How Not to sell your Sarasota Home

Selling your Sarasota home? Discover how common mistakes, quick cash offers, and poor pricing decisions can cost homeowners thousands. Learn how to protect your home’s value and maximize your sale price.

Confusing Commissions

There’s been a lot of confusion lately about real estate commissions — especially about who pays the buyer’s agent. Should the seller offer compensation, or should the buyer pay their agent directly? The smart move for sellers is simple: offer a clear, fixed commission to the buyer’s agent — typically at least 2.5%. Why? BecauseContinueContinue reading “Confusing Commissions”

Time and Its Effects on Home Sales

How long should it take to sell a home? Does the passage of time cause the home to look unattractive and stale? Is there any advantage to it taking longer to sell a home? Should it be priced perfectly and sold in a week to get the best price? Right now I am selling oneContinueContinue reading “Time and Its Effects on Home Sales”

Watch out for the wrong buyer!

After representing hundreds of home sellers, I inevitably encounter thousands of the wrong buyers. They are the type of people that make their money by taking advantage of others. They have no guilt or shame in running off with another person’s life savings. They have no remorse about dragging the seller through 6 months ofContinueContinue reading “Watch out for the wrong buyer!”