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Spring has traditionally been a hot time for real estate sales. This year, due to the buyer’s tax credit, sales were expected to be higher than normal throughout the winter.  However, Mother Nature interfered with the President’s plan, and instead of touring around for the ‘ideal home’ spots, prospective home buyers were busy clearing their driveway during the unusual Snowmageddon this year. 

Spring has announced her arrival at the onset of the Cherry Blossom Festival, which is set to start on March 27. It’s a beautiful time to walk outdoors, and look out for that perfect dream home. With only a little more than a month to use the Home Buyer Tax Credit, buyers are making up for lost time. Prospective buyers with children are even more ideal.  Many families like to time the acquisition of a new home to match their kids’ school schedules. Now wouldn’t it be so much more comfortable if you had the ‘SOLD’ sign on your porch even before school starts this year?  

If you want to sell your home, this is the best time of the year to do so.  But what if your home needs work that you can’t afford to do?  What if you are delinquent on your payments and ready to fall into foreclosure?  Or maybe you are underwater and can’t see the shore?  You could easily miss prime time if you aren’t ready when buyers are!

Express Homebuyers offers an alternative worth your consideration.  We buy homes as-is for cash, within DC, Maryland, and Virginia. What’s more, it all happens very quickly. Within two weeks, your transaction is complete.  We then do the repairs and renovations needed to present your home to buyers – so the whole burden of preparing for a sale and finding a buyer is our problem, not yours!

 Call us today at 1-877-804-5252 or check out our helpful website.  We will make you an offer on your first call, provide free reports to help you make your selling decision, and even offer options to chat with one of our helpful consultants.

Where Did All This Stuff Come From…?

Whether or not you’re planning to sell your house any time soon, it never hurts to get things in order.  Even the tidiest homeowners are amazed by how quickly houses can become inundated by the clutter and items they accumulate.
Here are some easy tips toward consistently maintaining order and balance in your home, and ensuring that come sale time you don’t find yourself waging the war against disorder for the first time.

You Need Discipline and a Game Plan

• Instead of dabbling and making gradual improvements here and there throughout the home, focus your efforts on one room at a time.  Don’t move onto another room until the task at hand has been thoroughly completed.
• Force yourself to stay disciplined, and adopt the “in and out” approach.  For every new item you add to a room, remove an older one.
• If you have kids, make the cleaning process fun for them (yes, it is possible).  Whether it’s by giving them incentives to keep their rooms tidy and their personal belongings out of public spaces, or showing them how rewarding the result can be give them a tangible reason(reward, privilege, bribe)  to observe these rules even when they haven’t been reminded to.
• Have a vision of what the room SHOULD look like before you tackle it.
• Use hangers to sort the clothes you wear the most from the ones you break out only on special occasions.  Needless to say, garments that are out of season should be kept separately (a sealed, moth-proof rack for your hangers can be a crucial investment for your basement/attic space).
• When considering whether or not to retire an item, force yourself to decide whether you really, REALLY need it.  If you have a hard time deciding, you know what to do.
• Treat your kitchen as a sacred area: the real estate that includes your stove, sink, refrigerator and countertops should be occupied by useful items only.

When it comes time to sell your house fast, you will be more than rewarded for the work you have done on the front end. Of course, if you do decide to sell your house in the Maryland, Washington DC or Virginia area, give us a call. We can help.