Villa-House in Sosua, North Coast, Dominican Republic

This inner and splendid newborn development located hillside of composer offers fantastic views over the coastline of Sosua and Cabarete. Each villa is constructed in the way that each property has a panoramic ocean analyse of 180 degrees.

Three spectacular ultra-modern designs of villas are offered for construction within a bonny private walled project of 28,000 m2 / 301,280 ft2 / 6,92 acre.

Prices of villas inclusive land, depending organisation starting from US$ 300,000 up to US$ 970,000. Ideal for nature lovers, keen on sports, ferments of equitation and bonny garden lovers will revalue this pristine environment. The full ambiance of the development is designed to substance a style not just living. Within the development, as well as the recent housing, there is common tropical parcel including horse paddocks and stables. Each of the houses offers the very best of recent minimalist architecture, from structure to fittings, garden to features. Together they earmark the surround to become part of the structure, collectively offering variety within a defined secure and bonny setting.

Apartment in Bang Tao Beach, Phuket, Thailand

Features

» New Development
» No concept chain
» Fitted Wardrobes
» 24 Hour Security
» Air conditioning

External features
» Off-street Parking
» Patio/Terrace
» Balcony
» Landscaped Grounds

Situated on a hillside above the beautiful Bang Tao Beach there is a selection of 2 bedroom apartments and 3 bedroom penthouses set in beautifully landscaped gardens and with swimming pools. The use style facilities include a bar, restaurants, spa and gym, with admittance to Bang Tao Beach just 3 transactions away.

Tamarind Hills will be operated as a use destination with a broad verify of professional assist including 24 distance concierge, concern keeping, laundry, security and room service.

Imagine owning a luxurious use concept that generates a broad return on your investment each year, allowing you to pay holidays in an idyllic tropical paradise location.

Tamarind Hills offers purchasers a chance to equip in digit of the world's most prestigious locations and is perfectly positioned to verify advantage of Phuket's growing tourist trade.

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Villa-House in Montego Bay, St. James, Jamaica

An opportunity to purchase a wonderful investment or retirement home in the popular Fairfield Estate, St James, Jamaica.

Just 15 minutes drive from Sangster International Airport and 10 minutes drive from the popular tourist resort of Fletcher's Beach, this beautiful property with its large, airy veranda is set in a securely fenced ½ acre plot with several fruit bearing tropical trees, and is a mere 5 minutes from Montego Bay.

This Four bedroom property was built approximately 9 years ago and is offered in good condition with flexible open plan ground floor living space.

Full Details On Request - Sales Price GBP215,000

Apartment in Tropea, Calabria, Italy

Features
» Double Glazing
» Fitted Kitchen
» Loft Conversion
» Security Locks
» 24 Hour Security
» Air conditioning
» Satellite/Cable TV
» Rental Guarantee
» Furniture Packs Available

External features
» Garage
» Off-street Parking
» Garden
» Patio/Terrace
» Balcony
» Outbuildings
» Landscaped Grounds
» Swimming Pool
» Sea View

The apartments module be sold key ready, so fully furnished and module includes features such as air conditioning, a fully fitted kitchen with white goods, but also beds, bedding, furniture and items such as a TV and garden chairs.

There are also high rental returns if you decide to permit the housing and the utilization location provides a perfect investment due to enthusiastic demand from domestic and external buyers.

This beautiful utilization is located up on the hill of Pargheli, the three types of apartments wage exciting broad views over the sea and the coast of Tropea and Zambronne, but are still just a few minutes absent from sandy beaches, a bay, shops and restaurants.

The utilization provides a lot of attractive facilities including an infinity swimming pool that seems to float in the sky, sunbeds, showers and cabins. There is also a fitness area and when you tract your car at the entrance, you module be welcomed from getting by a member of our staff.

The baritone period assist costs wage the hearty and cold water, electricity, gas, maintenance and security.

More designed utilization for the complex module wage several more pools, tennis courts, a recreation tract and a children's park.

Please do not waffle in contacting us for prices, availability and assist costs.

