How can the Nonviolent Communication Method by Dr. Marshall Rosenberg improve your life? Want to sell your home? Get a FREE home value report. Want to buy a home? Search all homes for sale. Conflict resolution is a major aspect of my job. I want to share some of the top communication strategies I use to get people working together. Most of the strategies I use are based on the work of Dr. Marshall Rosenberg, a true pioneer who invented the Nonviolent Communication Method. This method has...
If you have a business or a service you’re promoting, you have to know how to utilize social media properly. Here are five tips on how to do that. Want to sell your home? Get a FREE home value report. Want to buy a home? Search all homes for sale. Did you know that—according to a recent study—a whopping 79% of adults are on social media? If you have a business or a service you’re promoting, you should be on there too. Here are my five quick tips for doing social media right: 1....
If you’re concerned that we might be looking at a new housing bubble, here are some market statistics to put your mind at ease. Want to sell your home? Get a FREE home value report. Want to buy a home? Search all homes for sale. Are we looking at a new housing bubble here in Utah? It’s a question a lot of people are asking because—in case you didn’t know—home values in Utah have risen 48% in the last five years. That is absolutely unprecedented, and it has some people worried....
Tax season is right around the corner, so today, I want to highlight some potential tax breaks you should ask your tax professional about. Want to sell your home? Get a FREE home value report. Want to buy a home? Search all homes for sale. Tax season is nearly upon us, so today, I wanted to touch on some of the lesser-known benefits of owning a home. Let me start by saying that I’m not a CPA, and I recommend that you get your taxes done by a professional. These items are merely things...
Want to enjoy some holiday festivities without spending your brains out this Christmas? I have five ideas that are both fun and budget-friendly for families to do this season. Want to sell your home? Get a FREE home value report. Want to buy a home? Search all homes for sale. Today I wanted to give you five cool ideas for things you can do this Christmas in Utah that don't involve spending a ton a money. Here are some alternatives that won't leave you waking up on December 26th with a...
Selling your home during the holidays here in Utah is a great idea. Buyers are more motivated now than they are at any other time of year. Want to sell your home? Get a FREE home value report. Want to buy a home? Search all homes for sale. Why should you list your home right before the holidays here in Utah? Most people think that they should wait until spring to list their home, but this is a mistake. In Utah, our housing inventory levels will fall by as much 30% starting right now. As...
Halloween may be over, but that doesn't mean I can't take advantage of this fortune teller costume to cast some predictions about the future of the Utah housing market. Want to sell your home? Get a FREE home value report. Want to buy a home? Search all homes for sale. Since I dressed up as a fortune teller for Halloween, I thought it was all too fitting to give you a psychic prediction of what will happen in the Utah real estate market in the fourth quarter and beyond! So what's in the...
Home sellers don’t have to disclose whether their home is haunted under the Stigmatized State Property Act. What can you do if you encounter unwanted visitors? Want to sell your home? Get a FREE home value report. Want to buy a home? Search all homes for sale. There is a funny state law that most folks aren’t aware of. It’s called the Utah Stigmatized State Property Act, and it states that home sellers do not have to disclose whether their house is haunted. What should you do if...
When you prepare to sell your house, there are a lot of positive changes you can make without spending a lot of money. Today, I'm going over five things that will improve your home before you sell. Want to sell your home? Get a FREE home value report. Want to buy a home? Search all homes for sale. Today I wanted to give you some really great things you can do to your home to prepare it for the market. By spending as little as $500, you can pick up an extra $5,000 on your sale. That's not...
I’m excited to be joined today by Loran Brumley who worked as a SWAT officer and in corrections for more than 20 years. He’s here to give us some tips for keeping your home safe. For starters, Loran says, criminals aren’t as smart as we think they are! Most burglars don’t have elaborate plans like you see in the movies, but rather knock on doors, and if no one answers, see it as a sign that they can break in. One of the best things you can do to keep people away is getting a dog....
Want to sell your home? Get a FREE home value report. Want to buy a home? Search all homes for sale. I wanted to talk today about the topic of winning a bidding war and competing against multiple other offers on a home. I have five tips to offer to help you win, because the competition right now is fierce. Come in with the right mindset. Treat the list price like it's the minimum bid on eBay; that’s the least amount of money that the home is going to sell for. Odds are the price will...
Want to sell your home? Get a FREE home value report. Want to buy a home? Search all homes for sale. Ah, the infamous Zestimate. It's Zillow's value estimate for homes. Why do people have such strong opinions on it? Well, it has to do with the accuracy of the info. We find that the Zestimate is typically off by up to 15% from the actual sales price in Salt Lake City. To give you an example, I recently closed on a property that had a Zestimate that came in at $258,000. We listed and sold that...
Want to sell your home? Get a FREE home value report. Want to buy a home? Search all homes for sale. My name is Belladonna Riso and I'm a broker here at Century 21. Thanks for taking a moment with me on my blog. "Why should I hire you and your team?" is the question I get asked the most. Well, we're going to sell your home for the most money the market will allow, we're going to do it faster, and we're going to provide exemplary customer service all along the way. Our goal is...
