Monday, December 10, 2012
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Suppose that selling your home has become this winter’s project, so you sit down to make a list of the best way to go about it. What would you list as the first order of business?
For most of us, Job 1 would be making your Naples home as attractive as possible. The most straightforward way to accomplish that is to hire a professional stager. Stagers make their living by transforming living spaces into areas that appeal to the majority of today’s homebuyers.
As convenient as the professional staging solution may be, their services do not come cheap. For folks who don’t have the budget for a top-flight stager, three basic and all-but-foolproof steps go a long way toward accomplishing the same thing.
1. Don’t Crowd the Picture
Most of our homes just naturally become cluttered and crowded: it’s a natural result of daily living. When you are selling your home, though, that clutter is the enemy. Pack away everything (really: everything!) you don’t use regularly -- and even some furniture that you do. Leave only key pieces behind in each room: your home now looks more spacious.
2. Uncover the Windows
Many times, windows become blocked by blinds or curtains. While window treatments can create warmth and ‘hominess,’ opening the blinds and letting the light shine in will help the process of selling your home -- especially in the thinner December light. Stagers think of this as “bringing the outdoor light indoors.” 
3. Paint Paint Paint
Paint is the stager’s not-so-secret weapon – and for you, it is a relatively low-cost way to burnish the look of your home. You already know that you should stick to neutral colors for the walls -- but don’t neglect doors and trim, where subtly differing shades will add dimension. Another stager trick: consider painting adjoining rooms (such as kitchen and dining room) the same color. That can create the illusion of a larger total area.
Selling your home during winter may take a bit of extra effort, but you can be sure that those who are out viewing houses during the holidays are serious!  If you are thinking of selling your home in Pelican Bay, Naples, Florida contact me today to decide if now is the right time for you.
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The Obama administration is making $3 billion in additional funds available to help troubled homeowners avoid foreclosure.

One part of the plan, announced Wednesday, includes a new $1 billion program that will offer loans to unemployed borrowers at risk of losing their homes. The loans, which will be dispersed through nonprofit and housing agencies, will carry 0% interest and be good for a maximum of $50,000 for up to two years.

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RISMEDIA, August 11, 2010—Are you looking for new ways to use the Internet to get more listings and homes sales? Here are four free and low-cost Internet marketing tips to help you genrate more leads and closed transactions from the Internet.

1. Pay-per-click Advertising in Google, Yahoo! and Bing
Pay-per-click advertising has gotten a bad rap over the years, not because it doesn’t work, but because a large majority of websites do a poor job capturing contact information. If you have a website that does a good job of capturing leads, then pay-per-click advertising in Google, Yahoo and MSN can start delivering leads and home sales immediately. Pay-per-click marketing works best when you target more than one area and spread your marketing budget over two or three different places. Google is an obvious first choice but Yahoo and Bing can also deliver some excellent results and sometimes the traffic is a little cheaper.

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