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Local amenities
» 1 knot from Tropea Local Shops
» Less than half a knot from Complex Supermarket
» 1 knot from Tropea Shopping Centre
» 1 knot from Tropea Bar
» 1 knot from Tropea Restaurant
» from Complex Bus Stop
» Less than half a knot from Tropea Beach
» Less than half a knot from Tropea Marina 

Apartment in Aydin, Aegean, Turkey

 This stunning complex is situated in Akbuk. It offers you a choice of 2 bedroom apartments or 3 bedroom duplexes. All are finished to a high standard. The apartments consist of open plan living room and kitchen, two double bedroom.

Property Features
PVC double glazed windows
Mosquito nets on all windows
Ceiling spotlights in lounge / kitchen
Light fittings in all bedrooms and hallways
Ceiling coving in all bedrooms and halls
Smooth plaster finish on all interior walls
Fully tiled bathroom
Tiles on all floors
Double locking steel exterior security doors
American style metal front door
All Internal Electric Points and Switches
Floor Covering
Decorative Coving to all Cevilings
Marble Stairs
Approved exterior paint or mineral to exterior or mosaic tiles
Fully Fitted Kitchens
Fully Fitted Bathrooms
T.V / Satellite Points
Fully Decorated Throughout
Jacuzzi
Sauna
Turkish Bath
24 hour security
24 hour maintenance staff
Materials used throug hout the construction are TSE (Turkish Standart Institute)
Building guarentee on construction
Guarentee for windows and doors
Unfurnished
Boundary walls
Playground area
Sea View
Mountain View
Mini Golf
Tennis Court
Basketball Court
Fitness Center
5 Swimming Pool
5 Childeren Pool
Pool Bars
2 Amphitheatre
Laundry
Hair Dresser
Internet Cafe
Smooth plaster finish on all interior walls
Airconditioning Units
Telephone Points
Electric immersion water heater
Air Conditioning
Communal pool with child section
Cafe & Shop (poolside)

Location Information
Located in Akbuk
Airports : 75 km
Beach : 10 mins
Shopping Centres : 10 mins
Banks : 10 mins
Schools : 10 mins
Downtown : 10 mins
Restaurants / Bars : 10 mins

Using the art of home staging to sell your home quickly

Home staging or property styling is the process of setting up your home for sale. It can be done by cleaning, decorating, painting, or just going through some maintenance work. Home staging is a time-tested method that enables property owners to sell their home quickly (and that too at higher prices). Although there are real estate agents and interior designers who will do it for you, you can also do it yourself without much of a problem. You just have to work towards making your home more appealing and more likable. People are now starting to realize the importance of property staging. Individual sellers, now commonly use home staging that was once a technique used by real estate agents only.

Maintenance work:
Don’t leave basic maintenance work for new buyers. Normally they are looking to get a house that is readily available to shift into. They are already tired of going through the hectic task of property search; a home clearly asking for maintenance work is an immediate turn off. Also, some maintenance work can cover the normal wear and tear signs as well.

Outlook and doorway:
When the potential buyer arrives at your home, he’ll most probably make his mind in first few minutes. First impression contributes a lot towards the final decision of approval or rejection. You need to spend most of your time on improving the outlook and entrance of your home. The buyer should feel at home, the moment he/she arrives at the house. If the first feelings are negative, then there’s hardly anything a splendid drawing room or a very elegant dining room can change afterwards.

Cleaning & Decorating:
Cleaning will not cost you anything, but a clean and tidy look will definitely increase the property price. Painting (whitewash) can do wonders, and it doesn’t cost a lot as well. You maybe familiar with some messy bedrooms or thinking that those cartoon characters painted on wall by your children are really cute, but all of this stuff is going to give the visiting buyer an uncomfortable feeling. Remove your family pictures or personal belongings from the shelves; remember you need to make them feel at home. They shouldn’t feel like violating someone else privacy.

