Preparing Your Escondido Home for Sale
December 13, 2009 by Gary Harmon · 2 Comments
Escondido Home Bathroom Remodeling Although this is not part of my post on “100 Ways to Prepare Your Escondido Home for Sale,” it will help you increase your market value. If you want to increase the value of your Escondido home, try remodeling the bathroom before listing your Escondido home for sale. The bathroom is […]
Spruce up the Outside of Your Escondido Home
December 12, 2009 by Gary Harmon · Leave a Comment
We have been concentrating on first impressions such as the driveway, walkway, and landscaping. Nothing is more important than the exterior of your Escondido home itself. Take a hard look and come up with some ways to improve its presentation. Some thing you might could do follow: Paint any wood trim that has faded or […]
Wind, Rain, Trees, Trouble
December 12, 2009 by Gary Harmon · Leave a Comment
Save A Tree! While this is not part of my series, “100 Ways to Prepare Your Escondido home for sale,” the things mentioned below could certainly help you sell your Escondido real estate. With the winter storms starting to come into the San Diego North County area, now is the t ime to protect your […]
More on Preparing the Outside of Your Home
December 11, 2009 by Gary Harmon · Leave a Comment
Driveways As we discussed in an earlier post, “People buy what they see and not what will be.” Since potential Escondido home buyers see the driveway first, start there. See my last post for tips for concrete driveways. If your Escondido home has an asphalt you can buy a compound at Lowes’ or Home […]
Prepare the Outside of Your Escondido Home
December 10, 2009 by Gary Harmon · Leave a Comment
As we discussed in the last post, “You never get a second chance to make a first impression.” When your potential Escondido home buyer drives up with their Escondido Realtor, things outside need to look their best. The grass needs to be freshly cut and edged. In the summer in Escondido, this might mean mowing […]
100 Ways to Prepare Your Escondido Home for Sale
December 9, 2009 by Gary Harmon · 2 Comments
When I started to sell Escondido real estate over 20 years ago, one of the first things I did was go to lots of training programs. One such program was with Barb Schwarz, a national trainer on getting your home ready for sale. The most important thing I heard in that seminar is “People buy […]
Say Goodbye to Closing Cost Surprises
December 8, 2009 by Gary Harmon · Leave a Comment
RESPA Reform on Escondido Home Purchases The government is stepping in once again under a RESPA reform to try to protect the Escondido home buyer. The problem has been where the lenders upfront “good-faith estimate” is way off from what the actual charges are on the Escondido real estate purchase at close of escrow. This […]
Tax Credit vs. Tax Deduction
December 8, 2009 by Gary Harmon · Leave a Comment
Most Escondido home buyers are aware of the first-time home buyer tax credit. Current owners of Escondido real estate are aware of the $6,500 tax credit. But are these real credits or are they tax deductions. They are real credits. The importance of the tax credit is that it is a dollar-for-dollar tax reduction. For example, […]
Listingbook
December 7, 2009 by Gary Harmon · 1 Comment
Listingbook – Search Like an Agent! Listingbook provides complete, up-to-date Escondido real estate information, straight from Sandicor, the San Diego Multiple Listing Service (MLS). No other websites like Realtor.com, Yahoo Real Estate, or Zillow provides such complete and up to date Escondido home listing data. Escondido Home Purchase is a Journey The Escondido home […]
