Comments on: Plan Your Best House Scouting Path http://blog.redfin.com/seattle/2008/07/plan_your_best_house_scouting_path.html Redfin Seattle Sweet Digs Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:13:24 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: Will it Be A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood? Talk to everyone when buying your home « Eastside Real Estate Buzz http://blog.redfin.com/seattle/2008/07/plan_your_best_house_scouting_path.html/comment-page-1#comment-2794 Will it Be A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood? Talk to everyone when buying your home « Eastside Real Estate Buzz Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:37:54 +0000 http://blog.redfin.com/seattle/2008/07/plan_your_best_house_scouting_path.html#comment-2794 [...] 26, 2008 I was just reading Katrina Munsell’s piece over on Redfin’s Sweet Digs blog about planning out real estate searches.  Her advice about planning your search for a home by mapping your route is good.  It saves time [...] [...] 26, 2008 I was just reading Katrina Munsell’s piece over on Redfin’s Sweet Digs blog about planning out real estate searches.  Her advice about planning your search for a home by mapping your route is good.  It saves time [...]

]]> By: Debra Sinick http://blog.redfin.com/seattle/2008/07/plan_your_best_house_scouting_path.html/comment-page-1#comment-2748 Debra Sinick Sat, 26 Jul 2008 18:45:13 +0000 http://blog.redfin.com/seattle/2008/07/plan_your_best_house_scouting_path.html#comment-2748 Hi Katrina, This is why it is so important to have great photos and good information about a listing. The photos are the first "drive by" and if they are not great, buyers eliminate the house. But photos are not enough, buyers need to get out to see the house in real time. Check out how the neighbors homes look. Are their lawns well maintained? Is the home for sale sited well on the lot? Does the house have great street appeal when you drive by? Does it back to a busy road? It's important to visually approving the house and the neighborhood, but also important to talk to the neighbors. It's amazing what you might learn about the neighborhood. Hi Katrina,

This is why it is so important to have great photos and good information about a listing. The photos are the first “drive by” and if they are not great, buyers eliminate the house.

But photos are not enough, buyers need to get out to see the house in real time. Check out how the neighbors homes look. Are their lawns well maintained? Is the home for sale sited well on the lot? Does the house have great street appeal when you drive by? Does it back to a busy road?

It’s important to visually approving the house and the neighborhood, but also important to talk to the neighbors. It’s amazing what you might learn about the neighborhood.

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