Home Selling Tips

How do you get top dollar for your home? Here are a few tips that will help you get your house ready to sell! Access these seller tips and find out what you can do to maximize your proceeds!

Asbestos Disclaimers Home Selling Tip

Sellers can be a little confused when they are asked to sign an asbestos disclaimer. Asbestos is a known carcinogen, and when exposed, tiny particles can be released into the air you breathe.

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Make the Most of Curb Appeal! Home Selling Tip

Most buyers choose to drive by your home first before wanting to set an appointment to view. An attractive yard that is free of debris will gain interest quickly.

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A Little Painting Works Wonders! Home Selling Tip

New paint makes the entire home smell clean and neat, and can bring sellers top dollar. If your home has chipped paint, exposed wood, or surfaces that look faded, it's time for new paint.

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Investing in Plumbing Repairs Home Selling Tip

You will spot several different types of plumbing systems in any housing market, incuding your own. Copper, galvanized, rigid plastic, polybutylene, and soft plastic are but a few. Certain systems are more prone to having certain problems

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Pricing Your Home to Sell Home Selling Tip

Studies show that the longer a property stays on the market, the less the seller will net upon the sale.

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Representing Your Best Interest Home Selling Tip

In today's real estate market it is more important than ever to have a professional who truly represents your best interest. A qualified listing agent works for you -- the home seller.

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Making Your Home Shine Home Selling Tip

It's a common fact that clean homes net more money. Most people are turned off by even the smallest amount of uncleanness or odor when looking at homes to purchase. Sellers lose thousands of dollars because they do not adequately clean their homes or rid them of offensive odors.

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Staging Your Home To Sell! Home Selling Tip

The greatest way to show a home is to have a key available. This is typically done by placing it in a secure lock box, provided to you by your Real Estate Professional. This will give agents, with prospective buyers easy access to your property and promote showings.

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Is Your Home Wired to Sell? Home Selling Tip

The type of wiring in residential homes generally depends on when the home was built, where it was built and if it has been updated. In the older homes, knob and tube type wiring was the norm

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Contact Information

Roger C. Pettingell
Coldwell Banker Real Estate
201 Gulf Of Mexico Drive Suite 1
Longboat Key FL 34228
941-387-1840
Fax: 941-827-9444

Roger C. Pettingell of Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate is your Long Boat Key, Florida Luxury Real Estate Specialist.  Roger provides his real estate expertise to sellers, investors, developers and buyers in the Sarasota, Florida area including Anna Maria, Bird Key, Bradenton Beach, Casey Key, Cortez, Grand Bay, Holmes Beach, Longboat Key, Marina Bay, Osprey, Siesta Key and The Sanctuary.  Search for homes, luxury homes, condominiums, investment property, development property, vacant land and lots in Long Boat, Florida and the surround area.  Receive a market value analysis of your Long Boat, Florida property.

Roger C. Pettingell
Coldwell Banker - Luxury Waterfront Real Estate Specialist
Email: Roger@LongBoatRealEstate.com
Phone: 941-387-1840