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By Monte MohrRecently published1 topic

The Do's and Don'ts of Renting Out Your Home

In today's struggling housing market, have you been considering renting your home instead of selling it? That can either be a great decision, or an awful one; it just depends on how you approach the idea. Here is a helpful list of some do's and don'ts when renting a home. This is a really interesting topic. Lots of people have decided to try this, but it can be dangerous so here are some tips for those of you who are considering this option.

Primary topic: Real Estate

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By Monte MohrRecently published1 topic

Best Kept Secret When Selling Your Home

These days selling your home is extremely competitive. You have to know what to do to have the best price, have the best deal and make the sale even if you are selling Real Estate in Franklin or Brentwood, Tennessee. Monte Mohr and his team definitely have the secrets and Monte is joining us now. It is that time of year; it’s very tough but a lot of folks still need to sell despite the economy. Maybe they’ve just outgrown their home, whatever their situation is, so tell us what you all are doing and how your program is working.

Primary topic: Real Estate

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By Monte MohrRecently published1 topic

Should I Make Repairs Before Selling My Home?

If you want to sell your home, then you want to get top dollar; and to make sure you get top dollar, you have to first make sure it's in top condition. Making improvements before you put your home on the market can make a big difference. Here is some expert advice when it comes to home improvement projects. Of course it makes sense to invest your money in the things that will give you the most return, so for someone who is getting ready to list their home, is it better to put it up "as is", or should they look at investing in some repairs or fixtures and so forth?

Primary topic: Real Estate

1,547 views

By Monte MohrRecently published1 topic

Home Decor Plays an Important Role When Selling Your Residential Real Estate

We all have our own personal style, but how much of that should you show off when it comes time to sell your home? A lot of us do like to decorate and have our own style but it may not translate so well when someone new comes into our home to consider buying it. Below are real questions I have received from people who are trying to buy or sell their homes. I think there is some value here for many others who may be wondering about the same topics.

Primary topic: Real Estate

1,254 views

By Monte MohrRecently published1 topic

Building a Strong Online Presence When Trying to Sell Your Home

If you're trying to sell your home in this market, you really need to know how to show it off. You need your home to stand apart from the competition and in order to do that, there may be one factor you have not considered when selling, and that is how your home looks online. First of all, one of the most important steps in listing and selling is making sure that you have a good online presence; why is that so important?

Primary topic: Real Estate

1,209 views

By Monte MohrRecently published1 topic

How Holidays, Home Improvements, and Open Houses Affect Home Sales

With the holidays quickly approaching you might be wondering if this is a good time to sell your house. And what about home improvements and open houses? Here are some tips and advice from a real estate expert on how all of these things affect home sales. If your home has been for sale for a few months, should you take it off the market for the holidays? Do people buy homes betwee Thanksgiving and Christmas?

Primary topic: Real Estate

1,195 views

By Monte MohrRecently published1 topic

Selling Your Home If You Have Pets

We all love our four-legged family members but the person looking to buy your home might not. This can be a very sensitive issue if you're a pet love who is trying to sell your home. Here are some tips on how to sell your house if you have pets at home. Someone could potentially lose the sale of their home if they have a pet at home. So, what should you do with your pets if your home is on the market?

Primary topic: Real Estate

1,168 views

By Monte MohrRecently published1 topic

How To Sell Your Home For The Best Price

Selling your home in this economy can be difficult, especially if you've watched its value decrease over the last few years. Well here are some tips to help you get the most out of your home when it's time to sell. Despite the economy, many people really want to sell their home and there is a program available that can help them, so let's talk about how it works, and where the idea came from.

Primary topic: Real Estate

1,135 views

By Monte MohrRecently published1 topic

How to Sell Your Home in a Very Competitive Market

Selling your home, especially in this market, can be frustrating but it might be easier than you think. A real estate expert is here to tell us what a successful real estate experience is like these days.

