Tampa Bay Real Estate Podcast with Karen and Joe Donovan

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If you are looking to buy or sell a home, get all the information and the latest updates, tips, and tricks from The Donovan Home Sales Team - your professional Tampa Bay Real Estate Agents.

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Don't Let Cigarette Odors Cause Your Home Sale to Go up in Smoke

If you smoke cigarettes in your home, the odors this habit leaves behind could cause your home sale to go up in smoke. Thankfully, there are three cleaning tips that can help alleviate this issue. Looking to sell your home? Get a FREE home value report Looking to buy a home? Search all homes on the MLS Interested in a career in real estate? Let's meet! If you’re a cigarette smoker, you may have become smell-blind to the odors this habit can leave behind in your home. This can pose a big problem ...

Sep 04, 2018

How Can You Protect Yourself Against Home Repair Fraud?

If you don’t want to fall prey to home repair fraud, there are three common red flags you need to watch out for. Looking to sell your home? Get a FREE home value report Looking to buy a home? Search all homes on the MLS Interested in a career in real estate? Let's meet! Whether you’re facing a summer hurricane or a winter storm, we homeowners all have to deal with damage being done to the exterior of our homes at some point in our lives. In today’s episode of “Keeping In Tune With the Market,” I...

Aug 16, 2018

How Can You Transform Your Home From the Outside?

The goal of every home seller is to sell for the most money possible. Here’s how you can start working towards that from the outside of the home. Looking to sell your home? Get a FREE home value report Looking to buy a home? Search all homes on the MLS Interested in a career in real estate? Let's meet! Welcome back to another episode of “Keeping in Tune With the Market.” Today we’re going to begin a series where we will be talking about how to make your house show like a model home without break...

Mar 23, 2018

5 Terms You Need to Know as a Homebuyer

If you’re a first-time homebuyer, you need to know these five terms before you begin the process. Looking to sell your home? Get a FREE home value report Looking to buy a home? Search all homes on the MLS Interested in a career in real estate? Let's meet! We’re back again for another episode of Keeping in Tune With the Market. Today we’re going to discuss the five terms that first-time homebuyers need to know before going to look at their first house to make sure they are fully prepared: 1. Pre-...

Feb 16, 2018

What Happens When the Market Favors Sellers?

What exactly is a seller’s market? Let’s find out. Looking to sell your home? Get a FREE home value report Looking to buy a home? Search all homes on the MLS Interested in a career in real estate? Let's meet! What is a seller’s market? This is a question I’m commonly asked, so I’m going to address it today. Contrary to how the name may make it sound, a seller’s market actually means that there are more buyers than sellers. A seller’s market is one that favors sellers. Let me give you an example....

Jan 25, 2018

Check Out This New Music Video Featuring the Donovan 3

Today, the Donovan 3 are singing their rendition of “Do You Believe in Christmas?” Looking to sell your home? Get a FREE home value report Looking to buy a home? Search all homes on the MLS We’re almost to the end of the year, and the holiday season is in full swing with happy people everywhere. Here at Donovan Home Sales, there’s something magic in the air. If you hear a song and start to hum along, it may just be the Donovan 3 singing their rendition of “Do You Believe in Christmas?” If you wa...

Dec 19, 2017

The Path to Orchestrating Your Own Home Sale

If you’re thinking of selling your home on your own, I have some valuable insider tips to help you accomplish this task. Buying a home? Search all Long Island homes on the MLS Selling your home? Get a FREE home value report So the market’s great and you decide to sell your home by yourself. What happens next? First, you put a sign up, put some ads on the Internet, and away you go. Soon enough, people start driving by your home, knocking on your door, and calling you—even Realtors. Then perhaps y...

Sep 13, 2017

How to Identify and Handle a Stroke

Knowing what to do when you spot a stroke is critical—the right knowledge could save a life. Looking to sell your home? Get a FREE home value report Looking to buy a home? Search all homes on the MLS I wanted to do something a little different for today’s episode of "Keeping in Tune With the Market." Today, I want to talk about a very serious subject: strokes. Imagine you’re with family over the holiday season when suddenly you notice a loved one's face beginning to droop on one side—one side of...

Aug 07, 2017

Who Really Determines a Home’s Value?

A home’s actual value is determined by two people: the appraiser and the buyer. Here’s why this is. Looking to sell your home? Get a FREE home value report Looking to buy a home? Search all homes on the MLS When you’re getting ready to buy or sell a home, you often wonder who really determines the actual value of a home and what the sales price will eventually be. There are basically two people who determine the value of a home. The first is the appraiser. The appraiser will look at similar sold...

May 24, 2017

The Role of Attorneys in Our Real Estate Market

What's the role of an attorney in a real estate transaction in the state of Florida? They usually only get involved when issues of legality arise. Looking to sell your home? Get a FREE home value report Looking to buy a home? Search all homes on the MLS In today's episode of the "Keeping in Tune With the Market," I wanted to answer a question about your attorney's role when buying and selling real estate in the Tampa Bay area. In Florida, most buyers and sellers utilize a licensed Realtor to pre...

Mar 28, 2017

Keeping in Tune With the Market: How to Get Your Offer Accepted Without Breaking the Bank

If you’re a homebuyer competing against other offers on the same home, here are three strategies you can use to make your offer stand out. Looking to sell your home? Get a FREE home value report Looking to buy a home? Search all homes on the MLS Today I’m answering a question from Amanda Fabian, who asks, “How do I get my offer accepted when there are four other competing offers on a home?” First of all, congratulations to Amanda, who will receive a $10 Panera gift card for her question being ch...

Feb 17, 2017

Keeping in Tune With the Market: Why Sell This Winter?

You may have heard that spring and summer are the best times to sell a house, but today, I’m discussing why this winter is a fantastic time to sell your house. Looking to sell your home? Get a FREE home value report Looking to buy a home? Search all homes on the MLS Welcome to my new series, ‘Keeping in Tune With the Market.’ We want to use this series to bring valuable and relevant information to home buyers, sellers, and Realtors alike. The question we’re answering today comes from Amy Chen wh...

Feb 03, 2017

What Is a CMA & Why Do You Need One?

What is a CMA? Why do you need one? I’ll go over the entire comparative market analysis process for you today. Looking to sell your home? Get a FREE home value report Looking to buy a home? Search all homes on the MLS This month I’m answering a question from Evan Resnick, the winner of our $25 gift certificate. Evan asks, “What is a CMA and why do I need one?” First of all, CMA stands for competitive market analysis or comparative market analysis. If you want to know what your home is worth, you...

Oct 20, 2016

Helpful Travel Alert

Travel alert — avoid bright, shiny objects! More and more people are traveling every year, so I thought I'd better issue this travel alert to watch out for bright, shiny objects at the airport. I'm not talking about guns or knives, but rather clothing with metallic features, like the ones on my shirt in the video above. I actually set off security with this shirt! I thought they'd just take me aside for a moment, but it turned into a full-body search in a private room. I also had to take apart a...

Aug 30, 2016

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