When selling your house, work with your realtor to create a complete marketing package, in both print material and online.  Virtual tours are popular with potential home buyers. An eye catching virtual tour, can give a potential buyer a positive first impression prior to them actually viewing the physical …

With wonderful year round weather in Southern California, keep annual flowers blooming throughout the year in your gardens. Potential buyers will be able to easily see themselves enjoying the property and the house. Remove summer plants that are looking worn out and replace them with mums, pansies, verbena, kale and …

Before putting your home up for sale, consider getting a pre-sale home inspection. This gives the current homeowner a chance to fix any problems and present their home in the best possible light to potential home buyers.  A well maintained home will instill confidence in potential home buyers and …

Make potential home buyers feel welcome to your home, right from the minute they enter by creating a warm and inviting front entry. Regardless of the time of year, creating a warm and welcoming entry way is a great way to capture potential buyers interest.  For the fall season, …

Regardless of the season, you choose to sell your home, curb appeal is important. Fall can be a tricky time for curb appeal, as gardens are not in bloom and summer annuals are fading. Be proactive; replace summer annuals with fall blooming plants, such as mums, in rich red and …

Congratulations to Michael Franco of Keller Williams, Newport Beach who recently sold a Watermark, Crystal Cove luxury home, as the realtor representing the buyer. The property at 6 Timor Sea, Newport Coast, closed today, 9/10/15, for 7.3 million dollars. Watermark, as part of the Crystal Cove development, is a 24 …

Prior to selling your home, consider renting a storage unit, to store some larger furniture items from your home. Many homes show better to potential buyers with less furniture in them, this helps take away clutter, opens up the rooms and leaves pathways clear for easy walking. Remove extra leaves …

Congratulations to Michael Franco of Keller Williams Newport Beach who recently sold an Ocean Heights, Newport Coast home as the realtor representing the buyer. The property located at 6 Overlook Drive closed yesterday, 8/20/15, for 2.5 million dollars. This Tuscan Villa style home is in the guard gated development …

When selling your home during summer months, keep your home comfortably cool on hot summer days. This will make potential buyers feel comfortable and welcome and they will be inclined to stay and spend extra time checking your home out. Turn on ceiling fans, to keep the air moving. Potential …

After you find the right home, the next step is making the right offer. Work with your professional real estate agent and make an offer that is fair to all parties involved.  An offer that is very low tends to result in loss of the house or putting the …