Category: Tips & tools
Need to explain the basics about financing? Want tips on creating competitive listings? We cover real estate tips from A to Z.
Home Tour Tip: Entertain the Kids!
Read more: Home Tour Tip: Entertain the Kids!If your clients ever have trouble entertaining young children during a model home tour, here’s your chance to be their hero! Bring along a few home-themed coloring sheets and crayons or colored pencils and ask them how they would decorate their dream home. The prospect of moving may seem intimidating for little ones, so this is…
Sellers Stressing You Out? Try Selling New Homes!
Read more: Sellers Stressing You Out? Try Selling New Homes!A home is one of the largest financial and emotional investments many people will make in their lifetime. Is it any wonder that when it’s time to move on, a home seller might have difficulty viewing things objectively? Here are a couple of common situations that could be avoided by selling new homes instead! Highly…
6 Real Estate Articles to Share this Summer
Read more: 6 Real Estate Articles to Share this SummerLooking for articles to share with your clients (and potential clients)? Don’t forget about our homebuyer blog, Homeward™! It’s full of stories for house hunters, home sellers and homeowners alike. Feel free to link them from your social media accounts, blog or emails as a way of keeping in touch with past customers, educating current…
10 Reasons Buyers Love New Homes
Read more: 10 Reasons Buyers Love New HomesWhether you’re new to selling new homes, or just need a refresher, here’s a handy infographic to help you communicate the value of new construction to your clients. For more in-depth information, tips and tools, be sure to download our free Selling New Homes Guide, created just for agents like you!
Student Loan Debt and Homeownership
Read more: Student Loan Debt and HomeownershipHaving a college education is very valuable. Unfortunately, the price tag often reflects this, and navigating post-graduation financial waters can be tricky. That being said, student loan debt shouldn’t be a barrier to homeownership. There are ways to balance the responsibility of paying off student loans and still enjoy homeownership. Here are a few concerns…
Prepare Your Buyers for a Seller’s Market
Read more: Prepare Your Buyers for a Seller’s MarketYour clients (especially first-time buyers) may not be prepared for the fast-paced, competitive nature of buying a home in a seller’s market. Fortunately, we’ve got a new guide for that! Homebuying in a Competitive Market is free to download and includes tips to help buyers: Get ready to act quickly Optimize their home search Boost…
How to Write Better House Listings
Read more: How to Write Better House ListingsThe photography’s on point. The asking price is right. All you need now is a killer property description. Boost your house listings from good to great with the following tips! Be selective. Your description doesn’t have to encompass everything and the kitchen sink (though, if it’s a farmhouse sink, definitely mention that!). Focus on what’s…
Shareable Stories for Your Clients
Read more: Shareable Stories for Your ClientsIf you’re not following Homeward™, our blog for homebuyers, you might have missed these great stories to share with your clients. Feel free to link them on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest or your blog—anywhere you need to bulk up your real estate content. Don’t forget we also have a library of free homebuyer guides to…
Real Estate Photography Tips
Read more: Real Estate Photography TipsWhen preparing for a home sale, you’ll always get the best results by hiring a seasoned professional to take your real estate photographs. If you’re passionate about taking photographs yourself, these tips are a great starting point for taking high-quality real estate photos. For more real estate photography tips, check out the photo articles on…
4 Things Realtors® Should Pin (Beyond MLS Listings)
Read more: 4 Things Realtors® Should Pin (Beyond MLS Listings)Pinterest may seem like low-hanging fruit in your social media marketing plan. It’s photography-driven, text-minimal, evergreen, appealing to a major homebuying demographic, great for driving website traffic, easy to use and—best of all—free, except for the time you invest in it and any money you spend boosting pins.Using Pinterest to its best advantage, however, means…
