Follow the 3 Golden Rules of Staging to Get Your Charlotte Home SOLD!

After staging in Charlotte home for sale

Follow the 3 Golden Rules of Staging to Get Your Charlotte Home SOLD! I recently had a vacant home that was screaming for staging!  The Sellers priced the home ‘to sell’ at below market value in lieu of staging.  What happened?  More price reductions.  When the Sellers agreed that staging seemed ‘hopeful,’ we brought a stager in. What happened?  The home sold within DAYS!  82-90% of homebuyers cannot visualize themselves in a home that is vacant.   (That’s a powerful statistic that is oh, so true!)  Many Sellers do not want to spend the upfront money it costs to stage but, the ROI on staging … Continue reading...

712 Louise Avenue Unit #106 Charlotte NC 28204 – Condo in Historic Elizabeth Neighborhood Near Uptown – OOPS TOO LATE, Under Contract!

1BR/1BA Elizabeth Condo for Sale 145,000 MLS# 3112298 **SOLD** View a Virtual Tour of this Beautiful Condo   **Another Savvy Listing UNDER CONTRACT** Sorry you missed this lovely home! If you're thinking of selling your home, visit www.ListMyCharlotteHome.com, call (704) 491-3310 or email SavvyBroker@me.com for other available homes for sale in this area or give us a call and we'll put you on our 'hot list' for instant notification when a home in this area comes available--as SOON as it comes on the market! Historic, yet hip flat in ELIZABETH! Vintage 1929 National Historic Registry, … Continue reading...

Home Seller Tips – Lights, Camera, ACTION in Just a Short Time

Charlotte home sellers prepare their homes for sale

Home Seller Tips - Lights, Camera, ACTION in Just a Short Time In a perfect world, Charlotte home sellers have plenty of time to prepare their home to list and SELL. This would include time to pre-inspect, make necessary repairs, thoroughly clean the home and properly stage it for showings.  However, as we all know, there are those cases when time is not on the sellers’ side to complete all of these tasks. Here are a few short cuts that ARE necessary in order to get your home in show-ready condition in a very short period of time. Remove All Personal Photos/Miscellaneous Items One of the most … Continue reading...

List My Charlotte Home for More Money and SELL in Less Time

List Your Charlotte Home with Debe Maxwell

List My Charlotte Home for More Money and SELL in Less Time How do we do it? Listing homes is our priority...we know how to price a home, we know how to market a home and we know how to negotiate for our sellers to get them top price.   Why would you list with anyone else?  We provide the necessary marketing, the proper pricing guidance and negotiate THE best prices for our Sellers.  Need the proof?  Check out the data below which demonstrates that we not only OWN the strategy but, DOMINATE the stats in the local real estate market! If you would like data specific to your … Continue reading...

Love the One You’re With

Falling in love with Charlotte homes for sale

Charlotte Home Seller Tips | Do your buyers love the one they’re with? Never underestimate the power of a good shot when selling your Charlotte home.  Are your buyers lovin’ the one they’re with? Thinking of listing your Charlotte home for sale?  Consider who you hire and their level of professionalism BEFORE you make the fatal seller mistake of hiring an agent who uses their phone for YOUR home’s photos! I can’t think of the last time that I saw a home sell for above list price when phone photos were used to market the property.  Bear in mind that the first impression can never be … Continue reading...

OOPS TOO LATE! New McCarley Listing is Under Contract in Under One Day!

SOLD by The Maxwell House Group

3BR/2.5BA McCarley Townhome UNDER CONTRACT MLS# 3054847  *Click the photo below for the walk-through virtual tour*   1,740 SqFt Ballantyne Townhome UNDER CONTRACT in ONE DAY! Charlotte NC 28277 - Stunning Ballantyne townhome in highly sought-after McCarley complex is Under Contract in less than a DAY!   Tucked away in the luxury neighborhood of Bridgehampton, this popular complex offers hard-to-find townhomes with two-car garages in a great, walkable area. Our listing showed like a model!  These happy buyers will enjoy fabulous living areas on the main level with upgrades galore! … Continue reading...

Top 10 Charlotte Home Seller Tips for 2015

Top 10 Charlotte Home Seller Tips

Top 10 Charlotte Home Seller Tips for 2015 If you’re considering selling your Charlotte home  then you may want to take inventory and identify what needs to be addressed before placing your home on the market. First Impressions are Critical Put yourself in your buyers’ shoes.   Enter your home starting at the front door and ‘tour’ your home as though you were a buyer.  When a buyer is viewing your home, they have every right to be critical of every single aspect of your home - remember, this may very well be their new home!   Does your home ‘flow’ nicely?  Are your colors coordinating?  Are … Continue reading...

4 EASY Tips on Selling Your Charlotte Home This Fall

Selling your Charlotte home in the Fall

4 EASY Tips on Selling Your Charlotte Home This Fall If you haven’t noticed already, autumn is HERE and in full swing towards those cold winter months!  Autumn is not only a great time to enjoy some cooler weather but, it is also a perfect time to sell a home. If you want to sell your house this autumn, these home staging tips will have buyers pounding down your door. Lighting, Lighting, Lighting The shorter days of autumn make lighting more of a challenge when selling your Charlotte home - especially on cold, rainy, already-dreary days.  It is important to make sure your Charlotte home is … Continue reading...

Thinking of Selling Your Charlotte Home? Let’s Talk!

Putting the puzzle pieces together to sell your Charlotte home

Thinking of Selling Your Charlotte Home? Let's Talk! Hiring the RIGHT Charlotte Realtor® As a soon-to-be Charlotte home seller, I am keenly aware of the preparation that it takes to get your home SOLD!  Just like every other home seller in the world - my mission is to sell our home for the most money and get it done as quickly as possible. When I interview Charlotte home sellers who are thinking of listing their Charlotte home, I ask them what their goals are.  Inevitably, the top two responses are: 1.  I just want to get my home sold as quickly as possible and... 2.  For the most … Continue reading...

Charlotte Home Seller Tips – Top Mistakes Sellers Make

Home appraisals - How to be sure that yours is accurate

Charlotte Home Seller Tips- Top Mistakes Sellers Make Charlotte homeowners, it's that time again!  Okay, well, people do sell homes all year long but, the vast majority of homeowners who can be flexible with the time to sell their home, do so in the spring.  So, it's time to start thinking of what you need to do to prepare...and what mistakes you need to avoid. Being a member of a national real estate network, ActiveRain, we provide feedback about our areas, participate in surveys about anything and everything to do with real estate and share information that we know and learn with our … Continue reading...