If you have a home at Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia or are considering some real estate in the area, you will want to take advantage of this free E-course. Paul Moore of Smith Mountain Homes, a local author and successful REALTOR®, is offering a free internet course on real estate issues regarding Smith Mountain Lake.
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If you are in the position of needing to sell your home and real estate on Smith Mountain Lake, or dealing with a possible foreclosure, the article below by by Tim and Julie Harris at Broker Agent Professional may offer some much needed information. Some of the lingo may not be familiar to you, in which case you can [...]

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Paul Moore, a real estate agent for Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia and surrounding areas, has just published an excellent guide for those buying or selling property in our neck of the woods. This resource could fast become the have-to-have handbook for realtors and buyers alike.
On the back of the cover, “The Definitive Guide to Smith Mountain [...]

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Did you ever wonder why the appraiser valued your Smith Mountain Lake real estate at $700,000 and yet you couldn’t sell it for $599,000 after a year on the market? Or perhaps you have seen a piece of undeveloped land at the lake with an asking price that’s higher than a lovely home and acreage [...]

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Do you have your own piece of Smith Mountain Lake Real Estate? Or perhaps you are considering a purchase of some beautiful lakefront property there. No matter whether you are a real estate agent, a SML property/home owner, or a prospective buyer there, we have a website you will love.
It is a blog on everything a buyer (or [...]

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When this article caught my eye, I chuckled. Who would buy a home on some Smith Mountain Lake Real Estate based on the closets in the house? But the more I read, the more sense it made to me. So if you are trying to sell your home, spend a few minutes on this [...]

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In the second part of how to increase the value of your Smith Mountain Lake home, Author Kenyon Blunt gives some specific ideas for improvement. He also notes that these same kind of things that add value, usually increase your own satisfaction and enjoyment of your home.
Recouping Your Investment
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Sometimes we are very blessed and find a new home in exactly the state we want it. But more often than not there are a few changes needed here and there. If you have recently acquired a wonderful new home at Smith Mountain Lake, or are in the process of doing so, read this [...]

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We always knew there were certain inexorable qualities in a waterfront home and, by nature, those qualities certainly call for a higher margin on the resell of our waterfront homes. New York Times author Vivian Marino “puts her thumb on the pulse” of where and why these one-of-a-kind properties gain, and keep, their financial [...]

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With the Smith Mountain Lake Real Estate market offering some truly wonderful vacation and retirement properties, it’s quite easy for buyers to quickly develop a ‘love affair’ over many of our current listings. There are times when a home’s market value (that is, the value perceived by the buyers) will actually outpace the appraised value. [...]

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