Furniture & Accessories:
This is a must for newly built homes, which are not occupied as yet. Rent the furniture or carpets to make it look like a home. Adjust the furniture wisely; smart furniture arrangements can make a room look bigger and more open. Design rooms to express their use, like bedroom, study room or dining room. This will make the decision making a lot easier for the buyer.

Hard money and bridge loans for real estate

Although the hard moneylenders were largely affected when real estate industry crashed in the 80’s, recent credit crunch has brought more business to this sector. People who are in need of loans are turning towards hard money loans after the financing by traditional lenders and banks has come to a halt. The casualness and irresponsibility of these banks and lenders when giving out loans in the past has hit them hard and they are going through a severe liquidity crisis. With this serious drop in supply for finances, hard moneylenders are seen as a reasonable alternative. People and businesses are short of funds, and naturally they have to go for the best substitute available. A hard money loan comes as a last resort in such situations.

Characteristics of a hard money loan:

Hard money loan goes by the principles of mortgage; the distinguishing characteristics are the interest rate and the time consumed in approval. A loan application can take quite some time before getting through all the procedures and verification process that are part of a bank policy. Whereas hard money loans are issued normally by private lenders (though you can find many commercial hard money lenders as well) in relatively short time at higher interest rates and lower loan to value (LTV) ratio. The interest rate or loan to value ratio is not fixed and it keeps changing with the ups and down of real estate market. Hard money loans are often for short period of time (also known as bridge loans) that means the correct quick-sale valuation of the property is vital for the lenders.

Some tips for the borrowers and lenders:

As a borrower, you need some extra efforts to convince hard money lenders (these extra efforts are compensated by their fast approval time, once they are convinced), a hard money lender will believe you more if you are ready to put your cash into the deal as well. This is why they emphasize on low LTV ratio more than your previous credit score when compared to traditional lenders. Along with the advantage of their availability in even hard financial times, they are a much better option when you need quick finance. Being a lender, you should be extremely careful when determining the current value of property. Over estimation or wrong valuation can cause you serious loss in case of default. Also borrowers should try to reach hard moneylenders themselves, without bringing too many agents and brokers in between, as it will save them lots of upfront costs and expenses.

Samuel L. Jackson (Allegedly) Picks Up New York City Pied a Terre

BUYER: Samuel L. Jackson (allegedly)

LOCATION: Crosby Street, New York City, NY

PRICE: $4,350,000 (asking)

SIZE: 2,578+- square feet, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms

DESCRIPTION: 2578 +/- sq ft grand loft in this highly exclusive prewar condominium building represents chic Soho at its best and offers state of the art living. Elevator opens directly into this superbly proportioned living and entertaining space. An exceptionally appointed eat-in kitchen with sleek services. Soaring 13 +/- ceilings, enormous 8 ft windows throughout, abundant wall space for your art collection, impressive columns and beautiful cherry wood floors throughout. A magnificent 15 +/- foot wide gas fireplace is a remarkable feature, contemporary yet classic. Full size laundry room. The enormous master suite with huge walk-in closet and en suite Waterworks bath with deep soaking tub and huge shower is an oasis. A second bedroom and bath complete the picture.

YOUR MAMAS NOTES: Your Mama is in a New York City state of mind today so let's discuss the SoHo condominium that all the Manhattan real estate gossips are whispering was recently purchased by Oscar nominated actor Samuel L. Jackson (Snakes on a Plane, Star Wars, The Incredibles, Kill Bill, Do the Right Think, Mo' Better Blues, Jungle Fever, Pulp Fiction).

Now listen chickens, although Your Mama hears through the real estate gossip grapevine that the costly condo is being purchased by Mister Jackson for his adult daughter Zoe, keep in mind that property records for the 2,578 square foot condo at the Crosby Street building dubbed The Bayard do not yet reflect a property transfer so all this chatter about Mister Jackson being the new owner ain't nuthin' but rumor and gossip at this point. Just rumor and gossip, alright?

