How Jupiter Town Council Decisions Affect Your Home Value

There are a variety of opportunities in the South Florida real estate market for both buyers and sellers. If you're a prospective buyer click here for a full home search, or if you're considering placing your home on the market, get a free home value report, right here.

In today's video, we'll talk about how to stay in touch with what's going on around your town. It's very important to understand what the town is improving and what's being proposed, because everything new and changing around you affects your property values.

One of the things I've always tried to do is stay close to the town council. That way, I can pay attention to planning and zoning. It's very easy for any resident to get see what's going on. You can join an email list and get updates on the agendas, or you can go to the town's website. Once you're on the site, you simply go to departments and hit the town council link.

The town council page will show you what is being bid on throughout the town, what proposals are being made, what's been approved, and what upgrades they are making to various areas.

Right now, there are a lot of exciting things going on in Jupiter. They are building new sports complexes, upgrading existing public parks, and restoring historic buildings. Other things you may want to know about include information on storage facilities being built near residential neighborhoods, or what's happening with the All Aboard Florida project. 
Ultimately, the website is an easy way to stay in touch.

If you have any questions about today's video, or if you're interested in buying or selling a home, give me a call or send me an email. I'd love to hear from you.

How Can You Spruce Up Your Living Room on a Budget?

There are a variety of opportunities in the South Florida real estate market for both buyers and sellers. If you're a prospective buyer click here for a full home search, or if you're considering placing your home on the market, get a free home value report, right here.

If you are looking to sell your home, your goal is to get the most money possible in the shortest amount of time. One of the best ways to add value and appeal to your home is through home staging. You have a lot of options for how you want to go about it. You could hire a professional staging company, but that comes with a hefty price tag. Most of the time, a few simple fixes is all it takes to transform a living room. 

Today we are going to go through some of our most favorite, inexpensive home staging tips or you. We hope these will help you save both time and money when it comes time to sell your home.

A fresh coat of paint is always a good idea. Neutral, warm colors work best for highlighting the natural light in your home. This will make it easier to punch up the room with some colorful accessories and pull everything together.

A common design problem facing many homeowners is that they have no real entry way, as their front door opens up to the living room. To fix this, you can add a table, some lighting, and a rug to "fake a foyer" and make it feel like the living room and entryway are two different spaces.

A patterned rug, some pillows, or bright curtains add a ton of texture and an eclectic layer to the space, which is essential to a well-designed room.

In some cases, a "make-under" is just what you need. In the case of most fireplaces, taking some accessories and clutter away enhances the look and feel of the room greatly.

You could spend well over a few thousand dollars with a staging company, or you could do these fixes yourself for around $500. That's a small investment considering the value that you add to your home by adding those pieces.

If you have any questions for us about staging your home or anything else real estate related, give us a call or send over a quick email. We are always here to help, and would love to hear from you!

How Do Realtors Get Paid?

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Hey everyone, today we are talking about Realtor fees. Most people I meet with don't have a clear understanding of how Realtors get paid for a living in terms of the commission they take.

When you are selling your home with an agent, you are going to pay a commission, usually a percentage of the final sale price. The standard commission in our area is 6%, with 3% going to the buyer's agent and 3% going to the listing agent.

All of our time, marketing, and advertising is invested upfront on our behalf until our client's property closes. For practical purposes, let's say we earn 3% on your sale. Of that 3%, 15-25% will go to our broker, Keller Williams. An addition, costs we incur is our marketing fees, which will be about 10% of that 3% commission. 50 cents out of every dollar we make goes back into our business and our clients. When you hire a Realtor, you want to find someone who will work for you, and that's what we do. If investing half of our earnings back into our clients doesn't demonstrate that, I don't know what does.

If you have any questions or are looking to buy or sell here in Jupiter, give us a call or send us an email. We look forward to speaking with you soon!