Category: Selling

Keller Williams Realty-Ooltewah

Today’s Agent Profile

Today, agents are not simply agents.  We’re counselors. We’re financial advisers and educators. We’re often therapists, renovation experts, credit repair experts, and foreclosure specialists. At various times, we are hand-holders, friends, shoulders to cry on, the bad guy at whom someone can vent. And we still have to show homes,  negotiate and write contracts and…
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Ways to Brighten Your Home and Improve Its Appeal

When you’re thinking about selling your home, it’s easy to get overwhelmed with the details. Should you paint the front door? How about changing out that fixture in the dining room? Do you need to redo the floors or will a good deep cleaning be enough? So many questions, so many tasks that you suddenly…
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Ways to Trim Your Spending in Retirement

Saving money before and during retirement so their standard of living doesn’t suffer is important for many retirees. Unfortunately, many Americans aren’t saving nearly enough and are falling short of setting aside adequate funds to support their retirement needs. The average retirement savings for people aged 56-61 is only $163,577.  Meanwhile, retirees can spend nearly…
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Why Buyers May Lose If They Don’t Act Now

Rising mortgage rates could have a big impact on the direction your buyers choose when shopping for real estate, economists warn. “Every time the interest rates go up, you eliminate a group of people who can no longer afford to buy a house,” Don Frommeyer, a mortgage broker at Marine Bank in Indianapolis, told realtor.com®.…
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