First impressions matter when selling a home. But the first thing buyers see isn’t always your staged living room or upgraded kitchen. The price is the first impression buyers have of your home. The price also determines whether buyers skip over your home or go inside for a better look.

Home buyers are attuned to the market. When they are searching online for properties and browsing through listing photos, they can easily spot a home that is not worth the price tag attached to it. Read the rest of this entry

Condo insurance or an HO6 insurance policy bridges the gap in coverage between a condo association’s master insurance policy and the owner’s property (furnishings, fixture and personal items) and personal liability protection.  If you are acquiring a mortgage in order to purchase a villa on Hilton Head Island, your mortgage lender will most likely require you to purchase this policy. Read the rest of this entry

Hilton Head Island Villa buyers just want to have fun.  Their motivation is 80% emotion and 20% logic when it comes to a buying on Hilton Head.  Of course, the logical reasons must support the emotion, but don’t waste their time with fixer uppers. These lock and leave owners live in faraway places and let “regime” managers handle the exterior maintenance, the landscaping, the pool, the common area improvements, the trash and the bill paying.  These Hilton Head buyers fall in love with the Spanish Moss and Moon Beams. Read the rest of this entry