Selling a house

Selling tip: the importance of plusses, minuses

Posted on Dec 05, 2019 in Selling a house

Do the math.
Small expenses can protect large returns.
That’s one tip when selling your house, but it can be applied in many areas.
To make your house show well, fix at least everything that visibly needs fixing. Squeaky doors. Loose handles or handrails. Cracks in walls or sidewalks. Lights that don’t work. Anything that looks dirty.
Compared to what...

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Kitchens can be crucial in selling a home

Posted on Nov 07, 2019 in Selling a house

One theory out there in the real estate world is that when you’re selling a house, you’re really selling a kitchen.
That’s how important kitchens can be.
So that’s why it can be important to renovate your kitchen before listing your home with an agent…”can be important” because it depends on the condition of your kitchen.
How extensive does the reno h...

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For sale sign good sign in more ways than one

Posted on Oct 31, 2019 in Selling a house


Here’s a question that often makes the rounds:
“Do I have to put a sign up to sell my house?”
The answer is no.
However, before you discard the idea (and the sign), make sure you think it through.
In this era, advertising that a house is for sale has many avenues.
There is Multiple Listing Service, of course. When you list your house with Nexus Realty...

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Being prepared to move when your home sells

Posted on Sep 26, 2019 in Selling a house

The house sold. Countdown to moving date has started. 
So has panic, because you just know as you’re going out the door for the last time you’ll be shovelling half-packed boxes of “stuff” into the back seat of the car.
Everybody has a list to help with moving.
Here is ours…
1. Start with an inventory, purging what’s not going and making your estimate ac...

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