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Preparing Your Dining Room for an Open House
Open Houses are a Great Opportunity to showcase your home to the public! When preparing your home for the Open House, it’s important that every room is perfect. After all, the new Owner of your home may just walk through! The following checklist is a good guide to help you focus on preparing the Dining […]
12 Low-Budget Renovations to Makeover Your Home
Living in the same home for years is great: you know the layout very well, feel comfortable in the space and you can see personal touches everywhere you go. But if you’re looking at each room and feeling it’s all a bit aged, it might be time for a makeover. The best part is that […]
Top 10 Home Staging Tips Every Seller Must Know
Before you place the For Sale sign up front and schedule open houses, check to make sure you house is ready to be shown. Give kitchen cabinets a facelift. Replacing all the cabinets is expensive, but a makeover might be necessary. Use wood stain to change the color or simply make them bolder. Curb appeal […]
Spring Home Maintenance: 5 Ways to Prepare Your Home for Warmer Weather
There are two words you either dread or welcome each year: spring cleaning. For those that love to freshen the stale interior air, get rid of dust and change out winter things, the start of warmer weather is an exciting time. For those that don’t want to organize and clean, spring can feel like a […]
14 Myths about the Home Buying Process
No matter what side of the home-buying process you are on, there are plenty of misconceptions regarding appraisals that you have to deal with. And more often than not, it’s hard to sort through and decide fact from fiction. To help make sense of process, the Appraisal Foundation put together an infographic sharing a few […]
How to Prevent Freezing Pipes in 5 Easy Steps
While we don’t generally think of February as being an extremely cold month, most of the country has been dealing with sub-zero temperatures and record-breaking cold this year. You may be fighting off the weather with layers of clothing and quick runs between warm spaces, but are you protecting your home as well? Freezing pipes […]
5 Tips to Help Stay Calm While Selling Your Home
It doesn’t matter whether this is your first time or 3rd time, selling a home can be stressful. A homeowner has to think of everything from home repairs to open house showings, and all within a short amount of time. Of course, everyone handles stress differently, but there are a few techniques to try when […]
11 Do’s and Don’ts of Simple Loan Approvals
If you’re in the market for a new home (or about to start searching), you may have to apply for a loan sometime in the near future. While the application itself may seem simple enough, there are a few things to consider while waiting for an approval. Here are a few tips from CF Funding […]
Six Steps to Buying a Home
As a potential homeowner, it can be daunting to start the home-buying process. There are many things to consider and remember, so it’s good to have some assistance on your side. A RE/MAX Showcase Agent can help explain and guide you through the whole process, but there are also a few steps to remember. Here […]
How One Light Bulb Can Make a Difference
As homeowners, we strive to make positive changes in our homes that will help us save money and live better. But it’s not always easy to figure out which changes to make. Luckily, RE/MAX put together a great infographic of all the small things you can do around home to save money and energy! Which […]
4 Kitchen Updates That Will Help Sell Your Home
Remodeling or updating parts of the house can be both fun and scary. It makes the home more modern and tailored to your preferences, but can also leave a costly burden on your financials. Luckily, the kitchen is a great investment for many homeowners, largely due to the fact that return rates are sometimes over […]
6 DIY Home Maintenance Tips That Will Save You Money
As homeowners, we’re always looking for ways to fix the problem without spending a huge chunk of our savings. Luckily, there are a few great do-it-yourself tricks that will not only help you repair your home, but also prevent future issues from occurring. That means savings for you and peace of mind in the long […]
How to Be a Successful First-Time Home Buyer
Buying your first new home can be a scary and exciting adventure. As one of the largest financial decisions in your life, it takes a lot of planning and saving to make the jump into homeownership. Your RE/MAX Showcase Agent will always help along the way, but here are a few things to keep in […]
5 Easy Ways to Turn a House into a Home
You’ve found the perfect place, signed the dotted line and unpacked the moving truck. As you’re breathing in a sigh of relief, it’s time to move onto the next step: turning your new house into your new home. That might take a while to build up to, but we’d like to share some of the […]
5 Best-Kept Secrets that Make or Break a Home Sale
We’ve gathered some of the best tricks to help you get the most out of your home sale, even when all else has failed. Secret #1: Organize storage The first thing a buyer will be looking for in a home is whether it has enough space for their items. Remove half of the things in […]
Keeping Your Home Energy and Cost Efficient in the Winter
As the outside temperature drops and our need for warmth increases, it can be easy to simply adjust the thermostat to a higher temperature. However, it can be a tough call to make when the result of hotter air is higher bills. Many homeowners try various tricks to stay warm, but end up getting frustrated […]
2 Very Important Things to Do Before Buying a House
Buying a new home is a huge decision and takes a lot of financial planning and saving before the purchase can actually be made. But there are many people who suggest you do certain things before buying, yet never consider long-term planning as one of those tips. The key is to start early and be […]
7 Money-Saving Tricks for New Homeowners
When you purchase and move in to a new home, the first few weeks are busy remodeling, designing and unpacking. You want to make sure you home looks as great as you feel about it, and settling in is priority #1. But before you get too comfortable, right now is the best time to locate […]
The Best Time to Quickly Sell Your Home
In order to sell your home quickly, there are two things you should accomplish. The first is to have your home be in its best possible condition. The next is to find the perfect time to list it in the housing market. Should you choose spring, when the weather is warming up? Or maybe summer, […]
How to Clean and Maintain Your Gutters
While we would love to put off housework indefinitely, cleaning your gutters is one of those chores that becomes worse the longer it is ignored. This important task should be done twice a year: once in the spring, and again in the fall. If you allow the gutters to get clogged, water will build up […]
Never Buy a Home Without Asking Yourself These 5 Questions First
Buying a new home can be both exciting and overwhelming. There are plenty of new spaces to fill, new memories to make and excellent communities to join. But there are also some scary things to consider, such as unexpected fees, loud local noises and future expenses. There are ways to avoid these unnecessary stresses, however, […]
10 Essential Tools for Every Homeowner
Being a homeowner means having to take care of home improvements and maintenance. And if you don’t have the proper tools to deal with them yourself, it could cost a bundle to get things fixed by a professional. Having a tool kit early on can help save money and time in the future, especially with […]
Fire Prevention Week – Testing Smoke Alarms
Staying safe is the #1 priority while at home, whether we think about it or not. But there are certain things we should be doing to keep our emergency action plans up-to-date, yet we don’t do them nearly enough. October 5th through 11th is Fire Prevention Week, and according to the National Fire Protection Association […]