Anyhoo, it was in the New York Post (via CityFile) that Your Mama first read about the Kangol cap wearing thespian allegedly scooping up a 2 bedroom and 2 pooper condo in SoHo that was last listed with an asking price of $4,350,000. The Post reported that Mister Jackson snagged the condo at somewhere in the neighborhood of $4,100,000. A few flicks of the well worn beads of Your Mama's bejeweled abacus reveals that comes out to a dramatic $1,687 per square foot. The light and bright loft-condo carries monthly maintenance and taxes that, according to listing information, total $3,554. The high asking price and steep monthlies are a result of the itty-bitty five unit pre-war building having a few dee-luxe amenities–such as a doorman–that few buildings of this size have.

Listing information indicates the condo features a 13-ish foot ceiling, three 8-foot tall windows in the living room and another in the master bedroom, three exposed columns, a 33-foot long living/dining room and one of those new-fangled (gas) fireplaces that features a 15-foot wide firebox and a not so big television recessed into the wall above it. A key-lock elevator opens directly into the apartment which currently has chestnut colored wood floors and gallery white walls.

The generously sized gore-may kitchen, tucked into the north west corner of the condo, includes gleaming white, flat-fronted cabinetry with towel bar pulls, concrete colored counter tops, the kind of stainless steel appliances that combined cost as much as a small Mercedes and a heavyset work island that includes a breakfast counter where several sassy stools upholstered in ice blue with wacky cushion-tube-things for back rests facilitate conversing and imbibing with the cook.

A small–quite small, really–second bedroom has sliding panels that open the room to the living/dining room and the master bedroom, entered through double doors, has walk-in closet the size of many Manhattan bedrooms and an unusually configured and unfortunately windowless pooper which is currently being positively punished with a beige tumbled stone tile floor and an unholy combination of blood red, mirrored walls and a pair of far too country-style medicine chests above twin pedestal sinks.

The itty-bitty five-unit building is a bit of a celebrity magnet. It just so happens that the condo allegedly being bought by Mister Jackson occupies the same floor as that of Gawker founder and new media mogul Nick Denton. Miramax mogul Harvey Weinstein owned the full floor loft directly upstairs which he sold in December of 2007 for $8,000,000. The penthouse has also seen it's fair share of famous residents. Once owned by tennis ace Boris Becker and leased by porcelain skinned actress Nicole Kidman Cruise Urban after she busted up with rock star Lenny Kravitz and had to move out of his Crosby Street white elephant, the 9,865 square foot penthouse is now owned and occupied by sinewy talk show queen Kelly Ripa and her rather hunky huzband Mark Consuelos who spent a spine tingling $9,500,000 on the place in June of 2005. This was six months before they sold their fifth floor loft in the same building for $7,250,000 to former Goldman Sachs honcho Michael Rubinoff who flipped the beehawtcha 10 months later at a stomach churning $550,000 loss. For what it's worth, the buyer subsequently sold the 5,262 square foot fifth floor unit 18 months later to another filthy rich financier at a $2,000,000 profit. So goes the ever-spinning wheels of New York City real estate.

As far as Your Mama knows, Mister Jackson and his long time ladee-wife Latanya live in an 11,738 square foot mansion in the gated and guarded Beverly Park community in the Hills above Beverly that records show they bought from loud-mouthed comedienne Roseanne Barr in June of 2000 for $7,500,000.

Velvet Rope Queen Rachel Uchitel–Otherwise Known as the Alleged Mistress of Tiger Woods–Lists Las Vegas Condo

SELLER: Rachel Uchitel

LOCATION: Turnberry Place, Las Vegas, NV

PRICE: $1,350,000

SIZE: 1,556 square feet, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms

DESCRIPTION: Decorator furnished designer ground floor penthouse. 14 ft. ceilings and floor to ceiling windows. HUGE private terrace, approx. 1,700 sq. ft. with views of lush landscaping and Hilton neon sign. Private walk and entrance to pool. An entertainers dream!

