases, a real estate valuation, an appraisal, seems to be purely arbitrary and overly complicated. Fundamentally, though, an appraisal is data-driven: it is simply an opinion about a home’s value derived from similar-housing data … Continued

6 Things That Can Go Wrong During Your Home Purchase in Sarasota

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Buying a home is definitely an exciting undertaking, but it can also be overwhelming and more than a little nerve-wracking. On top of that, a lot of things can go wrong in the process, whether owing to agent incompetence or negligence or mere inadvertence. And in today’s real estate market, where supply falls short of … Continued

7 Fun Ideas For Selling Your House in Sarasota

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Selling your house in Sarasota doesn’t have to be all hard work and seriousness with a good measure of nail-biting anxiety. But no longer is an open house with a freshly baked batch of cookies and some fresh-cut flowers enough to do the job. In today’s markets, you have to get a little inventive, maybe … Continued

How To Add More Value to Your House in Sarasota

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The idea of homeownership is to build equity in your home that becomes an asset over time. In fact, a home is often the largest asset many people will ever have with the exception of perhaps a retirement plan. There are ways for you to maximize the value of the asset before you sell. Improvements can happen … Continued

A Timeline For Home Sellers in Sarasota

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Any major undertaking always goes better when you know what to expect when and plan accordingly. And this definitely applies to something with as many steps and contingency factors as selling a house. Any number of things can go wrong, but they don’t necessarily have to if you have a solid plan in place. So … Continued

What To Do NOW To Sell Your Property This Summer in Sarasota

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Planning on selling your home during the hot summer real estate market? Don’t wait until you are about to list to determine what needs to be done. Plan ahead to keep your sanity and maximize your listing price options. Here are key items on what to do now to sell your property this summer in … Continued