How To Speed a House Sale “48 Steps” Evaluate1. Have a Realtor®, interior decorator or professional organizer walk through your home to evaluate what needs to be updated, repaired or removed.Repair2. Patch damaged walls.3. Replace cracked floor tiles.4. Oil squeaky doors.5. Fix sticky windows.6. Fix leaky faucets and toilets.7. Re-caulk tubs and sinks.8. Replace broken windows and screens.Update9. Replace cabinet knobs and pulls.10. Update lighting fixtures, if needed.11. Update blinds, if needed.12. Replace faucets and shower heads,if needed.Paint13. Paint the interior in neutral colors.14. Paint exterior doors and…

Flip It to Win It HGTV fan? This is for you… As a long-time Realtor, I was enormously excited to see HGTV base their latest house flipping show “Flip It to Win It” in Silicon Valley. While the rest of the country knows this area as the home of tech giants and office parks, this is the first time that any flipping show showcased the Bay Area outside of San Francisco. I very much welcomed…

The Perfect Loan File – Forbes The media has it all wrong – securing mortgage approval and satisfying credit underwriting guidelines are not the difficulties plaguing mortgage consumers. It’s in meeting the rigorous documentation requirements that most people fall flat. The good news is, the fix is simple. Just scan, photocopy, fax, and deliver every aspect of your financial life. Then, shortly before closing, check everything again. Mortgage consumers who enter the mortgage approval process…

Zillow Zestimate Analysis not everything you read & find in the web is true The Zestimate® home value is Zillow’s estimated market value for an individual home and is calculated for about 100 million homes nationwide. It is a starting point in determining a home’s value and is not an official appraisal. The Zestimate is automatically computed three times per week based on millions of public and user-submitted data points. The Zestimate® home valuation is Zillow’s estimated…

Inaccurate Zillow Zestimates a source of conflict over home prices – LA TIMES LA Times Article When “CBS This Morning” co-host Norah O’Donnell asked the chief executive of Zillow recently about the accuracy of the website’s automated property value estimates — known as Zestimates — she touched on one of the most sensitive perception gaps in American real estate. Zillow is the most popular online real estate information site, with 73 million unique visitors in…

Miguel Maria Interview Miguel Maria Interview Darryl Davis Darryl Davis has been one of the Highest Rated Speakers, Darryl’s contagious enthusiasm, hilarious humor, depth of expertise, flawless delivery and impeccable integrity give you a dynamic presentation of real world skills, techniques and dialogues that will increase the production and effectiveness of any committed sales professional in attendance. His training and speaking experience covers a wide variety of successful ventures. First he spent several years with…