The Art of Real Estate » house http://arslexis.com Your free source for honest Real Estate information Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:53:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Clean Homes Show Better — Some Tips and Tricks: 3 http://arslexis.com/blog/clean-homes-show-better-some-tips-and-tricks-3/ http://arslexis.com/blog/clean-homes-show-better-some-tips-and-tricks-3/#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:02:32 +0000 Heather http://arslexis.com/?p=294 Dual-Flush ToiletSo the windows, skylights, baseboards and the walls are all things that are very, very important but there is another thing that you might be missing when you are looking for things that are important to clean and keep clean – the toilet!  No one in the world wants to go into a bathroom with prospects and find a dirty toilet.

Making sure all of the area around the toilet needs to be clean as well, so that means that getting on your hands and knees might be the best bet, as that way you can ensure that the entire area around the toilet is clean.  You also want to make sure that the lid of the toilet as well as behind it is very clean too.

Toilets can be disgusting and you want to make sure that you make the one in the home that you are showing as clean as possible!

]]> http://arslexis.com/blog/clean-homes-show-better-some-tips-and-tricks-3/feed/ 0 The Art of Buying and Selling Real Estate: 1 http://arslexis.com/blog/the-art-of-buying-and-selling-real-estate-1/ http://arslexis.com/blog/the-art-of-buying-and-selling-real-estate-1/#comments Sun, 27 Dec 2009 00:01:57 +0000 Heather http://arslexis.com/?p=261 house 1A new year is about to dawn. Many of us will likely look upon this new year hopefully. Our greatest hopes? That it will mark an end to hard times, especially the hard times still being seen in the housing market. Will that be the case?

Well, lacking a crystal ball or the ability to otherwise see into the future, it is impossible to tell how much better things will be — or, indeed, if they will get better.

That may sound fatalistic but, trust, there is no reason to take on a pessimistic point of view. The fact of the matter is that whatever happens with the state of the housing industry, there are still things you can do to make buying and selling real estate both easier and potentially more successful.

]]> http://arslexis.com/blog/the-art-of-buying-and-selling-real-estate-1/feed/ 0 Five Clear Rules To Open House Success! Part 1 http://arslexis.com/blog/five-clear-rules-to-open-house-success-part-1/ http://arslexis.com/blog/five-clear-rules-to-open-house-success-part-1/#comments Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:29:48 +0000 Heather http://arslexis.com/?p=49 Open HouseFinding the perfect way to throw an open house is something that many real estate agents have a hard time with.  When I first started having open houses, something I did not understand is why people simply wanted to look at the house and not meet with me in order to show them around the house.  To be honest, that is the first step you need to get through your head – the people are not there to meet you, they are there to see the house.

An open house is a fantastic way for prospects to come and see a house that they may be interested in buying so they can truly get a feel for the house itself.  That is why it is so important for you to have an open house – you want to make sure that you really make the house shine and look fantastic.

In the next blog, we are going to explore how you should approach your open house in a high-demand but low-inventory area!

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