Posts made by author 'New Leaf Team'

Preparing your house for sale can be an intimidating process, especially when you're still living in the home. But there are things you can do that will help your home look its best for potential buyers and help you prepare to move. 

De-personalize & disassociate yourself from the property.

The goal is for prospective buyers to envision that this could be their new home. Buyers can't see past personal artifacts. You want them to imagine their own photos on the walls and their belongings in the home. This can be challenging and a distraction if there are too many of your own. 

De-clutter.

Too much stuff conveys a message of too little sto...

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Happy New Year and welcome to 2021. Much has been written about the last year by talented writers who possess great insight and an exceptional ability to express or persuade. This is not one of those letters. While I'm happy to have 2020 in the rearview mirror, nearly all of the issues that have created stress remain with us. We are still in a pandemic, the political arena is a mess, and divisiveness seems to be the order of the day (at least if you watch the news or follow social media). In reality, we are all in this together though so take the time to offer a kind word, hold the door for someone, and smile.

When the pandemic hit in March, I will confess that my stress levels went through the roof. The enormous uncertainty led me to have many nights of disrupted sleep and a constant high level of background anxiety. Yet despite my worrying, the real estate market was actually quite stron...

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A Note From Rives:

I hope you are all doing well and managing to stay healthy both physically and mentally during these trying times. We are grateful as a team to have managed to maintain our health in both areas and have had a strong year business wise as well. Every day seems to bring new information so finding solid footing in business recommendations has been challenging. Part of the conversation about real estate is often "typically we see…." or "usually this time of year….". This year has been and will continue to be anything but typical or usual.

As if the Pandemic weren't enough, we are also facing significant unrest due to racial inequality, tremendous economic uncertainty, and the fact that it's an election year. All of these contribute to a collective anxiety that is likely to remain for some...

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Like many of you in Charlottesville, we are carefully monitoring the Coronavirus situation and making decisions to keep our team and our friends and clients safe.

For our team, we have enacted a stay home policy for all team members who feel ill or have traveled widely recently. Our office has increased their level of cleaning & sanitizing office space. And we are personally following recommended safety precautions from the CDC & Health Department which includes not shaking hands and practicing social distancing measures such as not driving clients to showings in our personal vehicles.

If you are selling your home and have significant concerns about exposure to the virus, please let us know we can limit or stop showings. If you are sick yourself, please let us know so we can pause showings & p...

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