News!  Book Release

I am excited to share with you that I am a featured expert in the newly published book, "Sell Your Home Fast in a Buyer's Market." Award winning author Norma Lehmeier Hartie details the nine steps for a quick and successful sale and includes over 100 tips to give sellers a competitive advantage in today's challenging market.

I was interviewed at length by Hartie, and contributed to  chapters regarding home staging, green options, and market trends.  "Sell Your Home Fast" is available at Barnes & Noble, Amazon.com and other national retailers.  If you have friends or family who are considering selling their home this year, it's an easy read and helpful resource.

Here's a link to an interview from March 2010 with WRAL.com regarding the book, home staging, green trends, and market conditions. "Today in Real Estate"

 

Book Excerpts

"Condition is critical in today's market....Most of today's buyers don't have the time, energy or inclination to make significant repairs.  In addition, if the home feels beat up, with needed repairs readily evident, a buyer will wonder what additional repairs may be needed that are beyond what they can see.  It will reduce their level of confidence in the home."  (pg. 7)

 

"It's important to present rooms with clean lines and to remove the visual noise in a home...If there are too many accessories, too many covered counters, and bookcases that are overflowing, it's difficult for buyers to feel that the home is spacious and a place in which they would like to linger." (pg. 17)

 

"The use of greenery, whether real or artificial, creates successful sales as well. Both on the interior and exterior of the home, plants, flowers, fruit and even twigs and cuttings from the yard are tremendous staging tools.  Nicely arranged, they brighten any space and create a sense of life." (pg. 125)