Selling your Morris County home is never something you do on a whim. There can be rare situations when the decision to sell is a sudden one that’s forced by unexpected life circumstances (favorable or not)—but selling your Morris County home is not likely to be the result of some sudden impulse. Since that’s the case, it follows that most …
Making the Most of Morris County House Showings in Summer
When the Morris County weather turns sizzling, you might think that house showings might go better by holding off for milder weather. After all, as the mercury rises, energy levels tend to wilt, so prospective buyers willing to take on a big initiative—like lining up a new house—might seem to be in short supply. You might think that—but the evidence …
Selling Your Morris County Home with Branding
Selling your Morris County home takes marketing, of course. Highlighting its features—the specific details that the Morris County MLS lists for every property—is only the beginning. The number of bedrooms, square footage, lot size—even the architectural style—all help buyers eliminate offerings that won’t satisfy their housing requirements. These are quantitative marketing specifics that qualify a residence. Most have numbers attached. …
Home Design Trends Reflect Changing Environment
Morris County real estate—like all real estate—is a supremely local activity. Area homeowners who like to keep an eye on New Jersey and national trends do so because some of them may surface in future buyer preferences. For Morris County homeowners in a remodeling frame of mind, it doesn’t hurt to be aware of “what’s hot.” When it comes to …
Showings in Morris County Contain an Element of Illusion
Showings—whether here in Morris County or anywhere else—can succeed or fail as a result of quite minor details. Appreciating that fact isn’t hard to do when you relate showings to their theatrical first cousins: stage presentations. In important ways, they are quite similar. Think of what happens when you attend a live play. The audience finds their seats, settle in, …
Morris County Home Staging Lore Leads to a Boffo Opening
Staging. It’s not a coincidence that the same word is used in both dramatic undertakings and North Jersey residential real estate preparation. Both describe preparations that seek to establish a feeling within the beholder. Of course, staging for Morris County home showings differs fundamentally from its theatrical homonym. With our kind of staging, the presentation is real—not make-believe. That’s not …
7 Financial Results Morris County FSBO Sellers May Face
Once you have decided to sell your North Jersey home, one of your first action items is to recruit a top sales team. About 90% of sellers choose a licensed REALTOR® to head up their effort—not just because it’s the popular thing to do, but because the alternatives are few. You could recruit a business person from some other discipline, …
Homemade Ideas for a Memorable Morris County Open House
Fresh baked chocolate chip cookies at your Morris County open house? It’s been a standard for open houses everywhere and forever, but if the goal is to make your property and its open house a standout, it’s a solution hardly in sync with the goal. Cheese and crackers? C’mon—does anyone really want dubious-looking cheese and cold cuts that have been …
For Morris County Sellers, a Pre-Sale Checklist
Selling your North Jersey home is the kind of major undertaking that has so many facets just deciding where to start can delay liftoff. Since there is no actual “right” place to begin, like other mammoth projects, just digging in anywhere will do. The happy truth is that when you’re selling a home, once momentum gets going, the rest …
Top 5 Reasons to Avoid FSBO Apply to Morris County Sellers
There are Top 10 Lists aplenty that detail just why any North Jersey homeowner should think twice before planting one of those For Sale by Owner signs in their front yard. One of them is that when you sell your home all by yourself, the sheer amount of time you’ll have to devote to mastering processes that are already fully …
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