Midtown Tulsa Real Estate - Lori Cain
Greater Tulsa Area Real Estate
FSBOs (For Sale By Owner) – please value my services and profession It’s spring and the inventory of homes for sale by owner (referred to as FSBOs in our industry) is creeping up, right along with the beautiful azaleas. How hard can it be to sell a house? Stick a sign in the yard, show [...]
Does the size of a property matter – its square footage, that is?! Realtors estimate a property’s value based on the price per square foot of surrounding properties that have sold. If most comparable properties have sold for $110-$120 per square foot, that’s where we’re going to price our listing, depending upon other property variables. [...]
Every house has a formal dining room – or are they trending out of style?” My experience with Buyers is that younger families don’t see a need for a formal dining room. They would prefer an open kitchen, preferably adjacent to the family room – with an area for a large table. But, they’re not [...]
Stage your vacant Tulsa home for sale – an investment with a return Yes, I do want you to stage your vacant Tulsa home for sale, and yes, it is an investment for which you can expect a return. In this short video, Rich Cederberg, Jeff Dowler, Bryan Robertson, Sally Weatherley and I discuss staging [...]
Staging a home for sale is critical in our competitive real estate market, so here are some tips for occupied staging. Remember that a staged home does not represent how we LIVE in our homes. It is imperative that Sellers understand that their HOUSE for sale becomes a commodity once it’s on the market. [...]
Sellers wonder how home staging works and how it will help sell your home. Today, my colleagues I recorded a video about this very topic. In this 7-minute video, Rich Cederberg, Jeff Dowler, Bryan Robertson, Sally Weatherley and I discuss the concept and benefits of home staging. Specifically we discuss (1) how important home staging [...]
My home Buyers were under contract for $306,000 and the appraisal came in low at $300,000 – below sales price. That’s $6,000 less that the Sellers are going to net and money they may need in order to make THEIR home purchase. In this instance, the homes the appraiser chose as comparables were simply not [...]
Most home sellers know that all window treatments and light fixtures stay in their Tulsa home for sale – unless specifically excluded. If your dining room chandelier was inherited from your great-grandmother, you need to tell your Realtor AT THE TIME OF LISTING YOUR PROPERTY that you don’t want to leave it. If the curtains [...]
CMAs (Comparative Market Analysis) are used daily in real estate – here is an explanation of how they are prepared, from what data and how they are helpful in determining what your home is worth. My colleagues and I recorded a video discussing CMAs, how they’re prepared and how they are used. In this video, [...]
Stager Cindy Gaisor, owner of Transitions Staging, and I tried a new approach to home staging that she now calls “Hands On” staging, and I call “Hit and Run” staging. This particular home Seller was very reluctant to have us stage her midtown Tulsa home for sale, but a few key areas really needed attention. [...]