YOUR MAMAS NOTES: Okay puppies, buckle your safety belts because thanks to Leonard Looselipsinlasvegas Your Mama is gonna get all tabloid on the children's backsides and discuss the Las Vegas, NV condo listed for sale at $1,350,000 by none other than Rachel Uchitel, the large lipped and too much in the news woman who may or may not have had an illicit affair with toothy golf guru Tiger Woods. It seems we can't turn on the damn tee-vee without being assaulted and confronted with the "news" about ol' Tiger running his Cadillac Escalade up on a tree in his Florida front yard and subsequently (and allegedly) offering to pay his blondie ladee-wife Elin many millions of smackers to stay married to his wholesome, clean cut and allegedly cheating butt.

At the center of the tabloid storm is our 30-something year old Miss Uchitel, who publicly denies having an illicit relationship with the golf great even though there is some circumstantial and unsubstantiated evidence that her recent trip Down Under–where Mister Woods won the Australian Masters–was booked and paid for by Mister Wood's peeps. Denial or no denial, affair or no affair, this ain't Miss Uchitel's first time at the star screwing tabloid rodeo. It wasn't so long ago that Miss Uchitel made a blip on the tabloid radar amid whispers, rumors and reports that she had done the dirty with actor David Boreanaz (Bones). Of course, Your Mama don't know nuthin' about that bit o' bidness other than Mister and Missus Boreanaz recently listed their Los Angeles home for just over three million clams. A real estate co-inky-dink? You decide. But that's another story for another time.

Here are a few other bio-bits that Your Mama has bothered to piece together from the interweb about Miss Uchitel: Although she once had a job producing news segments for Bloomberg News, working the velvet rope and entertaining high profile customers comes quite naturally, even genetically, to Miss Uchitel. Her grandfather, a man named Maurice Uchitel, once owned the celeb friendly Eden Roc Hotel in Miami and in the late 1960s owned the legendary and star stuffed El Morroco nightclub on West 54th Street in Manhattan. In 2006, Miss Uchitel made a professional 180 and moved to Las Vegas in order to open and run the VIP operations at the celebrity packed nightclub and restaurant Tao. Sometime in 2008, Miss Uchitel packed up her little black book and Jimmy Choos and headed back to New York where she oversaw VIP operations at a number of famous folk filled clubs like Stanton Social, Tao Bistro and Marquee. In the summer of 2008, Miss Uchitel commuted on weekends to the Hamp-toons where she worked her VIP stuff as the director of VIP operations for the Southampton outpost of Pink Elephant. According to a magazine profile from the summer of 2008, Miss Uchitel loves Saint-Tropez–natch–has a couple of dogs with the improbable and unfortunate names of Ozzy Osbourne and Rudy Guiliani, and dreams of following in her family foot steps by opening a modern day El Morocco.

Now that we all know more than we ever cared to know about Miss Uchitel, let's get down to real estate brass tacks. Property records reveal that Miss Uchitel purchased her "ground floor penthouse" at Las Vegas' multi-towered Turnberry Place complex in October of 2006 for $820,000. Ground floor penthouse? What the hell is that? Your Mama thinks that by definition a penthouse apartment sits on top of a building not on the damn grand floor. Anyhoo, records and listing information show this so-called "ground floor penthouse" measures 1,556 square feet, has another 1,700-ish square feet of private terrace and includes 2 bedrooms and 2 poopers.

We don't have a clue if Miss Uchitel and her nice, gay decorator are the folks responsible for the chocolate and cream colored decorating scheme or if it was a previous owner who made the mistake of green-lighting the installation of that upsetting and decoratively undignified copper mosaic tiled wall in the living room. Making the deeply disturbing mosaic matters worse is the dizzying, puzzle-like shelving unit installed on top of that glimmery and shimmery wall, which might be appropriate for a nightclub but not, and Your Mama repeats, not for a private residence. Ever. To the living/dining room's credit, there is a fab 14-foot ceiling and a long wall of floor to ceiling glass.

