New Jersey Real Estate Tips Home Sales 101: Creating the Right Photos for Your Online Listings Home Sales 101: Creating the Right Photos for Your Online Listings Today’s real estate market relies heavily on the use of technology, especially online listing sites. Your real estate agent may have your home listed on several different sites, each of which will feature a description of the home and the asking price. But we […]
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New Jersey Real Estate Market How Much is Too Much When Determining Your Maximum Buying Price? How Much is Too Much When Determining Your Maximum Buying Price? A lot of thought and planning goes into determining the price range a person should look in when buying a home. A lot of people set a range with a minimum and maximum – the minimum being a base for expectations and the maximum […]
New Jersey Real Estate Market That’s Not Fair! How to Determine a Realistic Asking Price for Your Home That’s Not Fair! How to Determine a Realistic Asking Price for Your Home Determining the asking price for a home has to be one of the most difficult parts of the selling process. You’ve spent weeks, maybe months, preparing your home for sale – making repairs and upgrades – and you want to get the […]
New Jersey Real Estate Tips What’s the Difference between a Real Estate Agent and a Real Estate Broker? What’s the Difference between a Real Estate Agent and a Real Estate Broker? You’ve probably heard both terms before – real estate agent and real estate broker. Some people use them interchangeably, as if they mean the same thing. There is, however, more than meets the eye in the real estate world and you might […]
New Jersey Real Estate Agent Why You Shouldn’t Try a For-Sale-By-Owner Sale Why You Shouldn’t Try a For-Sale-By-Owner Sale On the one hand, selling your home “for sale by owner” can save you a ton of money when it comes to the percentage a real estate agent might take in commission. While you’d still have to pay the buyer’s agent a fee, you stand to walk away […]
New Jersey Real Estate Staging 101: Taking Advantage of Spring Staging 101: Taking Advantage of Spring Spring has finally arrived and with it better months for home sales. Realistically speaking, those looking for homes in the winter are usually desperate to make a change for a specific reason – a move for a new job or a lease ending. But those who have been too […]
New Jersey Real Estate Staying on Top of Home Maintenance: A Spring Checklist Staying on Top of Home Maintenance: A Spring Checklist Home maintenance is important whether you plan to sell your home or not, but it becomes critical if you really do want to move. The winter months are notoriously harsh on homes and the spring months are a great time to work down a general maintenance […]
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CENTURY 21® News What Type of Insurance DO I Need for an Investment Property What Type of Insurance DO I Need for an Investment Property? Congratulations on your decision to expand your portfolio by purchasing an investment property. A true investment property you have opted not to live in may be put up for rent or eventually flipped for a profitable sale. Until then, you’ll need to make sure […]
New Jersey Real Estate Tips Self-employed? You Can Still Get a Mortgage Self-employed? You Can Still Get a Mortgage Proving your income when you have a traditional corporate job is relatively simple. You can show years of paystubs to prove you have a stable track record with employment and a consistent weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly pay. Proving stability and income when self-employed is a little more difficult, […]
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New Jersey Real Estate Tips Buying a Condo: Understanding the HOA Buying a Condo: Understanding the HOA When you make the decision to purchase a condo, you also commit yourself to a relationship with the condo association, sometimes referred to as the homeowners association (HOA). Your ownership in the development automatically makes you (along with other owners) a member. The condo association is responsible for anything […]
New Jersey Real Estate Tips What Type of Homeowners Insurance Do I Need for a Condo? What Type of Homeowners Insurance Do I Need for a Condo? The purchase of a condo is just as exciting as the purchase of a house. You own your own property with the added benefit of common areas, extra amenity access, reserved parking, and outside maintenance. What you also end up with is a very […]
New Jersey Real Estate Tips Why Winter is the Best Time to Sell Your Home Why Winter is the Best Time to Sell Your Home A lot of people find winter to be one of the most difficult times to sell a home. Truth be told, the entire winter season, from before the holidays through the end of February, is generally the slowest in the real estate industry. But that […]
New Jersey Real Estate Tips Put the Duct Tape Away: Home Selling Mistakes to Avoid Put the Duct Tape Away: Home Selling Mistakes to Avoid A lot of people are shocked at the amount of work it actually takes to sell a house. The real estate agent comes in and starts talking about repairs and staging and suddenly your world is spinning. Some might try to cut corners, making simple […]
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New Jersey Real Estate Tips Moving Costs Money: How to Budget for Moving Expenses Moving Costs Money: How to Budget for Moving Expenses Nothing like stating the obvious, right? Moving costs money. But it’s not just the cost of a down-payment on your mortgage or security for a rental. There are quite a few hidden costs associated with moving that can really add up. Insurance Changes We’re talking about […]
New Jersey Real Estate Tips Have You Considered a Fixer Upper? Have You Considered a Fixer Upper? It’s hard to separate the gems from the duds when shopping for a new home. A lot of people will search for months, never quite finding that perfect match. Others will spend a little more time searching but not necessarily for the house but for the house they can […]
New Jersey Real Estate Tips What to Look for When Choosing a New Neighborhood What to Look for When Choosing a New Neighborhood When searching for a new home, a lot of people get caught up in the price and the features they want to see in the house themselves. Then they move into a neighborhood and realize they aren’t near anything useful, hate the school system, and have […]
New Jersey Real Estate Tips How to Make Your Home More Appealing in the Winter How to Make Your Home More Appealing in the Winter It’s cold. It’s dreary. Half the time the sun isn’t shining. People who aren’t particularly motivated to move for a real reason aren’t as excited about going out to house hunt during the cold winter months. We’ve actually known people to take their houses off […]