Exclusive Home Realty Podcast

<div style="text-align: center;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bHZ_ZPzBv7M" width="480"></iframe> <br /> <i style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 18.2px;">Want to sell your home?&nbsp;<a href="http://www.exclusivehomerealty.com/home-valuation/" style="color: #132d4a; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><b>Get a free home value report</b></a></i><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 18.2px;" /><i style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 18.2px;">Want to buy a home?&nbsp;<b style="color: #132d4a; text-decoration: none;"><a href="http://www.exclusivehomerealty.com/results/" style="color: #132d4a; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Search all homes for sale</a></b></i><br /> <i style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 18.2px;"><br /></i> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> A few months back, we worked with Israel and Carolina on selling their home. They had a great experience working with us and are here to talk to us a little bit about that today. They had a price in mind, but it wasn’t until we got involved that they were able to see what their home could actually sell for.</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <b id="docs-internal-guid-451722ca-4ebd-cde4-4059-bb95929c1b95" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></b></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“We heard about Harley on the radio and decided to give him a call. He had a great strategy for us to accomplish our goals. At the end of the day, the strategy paid off and we sold our house for $15,000 over our asking price, and it sold very quickly.”</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></b></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We were able to get Israel and Carolina top dollar for their home by pricing right from the get-go, as well as being a tough negotiator to make sure they got what they deserved.</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></b></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“One of the things we were most impressed with was Harley’s negotiating skills. They came through in the end. At the time, it was the highest sold value in our neighborhood. We were happy with what happened and the price we got for our house.”</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We enjoyed working with Israel and Carolina and are glad they had a positive experience working with us as well. If you have any questions for us, or are looking to buy or sell a home, don’t hesitate to reach out. We would love to hear from you via phone or email. Talk to you soon!</span></span></div> </div>

Want to sell your home? Get a free home value report Want to buy a home? Search all homes for sale Getting your home ready for the market requires a lot of work and what seems like an endless list of tasks and projects. Today, I just want to focus on the main things you need to do before listing.  Condition: Focus on anything that is broken or deferred maintenance. In order to find problems for you to address, we usually have a pre-inspection done. A professional will walk through your home and create a list of things for you to focus on so you don’t waste your time fixing things that don’t need to be fixed. Staging: This is the act of putting your house in the very best position to sell. This often involves bringing in new furniture or rearranging your current furniture and bringing in decor, among other things. It’s a matter of making your home as appealing to as wide an audience as possible. Remodeling and updating: These kinds of projects should only be done on a case-by-case basis. There are a lot of things homeowners pour a ton of money into that don’t yield any selling benefits. A good agent will provide guidance on what projects you should tackle and which ones you should avoid. If you have any questions about these three things you should focus on when selling, or if you need real estate assistance of any kind, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us. We would love to hear from you!

<div style="text-align: center;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BmboHT9kE78" width="480"></iframe> <br /> <i style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 18.2px;">Want to sell your home?&nbsp;<a href="http://www.exclusivehomerealty.com/home-valuation/" style="color: #132d4a; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><b>Get a free home value report</b></a></i><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 18.2px;" /><i style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 18.2px;">Want to buy a home?&nbsp;<b style="color: #132d4a; text-decoration: none;"><a href="http://www.exclusivehomerealty.com/results/" style="color: #132d4a; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Search all homes for sale</a></b></i><br /> <i style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 18.2px;"><br /></i> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As far as the Seattle area market is concerned, conditions are fantastic for sellers. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Inventory is way down, somewhere around 30% under where we were at this point last year, and it was pretty low at that time. </span></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <b id="docs-internal-guid-cbc004ce-05e7-4ce3-517d-2f624fefbf66" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></b></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Despite the lack of inventory, sales are about the same as we saw last year, so </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">we don’t foresee these great selling conditions slowing down anytime soon. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you’ve been thinking about selling, this year is the year to do it. Interest rates are slated to rise, and we’re unsure what the future of our market holds. Conditions are a bit tougher for buyers, but we’ve had some success getting people under contract here in the Seattle area; it’s just a matter of having the right team working for you. </span></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimsvxtqyx3P3p1uO_4zdu5twtILb8Nsi7p6LfJdnVJwnGfmVeornZbQFhc_jgzNP8i7QYW5EoMWKNiNIs2oNayczSZ9HdfWbj9kjvmOn7DU2YjAOlDCTGMAHqaXmPl8iJ9wAxA9EIwvJsa/s1600/Harley+Dufek+pull+quote+04.05.16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimsvxtqyx3P3p1uO_4zdu5twtILb8Nsi7p6LfJdnVJwnGfmVeornZbQFhc_jgzNP8i7QYW5EoMWKNiNIs2oNayczSZ9HdfWbj9kjvmOn7DU2YjAOlDCTGMAHqaXmPl8iJ9wAxA9EIwvJsa/s400/Harley+Dufek+pull+quote+04.05.16.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you would like to take advantage of current market conditions, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us. We would love to hear from you!</span></span></div> </div>

