The 4 Most Worthwhile Investments You Can Make in Your Home

Home improvement doesn’t need to be expensive. Here are four ways to improve your home’s value on a budget.

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Whether you’re having a big event or party at your house or you’re just trying to maximize its value before you put it on the market, there are a number of things you can do to make your home better that are pretty inexpensive. Here are the top four indoor and outdoor improvements to make on your home that will give you the highest return on your investment:

1. Fresh interior wall colors. Update your walls with one of today’s trending colors for the main level living spaces, including the living room, stairway, and upstairs hallway.

2. Floor finishes. If you need new carpet, it’s time to replace it. If the carpet is pretty new already, get it cleaned. If you have hardwood flooring, it might be a good idea to have it refinished as well.

If you need new carpet, it’s time to replace it.

3. Professionally pruning your trees, shrubs, and landscape beds. This is the top improvement to make on the exterior of your home. It will make the outside of your home look fresh when buyers pull up.

4. Fresh coat of exterior paint. It costs a little bit more than the other improvements, but it will still add a lot of value to your home and make your curb appeal pop.


Hopefully these tips work for you. If you have any questions for us, don’t hesitate to give us a call or send us an email. We would love to hear from you.

Wow Homebuyers With These Two Things

Today I’m answering a question from one of my viewers, “What are the top things wowing buyers in the real estate marketplace?”

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What are the hottest things wowing buyers in the real estate market right now? I’ll go over the top two today. 

As far as the outside goes, a nice outdoor patio area really wows buyers. A decorative stone or newly paved concrete space accompanied by a fire pit gets buyers excited about the prospect of entertaining and really enjoying that space. 

A space that has cubbies, coat hooks, additional storage, or a craft area really makes a home pop for buyers.”

For the inside, great mud rooms or back halls are a huge plus. A space that has cubbies, coat hooks, additional storage, or a craft area really makes a home pop for buyers. 

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The Colors You Should Use to Upgrade Your Home

If you’re thinking about updating your home, whether you’re selling soon or not, it’s a good idea to update on trend to add some value. Today I’ll go over the hottest colors being used right now in real estate.

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I’m going over the hottest and trendiest colors being used in real estate today. 

Gray and grayish colors are very popular for interior walls right now. In fact, Sherwin-Williams reported that their hottest color for 2016 was called “Reposed Gray” with another hot color being “Amazing Gray.” 

For trim colors, doors, and cabinets, the hottest color is Sherwin-Williams “Pure White,” which is a big go-to color. If you’re looking for a great accent color, “Tricorn Black” has been a steady staple for awhile now. 

The hottest color for trim, doors, and cabinets is Sherwin-Williams “Pure White.”

As far your exterior goes, find a house in the area where you live that has a similar exterior style and pick a color scheme that you like. Find out from the current homeowner what colors they used for their exterior body color and the exterior trim. That’s going to be a much better approach than trying to pick out a color from the samples. 

Stay away from yellow, blue, and bold green colors and instead stick to gray and earth tone colors. In addition, if you are thinking about front door colors, one of the staples is that Tricorn Black, which is also great for shutters. 

If you have any other questions or if you’re looking to buy or sell a home, feel free to give me a call or send me an email. I look forward to hearing from you!