With the new year starting off in a hurry, where does your real estate value stand?  Here’s some tips to get maximum value for your home: Lawn Improvements: Overgrown, patchy lawns and bushes can cause your home to stand out in a bad way. To tame your front lawn at a reasonable cost, a lawn service company can [...]

I was recently honored and humbled to recieve the Rookie of the Year award from TEAM Networking.   First and foremost, to be a part of such a successful group means a great deal to me and to be indivudally recognized is very meaningful. Here is a link describing what the award is about and what TEAM networking [...]

One of the things I absolutely love about the real estate business is that it’s so very fair.  You get out of it exactly what you put into it.   That’s a big part of why I work exclusively and passionately by referral.  Below is a post based off of a recent impactful note I received [...]

  At Covenant Realty, we put our expertise to work every day, focusing on getting top dollar for our clients’ home sales. As a sample, here’s a few tips that might be useful in proceeding with your sale: Consult a Professional: As a start, you should have an agent and/or interior designer inspect your home. While Covenant [...]

Add cost-effective luxuries: Some luxury items, such as a kitchen water filtration system, can really spruce up your home for potential buyers. These systems can purify your water, but they will also lower your customers’ grocery bills – no more bottled water purchases! A water filtration system is an example of an inexpensive addition, but these [...]

A core part of marketing your home is the list price. Mispricings will cause you not to benefit from obtaining the optimal profit for your home, so accurate pricing is essential. To determine the best asking price for your home, it’s critical to first evaluate the competition and study trends in the marketplace. Covenant Realty associates [...]

It’s true that typically, most home buyers choose not to purchase homes with all cash transactions; still, those in the fortunate position to do so may be wondering how to do that. Cash buyers have the advantage of being able to bypass time-consuming loan qualification processes, which obviously wouldn’t apply in this case, and can [...]

When negotiating financing for your new home, some lenders can negotiate on both the interest rate of the loan and the number of points paid as an upfront fee. Most established lenders, such as large banks, set their rates much like large corporations set the prices of products for sale. However, shopping around from different sources and knowing the market [...]

A critical step in the home buying process is deciding what type of purchase you can reasonably afford.  A thorough review will require an examination of your current income, accrued savings, month-to-month expenses and any outstanding debts. Getting pre-qualified for a mortgage loan early in the process is important, which will help determine how much [...]

A core part of marketing your home is the list price. Mispricings will cause you not to benefit from obtaining the optimal profit for your home, so accurate pricing is essential. To determine the best asking price for your home, it’s critical to first evaluate the competition and study trends in the marketplace. Covenant Realty associates [...]