How to Make a Senior Move Easier

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Everyone ages, that’s just a fact of life. When it comes time for you to move your parents or an elderly relative out of a home they have been living in for a long time, it can be tough to let go. Today we want to help ease the pain of moving on by giving you some tips for how to move your senior out in a timely and stress-free fashion, while also selling the home for the highest amount of money possible. Here are our tips:

1. Communication

Seniors can be very emotionally invested in their home, especially when they have lived there for a number of years. Of course there will be some sadness and apprehension about the move, and you’ve got to give them time to grieve and the chance to talk about where they want to live in order to help them make a smooth transition. 

2. Planning effectively

Before you begin sorting and organizing everything in the home, it’s a good idea to get a visual of where your senior is moving and what you’ll need to make the move possible.

3. Enlist relatives

Encourage close friends and family members to take some days off, and come help with the organizing and cleaning out of the house. Surrounding your senior with those who are loving and encouraging will help ease the stress.

4. Sort and organize

Go through the house item by item, room by room, and categorize the objects to make things easier. Should they be donated, handed down to other family members, or kept for the move? Honor the emotional attachment to certain objects and allow your senior to reminisce when they are going through that stuff. 

5. Clean and repair the home

Keep the home in its best possible shape no matter what you are doing with it, it will save you money down the road. 

6. Plan the moving day

There are a few different strategies I suggest for moving your senior loved ones into their new home. A full service moving company can be a little pricey, but it’s the most economical and the easiest. Get your loved ones to be a part of this and make sure your senior parents are taken care of on the trip. 

If you have any questions or need anything real estate related, we would love to help. Give us a call or send us an email, we look forward to speaking with you!

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Hey everyone, I am very excited to talk to you today about why I am your one-stop shop real estate concierge, and how we can help you at any point in a transaction.

 
I was talking to a client last week who was trying to be more conscientious of their water usage due to the drought. He wanted to install some low-flow toilets and low-flow faucets to save on water. So I hooked him up with my plumber, who gave him great service when he installed his new appliances.

He also wanted to take out some of the grass in his yard and make it a little more drought friendly. I was able to set him up with a service provider in this situation as well.  A lot of other people are doing this, and it's saving them both money and water.

If you need help with something like this, or anything else at all related to your home, call me. My name is Carlos Gutierrez and I am here to be your one-stop shop real estate concierge. Give me a call or send me an email today!

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Getting multiple offers when selling is a best case scenario. However, it's not always obvious which offer you should accept. Today, we share some tips on how to pick the best offer!

Right now, there isn't much inventory in the San Diego market and interest rates are near record lows. As the spring market moves into the summer one, buyers are starting to flock to the market. Now is a fantastic time to take advantage of the market!

As more buyers come out, your chances of receiving multiple offers on your home increases. It's not always wise to take the offer with the highest dollar value. The other day, I had a client who took an offer that was worth $10,000 less than another one he received. Why would he do that, you ask? Sometimes, it's beneficial to you to accept an offer with a short closing time. Having an agent who can ask the right questions and get the best terms will go a long way in helping you choose the best offer!

If you have any questions about this topic, or if you need real estate assistance of any kind, give us a call or shoot us a quick email. We would love to hear from you! 

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Welcome back for another real estate market update. Today we are going to talk a little about how the process of getting your home ready to go on the market works. 

The first thing you should do before listing your home is have an agent over to do a consultation with you. They will go over exactly what you need to do to sell your home for the most money in the shortest amount of time possible. One of the first things they will likely recommend is shoring up the outside appearance of your home, including washing your windows and siding. 

The next step is to have home stagers come over with tips for you on what you can do to maximize the space in your home. You will definitely want to de-clutter, as well as remove any personal items. People want open spaces and open floor plans, so maximizing the space you have is key. From there, we will take professional photos of the property for its online listing, and create a unique marketing plan designed to make your home sale as successful as possible. 

Thanks for checking out my blog today. If you have any questions, or would like some more tips on what you can do to prepare your home for sale, give me a call or send me an email!

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Today we are going to talk about a recent success we had in selling an expired listing. The owner of the home was a man named Hank, and he just couldn't sell the property. It was a beautiful home in Encinitas on a cul-de-sac. The home itself is 3,500 square feet and sits on a 10,000 square foot lot. 

Once I laid my eyes on the property, I knew we would sell it quick. The photographs online just did not do this place justice. Once we replaced the dark cell phone pictures of the home online with new, professionally taken photographs, it was only a matter of time before it sold.
 
I got my team up here, made a few small changes, and we got a full-price offer for the home in just nine days. Sometimes all it takes is a little tweak to sell your home, and we know all the tweaks in the book. If you have any questions for us or are curious about selling your home, give us a call or send us an email. We look forward to hearing from you soon!