The gore-may kitchen is open to the combination living/dining room and has an unfortunate view of that ridiculous tile situation. The angled, galley kitchen features flat fronted wood cabinetry with an unusual but kind of nice of moiré effect, speckled beige and chocolate brown granite counter tops, a breakfast bar perfect for guests to sit and imbibe booze while the hostess makes dinner, and a full suite of top notch appliances including a Sub-Zero fridge and a Gaggenau range top.

According to listing information, the second bedroom–currently containing an cargo-ship sized desk–has a "built-in Asian Cabana," whatever that is, and a back wall punished by a grid of nine mirrored squares on which drunken guests might choose to play tic-tac-toe with lipstick. The master bedroom, all fabric walls and mood lighting, has electronically controlled curtains–which Your Mama's lazy butt loves–and a biscuit and beige marble pooper with built in cabinetry, a jetted tub and a separate shower stall.

One of the better amenities of Miss Uchitel's "ground floor penthouse" is the tremendous 1,700-ish square foot terrace that provides private access to one of the complex's many swimming pools. Unfortunately the terrace appears to be little more than a sizable slab of poured concrete with a few pieces of outdoor furniture tucked up into the corner, but that's easily remedied by a smart landscape architect. Other tidbits and treats include a custom sound system, touch pad controlled lighting and dimmers, and flat screen boob-toobs in every room. The Turnberry Place complex offers residents secured grounds, a 24-hour doorman, limo and valet service, exercise facilities and a multiple swimming pools. The Stirling Club, located in the heart of the complex offers fine dining options to invited members and their guests only.

Miss Uchitel currently resides in New York City so it's unclear how much or how often she uses her Las Vegas crib. Frankly, the place looks like it was staged by Staging Lady in a Pink Toyota so we kinda doubt she camps out there at all anymore. But as y'all know, Your Mama don't know nuthin' from a coffee cup. So really, who knows? Or maybe, who cares?

Tiger Woods and his obviously hurt and angry wife Elin have been living behind the gates of the Isleworth Golf and Country Club in Windermere, FL while building a major modern manse on 12-ish waterfront acres on Jupiter Island's S. Beach Road that The Palm Beach Post's gossip Jose Lambiet cattily described as a cross between a "Motel 6 and a beachside nursing home." Amid new and scandalous reports that Mister Woods may have had as many as 10 mistresses, the New York Post reported that last week–somehow, in the midst of all this tabloid fury–Mrs. Woods paid $2,290,000 for a house on an island near Stockholm in her native Sweden.

Determining How Much Your Seaside Home Is Worth

The amount you can borrow will depend directly on the value of your seaside home. It is critical to know what your home is worth prior to moving forward with plans to refinance, obtain a home loan, or put your seaside home up or sale.

One way to do this is to determine the market value of the seaside property. A simple way to do this is to look at other comparable seaside homes in the same neighborhood and see what prices they have been sold recently. The Internet or real estate agents are effective and efficient resources for this purpose, and will most likely come at no cost to you.

Another way to find the value of your seaside property is to find its appraised value. To do this you need to pay for the help of a trained and licensed professional. They will take into account a variety of factors, including the homes square footage, construction quality, floor plan, design, surrounding neighborhood, proximity to important services and locations, as well as the landscaping, among other factors. An appraiser will usually cost anywhere between $300 and $500.

The appraiser will be able to determine what the replacement cost of the home would be. The replacement cost is generally used by insurance companies when determining how much the home should be insured for. It takes into account what the seaside home would cost to build in today's dollars.

One important thing that many homeowners have a hard time understanding is that homes appraised value, replacement cost, and worth are three completely different numbers. The homes worth is based on what a buyer is willing to pay for a home and is generally based on market conditions. In a red hot market it is not uncommon for worth and a homes appraised value to be higher than the replacement cost. While in a slow market the homes appraised value and worth will likely be less than the replacement cost especially if inflation is high.

In Closing

If you are about to put your seaside home on the market, talk to your real estate agent about adding a small buffer in to the price to account for repairs or negotiations. Your agent will be able to help you establish a selling price for your seaside property.

