Michael Sinton's Real Estate Blog

There is a special mindset associated with "staging" your home to sell in a soft market. Staging refers simply to the act of improving your home's appearance in order to appeal to the widest segment of potential buyers. The approach you must adopt is to see your home with an objective eye. Stop l...

In real estate investment, one person's misfortune is another's opportunity. Indeed, with so many foreclosed properties on the market, buyers are poised to take advantage of a literally once-in-a-lifetime chance at investment or ownership. Every opportunity presents some challenges, however, and ...

When buyers become scarce, sellers have to step up and make their offering stand out to attract attention. Without spending a fortune, sellers can easily highlight several of their home's features. First, beat buyers to the punch with a pre-listing home inspection. By discovering and fixing probl...

Have you ever thought of a home as a commodity? A commodity can be defined as a raw material or product that can be bought and sold. A home is not a raw material, but it is certainly built out of many, like a box full of wood, steel, cement, glass and copper. Over the long term, home prices usual...

In areas where home prices have significantly declined, some owners find themselves strapped with mortgages that total more than their home’s value. When options such as extending the term of the loan or negotiating a lower interest rate have been exhausted, then a short sale may provide the solu...

If you're planning to go bargain hunting, you are likely to come face to face with a special challenge: the long-vacant home. Many of these properties have been foreclosed, and now rest in the hands of the bank. The owners are long gone. While the greatest percentage of these "distressed properti...

When selling a home, two situations may occur which are red flag indicators of a lengthy sale time. Each requires the property owners' attention in cooperation with their sales agent, and involves either the price or condition of the home. The first involves a home that has been on the market for...

A recent profile of buyers and sellers compiled by the National Association of REALTORS® has revealed promising, if not surprising statistics about the changing face of the marketplace. The percentage of first-time buyers is on the rise, and they are making their purchases for the long term. Fran...

Over 60% of American households have at least one pet, be it dogs, cats, or any variety of furry or feathered residents. With the number of foreclosures in the recent past, you may not have considered the millions of pets faced with vacating their homes, or worse, facing abandonment because their...

MICHAEL J. SINTON HAS BEEN AWARDED THE CERTIFIED RESIDENTIAL SPECIALIST DESIGNATION BY THE COUNCIL OF RESIDENTIAL SPECIALISTS.  Jackson Township, March 27, 2009 - Michael J. Sinton, a Jackson Township Realtor has been awarded the prestigious Certified Residential Specialist (CRS) Designation by t...