Have real estate questions? Here, you’ll find helpful articles and other resources that cover issues related to real estate, buying, selling, financing, refinancing, credit and debt, insurance, second homes, vacation homes, real estate investment, new construction, and renovation.
Barb Schwarz’s Top 10 Tips for Successfully Staging Your House
Barb Schwarz, author of Home Staging: The Winning Way To Sell Your House For More Money, shares with Michell Matlock her ten tips for successfully staging your home to sell it fast.
Home Staging Helps You Sell Your Home For More Money
Barb Schwarz tells Think Glink readers how to stage their homes to sell them for more money. Home staging means homeowners must be worried about the interior, not just the exterior of the home, in order to sell it for more money. Home staging will help you sell your home for more money.
Selling Your Home With Staging
When you're selling your home you want to do as much as you can to make a buyer want it. One great way to make your home ready for selling is to stage it. Barb Schwarz, author of Home Staging: The Winning Way To Sell Your House For More Money discusses staging tricks for how to best put your house on the market. Learn home staging tips she shares with real estate professionals at a staging boot camp.
Condominium Owners Starting An Association
Condominium owners should get a copy of the condominium statute from the state, and owners need to be cautious when hiring a management company. Management companies offer different levels of services for different fees. The most basic management services include helping the association bill each unit owner for monthly assessments, receiving funds and doing basic bookkeeping services.
Cost Basis Determines Taxes On Home Sale
When someone gives you a home what cost basis do you use when you sell it? Cost basis for taxes may include the original market value of the home as well as home improvements. After you've figured out the correct cost basis you can find out how much you'll owe in capital gains taxes. For more information on capital gains taxes and home sales visit the IRS Web site.
Estate Planning Can Prevent Future Confusion
When you lose your spouse and your spouse did not have a will it may make transferring assets such as a home confusing. Estates without a will have to go through probate, which can take some time. Learn how to clear up the ownership of a home and provide your children with clear legal ownership if something should happen to you.
Job Search Advice For Real Estate Agent
What's the best way to start a career as a real estate agent? One option is to contact a real estate brokerage and ask if it has an apprentice program. Some real estate job advice includes passing the real estate licensing exam.