Real Estate Home Marketing
Whether you hire an agent or go it alone as a For Sale by Owner, its essential to understand how real estate home marketing to engage buyers and close that sale. Here you will find tips, tricks and examples of how to market and sell your property.
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How To Sell A Manufactured Home
Before you put your manufactured home on the market in Florida, you must understand the unique challenge in marketing and selling this type of home. In the N. Central Florida area where I live, manufactured homes are prevalent. From Ocala to Dunnellon and in between you will find communities dedicated to these homes, or mixed neighborhoods that have site built and manufactured homes. Many cities are changing and will no longer allow manufactured homes in certain areas. So, before you sign a contract on a vacant parcel of land, be sure you check with the city zoning and building department. The number one issue with selling a manufactured homes is…
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Virtual Staging Sells Homes!
Want to attract more potential buyers to your home on the market? Then you need to enhance the appeal of your home with virtual staging! Let’s face it, not everyone’s decorating skills are equal, and many home sellers need help with getting their home in showing condition for photographs and other marketing. But, sometimes you just don’t have the extra cash to make the changes that traditional staging offers. And, traditional staging can be costly. That’s why I offer my Ocala, Dunnellon, and Crystal River real estate customers virtual staging options because it is affordable, and the rooms can be staged to suit a variety of styles. 99% of buyers start…
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Flat Fee MLS Podcast
In this May 2019 edition of our real estate podcast, we discuss Flat Fee MLS. When it comes to the ways a homeowner can put their home on the market, there is now a new addition to the playing field…. Flat Fee MLS brokerage. But is this option for everyone looking to sell their home? And, if you choose to go with a Flat Fee MLS service instead of a Full Brokerage listing, what are the pros and the cons? In this episode of the Bortz Team Real Estate Podcast, we will discuss the pros and cons of a Flat Fee MLS listing. Did you know that on a Flat…
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DO OPEN HOUSES SELL HOMES?
After 19 years a a full-time real estate agent (Realtor), this question still looms in the industry. I got into this business back when the only technology we had was beepers. And even then sellers insisted on me holding an open house. Fast forward to 2019, and the same question is still valid: Do open houses sell homes? Back then there was no other way for Realtors to attract potential buyers besides running ads in the newspaper, doing caravans, and open houses. Even with the advancement of the 21st Century, the internet, multiple global real estate portals, such as Zillow/Trulia, brokerage websites, agent website, and more, I am surprised how…
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Location, Location, Location Podcast
Its been said that the three most important considerations in real estate are location, location and location. Having been a full-time Realtor for over 18 years, I can tell you that the location of a property is the single most important aspect when purchasing real estate. Sure, you need to find a home that will have everything you need in a home. But in this episode of our real estate podcast, we delve deeply into how living in an “undesirable” location will affect your property value. Where a home is located is the MOST important factor in it’s valuation – now and in the future. We will begin by discussing…
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8 Ways To Appeal To Next- Gen Buyers
Do you want to attract buyers to your home? Today we will discuss 8 ways to appeal to Next-Gen buyers. Chances are when it’s time to sell your home, you will more than likely be selling it to someone younger than you are. Each generation has it’s own set of home amenities that attract buyers to a property before another. When you list your home for sale, you always want the quickest sale possible. Here are some of the features you need to have: Well Equipped Kitchen. This one seems to be on everyone’s priority list, no matter the age. However, in order to attract buyers in today’s market place…