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Category: Home Improvement
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If you are a Fixer Upper Fan, today’s post is for you! The star couple behind HGTV’s show, Fixer Upper, have completely stolen the hearts of America with their ability to transform old, run-down properties into homes that belong on the cover of a magazine.
Not only do Chip & Joanna Gaines create these swoon-worthy spaces, they do it while oozing positivity, happiness, and a great sense of humor. (more…)
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Category: Buying & Selling a Home
Tags: Tags: home selling advice, new home, new homeowners, open house prep, real estate tips, selling a home, selling your house
Okay, it’s the morning of your open house or you have potential buyers scheduled to walk through your home for the first time later today and you want these customers to walk away feeling completely smitten with the idea of moving into this space as soon as possible!
Of course you have already deep cleaned these important spaces and followed these important steps to make sure your home is looking great for its first impression, but now it’s time to conquer ten quick steps in order to make SURE your home is in tip top shape for your open house.
Here are ten easy tips to help your home make the best first impression it possibly could on these potential buyers: (more…)
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Category: Buying & Selling a Home, Moving Checklists & Planning
Tags: Tags: apartment move, DIY Thursday, DIYT, DIYThursday, home projects, moving tips, new home, new homeowners, protecting belongings, real estate tips
When moving into a new home, we understand that you probably have 1,000+ things to tackle on your to-do list, but today we want to squeeze one more thing on there.
Change your Locks!
Why Change your Locks? (more…)
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Category: Home Improvement
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Just recently a friend of ours bought a lake house in the woods of Wisconsin. She kept her house in the Chicagoland area, but was excited to use this second property to relax, entertain, and make new memories on the weekends and throughout the summer.
As much as she wanted to move-in and start enjoying this space immediately, she had some work to do before it was “move-in ready”. To top it off, she works Monday through Friday near her primary residence in Chicago, which kept her from traveling up to Wisconsin and getting these jobs done immediately. She was limited to making this new property her “home away from home” on the weekends, when she would physically travel up to the new property and get to work. (more…)
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Category: Buying & Selling a Home, Money Saving
Tags: Tags: buying a home, homeownership, new home, new homeowners, real estate tips, renting vs. buying, selling a home, selling your house, summer moving
My husband and I are currently looking to buy a home in Chicago (we know right where to find move help in Chicagoland)) and it’s been one heck of an emotional roller coaster. Excitement, fear, anxiety…let’s just say that making this big purchase is a bumpy ride.
While we have many must-haves for our new pad (2 bedrooms, quiet neighborhood, close to public transportation), by far the biggest factor is our BUDGET. (more…)
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Category: Buying & Selling a Home
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Lately, we’ve been chatting all about the process of buying your first home sweet home. To begin, we listed some tips to help you with the whole buying vs. renting dilemma. If you read that blog post and came to the conclusion that you’re ready to give up temporary decorating techniques and add “homeowner” to your resume… then today’s post is perfect for you!
Now, before you start scouring the real estate listings for your dream home, you need to figure out how much house you can afford. Yep, like many large purchases you’ve gotta start with a BUDGET.
If you’re going to be borrowing money from a bank (which I’m guessing is most of you), you’ll need to chat with a mortgage lender or broker to find out how much cash they’re willing to cough over.
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Category: Buying & Selling a Home
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Becoming a homeowner is an exciting time but is also one that takes preparation, communication and lots of decision-making. Today, we are breaking down the often overwhelming world of the first few steps of homeownership into a 5 Step Guide to Homeownership for Rookies. We hope these 5 steps will guide you in creating a solid foundation to build your home-buying experience on! #punintended #sorrynotsorry (more…)
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Category: Buying & Selling a Home
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So you’ve decided you want to sell your house…congratulations! You have a lot of excitement (and hard work) ahead of you.
In today’s market, most homes are discovered and even sold over the internet, so that means you’re going to need a good set of photographs to showcase the spaces in your home. We don’t care if you have the coolest house on the block, if you have terrible pics that bad boy may be on the market for a long time. Today we’re here to help you with a few staging and photography tips.
This list will help you garner the attention of house hunters searching on the internet, and hopefully you’ll have some open houses in no time at all. So, without further adieu, here is how to stage and photograph your home to sell:
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Category: Buying & Selling a Home
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Layoffs, RIFs, transfers, family illness or just getting the heck out of Dodge sometimes make it necessary to sell your home quickly. You bought it for an investment, but it could easily become an albatross if it stays on the market very long. Here are some tips for selling your home quickly. (more…)
