Recently I read an article on Yahoo.com that was naming the most affluent neighborhoods in America. Well, Southlake, TX is number one on the list. The median income in Southlake is about $173,000 a year. Southlake is booming even in the midst of this economy. It just goes to show you how great our market is still doing here locally. Even though Chicken Little is screaming, the sky really isn't falling despite what our wonderful media is saying. Right now is the best time to buy a house. Everything is on SALE!! Check out the link below for more information on the Yahoo article.
http://finance.yahoo.com/real-estate/article/106273/America%27s-Most-Affluent-Neighborhoods
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Ready, Set, Sell...
We all know how stressful it can be to put your home up for sale. The cleaning, the organizing, the disappearing for hours on end while strangers dig through you stuff. It's tough but when you get top dollar, it makes it all worth it.
Here are some tips to make selling your home less stressful... and more successful.
First things first... Make like Switzerland and go neutral! Most sellers are always certain that the next owners of their house will love the lime green master bedroom and the accenting powder pink master bathroom! However, to sell this home sometime before Jesus comes back, you will need to get every wall a neutral shade.
Don't get too personal...We all have pictures of our sweet, but weird, family and friends around our home. However it's really hard to sell a home when the buyers can only picture you in it. So in essence, get out of the picture. It's okay to have a few (less than 10) throughout the home, but do you really need the life size painting of your late dog Buck above the fireplace?
Slim down...on furniture that is. When it comes to walking a home, you need to give prospective buyers space, space, and more space. Over sized furniture doesn't let buyers see the full potential in every room. Go to basic furniture items in every room, this will help with the next step as well.
De-clutter EVERYTHING!...Yes, everything including the kitchen sink! Best tip for this, and part of our services when we list your home, is to get 2-5 clear plastic containers per room (depending on the size) to help in this process. Closets, cabinets, desks, garage, patios, we mean everything. You know that area in your house where you set down the mail, and your kids put their backpacks and stray animals they found at the bus stop. That area is where the clutter police needs to focus during the selling stage. Get 1 small basket (like magazine/book size) per person in the home. When you get the call that your home is going to be previewed have everyone grab their basket and sweep the home for personal items that are out and take them with you while your gone. It will help keep the home picked-up and ready to show at a moments notice.
Who let the dog out....Well don't. That's it, don't do it, put them outside or take them with you. No one wants to have an animal all over them, or barking at them from a cage while they are looking at your home.
Let the sunshine...Light always makes a house look more inviting, and it really changes the mood of a room when the shades are open. If you are selling during the winter months try and get a photo of the outside of the home during the spring or summer so buyers can see the full potential of the home through all the seasons.
Curb appeal!...Eating ice cream isn't worth the calories unless you can see the chocolate syrup drizzled all over it! Well, looking at a home isn't appealing unless the outside has the right "syrup" on it beckoning future buyers to come and see the rest of the home. Get rid of yard art, weeds, trim back bushes and let the home be seen. Remember, if Jeff Foxworthy has ever used "you might be a redneck" to describe your yard, you have some work to do before listing and selling your home!
I hope these tips were entertaining as well as informative. As always, we are eager to help you and educate you in all aspects regarding real estate, marketing and staging. We look forward to doing business with each and everyone of you!
D&H
Here are some tips to make selling your home less stressful... and more successful.
First things first... Make like Switzerland and go neutral! Most sellers are always certain that the next owners of their house will love the lime green master bedroom and the accenting powder pink master bathroom! However, to sell this home sometime before Jesus comes back, you will need to get every wall a neutral shade.
Don't get too personal...We all have pictures of our sweet, but weird, family and friends around our home. However it's really hard to sell a home when the buyers can only picture you in it. So in essence, get out of the picture. It's okay to have a few (less than 10) throughout the home, but do you really need the life size painting of your late dog Buck above the fireplace?
Slim down...on furniture that is. When it comes to walking a home, you need to give prospective buyers space, space, and more space. Over sized furniture doesn't let buyers see the full potential in every room. Go to basic furniture items in every room, this will help with the next step as well.
De-clutter EVERYTHING!...Yes, everything including the kitchen sink! Best tip for this, and part of our services when we list your home, is to get 2-5 clear plastic containers per room (depending on the size) to help in this process. Closets, cabinets, desks, garage, patios, we mean everything. You know that area in your house where you set down the mail, and your kids put their backpacks and stray animals they found at the bus stop. That area is where the clutter police needs to focus during the selling stage. Get 1 small basket (like magazine/book size) per person in the home. When you get the call that your home is going to be previewed have everyone grab their basket and sweep the home for personal items that are out and take them with you while your gone. It will help keep the home picked-up and ready to show at a moments notice.
Who let the dog out....Well don't. That's it, don't do it, put them outside or take them with you. No one wants to have an animal all over them, or barking at them from a cage while they are looking at your home.Let the sunshine...Light always makes a house look more inviting, and it really changes the mood of a room when the shades are open. If you are selling during the winter months try and get a photo of the outside of the home during the spring or summer so buyers can see the full potential of the home through all the seasons.
Curb appeal!...Eating ice cream isn't worth the calories unless you can see the chocolate syrup drizzled all over it! Well, looking at a home isn't appealing unless the outside has the right "syrup" on it beckoning future buyers to come and see the rest of the home. Get rid of yard art, weeds, trim back bushes and let the home be seen. Remember, if Jeff Foxworthy has ever used "you might be a redneck" to describe your yard, you have some work to do before listing and selling your home!I hope these tips were entertaining as well as informative. As always, we are eager to help you and educate you in all aspects regarding real estate, marketing and staging. We look forward to doing business with each and everyone of you!
D&H
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
10 Fun (or weird) Facts...
1. If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee. (Hardly seems worth it)
2. Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do. (If you're ambidextrous do you split the difference?)
3. The flea can jump 350 times its body length. (It's like a human jumping the length of a football field. )
4. A cockroach will live nine days without it's head, before it starves to death. (Creepy)
5. An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain. (I know some people like that.)
6. Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush. (Can you say Ewwww!)
7. The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma. (Does this make you a little fruity?)
8. The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache. (Maybe the Queen makes him shave)
9. You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television. (I'm taking a nap!)
10. No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.
Be honest, how many of you tried to fold the paper more than 7 times!
Have a great day and come back soon!
D&H
2. Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do. (If you're ambidextrous do you split the difference?)
3. The flea can jump 350 times its body length. (It's like a human jumping the length of a football field. )
4. A cockroach will live nine days without it's head, before it starves to death. (Creepy)
5. An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain. (I know some people like that.)
6. Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush. (Can you say Ewwww!)
7. The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma. (Does this make you a little fruity?)
8. The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache. (Maybe the Queen makes him shave)
9. You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television. (I'm taking a nap!)
10. No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.
Be honest, how many of you tried to fold the paper more than 7 times!
Have a great day and come back soon!
D&H
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Let's Get Started...
Well first off I want to welcome and thank everyone who visits www.discovertheway.blogspot.com . I hope you will have fun reading through our posts. I created this blog so that you will gain information and insight into real estate marketing as well as learning about who we are as a real estate brokerage. Most importantly we pray that above all else, you know or come to know the true King of real estate. After all, He did create the world.
Posts to come in no particular order...
1. Our goals for our business
2. Our goals for this blog
3. Fun facts you didn't know you wanted to know.
Look forward to seeing you again!
D&H
Posts to come in no particular order...
1. Our goals for our business
2. Our goals for this blog
3. Fun facts you didn't know you wanted to know.
Look forward to seeing you again!
D&H
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