Close With Rae

Your kitchen is one of the spaces you spend the most time in. Want to make it shine before you sell or before holiday company comes over?

Here’s 3 quick tricks to upgrade your kitchen without having to upgrade your wallet…

1 – Cover up the dings and scratches. There are markers created exactly for this! Even if your puppy got ahold of a pantry door, a fresh coat of paint (or just a few dabs) can work wonders.

2 – Update the lighting. The light fixture in your kitchen has been there for quite some time, hasn’t it. Head over to your local hardware store and find a modern overhead light to replace it with. At least clean out any bugs that have wandered into your current lighting fixture over the years.

3 – Organize everything! Grab some cute containers and labels, and then, fast forward an hour or two, and your kitchen won’t even look like yours.

Pick 1 and see if you can knock them out over the next week or two!

(And remember, hiring a professional home cleaner is DEFINITELY an option and I know the right people for you!)
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Are you planning on buying a home? Don’t spend your entire budget on the house itself. Put some money aside for unexpected expenses….

👉 Closing costs
👉 HOA fees/dues
👉 Property taxes
👉 Homeowners insurance
👉 Utilities
👉 Home improvement projects
👉 Trash
👉 Maintenance & repairs
👉 School taxes (even if you don’t have kids)
👉 Mortgage insurance
👉 Utilities

Keep your homebuying experience less stressful by creating a budget for your unexpected expenses. And when you’re ready to buy? Give me a call. I know all the best homes for sale. 😉
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Some people end up buying a home too early before they’re financially prepared or become so comfortable with renting they never reevaluate their expenses to see if they can afford a home.

Ultimately the decision about whether to rent or buy comes down to a few important factors.

Why should you buy - YOU:
1. Can afford it
2. Will live in the home or keep the property for at least 4-5 years
3. Want stability and financial advantages of homeownership

Why you should rent - YOU:
1. Cannot afford mortgage or to buy a home
2. Are unsure if you’re going to live or keep the property for long
3. Don’t want to be a homeowner

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All 5 of these tips will help put cash back in your pocket in the long run or give your sales price a bit of an increase.
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• A Programmable thermostat can save roughly $180 a year on heating and cooling costs, making it a purchase that pays for itself. Bonus: Your power company may also give you a rebate for installing one.  

•Adding some more attic insulation could lead to long-term savings of as much as $600 a year. HomeAdvisor pegs a cost of roughly $1.50 to $3.50 a square foot depending on the kind of insulation you choose. 

•For around $25 or less, the Wemo Mini Smart Plug can give you remote control of your favorite fan, a humidifier, the Christmas tree lights, or even that curling iron or space heater you’re always forgetting to turn off.

•Whatever modest amount you spend re-caulking and replacing worn-out weather stripping around windows and doors can be recouped in as little as a year in the form of lower utility bills, according to the Department of Energy. 

•Being able to control sprinklers from your phone or with a voice assistant, these systems can sense exactly what your lawn really needs, skipping cycles if the soil is already saturated or if there’s rain in the forecast.  
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Raenelle Hodge
Sales Associate
Keller Williams Premier Properties 
488 Springfield Ave, Summit, NJ 07901
Cell: 908.588.7744
Office: 908.273.2991
Fax: 908.273.2996
Email: [email protected]

I am soooo excited to share that I am now a licensed real estate agent with Keller Williams Premier Properties! I’ve been interested in investing in real estate for years, and it lead me to this exciting new journey 🤍

I want to help people SURPASS their real estate goals and BUILD generational wealth 🏡