Marketing your Home

Marketing your Home

As real estate agents, we need to be experts in marketing your home in order to sell your home. And The Cathy Brent Team KNOWS how to market your home to the RIGHT audience.  What does marketing a home entail? An innovative advertising, marketing and...

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Top 10 considerations when buying a house

Top 10 considerations when buying a house

1. Location There's a very good reason that the word “location” is repeated three times when given as a selection criteria. It's that important, not just to your enjoyment of the home but what it will mean when it comes time to sell it. The house may be ugly, the yard...

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Osage Station Park

Osage Station Park

Osage Station Park is known for its beautiful, memorial rose garden and children's play area with train station. This 35-acre park features four tennis courts, four baseball diamonds, several soccer fields, plus a path around the park. The tennis courts and sports...

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Danville Brewing Company

Danville Brewing Company

Located in historic downtown Danville, the Maita family established Danville's very own Brewery, 'DBC'! The Maita family has a history in the beer business, getting started shortly after prohibition and distributing and working with some of the biggest and best...

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Cafe 4 in Castro Valley

Cafe 4 in Castro Valley

About Cafe 4 Come as you are to a safe and spacious setting where everyone from the community is welcome. We invite you to stay awhile; it will inspire creativity, whether it’s in your work, a hobby, or other interests, all the while offering you exceptional drink...

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Lake Chabot in Castro Valley

Lake Chabot in Castro Valley

Hiking, Riding, and Bicycle Trails Lake Chabot offers over 20 miles of hiking trails, which connect to the additional 70 miles of trails in adjoining Anthony Chabot Regional Park. The paved, 3.52-mile West Shore and East Shore trails provide access to the south and...

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Luccas Italian Delicatessen in Castro Valley

Luccas Italian Delicatessen in Castro Valley

Luccas is a favorite among Castro Valley locals. Located in downtown Castro Valley with their own parking lot, it's a great spot to pick up lunch or a family dinner on the way home. About Luccas Deli After World War II, in about 1948, Leo Giacomini, his cousin, Harold...

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What is a Short Sale Anyway?

An increase in foreclosure rates will inevitably bring with it an increase in short sales. But what is a short sale? A short sale happens when you sell your house for less than your remaining mortgage balance, the proceeds of which go to the lender and in return the...

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Setting the Price

The price is the first thing buyers notice about your property. If you set your price too high, then the chance of alienating buyers is higher. You want your house to be taken seriously, and the asking price reflects how serious you are about selling your home....

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Plan of Action

Analyze why you are selling - If you understand your motives, you will be able to better negotiate and to get what it is that you want, whether it be a quick sale, high price, or somewhere in the middle.   Prepare your home for the buyer - Maximize the strengths...

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Making a Good First Impression

Making a Good First Impression

If you want buyers to be interested in your home, you need to show it in its best light. A good first impression can influence a buyer both emotionally and visually, thus prompting them to make an offer. In addition, what the buyer first sees is what they think of...

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Know Why You Are Selling

If you know exactly why you are selling then it is easier for you to follow the right plan of action for getting what you want. If you are a seller who needs to close a sale as quickly as possible, then you should know that getting the highest price possible is not...

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Insist on a Home Inspection

A professional home inspection protects both you and the buyer. It allows both you and the buyer the opportunity to learn about the property’s defects. A home inspection usually covers the following: Plumbing conditions - if there is leakage or clogging Roofing...

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Getting the Highest Price in the Shortest Time

Getting the Highest Price in the Shortest Time

In order to get the highest price in the shortest time, you need to know how to market your home. The better you market your home, the more offers you will get. And the more offers you get, the more choices you have to get the price and terms you want. The most...

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