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Home Staging

In my opinion, it has been blown way out of proportion! Staging may make a home look good in pictures and feel good when you view it. But, if you are buying a home, the best way to view the home is vacant! You want to see what you are spending your money on. You want to see every nook and cranny, crack and slope! Staging blocks and distracts you from what you really should be looking at, the features and construction of the home! 

If you have a good buyer's agent helping you, your agent can help determine if your couch or bed will fit the space or how they will look in a certain room. Take notes of what you own and bring a tape measure with you when viewing a home. When a home is vacant, the seller is not able to hide anything. You see the real home, the whole home and nothing but the home and that is the best way to buy a home!

Hiring an agent, 20%, 80% or 100%?

Why hire 20% or 80% when you can have 100%?

Did you know 80% of Real Estate agents are part-time?!  They either have another job or are practicing Real Estate in the interim while attending school or between jobs to supplement their income.  Typically, these agents drop out of the business in 2 years or less!

Do you want to be in the middle of your home purchase process and discover you are that agent's last client? What happens after the sale closes if you have some issues with the home you just purchased?

If you are a seller, do you want your home on the market and the agent drops out of the business while your home is for sale? Will the agent spend any time or money marketing your home?

20% of the agents are usually full-time seasoned agents with years of experience. Virtually, no 2 home sales are alike; having experience on your side is a good thing! I am in the 80% group, but I like to think I am 100% Real Estate! I have years of experience, many hundreds of sales under my belt and I am continuing to evolve with the latest marketing trends. 

Why put your biggest investment or purchase with a part-timer?

Read this article! http://www.startribune.com/business/116962468.html

Remodeling your home, to get a permit or not to get a permit?

If you are considering doing any sort of home remodeling, I strongly recommend checking with your municipality to see if you need a permit, or if a permit is not necessary!

Why? Because when you go to sell your home, you have to disclose if you did any sort of remodeling and whether a permit was required. If a permit was required and you did not obtain one, you have to disclose that you did not.

If you got a permit and the work was inspected and signed off when it was done, great!

FYI, make sure you follow-up to ensure the project has been signed off as "complete" on your municipality record.

If you did not get a permit, how may your home now by perceived by a potential buyer?
Link to city of Minneapolis permit overview. http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/mdr/permits/