Staging is the process of making your home look appealing to the highest number of potential buyers, increasing the odds of a quicker and higher offer. When properly done, staging will make your home look so good, they'll want to move in that day! Statistics from a study conducted by the National Association of REALTORS® in 2017 show that home staging not only made it easier for buyers to visualize themselves living there, but it also decreased the amount of time a home spent on the market. If you want a leg up on the competition in your market area, consider these home staging projects.

LIVING ROOM
If you only stage one room in your house, make it this one. You can start by rearranging your furniture into inviting con...

You wouldn't shop at the grocery store and assume you can afford everything in your cart just because you had some money last week and expect more income soon. You'd check your bank balance before you got there so you'd know how much you could spend that day.
Shopping for houses is no different. Before you tour a single home, you need to know how much you can afford to pay. Not guess, not assume. Know. Unless you're going to pay cash, the only way to do this is to sit down ahead of time with a mortgage lender.
Why is this important? If you find a house...