Most sellers picture their sale price as the number they’ll walk away with. It isn’t. Between commission, your mortgage payoff, Michigan closing costs, and whatever gets negotiated during inspection, your actual net can land well below your list price. None…
If you are an empty nester thinking about downsizing, you already know the hard part is not just packing boxes. The hard part is coordinating two major moves at once. You have to sell the family home while also finding…
Before your home ever hits the market, three things quietly determine how smoothly the sale will go: how well you research, how strategically you think about price, and how prepared you are mentally for what is ahead. Get these right…
Dual Agency in Real Estate, Explained You walk into an open house. You fall in love with it. You find the listing agent and ask if they can represent you too. The answer is usually yes. It is called dual…
If you are getting ready to list your home for sale, the price you choose in the first ten days will shape everything that happens next. This home pricing strategy guide for sellers will help! Price too high and buyers…
Real, local numbers for the five communities I call home and serve every day. If you have been waiting for a market update that actually names your street instead of lumping you into “Metro Detroit,” this is it. I pulled…
Most people buying or selling a home in Metro Detroit assume the number their real estate agent gives them and the number a licensed appraiser produces are roughly the same thing — just delivered by different people. They are not.…
One of the most expensive mistakes Metro Detroit home sellers make has nothing to do with pricing strategy or market timing. It happens before the listing ever goes live. Over-improving a home before selling is more common than most people…
Some homes in Metro Detroit are selling in days right now. Others have been sitting for 60, 90, even 120 days with no offers, and the sellers cannot figure out why. The difference almost never comes down to luck or…
Most real estate agents are professionals who genuinely want to get you to the closing table. But there are things that don’t always make it into the conversation; some because they’re uncomfortable to say, some because they’re simply not in…