Priscilla McDonald's blog

You like to smoke; you have always smoked and now you want to sell your house. 

Do you want to get the most money for your house? 

Wait a minute!  You NEED the money out of your home to buy the next house… to avoid having two mortgages… to pay off a delinquent mortgage... to finalize your divorce!!!  You name the consequence, they all sound terrible and they all make you blood pressure rise.

As we live in this era of Social Media, we see everyone on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter living the good life. 

Everyone is celebrating perfect get-togethers on Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s and of course, Memorial Day, July 4th and Labor Day Cook-outs.  Let’s not forget the wedding anniversaries, birthdays, and those perfectly planned vacations.  Isn’t life perfect? 

Nobody likes being forced to do anything, let alone stay inside our homes for an unlimited or unspecified period of time. 

It’s not a snowstorm, it’s not a torrential rainstorm or tornado; it’s being told what you cannot do – go out of the house!  

Now that we are all “Sheltering in Place”, we’re realizing how important our homes are as a place of security. 

Our home may not be a mansion on the hill, but it IS our mansion, our sanctuary, and our place of peace. 

I love Pennsylvania, where I was born and have spent most of my life. 

So you want your new house to be absolutely gorgeous?  Everyone wants to buy an absolutely gorgeous home.  Remember that your wallet controls price and value.  But...how do you know which house is right for you?  Is the neighborhood important?  Is the distance to work important?  Is the style of the house important?  Are the schools important?  Are the house amenities import

You haven’t made any upgrades and the heater is old. The roof is old, and everything costs too much money for your budget. Are you tempted to call a Cash-As-Is offer that is mailed weekly to your home?

January and February are traditionally the months our area gets the most snow fall.  However, we have had some very heavy snow falls even into the beginning of March. So why put your house on the market during the winter?

For whatever the reason, it’s time to sell your home.  How can you find the best sales agent to help you get the most money, the quickest sale with the least amount of inconvenience?  Let’s be honest about the real estate business:  It only takes 75 hours of approved real estate educational classes to apply for the Pennsylvania