RE101 – Negotiating Offers
Understand the Offer
When reviewing offers, consider not just the price but also the terms and contingencies. Evaluate the buyer’s financing and their ability to close quickly to ensure a smooth tr...
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RE101 – Marketing Your Home
Professional Staging
Staging your home professionally is key to making a lasting impression. Before capturing photos, ensure your home is staged to highlight its best features. Remove any mundane items such as work supplies, children's toys, a...
RE101 – Legal Considerations
Understanding Contracts
Navigating the world of real estate involves a thorough understanding of contracts. As a seller, it is imperative to familiarize yourself with the sales contract and any legal obligations it entails. Each clause and con...
RE 101 – Pricing Your Home Correctly
Setting the right price for your home is crucial to attract buyers and ensure a successful sale. Here are some essential steps to help you price your home competitively and accurately.
Market Analysis
Understanding the current real ...
RE101 – Preparing Your Home for Sale
Selling a home can be a daunting process, but with the right preparations, you can make your property more attractive to potential buyers and ensure a smoother sale. Here are some essential steps to prepare your home for the market.
De...
Boost your Curb Appeal
It might still be winter in Chicagoland, but that doesn't have to stop you from boosting your curb appeal. Home buyers are out right now and ready to choose a home to move to this summer. As a seller, your property might not be looking its best...
Appraisals for Home Buyers
What role does an appraisal play in the home buying journey? If you're buying a house with a loan, then your lender is going to order an appraisal. And what they're looking for there is not to see whether or not you got a great deal or even if ...
Appraisals for Home Sellers
Does a seller need an appraisal to sell their house? The short answer is NO, you don't need an appraisal and honestly the appraisal doesn't matter because it's a snapshot of a minute in time and it's all historic. It doesn't speak to what the c...
Red Flags in Home Buying
Unfortunately, sometimes there are big red flags that we want to look out for when you're house shopping. The first one is foundation cracks. Concrete cracks are totally normal. Concrete cracks all the time. But if that crack is more than about...
Escalation Clause
When you're buying a house, one of the tools that we might need to implement to help you win in a multiple offer situation will be an escalation clause.
So what is an escalation clause?
This is an addendum that goes with the contract that...