A lot of (would-be)sellers are asking that question right now.  Should they sell their homes to buy another that better suits their needs… or hang tight and make changes to their current home.

I understand. I really understand.  As the father of a four year old and a 4 month old… I understand.  As the husband [...]

I had a Broker Open House today (some call them office caravans or just broker opens), and one of my guests was Angel Walker, a local stager.  I’ve talked with Angel a few times, and she has even written a post on staging for my blog and website, and she is always a pleasure to [...]

Incrementalism is a concept that a lot of people in the automotive hobby are familiar with… in theory, if not the word itself.  So, let me give a definition…
Incrementalism refers to the practice of just changing things a little bit… over time… piece by piece.
This would be opposed to going “All In” or whole hog.

In [...]

I am in the process of building a butt-kicking single property website for a home here in the Atlanta area (not ready to spill the beans quite yet on which one…).  I have previously mentioned this here.

As I’ve put this together, I have been consulting with a small number of other agents around the country [...]

if you aren’t already familiar, del.icio.us is a “Social Bookmarking” site.  I ran across it last year, bookmarked it (how appropriate…) and then just kind of left it alone.  At the same time I downloaded a plug-in for FireFox… and left it alone.  I thought it was cool, but got sidetracked with running a business [...]

I just got back from the mailbox. Gwinnett County, in all of its wisdom, has determined that my house is worth about 12% more than last year…

Keep in mind that nearby homes have recently sold for under the price my wife and I paid for our home seven years ago. also keep [...]

One of the biggest improvements one can make to their garage is to recondition the floor… or in the case of new construction, to do something to protect the floor.  Let’s run over a few options…

Floor paint.   Just don’t do it.  The first time you drive into the garage, the paint will peel off [...]

Garage!

Seriously.  I see articles and posts about increasing the value of your house through inexpensive kitchen upgrades, bathroom make-overs and landscape tune-ups… but everyone ignores the garage.
We live in and for the garage!
So, here are a few ideas to spruce up the garage.  They are relatively cheap, and will make the garage look much better.

Sheetrock/Drywall

If [...]

If you didn’t know, this little thingie (≠) is the ‘does NOT equal’ sign.
photo credit: ejhogbin

So many people have an idea that price and value are connected… or more specifically, discount from original list and value have a connection… they don’t.  Bluntly, two buyers could go out and buy properties in the same neighborhood.  [...]

I just got back from a meeting with a local mortgage broker, Ken Cook.  He let me know about a great sounding program to remedy the situation when you want to move and can’t find that perfect house… with the perfect garage.  If you can find the house, he can do a loan that folds [...]