Finance Gourmet Blog

Day 15 of selling our home by ourselves without a realtor or real estate agent. Today, we discuss how to present the inside of your home so that it lives up to that fabled curb appeal.

A letter from a major mortgage lender suggests big savings by paying no closing costs.

Too bad they admit (in tiny print on the back) that you’re just putting the closing costs in the loan which could cost you WAY more.

By any measure, the math says that paying off your home is not a smart move financially. Then why is it that so many people see paying off their home as a great goal?
There are three reasons really. One is out of date thinking, the other is a financial myopia, the last one is [...]

Middle of the week. Three total showings. Nothing new to report from the selling your own home without a realtor battlefront.

If you are selling your own home, you’ll need to come up with your own yard sign. There are a lot of options out there, but there is one that is better than the others.

Sunday and two showings. Not too shabby. Overall, 7 showings for our first weekend on the market. We’ll take it. So far, no one seems shocked at the price which is good. We had to set our price in a bit of a vaccum since no one has sold [...]

Day 7 of the series on Selling Your Own Home. Today we look at how to set showings for you house and what real estate agents will expect from you when you do.