What to do with the Equity in your Home?

What can you do with the equity in your home? To answer my own question, we will use an example. Let’s say you’ve owned a home in Lehi, Utah from 2014-2019. The average price on homes went from $247,000 to $343,000, which would give you about $96,000 to work with. (Obviously, how much you put

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How to Stay Updated on the Real Estate Market?

How do you stay updated on the constantly changing real estate market? Play in it daily! I come to work and look at what is new on the market in the last day. For example, today, 60 new homes have been posted in the last 24 hours. I will look at what’s new and how

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Do Basement Apartments Add Value to your Home?

Do basement apartments add value to your home? Answer: it depends. This is an area where marketability and appraisal value vary A LOT.Appraisal-wise, having a basement apartment will only add value and increase your home’s appraised price if other similar homes with basement apartments have sold in your area in the last 90 days. Now,

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Hire YOUR Best Team when Selling/Buying a Home

A simple truth here: a good team makes buying or selling a home better. Like, a lot better. This summer, I had a review from a first time home buyer that was very positive and talked about how excited they were to own a home and how easy it all was. Except- it wasn’t! For

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How Well does your Realtor Know your Neighborhood?

Quick tip- if your real estate agent can’t drive around your town and neighborhood without a GPS, they probably aren’t the right Realtor for you. (For the record- I DO use GPS during showings for driving efficiency- but I’m talking about a Realtor who can’t get in and out of town without it).  If I

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Would you Spend $25,000 to get $56,000 on your Home?

Stress, hard work, and anxiety all aside and are not counted in this equation. Would you spend an extra $25,000 to get an extra $56,000 on the sale of your home? This question comes from a real life example. I watched a home this summer that was self marketed- and poorly. They chose to go

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Finding a Realtor outside of Utah

If you’re looking to buy or sell a home outside of Utah, don’t just Google ‘good real estate agents’ and hope for the best- use me! I can help.I can call and interview agents, find out who in that area has accurate information and figure out which Realtors haven’t sold properties in a while. I

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How Many Homes does the Average Realtor do Each Year?

The average Realtor sells about 4-6 homes a year. This isn’t enough to make a living on and these Realtors will typically have a second job. Why does this matter to you? The number of transactions a Realtor has each year gives you an idea of the experience they have so far in the business.

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How to Buy and Sell at the Same Time

Buying a home is intense. SELLING a home is intense. Selling a home and THEN buying a home? Perhaps the most challenging of all! Here are some tips to more seamlessly incorporate the two. 1- Evaluate your current home’s worth- make sure that you have enough equity in your current home to use towards your

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