Episode 9 - Home Selling: Preparing Your Home for Sale

Episode 9 (Some people call us brilliant - and we married them...):

 

In The Rundown, Michael and Brad highlight the latest mortgage news and real estate market stats. Michael makes his next prediction for where interest rates are headed. So far batting a thousand! Brad reviews the last 7 days of real estate market activity and how the market is trending. 

 

In The Scoop, we talk about the steps you can and probably should take to prepare your home for sale. In the first half we talk about general concepts, and in the second half we get into room-by-room advice. If you want a copy of our Preparing Your Home for Sale guide, just email us at [e-mail] and we'll be happy to send it out to you.

 

In this week's The Unreal, we talked about what everyone has been talking about over the past several days - the shuttering of Silicon Valley Bank.

 

In The Spotlight we feature Barrett's Grill in the Hunt Valley Town Center and also at Barrett's on the Pike in Bel Air. They're @barrettsgrillmd on Instagram. Great upscale American food - steaks, seafood, salads, burgers, and more - don't miss the 14 oz. Pork Porterhouse and Rachel's favorite, their Creme Brulee! Check them out!

 

Episode Highlights

• We talk about Lamar again - what's going to happen is anyone's guess
• [00:04:50] THE RUNDOWN (Mortgages)
• [00:12:55] THE RUNDOWN (Real Estate)
• [00:22:20] THE SCOOP Part 1 (general advice)
• You get one chance to make a first impression
• We're not in Kansas anymore
• What the smart sellers are doing to get ready
• "When it sits, buyers split!"
• Here's a link to that Forbes article on home improvement projects
• Alphabet soup - the 3 Ds and the Big C
• [00:50:06] THE SCOOP Part 2 (room-by-room checklists)
• Let the sunshine in!
• Lightbulbs
• Paint is your friend
• [01:24:40] THE UNREAL
• [01:34:34] THE SPOTLIGHT
• [01:36:30] Final thoughts
• Next episode: another special guest for our Homeowner 101 series - Insider Secret Spring Cleaning Tips

Hosts

Michael Becker, Sierra Pacific Mortgage
NMLS #200085
[e-mail]
[phone] (m) / [phone] (office)

Brad Cox, The Vesta Group of Long & Foster Real Estate
MD Lic #652795
[e-mail]
[phone] (m) / [phone] (office)

Links

Michael Becker, Sierra Pacific Mortgage
Brad Cox, The Vesta Group of Long & Foster Real Estate
@berealmdpod