By :  Hubert Miles

$100-$0 Home Staging

How would you like to do a complete makeover for your home for under $100? Here's how:

1. The Garage Sale (maybe $20 for sign materials, labels, etc.)

Ruthlessly prune your belongings. Price them cheaply and don't worry yourself about selling them for “what they're worth”. Sell them for what they'll get. Chances are that you could earn enough money to finance your entire home staging operation. Take the time to clearly label them with prices and put them out neatly. Take the rest of the items to the local thrift store.

2. The Preliminary Packing (FREE)

Everything you do not need to operate with while your house is on the market should be packed up and stored in the basement, shed or some other out-of-the-way place. Anything that absolutely does not need to be there shouldn't. Extra chairs and stools should be put away. The aim is to make your rooms seem as large as possible to a prospective buyer. Don't worry; as soon as you've moved, you can restore these items to their former glory. Pack away the library, leaving only enough books to produce an attractive display.

3. The Painting ($5-15 per gallon, $5 for brushes, $15-30 for spackle, scrapers, tape, cloths, etc.)

Quite probably the cheapest thing you can do to cover up marks, dings, smells and childhood artistic attempts, painting is easy and cheap if you do it carefully. Cover up nail holes and dents with spackle and paint over. Take the time to tape things up properly and lay down floor coverings and you will find that the painting goes pretty quickly.

4. The Cleaning ($5-30 for supplies)

After you've de-cluttered and packed up all your extraneous pieces of furniture, knick-knacks and other superfluous belongings, it's time to start cleaning. And I do mean cleaning. Prospective buyers should be able to feel that they could have a five course dinner on your kitchen floors without any ill effect. This is more than vacuuming; this is purification and quite possibly the hardest thing on your list. Don't feel that you have to spend a huge amount on supplies; baking soda, vinegar, water and some good scrub brushes, rags, vacuum, broom and mop will get your place to the surgically hygienic level it should be. Clean one room at a time and threaten death to anyone who mars the sparkling surfaces of the window or the HEPA filter vacuumed carpet.

5. The Staging (FREE)

The furniture that actually has made it through your stringent evaluation as suitable for staging must now be arranged in a way that says, “Hey! I'm TOTALLY not staged!” This can be challenging, but since wonders have already been accomplished with the de-cluttering and the cleaning, as long as you place the furniture in such a way that it shows off the room and does not impede going and coming, you're probably good to go.

So, there you have it: staging under $100. By this time, you're likely exhausted from the cleaningpackingpreparingpaintingohmygodIforgotwhereIputitemX, but I assure you, you'll be more likely to present the best facets of your home to buyers, which will translate to a home more likely to sell.

By :  M Shane

Tips On Selling Your Riverfront Condo

There are a few differences when in selling a river condo and selling a riverfront home. The biggest difference is that with a condo, you can put most of your efforts into making the interior look great, rather than dividing your funds over the exterior and interior as you would with a river home. You can use the freed up time and money you would normally use for the exterior to really make the inside of the condo look sharp.

Maximizing the amount of space you have in your condo will go a long way towards making a great first impression on your buyer. Since your condo will likely be smaller than the average sized river home, you need to stage your home in a way that makes the most of the space. By cleaning the clutter and packing away unneeded personal belongings from the condo, you can make the space appear larger than it may actually be.

It is also helpful to have as much details about the building and the management group for the building readily available for prospective buyers to review. Buyers can review the information and feel confident about buying the condo and not being surprised about undisclosed management issues and building rules.

Like any home, your river condo should be clean and staged appropriately for the sale. Make sure any architectural features that are desirable are featured prominently. Riverfront condos, especially high-rise condos have a visual/view element that can be played upon heavily.

Make sure your balcony is free of clutter and is organized. Ask you real estate agent for advice on other ways to improve how your condo is organized. Sometimes the little things make a big impact on potential buyers. Having someone else look around can give you an idea of how your buyer may see the condo.

In Closing

When your agent offers you any advice, remember they have your best interest in mind. It's their job to help you get the most out of the sale at closing.

By : Hubert Miles