Ron Martin Team

Home Staging can sell your house faster at the best price! What is Home Staging? Home Staging is the art of strategically preparing a home going on the market so it shows off its best features in a positive manner. The entire objective is to make the house look as good as possible to as many potential home buyers as possible, thus increasing its chances for a quicker sale at the highest expected market value price for its area. Home Staging is the hottest new concept in real estate marketing and it is being used by savvy realtors and home sellers all over the country. Both are benefiting greatly!

A prospective home buyer makes a decision on whether to buy a house within the first few minutes (some estimate the first 15 seconds) of viewing. Most buyers make that decision with their heart and not their head. They buy on emotion. First impressions are all important and curb appeal is vital! If your home does not give out the right signals then potential buyers are likely to go elsewhere with their house hunting in search of that "right feeling".

It's Halloween time for the children!

Yes it is Halloween time, time for the children to dress up in their cute costumes and trick or treat. Fountain Inn is having a function for the kids on the 31^st, right on Main Street. They are having the following:

1. Trick or treat

2. Entertainment

3. Music by the Fountain

4. Movie at 9pm by the fountain and whatever else they can come up with until then.

The children should enjoy all the excitement that's going to go on that evening, so if you are interested in bringing your child somewhere safe to show off the beautiful costumes, Fountain Inn is the place. Don't forget Friday Night October 31st.

I'm excited today, I met my goal that I sat out to make. I enjoy blogging on a daily basis. It keeps my mind on other things then fighting my cancer. I look forward to blogging and reading other blogs. I enjoy reading the experiences that everyone has blogging, in their jobs. It gives me ideas and inspiration to keep going.

Isn't this time of year beautiful? Yesterday was the first time I was able to get out for myself for over 3 weeks and we decided to go to the office. It was a little bright and cool but I was glad to beable to get out. As we were driving I had taken in some beautiful sites of the leaves changing, people being decorated for the holiday. What does everyone else think about the weather, the fall colors, the decorations?

I am amazed by the amount of homes listed in our local market that are in need of basic improvements that wouldn't cost the seller very much, and am interested in points of views from agents about recommending improvements before listing the home.

I'm not talking major renovations here. I'm talking about basic improvements such as removing dated wallpaper, repainting the interior with neutral paint, replacing worn carpet, changing the kitchen countertops to granite, and so forth.

So the question is... What's the best recommendation to today's home seller? Market the house in its current condition at low price or, invest in basic home improvements and hope to get a higher price?