It's hard enough to command full-price offers in buyer's markets today, but sellers who are home selling with pets face a distinct disadvantage. Because I care for a number of ... Read More

Even if you have no graphic design experience or the first clue about posting Internet home listings, you can do it. I wouldn't go so far as to say a monkey ... Read More

One of the choices a home seller gets to make is how the home will be shown to a prospective buyer, and sellers need to choose between a lockbox ... Read More

While it's wise to harbor a healthy fear of electrocuting yourself when working on home wiring, almost anybody can install a remote-controlled ceiling fan. Here's your first tip: turn off the ... Read More

Smart home sellers do not make any decisions regarding disposition of a home in trouble until talking to a real estate lawyer and a tax accountant because short sales affect ... Read More

Home sellers who suspect their home values are upside-down or underwater today are turning to short sales as a viable solution. Many home owners believe short sales are something new and ... Read More

Do you realize that even if you're not actively shopping to buy a home, you can still go to an open house? Open houses are just that -- open to the ... Read More

You will always remember your first low appraisal. Maybe not fondly, but the recollection tends to remain. I sold my very first fixer, which I remodeled myself, to the first ... Read More

A likely deal killer in many home sales is when the buyer makes a repair request. Helping buyers make sense out of a home inspection is part of the invaluable service ... Read More

Just about everybody harbors some sort of fear when dealing with relocation. When I moved to Sacramento from Minneapolis, I was concerned that the moving truck would arrive in California and ... Read More

One of the first decisions most home buyers make is choosing between buying newer or older homes. A reader asked me last week whether most buyers today lean toward buying "cookie-cutter ... Read More

Nobody is happy when a pending sale blows up or cancels -- least of all the agents involved -- but it happens. In California, for example, when a purchase agreement is ... Read More

A reader called me last week to ask if it's becoming more common for a seller to pay to sell, because his agent told him he would have to bring ... Read More