Anita Arista - Realtor

How to Treat the Lowball Offer When you put your home on the market, be prepared for at least one lowball offer. You may not get one, but it's good to be prepared should it come along. Preparation, in this case, means understanding that the buyer isn't intentionally insulting you or your home. Some buyers treat the home purchase....

3 Unique Aspects of the Luxury Home Sale Selling a luxury home is not at all like selling a conventional home. From the length of time it remains on the market to the inspections and appraisals, the process is lengthier and requires an entirely different skill set of your real estate agent. There are several differences in the process that...

3 Tips for Selling your home in a Down Market Whether a market is 'down,' depends on which side you're on. A down market for buyers occurs when there are few homes for sale and lots of competition from other buyers. For sellers, it's the opposite -- lots of homes for sale and few buyers in the market. So, how does a homeowner sell a home that.....

Why is my Home Not Selling? Oh boy, another week has gone by and there is still no offer on your home. If the house has been on the market for some time, it is easy to become frustrated and anxious. On the other hand, perhaps you aren't doing all you can to get the home sold. Here are some reasons your home may not be selling:...

Top Ten Ways to Scare Away Buyers Okay, so you think you've done all you can to prepare your home for what will hopefully be a non-stop parade of potential buyers through the door. Check to make sure you aren't guilty of one of the following 'seller's sins.' Not taking care of odorsHave you ever walked into someone's home and instan...

The Pros and Cons of Financing the Buyer One of the issues some homeowners want to discuss when we first list a home is whether it's a good idea to offer to finance the buyer. In other words, the seller would act as the lender in the purchase of the home. There are only certain circumstances under which we advise a client to consider this....

Do Open Houses Work? Depending upon who you ask, the traditional weekend open house is one of the biggest real estate hoaxes ever perpetrated on the real estate consumer or a tried-and-true marketing method. In reality, open houses rarely contribute to the sale of a home and there is both anecdotal and statistical proof...

3 Strategies to Getting your House Sold Quickly If you're selling your home so that you can purchase another you not only have a need for speed, but a need for the most money possible in the sale. So, what's the trick to getting a home sold quickly and for top dollar? Actually, there are several things you can do to speed up the process and make....

The Danger of Overpricing your Home A home sale isn't like a garage sale, where sellers and buyers haggle over price. In fact, it is the price of the home that determines whether any particular buyer will even take the time to view it. Price it too high compared to similar homes and few buyers will show up, meaning you won't have anyo...

Inexpensive DIY Staging Tips Depending on the current real estate market, staging a home for sale may mean the difference between making the sale and having the home linger on the market. At the very least it may mean entertaining offers that are lower than you would get if the home were staged. Take a look at this handy list w...

How to Hire a Listing Agent The house is clean, it's staged and it's ready to show off to the world. How will you get the word out about this amazing specimen of a house? How will you attract qualified buyers? By choosing the right real estate agent, that's how. The very real truth, however, is this: not all real estate agents...

4 Important Forms in the Home Sale Process It begins when you list your home ― that soon-to-be mountain of paperwork you'll sign from listing to close. If it seems like there is a contract or form for every last move you make when selling your home, you may be right. Let's take a look at some of the most common forms we'll put in front of ...

Using the Psychology of Color to Stage Your Home When psychologists discovered that color impacts human emotions, the advertising and retail worlds went on a tear. From logos to packaging, color became a vital part of branding. Many professional home stagers rely on this information when they recommend that rooms be painted neutral colors; this wa...

The Dangers In Over-Improving a Home and How to Avoid Them Our listing clients often ask us which home improvements provide the most bang for the buck when it comes time to sell. We always remind them that the market value of a home – what it will sell for to a willing buyer – is in large part determined by the sales prices of similar homes in the neigh...

Protecting Your Privacy Knowledge is power. The reason you have decided to put your home on the market is knowledge that can prove quite valuable to a potential buyer. Whether it is a divorce, death, debt or other reason you need to sell, it is a private matter and the buyer's knowledge of it will reduce your power at the....

6 Tips for Selling your Home in Winter If you plan on putting your home on the market in winter, you have a tough row to hoe. Yes, winter snow can be beautiful, but it's a dark, dreary season and it will take some work to show the home in a positive light. 1. Clear the...

4 DIY Home Staging Tips For the first-time home seller, staging a home that is for sale may seem like an unnecessary expense. In reality, nothing could be further from the truth. A National Association of Realtors study revealed that professionally staged homes sell quicker and for more money. If a professional decorator.....

Getting the House Ready for the Market (Part 4) Call us the masters of understatement, if you like, but deep cleaning isn't fun. It's time consuming and it's hard work, but if you intend on getting maximum dollars for your house, it must be done. If you simply don't have the time or energy to clean your house, hire someone to do it for you. Since...

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Getting the House Ready for the Market (Part 1) Before you envision us sticking the for-sale sign in the lawn, you need to prepare the house for the all the buyers that will be viewing it. This is a crucial step in the selling process that deserves all the time and effort it requires. Clean, de-cluttered and staged homes sell faster and for more....

4 Steps to Pricing your Home For experienced real estate professionals, determining an accurate list price for a home is all in a day's work. We can remember, however, when we were consumers like you and how confusing so many aspects of real estate are. Home value is one of those aspects. A...

What is a Buyers Market? The media loves to make predictions about the housing market. At the first sign of bulging inventories or falling prices, they'll happily holler that we're in a buyer's market. Unfortunately, journalists are usually late to the party, heralding a particular market when we've been knee-deep in it for...

Is This a Good Time to Buy a Home? Timing the real estate market is a bit like throwing your money down on a roulette table in Vegas. Where that wheel will land is anyone's guess. The same can be said for the real estate market: when will it hit its peak or bottom? Interestingly, the only way to know if real estate prices have hit th...

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Do Not Jeopardize Your Pre Approval Most homebuyers begin the process by searching online for homes for sale, according to the National Association of Realtors. With no idea of how much they can spend on a home, there they are, surfing the Internet for homes for sale. You know better than that, right? You know that the first step in t...