Tips

Real estate helpful tidbits for real estate agents, home buyers and home sellers

By admin • March 31st, 2009

Moving isn’t easy, but making mistakes when moving IS easy.

So it’s best to know the biggest errors that people make so you don’t repeat them.

How much you pay for your move will largely be determined by how far you’re moving.

If you’ve moving within the state where you currently reside, you will mostly likely be charged differently than if you were moving between states. Also, the government that regulates your move will be different as well: if moving in-state, your own state has jurisdiction; between states, it’s the federal government.

With Listingbook you can do A LOT in 5 minutes! Using the features of Listingbook, you can come up with a number of ways market your services to clients.

Here are 5 ways you can use Listingbook’s tools to get the word out in 5 minutes.

When you make the important decision to sell your home, consider your pets. Removing them during the marketing period can make a big difference in the way your house shows.

How?

Every part of your home is for sale and must be seen easily. Your pet may bark, make a mess, or even worse, bite. A small investment of time and money to stage your house to show well will reap rewards of a quicker sale and a higher price.

Knowing how your site is performing and whether you’re getting a return on your investment is just as important as getting online.

Getting site statistics is (almost) as easy as setting up a free Google Analytics account. And you don’t have to be a statistician to understand how well your site is performing. Seeing trends in the data - Google is really good with graphs - can be very beneficial in helping you make decisions about your site.

Here are a few basic statistics to watch.

One of my biggest frustrations as a parent who makes lunches for the kids is coming up with new and interesting ideas that can keep for several hours and satisfy my picky eaters.

Then I came across WebMD’s 15 Fresh Brown Bag Lunch Ideas. I found most of the offerings doable, too. And nearly all of them would past muster with both my kids.

Here are seven ideas from that list that I’ve done variations on already that even I would pack for myself sometimes.

No one in our house had an indoor pet before. When we brought our dog Pippin home almost a year ago, it was a new and exciting experience. But I don’t think we were truly prepared for what having a house pet meant.

We’ve learned that having a house pet means more house cleaning. And we’re learning more tricks to keep the house clean easier and with a lot less effort.

These are six tips we’re using for a cleaner home.

Kids’ excitement during the holiday season generates a lot of electricity and happy feelings. Our kids begin in October talking about toy lists and they want to know when we’re getting together with family.

We get caught up in the excitement, too. But we can’t lose site of the need to put safety at the forefront of our preparations.

Read on for some helpful tips for staying safe at home during the holidays.