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Once you’ve decided to put your home on the market, you’re looking to sell quickly for the best possible price. One tactic that can help sell your…
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What affects property values?
Some the features that increase property values are obvious-like a remodeled bathroom, a modern kitchen, or a sought-after neighborhood. But here are a few features and circumstances…
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Hidden Homeowner Costs
Budgeting for buying a home can be difficult enough when you’re just weighing mortgage options and a purchase price. But there are many other factors that go…
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Reconsider These Choices When You’re Designing Your Kitchen
The kitchen is one area of the home that sees the most wear and tear. All the water, heat, and food spills add up quickly so it’s…
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Bathroom Trends for 2017
Staying on top of the latest trends in home decor isn’t for everyone, but even for traditionalists, it can be fun to incorporate some new ideas. Here…
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Questions to Ask Your Home Inspector
When you buy a Kenosha or Racine County home, you need to know exactly what you’re buying. Imagine how frustrated you’d be to find out that the…
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Five Tips For Improving Your Credit
Monitoring your credit report and credit rating is important, especially if you’re considering purchasing a home. Here are five tips for improving your credit. It’s not…
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5 tips for Buying New Construction
It’s very easy to overlook all of the added expenses of buying new. Here are a few things to budget for: Incentives. Some builder incentives are great…
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A Dry Foundation is a Happy Foundation
Spring in most areas of the U.S. means a good portion of rain for the year will be hitting your rooftop. Keeping water away from your home’s…
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It’s Tax Time: A guide to DIY
April 18 will be here before you know it, and if you haven’t made a decision on how you’ll prepare your taxes this year, here are…
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Five Things That Factor Into Home Comps
You may think that sale price is the only factor when you’re looking at comps and trying to set a price for your listing. But it’s actually…
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Should you Improve or move?
Unless you built a custom home, you probably have a long list of things you’d like to improve in your current home. Browsing online listings might get…
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Inexpensive Projects to Increase Your ROI
Not all home improvement projects are created equal. Some renovations may cost a lot but not add significant value to your home. This list goes in the…
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Buying a Home? Don’t forget about Hidden Costs
From the time you start dreaming about home ownership to the moment you put the key into the lock of your new home is different for each…
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Declutter and Organize to Sell your Home FAST! Part 1 Bathrooms
Ready….list…sell!!! We all wish it was that easy…and it can be, if you prepare your home before listing! Commit to declutter and organize your spaces now!…
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Is Your New Year’s Resolution to Sell your home?
Is one of your Resolutions for the New Year to sell your current home? The housing market in the Kenosha and Racine county area is sure to…
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Kenosha Real Estate | What’s your neighbor’s home selling for? 12/26/16
Below you will find just a few of the latest homes to be sold in the Kenosha County area. Right now it is not unusual to find…
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Tightened Inventory Leads to Healthy Sales
Today the Wisconsin Regional report from the Wisconsin REALTORS® Association was released with Great News for those of you who may be thinking of selling your home.…
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4 reasons millennial homebuyers are here to stay
The homebuyer statistics clearly show millennials out-pacing other generations when it comes to buying a home. The global realty market is keeping an eagle eye on this…
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