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When you are selling your home, you want to take full advantage of the market. No matter your home’s location, size, or age, it will bring in significantly more if you are able to optimize its condition before you list it for sale. However, if you are preparing to sell your home and you have realized that it needs extra TLC before it is market ready, today’s guide is for you.

The worst-case scenario for your property is it languishing on the market for months after you list it, only drawing in a smattering of lowball offers. To avoid this disheartening dynamic, rectify the following before listing:

Clutter

You are no doubt used to your belongings being comfortably strewn throughout your home. Sellers, though, will expect your home’s…

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When you envision the process of selling your home and buying a new property, you likely imagine synchronizing the sale with the purchase so that both close at nearly the same time. Only a fortunate few homeowners enjoy this level of perfect serendipity. What usually happens instead is that either your buyer or the seller of your new home will complete their transaction well ahead of the other—in fact, one of the transactions may not have even begun before the other closes! With this possibility in mind, let’s examine the options available to you as you work to juggle the many complexities you and your buyer may face.

The advantage to being the seller whose home sells before you’ve purchased a new home is that you won’t have to be responsible for…

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Is It Smart To Wait For A Recession?

I've had friends and family ask me if they should wait to buy a home once a recession hits. My answer to them is has anyone actually made an accurate prediction of a recession? You may wait years before one ever happens and at that point it would most likely have been smarter to buy your home before the years you waited to get a "deal" because home prices have historically rose. 

Tennessee real estate has increased ~6-8%/year for the past 5 years, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency. So if you wait two years you're going to miss out on a potential ~$12,360 to $16,640 for every $100k you spend if Tennessee keeps it up.

Do Recessions Actually Lower Home Values?

Most recessions…

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