Home Selling

March 20, 2025

What Agents Don’t Tell You

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The Phoenix real estate market has been challenging for most sellers over the last 12 months. As you look to list and sell your home, there are number of options that can leave you with more money or less money for that new purchase.

When the market is challenging, we …

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Feb. 14, 2025

Selling for Top Dollar – Contract Strategy

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The day is here! You need to sell your home. The next steps are to find a real estate agent familiar with your neighborhood, put your home on the market and negotiate a BIG sales price. You might not have seen the latest Arizona purchase contract. Filled with 10 pages …

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Jan. 14, 2025

Marketing Your Home’s Location!

The name of the game in real estate is location. Some say, “Location, Location, Location” because it is so important.  When preparing a home for sale, often you are dealing with a whole lot of logistics and people. Managing painters, landscapers, handymen, stagers and photographers takes up time, and …

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Dec. 10, 2024

Quick and Easy Ways to Dress up a Home’s Exterior

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A home that shows exceptionally well helps arouse the prospective buyer’s emotional desire to buy quicker and at a higher price. First impressions count! That’s why neat, clean homes get snatched up and others just sit on the market. Builders of homes in the Phoenix Real Estate market spend 1000’s …

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Nov. 12, 2024

Capital Gains Tax on Your Home Sale

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Most of our home sellers are making nice profits on the sale of their homes. Unfortunately, some sellers will need to pay the IRS on those profits. Although that is not normally the case, it does not hurt to review this potential problem before putting your home on the market …

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Oct. 17, 2024

What Agents Don’t Tell You

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The Phoenix real estate has been challenging for most sellers recently. With interest rates at 5 years high, buyers are seeing high mortgage payments and don’t want a lot of extra costs when they move into their new home. As you look to list and sell your home, there are …

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Sept. 16, 2024

A Great Marketing Plan

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The day is here! You need to sell your home. The next steps are to find a real estate agent familiar with the Phoenix MLS, put your home on the market, and negotiate a contract. The #1 rule in selling your home is to get your home Tons of Exposure …

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Aug. 12, 2024

Experience Matters – Questions to Ask Before Selling

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Our clients have presented us with many unique situations when selling their Arizona Homes. Whether moving out-of-state to take a new job, hoping to buy a bigger home with a pool, needing to be in a new school district, or looking to downsize to a home that is more manageable …

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July 22, 2024

Selling for Top Dollar – Contract Terms to Avoid!

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My favorite part of listing and selling any home is negotiating the best possible contract for our client! Preparation is a big part of the negotiation. When showing a home and advertising to multiple buyers, the goal is to have as many buyers as possible interested in our home! Often …

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May 20, 2024

Selling Your Home this Summer? Read this First! Strategies for a Changing Chandler Market

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by Jamie Thompson

Summer is almost here, and in my line of work that means one thing: home selling!

Many families list and sell in the summer for practical reasons; the kids are home, the weather is mild, and schedules are more forgiving. But this year, sellers wonder if it …

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