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  • How to Price Your Home to Sell in 2025: Proven Strategies from a Trusted Real Estate Agent

    How to Price Your Home to Sell in 2025: Proven Strategies from a Trusted Real Estate Agent,Don & Susie Karstedt

    The 2025 housing market is sending a clear message: pricing matters more than ever. Inventory has swelled to its highest level since before the pandemic, while higher mortgage rates and shaky economic confidence have cooled buyer demand. With so many homes on the market, buyers have the upper hand a

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  • Seller’s Secret Weapon: Using Concessions to Win Big in the Real Estate Market

    Seller’s Secret Weapon: Using Concessions to Win Big in the Real Estate Market,Don & Susie Karstedt

    When selling a home, concessions aren’t just a necessary tradeoff—they are a powerful tool sellers can deploy to shape negotiations and achieve optimal outcomes. Rather than seeing concessions as something reluctantly given up, savvy sellers and their agents know that targeted concessions, used wise

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  • How to Sell Your House Without a Realtor (and Still Sleep at Night)

    How to Sell Your House Without a Realtor (and Still Sleep at Night),Don & Susie Karstedt

    "How do I sell my house on my own?"  you may ask. No agent. No commission. Just you, your house, and the wide world of buyers out there. And here's the truth: You absolutely can do it. Plenty of homeowners go the For Sale By Owner (FSBO) route and close the deal themselves. But while it’s possible,

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