Staging Your Home

Staging Your Home

Hey, guys! When you’re selling your home, you want to get the most money possible. There are a few, inexpensive things you can do that will tremendously impact the sale of your home.

•    ‘Declutter’ and depersonalize. Take down family photos, religious relics, anything that would prevent a buyer from envisioning living in the home.
•    Neutral colors. Color is very taste preferential. While you may love your fluorescent green bathroom, it could be a serious turn off for a potential buyer.
•    Modern fixtures. If you have any brass plating, doorknobs, etc. get them replaced.
•    Staging. Getting your home professionally staged is almost a must. It can make a huge difference especially when putting pictures online to showcase your home.
•    Professional Photographer: More than 90 percent of buyers start their search online. You need photographs that make a great impression.

If you have any questions about how to get your home ready for the market, please give me a call. We offer a complimentary staging appointment to help you.

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Moving Tips

Moving Tips

Selling a home is stressful from the time you put it on the market, to moving day. There are some things you can do, though, to make the move less stressful.

One of the most important things to do is be prepared on moving day. Box up most of your belongings in advance; a lot of the time sellers underestimate just how much stuff they have in their home.

You also want to try and roughly figure out how much time it will take to move. How many trips will it take to move all your furniture? Can family members and friends help you to make sure you get out in time?

I also wanted to make all our clients aware that we have a moving truck you can use! If you are interested please give us a call at 410.638.9555

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What’s happening in our local market?

Hi everyone. I want to give you a market update!

We are seeing a lack of inventory. We are seeing buyers making decisions much faster because of multiple offer situations. We are also seeing appraisal issues; buyers are willing to pay more and the banks are capping it. So, on the selling side you need to worry about any appraisal contingency. If the buyer is doing FHA financing, that appraisal typically lasts 120 days.

What else is going on in the market? Interest rates are increasing. Because the bond market is ticking up, they increase interest rates. I have spoken with a couple lenders and both believe that rates will not drop back down. So if you are looking to buy, now is the time. For every one percent interest rates increase, you pay 10% more for a home.

If you have any questions please call me at 410.638.9555!

Investment Properties

Welcome back to my video blog! I wanted to help you if you are considering purchasing an investment property. We have a few investors who buy quite frequently, so it is an area we are definitely experienced in.

If you’re a first time investor we like to walk through the property with you to make sure you don’t under or over improve. You want to make sure you have a reasonable profit margin. One of the terms we use is ARV which stands for After Repair Value, how much is the property worth after you have updated and renovated?

We are able to give you a price within $5,000 of what you will receive for the property. We are very familiar with the process and would love to help you. If you have any questions on how to buy an investment property or how to look for one we can help with that also!

It is a great time to be an investor. We are seeing multiple offers, sometimes up to 20-25 offers and many of them are cash offers! We also see a lot of the time the price is bid 10-15% above the asking price!

So if investing is something you want to know more about, give me a call at 410.638.9555!

Team Tessier Joins Keller Williams– New Direction, Same Great Customer Service

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We are very excited to announce our move to join the Keller Williams team. The Keller Williams America Premier Realty Team is our new brokerage home and we look forward to bringing you years more of our signature customer service that you have come to know and expect from us!

More Technology, More Innovation, More Service
Why the change? We wanted to be able to bring you more. It started with more space to grow our team. We also wanted to continue and strengthen our commitment to giving you the best service in the industry. As Gary Keller and the entire Keller Williams’ team believes, better service comes with personal and professional growth.

Among our goals of improving and increasing our business, we expect to hone in on all the education opportunities provided to us through this great organization. Quarterly masterminds, a broader based way of thinking and new, innovative technologies that will help us to grow and serve our valued clients.

We Continue Our Pursuit of Continued Excellence
We appreciate having served through RE/MAX all these years but our penchant for keeping up-to-date and on top of things includes being willing to change for the better. That’s exactly why we made the decision to join Keller Williams!

During our time with RE/MAX we have enjoyed being at the pinnacle of success for years as #37 in all RE/MAX teams in the US, #3 in the state of Maryland and previously #5 in the state of Maryland. Though that clock will reset, our pursuit and achievement of excellence will not change; it will only get better and before you know it, we will be #1.

Please contact us today if you’d like to visit our new offices or talk about selling or buying your home. Email at Lee@LeeTessier.com or call 410 638 9555.