It’s essential to pay attention to needed physical changes in a home – which sometimes are as simple as moving kitchen utensils to be within easy reach. But it’s also important to look beyond handrails in the hallways to make sure needs are met that help your parents age in place—to live independently.
As a first time Louisville home buyer you may not know exactly what to expect when it comes to house prices or types of homes. It may come as quite a shock to find out exactly what you can afford and what is out of your price range when you’re just starting out.
The watchwords for the Louisville housing market are “cautious optimism” for 2013. As per the home price index issued by CoreLogic Inc., home prices in the region increased by 0.2 percent in December of 2012 compared to what they were a year ago. This is also the biggest annual increase seen since May 2006.
On this website, I want to give you great advice on anything and everything that relates to real estate, home improvement, or interior design. Here, I can talk to current real estate agents, other industry professionals, or even someone thinking about entering the business.
Sometimes there is no way to avoid selling vacant Louisville homes. If you have had a sudden job transfer or need to leave the area quickly for one reason or another, your house may have to be vacant while you are trying to sell it.
Many times when you are designing your house in the building stages the one room that anyone who has taken a real estate investing course knows involves the most value is your kitchen. Investments are supposed to make money. But are granite countertops worth the investment?
To begin, it’s important to say there are a myriad of ways to crunch any group of numbers. For our real estate example, is Louisville only Jefferson County? Or do we include the surrounding counties? Are we supposed to remove cities like Jeffersontown or Prospect that reside in Metro Louisville?
Area rugs are one of my favorite design elements. A great rug can take a room from “meh” to “wow” quickly and inexpensively. For relatively little cost and even less work, a new area rug can greatly enhance any space!
If you live in an area that receives a lot of large hail during certain storms, your personal property and your home could be damaged during a storm. This is why it might be important for you to do everything you can to understand how the claims process works.
Back in December, Louisville received an impressive accolade as the #1 travel destination in the United States by Lonely Planet when they claimed Louisville Ranks #1 for Top Cities for…
The movement of homeowners to “go green” by utilizing geothermal heating and cooling is becoming ever more common. However, there is still a large part of the population who doesn’t even know where to begin when it comes to tackling the concept of geothermal. So let’s lay some groundwork, peel back the layers of this 21st-century question of “To go Geo or not to go Geo?” and see if geothermal in Louisville KY is right for your home.
Now that I’ve been in “the biz” for 7 years, I thought I’d try to organize my experience into best practices for real estate agents, in the hopes that… (in my best Meryl Streep voice) if I can help even one of you that it’ll all be worth it!
As you’ll see in the real estate agents’ best practices listed below, staying positive is huge. Never forget to smile! Yeah, I know… I use this stock photo too much.
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In order to be successful in any business you need to make sure that you have a business plan put together and the same is true when you are building a Louisville real estate business company. A business plan for real estate investments is the key to making sure that your business does well and stays afloat.
Are you thinking of updating your home for the New Year? Here are some design tips to set you right on trend for 2013. You want your Louisville home to look great, right?
The Home Product Expo runs January 12th & 13th, 2013 in Shepherdsville. Looking for something to do this weekend? Thinking about any home improvement projects? Maybe you should head out…