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Selling Advice

Why choose Lyn Sims?
My commitment to you as the client!
Why choose RE/MAX and Lyn Sims?
Step by Step of the Selling Process!
Understanding Agency - hey who works for who?
Consumers guide to what legal responsibilities your real estate agent has to you and to other parties in the transaction. Make sure you know your guidelines for Illinois. Who works for who around here?
The Dangers of an Unreasonable Asking Price
Lyn discusses the results of overpricing and appraisal problems in today's marketplace.
10 Best Kept Secrets for Selling your Home
HGTV gives their best advice and tips on selling your home in this challenging market.
What to do if your Home isn't Selling?
Ten tips in this tough market to improve your selling karma!
5 Items to Consider Before Dropping the Price
How much and when?
Fireplace Remodeling Project
Tired of how your fireplace looks? What year does it look like? Check out these simple remodeling tips that you might try yourself to give your fireplace a facelift!
Fireplace Updating
Suggestions for that ugly fireplace of yours!
Staging your home really helps it sell
Before and after pictures - staged homes pictured in the Schaumburg Market.
No Nudes is Good Nudes
When too much of something is showing!
HGTV Top 10 Home Staging 'Do's and Dont's'
Help with home staging from the popular Home & Garden TV Programs on staging your home and putting it on the market. Suggestions for every seller!
Home Staging Channel
Are you kidding me Lyn? Nope, click and I'll take you there for more ideas!
Staged Homes - Before and After Photos
Great advice on how to stage your home with examples on clutter, excess furniture, etc. so you can get top dollar in today's market!
Low Cost Kitchen Updates
Sometimes it's the little things that can give your kitchen a fresh new look!
Thrifty Solutions for an Outdated Kitchen
Gives good advice on how to save $$ with just a few simple tips on your Kitchen remodeling project.
30 Can't Miss Staging Tips
HGTV's Lisa LaPorta gives her advice on staging your home for optimum buyer impact.
Top 35 Selling Secrets
HGTV's Designed to Sell gives tips and suggestions for more money!
Home Staging starts with these Deep Cleaning Basics
DIY Network brings you these videos on 'deep cleaning' areas of your home before you put it on the market!
Staging Photos 'Before and After'
Before and after staging photos from HGTV's The Stagers and Unsellables. These are good examples of the transformations that you can do with any home! You can do it!
20 Tips for Selling Your Home
  • Make the Most of that First Impression
  • Invest a Few Hours for Future Dividends
  • Check Faucets and Bulbs
  • Don’t Shut Out a Sale
  • Think Safety
  • Make Room for Space
  • Consider Your Closets
  • Make Your Bathroom Sparkle
  • Create Dream Bedrooms
  • Open up in the Daytime
  • Lighten up at Night
  • Avoid Crowd Scenes
  • Watch Your Pets
  • Think Volume
  • Relax
  • Don't Apologize
  • Keep a Low Profile
  • Don't Turn Your Home into a Second-Hand Store
  • Defer to Experience
  • Help Your Agent
  • 20 Low-Cost Ways to Spruce up your Home
    Closet Organization Ideas and Tips
    Videos from HGTV helps you get ideas on organizing and cleaning out your closets! Give those buyers the impression of more space and storage area!
    7 Ways to Get Rid of Pet Odors or 'stinky, stinky, stinky'.
    When the house your trying to sell smells like a pet, OR ANYTHING ELSE BAD there are some great solutions that can improve the odor situation! Lists products that help!
    Moving with Pets
    Gives advice for taking your furry friends with you happily!
    Remodeling Cost VS. Value Added Report for 2009
    Remodeling Magazine shows a decline in costs recouped for most projects for 2009. The only 2 winners seems to be the Bathroom Remodel Project and Siding Replacement Projects. Our area of Illinois is in the East-North-Central Region of the report. I'm not sure that Lowe's or Home Depot are going to like this report. Be sure to keep your costs within reason on your remodel projects!
    Remodeling Cost VS. Value Report for 2008
    Home Rehab projects - what percentage of return you can expect to receive in different areas of the U.S. Illinois is in the East North Central Region.
    Tax Aspects of Selling a Home
    Different scenarios are given with regards to capital gains and selling your home.
    Moving Guide - US Postal Service Guide
    This handy guide will take you quickly and easily through the tedious process of organizing your move. (Provided by the US Postal Service web site) Change your address online for that upcoming move too!
    PODS Storage - "Discounts" for my Clients
    RE/MAX and I offer all my clients discounts on Local and Long Distance Moves. PODS (Portable On Demand Storage) is great for decluttering your home for maximum staging efforts or temporary storage for all situations.
    PODS Storage - Need to stash your stuff?
    RE/MAX and PODS (Portable On Demand Storage) team up to make moving & storage simplified. Save 5% off of long distance moves. Save 10% on your delivery and 1st months storage when you tell them I referred you!
    PODS Stress-free Moving Guide
    Great tips for a hassle free move!
    Tips for Packing like a Pro
    Make it a "Green Move"
    Tips and Suggestions from Mayflower Movers on Eco-Friendly Moving.
    Goodwill Locator for your area
    Good place to donate your unwanted stuff to a great cause.
    Great People You Should Know - Staging Help - Selling Advice
    I've tried to do the work for you! Replacement Windows, Bathroom Refinishing, Granite Countertop Alternative, Furniture Repair and Refinishing, Appliance Refinishing, Ceramic Tile Refinishing, etc. and yada, yada, yada.
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