Tips for Making Your Small Tucson Home Seem Bigger



What can you do to make your small house seem bigger? The word “small” is relative, but if you’re considering selling your property and your home is the smallest in the neighborhood, it could negatively impact your home sale.

Here are a few things you can do to improve your odds of selling faster and for more money:

1. Mirroring. Mirrors reflect light, and you can use them both indoors and outdoors. Mirrors also give the illusion that the rooms are bigger.

2. Take it high. I’m talking about the curtain rods. Don’t leave them at window level. Placing them higher on the wall and closer to the ceiling gives the impression that your ceilings are taller.

3. Go lean and sleek when choosing furniture.
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Reducing the amount of items in
your home makes a huge difference.

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4. Declutter. If you already have a small space, there is nothing worse than filling it up with belongings. Reducing the amount of items in your home will make a huge difference.

5. Built-ins are key. When bookshelves or entertainment centers are built into walls, you save floor space. However, once those are bolted to the walls, they are considered fixtures of the property so it’s assumed they will go with the house when it sells. If you want to take these things with you, you have to be upfront about that.

If you have any questions, give me a call or send me an email. I would be happy to help you!

Introducing My New Book, with Hundreds of Real Estate Tips



I wanted to take a minute to spotlight a book that I recently wrote.

My new book has more than 300 pages of tips that will save home buyers and sellers thousands of dollars when dealing in real estate. It has more than 200 tips all in one place. Part One of the book is called Brilliant Buying: 101 Money Saving Tips When Buying Townhouses, Condos, Single-Family Homes, and even Investment Properties. Part Two is titled Savvy Selling, and it has 99 money saving tips when selling your home or condo or investment property.
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This book includes things
like how to profit by $30,000 or more
when selling your house.

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The contents of this book are truly useful to anyone, from first-time home buyers to people who have bought and sold many houses. It includes things like how to profit by $30,000 more when selling your house, and also reveals for buyers if purchasing a brand new house is the financially smartest decision in the long run.

Those are just two examples of the hundreds of useful, money-saving tips. This book is my way of giving back, by sharing more than two decades of experience in sales, negotiating, and real estate.

If you or someone you know is planning a move in the next nine months, I'd like to give you and your referral a free copy of this book. Just give us a call or shoot us an email or text and we'll get you a couple copies ASAP. If you give away your copy, we'll always replace it!

The Best 4th of July Celebrations in Tucson



I just wanted to take a moment to wish you and your family a happy Fourth of July.

I also would like to take this chance to honor and give immense gratitude to all the men and women of our armed forces who have made the ultimate sacrifice so that we can be free. Thank you for what you have done for our country.

I also wanted to pass along some information about what's going on this weekend in Tucson and some good places to watch fireworks.

First and foremost, the area around "A" Mountain is a popular place to watch fireworks. You get a great view of the fireworks that will be going off about 9 p.m. The Tucson Convention Center is pretty close by there, and they'll have food trucks and entertainment starting Monday afternoon.

You can also check out the Star-Spangled Spectacular up in Marana at Silverbell and Crossroads from 5-9 p.m. They'll have food trucks and entertainment as well, and also fireworks that will start at about 9 p.m.
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There are seven different places in Tucson to watch fireworks.

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The last thing in the Tucson area is up in Oro Valley at James Kreigh park from 5-9 p.m. as well. They'll also have food trucks and entertainment, as well as some other vendors with the fireworks to follow.

There are seven different places in Tucson to watch fireworks, but these are the ones that are the most popular. If you want to get out of Tucson for the weekend or even just Monday, the D-backs are playing the Padres on Monday, with fireworks after the game. I saw a really great Groupon offer floating around with seats for about $22, if you're interested.

Thanks again for watching today, and more importantly, thanks again to our men and women who serve and allow us the freedom to have celebrations like these. God bless you all!