How Not to Photograph Your Home

It's spring.  Does your home's profile photo still show bare trees and snow on the roof?   When people shop for a home, they usually...

How to Make Your Home Look New

People touring homes to buy usually visit more than one. Some buyers tour 20 or even 100 homes. Some of those homes will be newer than yours...

Can Your Home Pass this Staging Quiz?

A few simple questions will tell you if you've succeeded in staging your rooms like a professional.  At the beginning of a new year, mos...

Roundup of my Favorite 2012 Posts

A front door in Charleston, South Carolina, welcomes the new year.  I chose to feature these posts based on how helpful they would be to you...

Are You Welcoming Thieves to Your Home?

At holiday time, it's good to review the issue of home safety, especially if you have a home on the market. I wrote about protecting yo...

Ten Tips to Improve Your Autumn Curb Appeal

A home on the market needs to look good all year long. This home looks friendly, despite bare branches and dormant grass.  Instead of callin...

How Selling Your Home is Like Playing Baseball, Major League Style!

In the movie, Moneyball, Brad Pitt's character learns that to win at baseball, he has to pay attention to the numbers.  I love baseball....

What a Restaurant Can Teach You About Home Staging

Even a restaurant needs curb appeal.  I ate lunch today at my favorite Mexican restaurant. My husband and I eat there quite often, about onc...

Selling Your Home with Words: Writing A Real Estate Ad

These are the kind of evocative images a Smith and Hawken catalog featured, along with compelling copy. Three very different men taught me a...

A Simple Way to Get Feedback from People Who Tour Your Home

Do you know what people really think  of your home? Here's how to get inside buyers' minds. Hey, homesellers. Are you sick of people...