Tips for Listing your home

How to Win the Real Estate Bidding War Without Overpaying

There’s a saying that a property is worth whatever someone is willing to pay. Here in the South Tampa Real Estate market buyers are willing to pay more. In our capacity as a seller’s agent, we are experiencing multiple offers in all price ranges. People are willing to pay asking, if not above asking price … Continue reading How to Win the Real Estate Bidding War Without Overpaying

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Why Selling Your Home During The Holidays May Not Be Such A Bad Idea

Anyone who is shopping for a home during the holidays is most likely a serious buyer. I wouldn’t sway people from listing their home for sale for several reasons: Did you know “under federal tax law, each individual is permitted to give away money or valuables worth up to $13,000 to a single recipient in a calendar … Continue reading Why Selling Your Home During The Holidays May Not Be Such A Bad Idea

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Strategies to Selling Your Home In a Challenging Economy

Seller’s Incentives for a Challenging Economy In a down economy, sellers must compete not only with other homes in the real estate market, but also with buyer’s fears and concerns. Selling incentives have always been a way to create additional interest in your property. Today, incentives can help motivate reluctant buyers to make that next … Continue reading Strategies to Selling Your Home In a Challenging Economy

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Ten Terrific Home Staging Tips and Tricks-Tampa, Fl

Home Staging is preparing your home for sale so that it will appeal to the widest range of potential buyers. I see the staging process as consisting of two phases: preparation and staging. The five key preparation steps are de-cluttering, depersonalizing, neutralizing, repairing and cleaning (in that order). These steps are not optional! They are … Continue reading Ten Terrific Home Staging Tips and Tricks-Tampa, Fl

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10 Questions to Ask a Listing Agent when Selling your Home

Questions to Ask When Choosing a REALTOR Rae Catanese, Realtor-Tampa, Fl - The Tampa Real Estate Insider Blog 1. How long have you been in residential real estate sales? Is it your full-time job? (While experience is no guarantee of skill, real estate, like many other professions, is mostly learned on the job.) 2. What is your … Continue reading 10 Questions to Ask a Listing Agent when Selling your Home

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Prudential Tropical Realty- Ranked Top 2 Brokerage firm Tampa, Fl

There are many Real Estate Broker’s to work for in the Tampa Bay area. When I decided to join Prudential Tropical Realty back in 2004, I interviewed with all the major firms and decided that Prudential offered their agents the most tools, training and support to grow my business. Here we are in 2010, when … Continue reading Prudential Tropical Realty- Ranked Top 2 Brokerage firm Tampa, Fl

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BIG Changes to Zillow-Will your home be seen by 8 million users?

What does it take to advertise your home? Don’t be left in the dark! The Real Estate Industry has seen many changes in the last few years. Not only do Real Estate Agents need to be tech savvy, using social media tools like twitter and Facebook, they also need to advertise on numerous websites … Continue reading BIG Changes to Zillow-Will your home be seen by 8 million users?

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Is it time for Sellers to take any offer? Tampa Real Estate Update

Many sellers should be very concerned after this past week’s economic crisis. Who isn’t watching TV, reading the Newspaper, or getting news online about how this mess could affect the Real Estate Market? This especially holds true to the housing market here in Tampa. If you are trying to sell your home and haven’t already started a short sale or … Continue reading Is it time for Sellers to take any offer? Tampa Real Estate Update

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