<style> .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } </style> <br /> <!--insert embed code here--> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5aniB5J12G4" width="560"></iframe> <!--end--> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>Want to sell your home? <a href="http://www.exclusivehomerealty.com/home-valuation/"><b>Get a free home value report</b></a></i><br /> <i>Want to buy a home? <a href="http://www.exclusivehomerealty.com/results/"><b>Search all homes for sale</b></a></i></span></span></div> <br /> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-c16ec83d-70ef-951c-8d76-313f4d89fd0d" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When we look online and see homes that have been sitting on the market for a long time, it usually boils down to a few reasons. </span></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17.94px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">Today we are going to go through them so you won’t have to suffer the same fate when you go to sell.</span></span></span></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-c16ec83d-70ef-951c-8d76-313f4d89fd0d" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The first thing that turns buyers off is unfinished projects. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We always recommend having a home inspector go through your home prior to listing it so you know exactly what’s wrong, and have it in list form. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">People buying now don’t want to move into an unfinished project; they are really looking for a turnkey home. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">&nbsp;</span></span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The second most common problem is overpricing.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> If you have a number in mind and your strategy is to overprice the home, then reduce it later on, that is going to actually make your home sit on the market for a much longer time than you hoped. What seems to work the best is pricing a little below what you are actual want to get, and then using this seller’s market to bring in multiple buyers who will bid against each other and drive the price up.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> The more demand we can create for your home, the easier it will be to get to the price you want. </span></span></span><br /> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-c16ec83d-70ef-951c-8d76-313f4d89fd0d" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b> <span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The next thing that trips up sellers is not staging their home. Staging is very important, especially for your home’s online profile. If your home isn’t neatly presented in photographs online, you will have a hard time getting people to come in and look in person. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You want to stage the home so that it looks open, with few distractions.</span></span></span><br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ5ZWmY-Cj0hzPUaljR0gxMtIcaB0j7ab5XDQleNjC9QNrbnfSnP3qiv1ZHsYECIhI3aoasPmz96xcsKCpVpWlrH8k8mhcqtvSnzECcFuBwA1UsScU5ErJ-GvQohvITeULj6lh2YoqU4l3/s1600/Miller+Pullquote+8.27.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="80" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ5ZWmY-Cj0hzPUaljR0gxMtIcaB0j7ab5XDQleNjC9QNrbnfSnP3qiv1ZHsYECIhI3aoasPmz96xcsKCpVpWlrH8k8mhcqtvSnzECcFuBwA1UsScU5ErJ-GvQohvITeULj6lh2YoqU4l3/s320/Miller+Pullquote+8.27.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-c16ec83d-70ef-951c-8d76-313f4d89fd0d" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">These are just a few of the things to do to get your home ready for sale, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">but by no means is this a comprehensive list of everything you need to accomplish to sell. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you want to know more about preparing your home for sale, or if you have any questions for us, feel free to give us a call or send us a quick email. Talk to you soon!</span></b></span>

<a class="embedly-card" href="http://videos.hgtv.com/video/plan-ahead-when-renovating-0216000">Plan Ahead When Renovating</a> <script async="" charset="UTF-8" src="//cdn.embedly.com/widgets/platform.js"></script> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>Want to sell your home? <a href="http://www.exclusivehomerealty.com/home-valuation/"><b>Get a free home value report</b></a></i><br /> <i>Want to buy a home? <a href="http://www.exclusivehomerealty.com/results/"><b>Search all homes for sale</b></a><b> </b></i></span></span></div> <div style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; border: 0px none; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px none; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;"> <br /> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Today, we want to share a video from HGTV to discuss how you can plan ahead when it comes to home renovations.<b style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></b>Renovating your home can be an exciting process, but it's important that you don't get ahead of yourself.<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><b style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">You can't just go willy-nilly into a major project and expect it to go perfectly.</b><span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>Planning properly for these types of projects can assure a smooth project, and one that may even cost less!</span></span></div> <div style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; border: 0px none; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px none; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div> <div style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; border: 0px none; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px none; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">HGTV’s Amy Matthews recommends making a very detailed timeline of your project, including potential things that could go awry and making backup plans in order to prevent these things from happening.<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><b style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Putting your plan onto paper is a good way to start this process.</b></span></span><br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRIKJhugrA5zxEkMrz9RFdU83u1wQXMaouqNSprI7SUvZhId5E1GwQy9T_ef2WqqHVI4w8uEZxu8VHdVl59hIHS8z-xlJzxPHmhMP7Z0NyDcAd_WTrGCUCBRcVQCWtZzyoozJCE8L5/s1600/8.4.jpg" style="color: #121855; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="110" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRIKJhugrA5zxEkMrz9RFdU83u1wQXMaouqNSprI7SUvZhId5E1GwQy9T_ef2WqqHVI4w8uEZxu8VHdVl59hIHS8z-xlJzxPHmhMP7Z0NyDcAd_WTrGCUCBRcVQCWtZzyoozJCE8L5/s320/8.4.jpg" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: 1px 1px 5px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.098); padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></span></span></div> </div> <div style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; border: 0px none; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px none; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />Another major step is choosing a good team of contractors that you can communicate with. If they don't know what you want done, they can't do it.&nbsp;</span></span></div> <div style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; border: 0px none; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px none; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div> <div style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; border: 0px none; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px none; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Just remember<b style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">, there is no such thing as too much planning!<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></b>If you plan on renovating your Seattle home, please contact us. We know great contractors and could also give you advice on what projects will bring you the highest return on your investment.&nbsp;</span></span></div> <div style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; border: 0px none; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px none; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div> <div style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; border: 0px none; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px none; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We look forward to hearing from you!</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div>