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Selling Your Home

For most families, their home is their largest financial asset, and deciding to sell it is a big decision that involves a lot of preparation and work. When you're ready to sell it's important to have an experienced real estate professional handle the details involved in the successful sale of a home for top dollar. As an experienced professional who has helped many Madison residents sell their homes, I know how to handle every aspect of the sales process - from strategically marketing and showcasing your home to making sure everything's signed, sealed and delivered by the closing date. Providing you with comprehensive, high-quality listing service is my top priority. So when you decide to sell your home, please contact me and let's get started!

The following articles are a great place to start if you're looking for information about the sales process and how you can get more for your home when you decide to sell.

6 reasons your home isn't selling - #7 is you aren't using The Schulz Team
Has your lawn grown up around that "For Sale" sign? Have the wasps moved into the lock box on your front door? Did you just receive an invitation to your real estate agent's retirement party? If so, chances are your home sale fizzled.

Buyers Not Likely To Pay For Improvements
Cost-vs-value studies consistently reveal how you can use home improvements to boost or retain the value of your home, in just about any market, but not if you expect buyers to pay for them.

Does It Matter Why Rates Are Low?
Here's a question which ought to cause some thought: Why is it -- if we're in the middle of a mortgage meltdown -- that interest rates are both low and falling? And even more importantly: HOW DOES THIS AFFECT ME????????

Don't Go Overboard When Getting a House Ready for Sale
Time is working both for and against them, real estate agents have told them. Inventory has not been increasing as fast as in the past 18 months, and if that trend continues, they will be dealing with less competition. The autumn market, which is the second most important of the year, starts right after Labor Day, so they have a few weeks to get the house ready to show.

FSBOs Fall Flat
For-sale-by-owner or 'FSBO' transactions in the softening real estate market experienced zero growth last year, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR).

How Much House Can I Afford?
To determine your maximum mortgage amount, lenders use guidelines called debt-to-income ratios. This is simply the percentage of your monthly gross income (before taxes) that is used to pay your monthly debts.

How to Handle Low Ball Offers
If your house has been on the market for quite a while (3 to 6 months), you may have already dropped your price and now you're waiting for the buyers to rush in and make wonderful offers on this now-priced right property. And then it happens.

Mortgage Calculator and More
We provide mortgage rates and home equity loan rates for primary and second loan refinance. Our online rates calculators help you quickly evaluate interest rate options on all loans. Interested in a home loan? Compare mortgage rates or compare home equity loan rates today.

Pre-Listing Inspections: A Sure Sell?
It's no news that it's become a buyer's market in many markets across the country. In my area (Kansas City) there are over 16,500 homes on the market and foreclosures are up 55 percent from this time last year.

Selling a Home - Helpful Information You Can Use
Selling your home can be exciting, but it also takes work. You'll need to fix all those little problems you've let go for so many years.

Selling Your Home In a Market Full of Foreclosures
Take a look in just about any neighborhood and you may find the sign of distressed times. Foreclosures are on the rise and that can cause a lot of panic for sellers who aren't in the same financial crisis.

Simple, easy to Understand Mortgage Calculator
Simple, easy to use, quick calculating Mortgage Calculator.

Tax Rebate Uses For Sellers
What should a smart home seller do with that fat federal tax rebate check? Well, it's not THAT fat, but it could come in handy for sellers who use it wisely.

Tips on selling your house in a cooling market
What a difference a few months make. In most parts of the country, the days of putting your home up for sale at a ridiculously high price and waiting for competing offers to pour in are gone.