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Current Real Estate Market Data: December 2024

 

Data nerd alert... comparing the Peak Buyer's Market, the Peak Seller's Market, and the end of 2024.

 

 

Need Help Selling Your Home?

If you’re considering the selling your home in the metro Atlanta area, I’d love to help.

Call or text me, Kelly Vandever, at 770-597-1108 and allow me to make your move easier.

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10 Rules for a Successful Garage Sale

From Kelly Vandever:

My dear friend Sandy Weaver is a garage sale aficionado!  

Sandy sent me this list of 10 Rules for a Successful Garage Sale that I share with you below.

Sandy personally helped me with my own garage sale a few years back and recently paired up with her brother to hold a massive garage sale together.  Wonderful human being and profligate writer that she is, Sandy captured her thoughts and shared them with me in the paragraphs below.

After she sent me this wonderful article, I asked her for her observation about their results.  She estimated around 50-60% of all the items they had out were sold.  The sale was held on a Friday, Saturday and Sunday with most of the items selling on Friday.  Saturday was the second best day and Sunday was the slowest day.  If you only have one day to sell, Sandy recommends Friday.  She shared that all the large items sold and she said it's key to price items well so...

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Thinking About Selling Your Home? Here Are Tips That Could Help You Avoid Paying Capital Gains Taxes!

selling a home Oct 02, 2024

Here’s how you might save big:

 

**Primary Residence Exclusion**: If you’ve lived in your home for any 2 of the last 5 years, you can exclude up to $250,000 of capital gains if you're single, or $500,000 if you're married.

 

**Partial Exclusion**: If you didn’t live in your home for the full 2 years, you might still qualify for a partial exclusion if the sale was due to work, health reasons, or other unforeseen circumstances.

 

**Home Improvements**: Keep receipts of any home improvements—they add to the investment you’ve made in your home and can reduce the amount of capital gains you owe.

 

**1031 Exchange**: Selling an investment property? Consider a 1031 exchange to defer your capital gains by reinvesting in a similar property.

 

**Consult a Tax Professional**: Always check with a tax professional to make sure you understand the impact of your options.

 

With a little planning, you can save money and keep more of your...

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What to Fix and What Not to Fix When Preparing Your Home to Sell

By: Kelly Vandever

 

What should you consider fixing when getting your house ready to sell? If you want to sell your house quickly and for the most money, there are things you can do that will help that happen. If you have the cash to spend, putting it into your house in the right ways will make it more attractive to more buyers, resulting in you selling faster and for a bigger profit. The longer a house sits, the more the price goes down.  Price it realistically, and you’ll be able to get it sold even without repairs.  But go too high in your pricing for the condition, and it will take forever. Let’s talk about what to fix and what not to fix when preparing your home to sell.

 

1. Clean

If you hate cleaning, hire someone to do it for you. A super clean house is the best thing you can do regardless of anything else you do. Bathrooms, baseboards, furniture, nooks and crannies, get them clean. No one wants to purchase a house that...

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3 Tips to Emotionally Prepare Before Selling Your Home

By: Kelly Vandever

 

As humans, we don’t have to be hoarders to be attached to our stuff. And a house is no
exception. We’ve all heard the expression, “home is where the heart is”, but what do you do when the time comes to sell your home? Especially when you’ve lived in your home 20 or more years. How do you prepare yourself for that difficult experience? In the real estate world, agents sometimes refer to the buying or selling of a home as a transaction. But to the person selling the home, the sale is so much more than that. In this blog, we’ll be discussing three tips to emotionally prepare yourself before selling your home.


1. Remember your goals

You decided to move for a reason. I’ve had clients where declining health was what lead them to decide to move. They didn’t want to move, but they knew it was the right thing to
do. Remind yourself why you’re moving, and share your why with family, friends,...

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The Importance of Having Good, Real Estate Pictures

By Kelly Vandever 

 

Do you have a great camera and a good eye for pictures?

Thinking of telling your real estate agent that you’ll just take the pictures of the house?

Don’t do! 

 

High Quality Real Estate Pictures Sell Houses Faster and for More Money 

I don’t know how to emphasize this point enough.

Pictures in real estate are super important!

Houses with high quality photos sell 32% faster.

Houses with high quality pictures sell from $3,000 to $11,000 more.

87% of homebuyers who search online said photos were the most useful feature in online searches.

Stats stats stats right?  But I’ve seen it.  Photos make a huge difference in if people come see the house, how much the seller will get for the house, how long it will take the house to sell.

 

Professional Real Estate Photos Are So Important, I Put My Money Where My Mouth Is

Atlanta is in a really hot seller’s market as I’m writing this, but still, as a...

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House Sale Preparation: The Emotional Side of Selling Your House Even Before It Goes on the Market

 

By: Kelly Vandever

House Sale Preparation

In the real estate world, agents sometimes refer to the buying or selling of a home a transaction. But to the person selling the home, the sale is so much more than a business transaction. It’s an emotional experience.

How do you prepare yourself for that emotional experience? That’s what we’ll talk about in this video.

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I'm Kelly Vandever. I'm a real estate agent in Alpharetta, Georgia, with Keller Williams North Atlanta. Check out more tips on how you can Make Your Move Easier. If you want help selling your home or finding a new one, call me, Kelly, at 770.597.1108.

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