Top 5 Showing Mistakes to Avoid | Barb Schlinker

What are the top five showing mistakes home sellers should avoid? Not Having Your Home Show Ready Following Buyers Around Leaving Alarms On Leaving Screen Doors Locked Not containing Pets Buyers and their agents prefer to be able to view the property without distraction. However, it is your home so if you cannot leave, it […]

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Do Home Sellers Really Save Money When Hiring a Discount Agent | Barb Schlinker

So why go with a full commission, full-service agent when you can get the same services, pretty much from an agent who discounts their fee.  Are they really saving money? Everyone wants a great deal! But is a home seller really saving money going with a discount agent? I recently sold a client’s home who […]

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How Bidens Capital Gains Proposal May Hit Home Sellers, Investors in RED Hot Market | Barb Schlinker

What are some of the tax issues home sellers must know before putting their Colorado Springs area home up for sale? In 1998 the law changed that provided for sellers to gain: $250,000 for not married $500,000 for married Tax-FREE on the Sale of A Home. This Segment is about Taxes when you sell a […]

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5 Keys to Thrive When Selling Your Home 2021 | Barb Schlinker

  What are the Five Keys to Thrive When Selling Your Home? Yes, there are Five Keys to Thrive, the result most homes sellers are after are: Get the Most Money When they Sell Guarantee your home is sold Know they Can BUY their Next home with Worrying About the Sale Stay in your home […]

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The Barb Schlinker Team Has You Covered!

Selling Your Home with 5 Great Special Offers! Call Barb at 719-888-3736 CASH OFFER! With our Cash Offer program, you bypass all the traditional ways of selling your home, you won’t have to prepare your home to be sold and you won’t have to do any showings. All you have to do is fill out […]

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How to Avoid Getting Stuck Owning Two Homes | Barb Schlinker

Colorado Springs – Every month, thousands of homeowners are faced with the stressful dilemma of whether to buy first or sell first. You see, if you buy before selling, you could run the risk of owning two homes. Or, just as bad, if you sell first, you could end up homeless. It’s what insiders in […]

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Top Five Tips to Prepare Your Home for Sale & Hot New Listings | Barb Schlinker

The real estate market is heating up. There are even homes that took days to be sold. What could a home seller actually do to have their homes ready for sale? In order to sell top dollar every week, there are 3Ps to be considered: preparation, pricing, and promotion. Most home sellers control the first […]

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How to Sell a House in 1 Afternoon & Get a Great Offer On your Home | Barb Schlinker

Not everyone wants to sell their house through a traditional sales process.  Perhaps they inherited a home that needs work or they have had a tenant in the home and do not want to deal with long waiting times to sell. The thing is, how could they sell their house fast and get a great […]

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Home Showing Etiquette Mistakes and What Can Be Done About It | Barb Schlinker

Sometimes the showing and access to the property does not go as planned. So here are some of the Home Showing Etiquette Mistakes and What Can Be Done About Them. The sellers get to decide when homes are shown by other agents. Most agents tell sellers to leave their home during showings, but there is […]

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How the Governor is Restricting Real Estate Today | Barb Schlinker

Some people are concerned about strangers going through their homes to view it for sale because of Covid. How is Governor Polis restricting real estate activity today? Real Estate has always been deemed an essential service since the Covid virus broke out. The current challenge to real estate is the one created by the Coronavirus […]

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