Tips For a Home Sale To Avoid Falling Out of Contract
Home purchase contracts are being cancelled whicih causes problems for sellers as well as buyers. Get tips for avoiding cancellations from expert real estate agent Susie Wyshak at Compass.
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Ask Susie - Real Questions from Real Buyers | Home Buying & Owning | Home Selling | Selling Strategies & Stories
Want To Partner With a Flipper To Update Sell Your House?
Is the reward worth the risk of collaborating with a flipper / developer to update an older home in an affluent neighborhood before selling? The idea of transforming a million dollar home into a $3 million property — rather than selling it to someone else who will do just that — is worth exploring. Partnering…
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Avoiding a Home Sale Loss (or reframing it into a positive opportunity)
Need to sell your home and feeling the pain of it potentially not selling for more than what you paid? You’re not alone. The Bay Area real estate market during the pandemic was nothing short of crazy: Interest rates were still relatively low. Buyers were out in droves with FOMO, offering way over asking. The…
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The Dangers of Overpricing a Home For Sale in the East Bay
Compass put together an informative report that shows how overpricing one’s home when going on market almost always has negative ramifications for sellers: Across Bay Area markets, listings that require price reductions before selling consistently take much longer to sell and sell for significantly lower average values than homes priced correctly. The correct calculation of…
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Goal to sell your house in 2026? Test your “make me sell” price now
How long have you been wondering how much you could get for your house or condo if you sell? Do you seriously want to sell in 2026 — or might sell if you get an offer for your “I’d sell for that” price? If so, now is the time to start planning. You may have…
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Is home staging really necessary?
Home staging presents a house for sale in its ideal state — decluttered, clean, and expertly furnished. So YES. Staging and the reality of living in a house have very little in common…unless you’re a modern minimalist. For most of us, especially if we’ve been in the same house for years with many family members,…
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Ask Susie - Real Questions from Real Buyers | California Home Ownership | Downsizing & Proposition 19 | Home Buying & Owning | Home Selling | Selling Strategies & Stories
How to buy a new house before selling so you don’t have to move twice
Buying a new house before selling your own house or condo in cities like Oakland, Berkeley, and Alameda can be a challenging process. Yet, who doesn’t want to avoid moving twice? To buy a house before selling there are many factors to consider, including: financial planning to know what you can afford deciding if it’s…
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Audit Your House Feng Shui Before Staging and Selling Your East Bay House
There is no shortage of explanations for why houses are sitting on the market and not selling in late 2002. High interest rates Uncertainty about the future The chance of layoffs The prospect of house prices going down Unrealistically high price expectations from sellers Multiple choice! Is bad Feng Shui driving home buyers away? Real…
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How does Proposition 19 work to keep a house’s low tax basis?
California’s Proposition 19 went into effect on April 1, 2021. It’s known as the “The Home Protection for Seniors, Severely Disabled, Families, and Victims of Wildfire or Natural Disasters Act.” The goal of Proposition 19 is to help millions of older homeowners who want to downsize without huge increases in property tax, homeowners with severe…
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How Buying or Selling a Home Off-Market Works – That’s how I got my vacation rental!
Some home owners wanted to sell their property quickly and easily. They mentioned this to my family, who told me. One month later, I had a vacation home property that is truly my second home. This was in Maine, where I hired a lawyer to review documents and take care of the title transfer and…
