Why Owning a Home is a Powerful Financial Decision
Why Owning a Home Is a Powerful Financial Decision In today’s housing market, there are clear financial benefits to owning a home: increasing equity, the chance to build your net worth, and appreciating home values, just to name a few. If you’re a renter, it’s never too early to think about how homeownership can propel you toward a stronger future. Here’s a dive into three often-overlooked financial benefits of homeownership and how preparing for them now can steer you in the direction of greater financial security and savings. 1. You Won’t Always Have a Monthly Housing Payment Personal finance advisor Dave Ramsey explains: “Every payment brings you closer to owning the house. When you pay…
What is the Cost of Professional Home Staging?
Staging is what you do after you’ve cleaned, decluttered, painted, made minor repairs; it’s all about dressing the house for sale. It should be done BEFORE taking the Professional Photographs and placing the home officially on the MLS. What is the Cost? Well, that is a good question. A major cost of Professional Home Staging would be the cost of NOT doing it! What? I have seen situations though where the home was Staged AFTER having been placed on the market and the home sitting on the market for several weeks. That also costs more $$$. Then you have to redo the photographs and have the photos reposted on the…