Jannetta Logan

How to Keep Your Home Comfortable During the Hottest Weeks of Summer
There's always a stretch of summer when the house just feels warmer than usual. The air conditioner runs longer. Sunny rooms heat up faster. Even the kitchen can feel stuffy after dinner.
The good news is that comfort doesn't always come from one big fix. A few smaller changes can help your home hold...

How to Keep Your Home Comfortable During the Hottest Weeks of Summer Hot summer weather can make every room work a little harder. These simple steps can help your home feel cooler, calmer, and more comfortable.

What Summer Weather Can Reveal About a Home
Summer tends to be honest. A house can look perfectly fine during a mild spring showing. Then July heat rolls in, the afternoon sun hits the windows, a storm blows through, or the basement starts to feel damp. Suddenly, you're seeing things that weren't obvious a few months earlier.
That doesn't mean...

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Easy Exterior Updates That Improve Curb Appeal
By the time a buyer walks up to your front door, they've already made up their mind about a lot. Agents see it happen constantly. A showing that felt promising on paper turns lukewarm before anyone steps inside because something about the exterior didn't sit right. That's not buyers being unfair. It...

Easy Exterior Updates That Improve Curb Appeal A few well-chosen exterior updates can change how buyers see your home before they ever step inside. Here are curb-appeal improvements worth making before you list.

Signs a Home Will Hold Its Value Over Time
A kitchen renovation can make a home sell faster, but it won't necessarily make it worth more 10 years from now. The factors that actually drive long-term value tend to be less photogenic than a renovated kitchen. Things like lot size, location, and the condition of systems behind the walls are what...

Signs a Home Will Hold Its Value Over Time Some homes hold their value through soft markets and shifting tastes. Here's what to look for in a property that's built to last.

How Small Repairs Can Help Your Home Show Better
Pre-listing prep doesn't have to mean renovating the kitchen or replacing the floors. In many homes, the better starting point is much smaller: the repairs that have built up gradually because you see them every day and eventually stop noticing them.
A rattling bathroom exhaust fan. Caulk that's pulled...

How Small Repairs Can Help Your Home Show Better Small repairs before listing often matter more than sellers expect. Here's a practical look at which fixes tend to have the most impact when it's time to show.

How to Spot a Well-Maintained Home
Fresh paint and staged furniture can make almost any house look good — that's the point. What you actually want to know before you fall in love with the countertops is whether the home has been well cared for. That difference shows up in places that never make it into the listing photos.
Start Outside
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How to Spot a Well-Maintained Home Learn how to look past the staging and spot the signs of a truly well-maintained home, from the foundation grading and roof condition to the mechanical systems and small details that reveal how a property has really been cared for.