Leif Swanson

Today’s buyers are too busy to worry about painting and cleaning their new home. They want move-in ready homes. Time spent on painting, new flooring, and staging by sellers is well worth it. Sellers will sell their homes quicker and for more money. This living room does not give a positive [...]

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Please pick up your clothes before selling your home. Buyers want bedrooms to be retreats from the stress of daily living. And some would like bedrooms to convey a sense of romance too.

Much nicer bedroom. Clean and tidy and peaceful. Turning on lamps adds a soft, warm glow to the room [...]

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Believe it or not, the holiday season will be here soon enough. Buyers will be thinking about hosting parties & dinners in their new homes. They will have a hard time imagining a holiday dinner if a dining room doesn’t look like a dining room. There should be a dining table here, [...]

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Today’s buyers want bathrooms to be light and bright and clean-looking. They don’t want dark and depressing bathrooms. Or ones with dreary, heavy, outdated wallpaper.

This remodeled bathroom in Chandler, Arizona pleased my client enough to write an offer right then in the house.

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Phoenix Metropolitan Area Real Estate Statistics - February 2010
What is happening with the real estate market in the Phoenix metropolitan area? What changed in February 2010?
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1) SALES: February 2010’s sales of 6,595 were much better than February 2009’s 5,477 sales and even better than February 2008’s 3,445 sales. [...]

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Phoenix Metropolitan Area Real Estate Statistics - January 2010
What is happening with the real estate market in the Phoenix metropolitan area? What changed in January 2010?
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1) SALES: January 2010’s sales of 5,789 were much better than January 2009’s 4,736 sales and even better than January 2008’s 2,907 sales. That’s [...]

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There are many valuable and informative TV shows about selling homes:
Buy Me on HGTV
Real Estate Intervention on HGTV
Bought & Sold on HGTV
Secrets That Sell on HGTV

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There are several TV shows that show professional fix-and-flippers:
Flip This House on A&E TV
Flip That House on TLC (no recent new episodes)
Property Ladder on TLC (no recent new episodes)

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There are many TV shows that offer home staging advice & tips:
Designed To Sell on HGTV
Sell This House on A&E TV
The Unsellables on HGTV
Get It Sold on HGTV
Hoarders on A&E TV
Stager Invasion on TLC
Curb Appeal on HGTV
Clean House on MyStyle

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