Primary topic: Real Estate

1,135 views

By Monte MohrRecently published1 topic

Getting Citations and Reviews for You Local Real Estate Business

If you are a realtor, than local search engine optimization is an important part of the future of your local real estate business. Getting consistent reviews and citations are some of the best ways to insure you get to the top of your local search results. Citations are when someone mentions your business name and address on other webpages, even if there is no link to your website. Reviews are when someone post a comment about you or your business in different locations on the web. In this article I am going to give you a couple key ideas to use when getting citations and reviews.

Primary topic: Real Estate

1,131 views

By Monte MohrRecently published1 topic

A Secret Way to Price Your Home Below The Competition Without Losing Money

These days selling your home is extremely competitive so you have to know exactly what to do to achieve the best price, have the best deal and ultimately make the sale. Here are some insider secrets from an industry professional that will help you be successful in selling your home. It's very tough but a lot of folks still need to sell their homes despite the economy. Can you tell us what some real estate agents are doing to help home sales?

Primary topic: Real Estate

1,090 views

By Monte MohrRecently published1 topic

A Checklist For Homebuyers

Buying a home can be frustrating and confusing especially in today's housing market, but that doesn't have to be the case. Here are some key things, according to a real estate professional, that you can do before you start looking that will make that process much easier. 1. Get your finances in order; it's a good idea to start with a credit report.

Primary topic: Real Estate

1,080 views

By Monte MohrRecently published1 topic

How Flooding Affects the Real Estate Industry

Middle Tennessee has dried out from flooding earlier this year, but what is the next step with your home? How will this affect your real estate? Whether you're planning to repair the damages, or sell and try to start over, there are some important things you should know. After a flood people who are trying to rebuild their homes need to be aware of repercussions that can come down the road; how does a flood affect the real estate industry?

Primary topic: Real Estate

1,078 views

By Monte MohrRecently published1 topic

Advice For Homeowners Trying To Sell In a Soft Market

In this economy it may be tough to sell your home and it’s no secret that it’s currently a buyers market. So what can you do to improve your chances of selling your home? Monte Mohr, an agent experienced in real estate in Franklin, joins me today to answer some questions for us. In today's market it really is both a price war as well as a beauty contest isn’t it?

Primary topic: Real Estate

1,069 views

By Monte MohrRecently published1 topic

The Most Important Things You Need to Do Before You Put Your Home on the Market

If you are considering putting your house on the market in this economy, before you do, there are four things you should know... Timing Well, we all know that timing is a crucial factor in any part of life but right now the timing point that I want to get across is that it is not a good time to sell a house unless you're absolutely serious about doing so - in other words, you have to do it, or you're re-locating and there is no chance of you renting the house. This is just not a good time to sell a house. Price

Primary topic: Real Estate

1,066 views

By Monte MohrRecently published1 topic

The Least Expensive Financing Plan When Buying a Home

With interest rates so low these days, more and more people are thinking about buying a new home. But how much cash do you really need to get started? And if approved, which loan is best for you? What is the least expensive type of financing available to purchase a home today?

Primary topic: Real Estate

1,065 views

By Monte MohrRecently published1 topic

How To Break Away From The Competition When Selling Your Home

There's a lot of competition these days if you're trying to sell your home; not a lot of people are buying, but a lot of people are trying to sell, so how do you stand out among the competition? There is a new home-selling program available to homeowners and many people may not be familiar with how this program works. Anytime we hear the word "free" we think, "Nothing is free!" So here's how it really works...

Primary topic: Real Estate

1,049 views

By Monte MohrRecently published1 topic

What Is a Contingency Offer?

The process of buying or selling your home can be tough to navigate especially when people start dropping real estate terms like "short sale" and "contingency offer"; not everyone knows what these phrases mean. Today we'll take a closer look at what a contingency offer is and answer some questions about how to handle such offers. A lot of people have heard of contingency offers but may not know exactly what they are; can you explain the process of putting this type of offer on a house?

Primary topic: Real Estate

1,047 views

By Monte MohrRecently published1 topic

An Expert's Advice on Buying a Bank Owned Home

When you start the process of buying a bank owned home, it's important to understand that you are not dealing with a person; you're dealing with an institution. So don't expect them to act with common sense. I put an offer recently on a house of $350,000 and it took us three weeks to get a response from the bank. Well, that was very disappointing to the buyer to say the least because he had agreed to $350,000 cash and they still took that long. Yes that's correct, cash.

