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The Extreme Importance of Real Estate Photography

I’m going to go out on a limb and state there is nothing more important to your home’s marketing plan than its internet photos. In a 2007 NAR survey, 84% of respondents stated they used the internet for their home search. In sophisticated, upscale markets like Buckhead, Sandy Springs and Dunwoody; I’m confident [...]

How to Refinish an Exterior Door

There are other posts on this blog about the foreclosure we bought in Buckhead. Our lives seem to be focused on different renovation projects each weekend. This weekend I decided to refinish the stained front door.
Living under Atlanta’s hot, summer sun, with a front door that faces west, is about [...]

Top Five Projects to Get Your Buckhead Home Sold Quickly

If you would like to get your Atlanta home sold quickly and for maximum value, I suggest the following five home improvements before you market it for sale. I think all five have a nice balance between cost and immediate impact.

Paint your walls – There is no better way to increase the value of [...]

The Value of Home Staging

As an experienced realtor, working in Buckhead and North Atlanta, I’ve seen it time and time again: furnished homes sell better than vacant ones. Keep in mind, when using your own furniture, less is more. In a down market here in Atlanta, I sold my home in three months. One of the [...]

5 Easy Tips for Instant Curb Appeal

To get an offer on your home you first have to get the buyers in your home. The Atlanta real estate market is competitive and the best way to attract buyers is with curb appeal. Here are some low-cost ideas for enhancing curb appeal.

Trim the bushes – it’s always amazing to me how [...]

Really crappy marketing photos

I see a lot of awful internet home photos, but the ones from this Buckhead listing especially irritate me:
Are you kidding me! This home is listed for $525,000 with a 6% REALTOR commission. So some poor soul, who probably really wants to sell her home, is paying a lot of money for a [...]

Quickly sold a Buckhead Home

I just sold my Buckhead house in under 60 days! Considering the current market conditions, we were also able to sell the home for a fair price. I sold the Buckhead home through aggressive marketing, bumped up curb appeal and listing it for a competitive sales price right out of the chute. [...]

Sell your Atlanta home quickly

If I had a nickel for every Atlanta home seller that turned down an offer, only to sell there home many months later at a much lower price than the original offer, I’d be rich.
This idea of initially pricing your home high, “Just to see if there are any takers”, is a really bad one [...]

Buckhead home under contract in less than 8 weeks!

If you would like to hear how I was able to get this Buckhead home under contract in less than eight weeks, please feel free to call me. I’d be happy to develop a strategy with you for selling your home.
The Buckhead housing market is resilient enough to absorb homes priced [...]

The benefits of a home manager

While many buyers are sitting on the fence, a new group of people are sitting in vacant listings to help homeowners sell their home. These days, many Realtors in Buckhead are using “home managers” to help keep unoccupied, unsold homes show-ready and deter would-be vandals. All things being equal, a furnished home will sell [...]