Open House

The weekend was a forerunner to this beautiful week...it topped 60 degrees today!

People were out enjoying the weather this weekend, a perfect time for an open house. I had 28 groups of people through the house I had open on Sunday. It was interesting seeing the mix of people coming through... from just starting to look to ready to buy... from trying to decide whether to remodel or buy another home to getting ready to sell...from checking out neighborhoods to checking out other open houses while theirs was open...from looking around without their agents to searching for an agent...

Open houses are a great way to check out agents...it's a non-threatening way to get a feel for an agent. It's also a good way to get to know the market, both for pricing and for getting a feel for neighborhoods. One of the first steps after securing financing is deciding the area where you want to live.

Location is vitally important because while you can change the appearance of a home, you can't change it's location. If you don't like the neighborhood, the traffic, the view, the surroundings, there isn't much you can do except live with it anyway or move to a new location.

Don't skimp on your homework selecting WHERE you want to live...your sense of place can have a profound effect on your whole sense of well-being. Once you have that figured out you can focus on finding the specific property that's the right fit for you.

It happens over and over again that people 'feel' the right property almost as soon as they walk in...they don't even have to see the whole home before they know it's the right fit. Be patient and listen to what your body is telling you as you visit different homes...if you listen, you'll know when you've found the right home for you!