Primary topic: Real Estate

1,038 views

By Monte MohrRecently published1 topic

The Importance of Staging Your Home Properly

When trying to sell your home, does it really make a difference if you have it staged or does it show better empty? Here is the inside scoop from a real estate expert, along with some other pointers on selling your home. There are differing opinions on whether a home should be staged to look perfect, or whether people like to walk into a home that is completely empty; which is better?

Primary topic: Real Estate

1,037 views

By Monte MohrRecently published1 topic

Tips to Make the Right Decisions When Buying a Home

Buying a new home can be very exciting; it can also be scary at the same time. You want to make sure that you're getting exactly what you want and not wasting your money. There are some key things you need to know, so here are some tips to help you as you walk through that process. I've been in the real estate industry for over 20 years and I'm finding out at this point in my life that I'm older than most of my customers so I kind of adopt them as being "Uncle Monte." It's like having a family member who has a lot of knowledge who sincerely cares about your well-being.

Primary topic: Real Estate

1,034 views

By Monte MohrRecently published1 topic

Short-Sale Questions Answered

Well, buying or selling a house can be very confusing. Especially right now with terms like foreclosure and short sale flying around but it can be a whole lot easier if you have a professional realtor to help you. A short sale is when we convince the bank to take less for the house than what is actually owed on the home. I read yesterday that 3.5 million people are 90 days or longer behind on their mortgage payment. So it is an issue that is really prevalent out there and people need to go ahead and face that reality if that's their situation.

Primary topic: Real Estate

1,033 views

By Monte MohrRecently published1 topic

How to Choose a Real Estate Agent That Is Right For You

When it comes to buying or selling your home, does it really pay off to have a real estate agent? And if you decide to go with one, how do you make sure they have your best interests at heart? Here are some answers and tips to help you decide. How important is finding the right tour guide, or the right realtor, when you're buying a home? Does it really matter who a person chooses to be their agent? And, can the service really vary that much from person to person?

Primary topic: Real Estate

1,032 views

By Monte MohrRecently published1 topic

Tips to Find Out If You Should Buy a New Home or an Existing Home

The focus of this article is to find out if a new house or an old home is a better deal in today's market. The truth is there are real pros and cons of both but you should know what those are. Sometimes it makes more sense to buy an existing home, in our current market, than a new one.

Primary topic: Real Estate

1,030 views

By Monte MohrRecently published1 topic

The Best Questions to Ask Your Realtor

This is probably the most difficult time to sell a home in the history of the United States of America. We are competing with banks, we are competing with people who have walked away from their homes, and buyers have become very particular because they have so much to pick from. So it's certainly not an easy time to sell a home on your own. You really need professional guidance more than ever before. So let's talk about what a seller should expect a realtor to do for them in the current housing market.

Primary topic: Real Estate

1,027 views

By Monte MohrRecently published1 topic

Foreclosure Vs Short Sale - What Should You Do?

When navigating through the real-estate world, understanding all the terms can be confusing. In this article we are going to go over the difference between a short sale and a foreclosure. Okay, so first let's talk about a short sale. A short sale is when we get the bank to agree to accept less money than what is owed on the piece of real estate.

Primary topic: Real Estate

1,026 views

By Monte MohrRecently published1 topic

Pressure Wash Your Home to Improve Its Appearance

When trying to sell your home it makes sense to show it in its best possible condition. One of the easiest and quickest ways to improve the look of your home, without pouring a bunch of money into it, is pressure washing. What type of impact does pressure washing have on the appearance of your home?

Primary topic: Real Estate

1,022 views

By Monte MohrRecently published1 topic

Three Common Questions Asked of a Real Estate Agent That You Should Read

The first question we have is from Kenny P. from Murfreesboro. Q: We are just about ready to put our home on the market and are still trying to decide on the correct price, how do we know how much to ask?

