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EVALUATING THE CONDITION OF YOUR HOUSE - COSMETICS The appearance of your house is just as important as its condition, so evaluate the inside and outside before listing. Smart sellers rely on the objectivity and expertise of a professional home stager to identify cosmetic issues and suggest cost...

Mary Stephens and Sandy LeRoy   Smart selling requires that you prepare your house for market by evaluating its physical condition, including systems such as plumbing, heating and electrical, and components such as the foundation, roof, doors and windows, floors, fixtures and finishes. The time ...

Taking the right steps in the right order is how you get the best results when selling your house, but it doesn't always happen that way.  Instead, here's how it often goes:  You decide to sell and call a real estate agent who looks at the house and makes a few basic recommendations on getting i...

SMART SELLING A Look at the Local Real Estate Market    Hendersonville, NC   If you're buying a house today, conventional wisdom is that you're in the driver's seat. Interest rates and prices are at record lows, and there's a large inventory of new, existing and foreclosed homes from which to ch...