FREE iPad offered by North County Realtor
March 14, 2010 by Gary Harmon · Leave a Comment
Gary Harmon, your North County Realtor, is offering a FREE iPad to any North County buyer or North County seller that closes a transaction with Gary in March through May. Since it takes time to sell your North County real estate, this free offer also applies to anyone that list their North County home with [...]
[Read more...]Expansion of Home Improvement Tax Credit
March 7, 2010 by Gary Harmon · Leave a Comment
Tax credits for making energy efficient Escondido home improvements are now 30% of the cost of the improvements. The maximum amount you can receive is $1,500. So for example, if you added qualified improvements to your Escondido house of $4,000 the credit you would receive a tax refund of $1,200 when you file your tax returns. [...]
[Read more...]MAXIMIZE the Chance of Selling Your Escondido Home
January 27, 2010 by Gary Harmon · Leave a Comment
According to the National Association of Realtors over 87% of all Escondido home buyers start their search on the Internet. Most of these searches start with a “Google Search.” If you are thinking about selling your Escondido home, you’ll want to maximize your Internet exposure. To do this you must list your home with an [...]
[Read more...]Solar Panels – Free Energy?
December 30, 2009 by Gary Harmon · 2 Comments
Being able to install solar panels on your Escondido home just got a little easier to finance. The County of San Diego just approved a program that lets homeowners in the Escondido real estate area repay the cost of their solar panel installation over 20 years. These payments would be made as an addition to [...]
[Read more...]Staging: Secret To Selling Your Escondido Home In A Down Market
December 22, 2009 by Gary Harmon · Leave a Comment
You have just seen a series of post on how to ready your Escondido property for sale. Remember the saying, “People buy what they see and not what will be.” Or, “You never get a second chance to make a first impression.” We have just discussed approximately 100 ways to get your Escondido home ready [...]
[Read more...]Living Room and Dining Room of Your Escondido Home
December 20, 2009 by Gary Harmon · Leave a Comment
Many potential Escondido buyers evaluate your Escondido home by the beauty and livability of your living room and dinning room. These are two of the main rooms that the buyer sees first upon entering your home. Once again, make the buyers first impression a good lasting impression.
Floors and walls must look great. Many people have [...]
[Read more...]The Entry Way of Your Escondido Home
December 18, 2009 by Gary Harmon · Leave a Comment
This is another post relating to 100 Ways to Prepare Your Escondido Home for Sale. Remember, “You never get a second chance at a first impression,” so when the front door of your Escondido house swings open, things need to look good.
If you foyer has a beautiful floor, focus on that. Make sure it is [...]
[Read more...]Spruce up the Kitchen of your Escondido Home
December 17, 2009 by Gary Harmon · Leave a Comment
Kitchens are King
No other room is more important in selling your Escondido home than the kitchen. This is the top place to spend your money when getting your Escondido real estate ready for market. Escondido sellers that do a kitchen remodel usually find they get more than their money back in the selling price of [...]
How Escondido Home Buyers Search for Homes has Changed
December 16, 2009 by Gary Harmon · Leave a Comment
The way buyers search for Escondido homes for sale has changed.
In the past few years, the way prospective Escondido home buyers find and purchase Escondido real
estate has changed. Forever gone are the days when Escondido buyers came to town, were attracted
to the Prudential California Realty sign and stopped into the local Prudential Realty office to [...]
Spruce Up the Interior of Your Escondido Home
December 16, 2009 by Gary Harmon · Leave a Comment
We have concentrated on the outside of your Escondido home and now it is time to go inside and make some changes. Try to look at your Escondido property through the eyes of a potential buyer. Remember, “People buy what they see and not what will be.” Most of the suggestions that follow will help [...]
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