Primary topic: Real Estate

1,014 views

By Monte MohrRecently published1 topic

4 Things You Need to Know Before Selling Your Home

If you are planning to put your home up for sale in today's tough market, there are four things you need to know first. After 25 years of experience in real estate, these are the four key things I believe are important if we expect to find happy results when putting our homes on the market today. #1 - Reality

Primary topic: Real Estate

1,012 views

By Monte MohrRecently published1 topic

Short Sales and Foreclosures Explained

Our examples this week might come from Brentwood Tennessee real estate, but buying or selling a house can be very confusing from any area in Nashville listings.

Primary topic: Real Estate

1,011 views

By Monte MohrRecently published1 topic

How to Price Your Home Correctly In Today's Market

There are many factors that come into play when you're trying to sell your home, but the bottom line is pricing. Here are some tips on how to price your home as you prepare to put it on the market. With homes not selling like they use to it is obvious that the market has changed, so what is the single most important thing that people need to keep in mind right now?

Primary topic: Real Estate

1,005 views

By Monte MohrRecently published1 topic

Getting Your Home Ready to Sell When You Are On a Budget

These days just about everyone is on a budget, so when it comes to selling your home you probably do not want to dump a bunch of money into to it just to get it ready to sell. So the question is... What things are considered the most important when it comes to getting your home ready to list? Recently over one thousand real estate professionals were asked that very question; what can the consumer do for least amount of money and the most amount of effectiveness? I would like to share the top four things: 1. Clean and De-Clutter

Primary topic: Real Estate

999 views

By Monte MohrRecently published1 topic

Tips on How to Sell Your Home in the Changing Real Estate Market

It is no secret that the housing market has changed drastically over the last couple of years so to be successful in selling your home, it helps to have advice from the experts. What is the main thing that we need to be focusing on given the current condition of the real estate market?

Primary topic: Real Estate

991 views

By Monte MohrRecently published1 topic

How to Adjust and Be Successful in Real Estate Even If There Are Natural Disasters

Our real estate expert is here to tell us what else we need to know about bouncing back after the flood or another major disaster while we are dealing with this housing market right now. Well, I think that this whole situation were dealing with right now has brought up another reason why you want to find someone experienced that's in the real estate business and understands the whole picture here and the ramifications of not checking property out thoroughly.

Primary topic: Real Estate

988 views

By Monte MohrRecently published1 topic

Tips on Selling Your Home During a Down Economy

In this economy it can be tough to sell your home. It's no secret that it is currently a buyer's market. So what can you do to improve your chances of selling your home? In this market, it really is both a price war and a beauty contest isn't it?

Primary topic: Real Estate

978 views

By Monte MohrRecently published1 topic

Tips on Renting Out Your Home

If you are trying to sell your home and you're not having any luck, you might be considering the option of renting your home out; the question is should you, or shouldn't you? A good tenant can be an absolute blessing, however a bad tenant can be a nightmare come true. So how can you tell the difference? What should you consider first? The question is: to rent, or not to rent? What kinds of things should you be aware of before you rent your home out?

Primary topic: Real Estate

977 views

By Monte MohrRecently published1 topic

Realtor Offers a Tip When Entering Into a Listing Agreement

If you are buying or selling a home in today's tough market you probably have questions and may find it helpful to get some advice from a real estate expert who regularly answers questions asked by homeowners. Here are some great questions that are commonly asked by people just like you. We are putting our home on the market soon and are currently interviewing real estate agents. How long should we expect our listing agreement to be? One agent wanted it for a year, but that seemed too long.

Primary topic: Real Estate

970 views

By Monte MohrRecently published1 topic

Understanding the Best Ways for You to Get Clients

We are all in a different situation and we all have different assets. As a realtor its important to leverage your assets and minimize your weaknesses. This asset management translates into choosing the best marketing for your specific business. In this article I am going to share with you some ideas for finding the most profitable ways to get clients. The first step in making the most profitable decisions with your marketing; is to look at your past successes. How have you got clients in the past? List out every single thing you have ever done to get clients in the past.

Primary topic: Real Estate

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