All Things Real Estate by Ann Tolbert

If you’re considering selling your home this year, here are a few things you need to do right now to start getting it ready. As the snow starts to melt, revealing the brightly colored flowers of crocus, and robins bop merrily around the yard, another cycle of the real estate market begins. If you’re considering listing your home this year, it’s definitely not too late to get started. March and April can be great months for putting your house in front of prospective buyers, but the summer months are also great times to sell. Regardless of your timing, there are a few things you need to do right now to start getting ready to list. It’s not as simple as sticking a sign in the yard and waiting for the calls to roll in. Putting Your Best Foot Forward You never know who will feel that special feeling people get when they find the house that is just right for them. But you can turn the odds in your favor if you and your home are both show ready long before you open up to...

Welcoming Your Plants Back After a Long Winter If you’re a gardener, or at least want to be one, there’s no time as amazing as early spring. Here are tips to help you get started. If you’re a gardener, or at least want to be one, there’s no time as amazing as early spring. This is when your plants are starting to wake from their long winter’s sleep. The white snow and frost flowers are giving way to green grass and emerging vegetation that seems to multiply like magic day after day. Although a lot of people sit back and wait for their plants to do whatever it is that they do in early spring, others, like you, are eager to help them be all they can be this year. The Results of Minimum Plant Care Many homeowners just let their plants come and go as they please. Usually, they’ve inherited the vegetation from the former owner and have little interest in gardening. It’s ok, it’s not for everyone. But, due to this minimal care for the plants, many varieties will...

Tolbert Realty Group | Powered by Keller Williams Realty Partners | February 2019 Cherokee County Housing Market Statistics First Multiple Listing Service* as of 2/10/2019 Inventory of homes for sale in Cherokee County grew by 15.5% in January compared to the previous year.  Inventory in January 2019 totaled 1,023 units, up from 886 in 2018. Among existing homes, 229 units sold in January, a decrease of 5.4% from 242 units that sold in 2018. The average sale price of sold homes was $303,222. This represents an increase of 3.3% from the January 2018 average price of $293,596. Read More In This Month's Issue Cherokee County Housing Market Statistics Home Buying Money Myths Top Renovations To Complete Prior To Selling Home Buying Money Myths Although the internet can be a great resourc...

In This Month's Newsletter: Reminder to File Your Homestead Exemption Real Home Buyers of Atlanta Challenge Tolbert Realty Group's Ongoing Food Drive  with Never Alone  How Your Referrals Help Families in Our Community ...and More! Now is the perfect time to file for homestead exemption! Key Facts To Know Did you know it’s F•R•E•E to file?  Click here  to find your county's tax assessor website under "Helpful Links". You only have to apply once to receive the exemption for as long as you live in the home. As long as you have owned your house as a primary residence on or before January 1st, then you may file! The deadline to file is  March 31,2019 . Are you UP for the challenge? Join us TODAY! , you may or may not have heard that I'm looking for 25 people who are looking to transform their credit and lives in 2019. If you know someone who can benefit from this AMAZING program, please se...