Category: Home Selling
ARE THE ZILLOW ZESTIMATES ACCURATE
Dave, We are thinking about selling our house, but we would first like to know how much our home is worth. We’ve seen a few websites—like Zillow and Truila, that say they can estimate the value for us, but we aren’t sure if they are reliable. When you are selling a house how do you... Read More
TIPS FOR FAMILIES WITH YOUNG KIDS TRYING TO SELL THEIR HOME
Dear Dave, We are preparing to put our house on the market in the next month or so and I need some advice. I have two small children and…can you guess where I might be going with this? We need to sell our home, but we also need to still live in it! I think... Read More
WILL UGLY CONCRETE HURT THE SALE OF MY HOUSE
Dear Dave, My company is transferring me to a new location and I am going to be selling my home in the coming months. I own a fairly new home, about 6 years old, in a nice north area subdivision. My driveway and front walkway don’t melt off well when we get snow and ice,... Read More
IS THIS THE END OF 6% COMMISSIONS PART 3
(continued from last week)Dear Dave, Wow, holy headlines! Can you please give your insight into this new real estate lawsuit and if it’s really “The biggest shake up in real estate in the last 100 years.” I’d love to get your thoughts on it! Thanks!Bob – Mack, CO Bob,Installment #3. Let’s get down to the... Read More
IS THIS THE END OF 6% COMMISSIONS PART 2
Dear Dave, Wow, holy headlines! Can you please give your insight into this new real estate lawsuit and if it’s really “The biggest shake up in real estate in the last 100 years.” I’d love to get your thoughts on it! Thanks!Bob – Mack, CO Bob, At the end of last week’s column, the remaining questions... Read More
SHOULD WE STAGE OUR HOME
Dave, We would love to get your opinion on if we should or shouldn’t stage our house while it’s up for sale. Our plan right now is to be completely moved out before our house goes on the market. We have seen all the shows on getting your home staged to sell and we’ve recently... Read More
TIPS FOR SELLING YOUR HOME AFTER RETIREMENT
Dave, Our plans are to move in June/July to Delaware to be near family, as we have grandkids who live there. I will qualify for retirement late this spring and need to make sure we remain in Grand Junction until that time. We are aware that interest rates still aren’t that attractive and we’re a... Read More
HELP OUR HOME INSPECTION WENT WRONG
Dear Dave, We have our home under contract and the buyers ordered a home inspection. The home inspection report contains four substantial errors in the areas of heating, cooling, plumbing, and sewer. The inspector misidentified a sprinkler valve as a sewer service cap and reported a possible “active sewer leak” in that area which is... Read More
NO TUB IN THE PRIMARY BATH
Dave, We are in the process of designing our new home and looking over many floor plans and we have noticed that many don’t have a bath tub in the master bathroom. We are now considering only putting a shower in our primary bath, as neither of us are “tub” people and rarely, if ever, take... Read More
2024 REAL ESTATE MARKET PREDICTIONS
Happy New Year! Much has changed over the past 12 months and last week we revisited my predictions for 2023…..some hits and some misses, but isn’t that the way it always goes? This week we are going to look through the windshield at what I see coming for 2024. So here we go! Let me... Read More