Nothing can transform a home quite like a simple seasonal color palette. Whether you want to embrace the fall foliage, some holiday whimsy, or a little winter coziness, you can do all that with a few coats of paint and some well-placed splashes of color. The best part of all? Not only are these color […]
The U.S. News & World Report recently announced the best places to retire in 2018. Guess where Sarasota ranks? If you guessed #1, you’re right! We all know that Sarasota is a phenomenal place to retire, vacation, and live year-round, and now the entire country does too. The U.S. News & World Report is enjoys […]
Picture this: It’s winter. It’s freezing. You still need to clear the last of the leaves from your lawn, but you’re finding every excuse to stay huddled inside your warm home and out of the cold, biting air. More than ever, you’re wishing your yard work would just do itself. Sound familiar? Maintenance and lawn […]
Many home sellers have considered skipping the real estate agent to save on closing costs, but very few have actually succeeded in seeing those savings. There’s a good reason: the average homeowner doesn’t have the rigorous training and real estate knowledge that a licensed agent does. But just what makes For Sale By Owner (FSBO) […]
Re/Max LLC recently put out mid-year ranking lists for Florida, the U.S., and around the world. Re/Max Alliance Group agents throughout Florida rank highly for their superior customer service, sales commissions, and number of houses sold. Ranking for Re/Max are based on the first half of this year, from January 1st to July 19th. The […]
From personalizing your living spaces to turning a profit when you sell, there are dozens of reasons why first-time home buyers can’t wait to find a home and make it their own. Though there are plenty of benefits of owning a home, here are the six benefits that stand out from the rest. 1. You […]
The Sarasota real estate market continues on its upward trend of closed sales, home inventory, and home prices. The number of closed sales for single-family homes increased by 6.9% since this time last year. Condo sales also improved by about 0.8% from last year. Sarasota Market Update for August 2017 Closed sales for both single-family […]
Email scams are as old as, well, email, but as the years go by, these scams have become more and more sophisticated. Recently, several home buyers have fallen victim to specially targeted email scams that attempt to rob them of their closing costs — sometimes up to hundreds of thousands of dollars. These types of […]
Let’s say you have your heart set on buying a home in a community with a swimming pool, a clubhouse, and maybe even a playground or trails. Having access to these amenities often means living in a community with a homeowners association, or HOA. Generally, an HOA is responsible for keeping the neighborhood looking beautiful […]
A quick Google search is all it takes to discover hundreds of new recipes, do-it-yourself projects, and tips about how to stage your home. With so much information available online, especially about the home selling process, many homeowners start to wonder whether it’s faster and more cost-efficient to sell their own homes rather than hiring […]
