Discussing St Louis Real Estate with Susan Brewer

This week we discuss some tips to help you to have a more pleasant experience when completing projects on your home. Everything from timelines and deadlines to choosing the contractor that's right for you.

It's finally here - closing day! Inspections are completed, loan contingency date passed and we're ready to pass your home to its new owner. This week we discuss what to expect on closing day, and how to prepare so that it goes as smoothly as possible.

We are currently seeing a bit fo a shift in our local real estate market. This means that both buyers and sellers will see a difference in how they will enter the market. This week we discuss these changes and what they mean for you.

With all of the new construction in our area, it is important to discuss some of the trends in home design that are emerging (and some old ones that are returning). This week we talk about somethings to consider during the build process that may be difficult to add after move-in.

Now, more than ever, home buyers are searching for a back yard that extends the living area to the outside of the home. This week we discuss some back yard updates that you can make to add to your enjoyment of your home and help it appeal to more buyers now, and in the future.

Recently some changes have been made in our area that regulate the use of the Coming Soon status when marketing a home for sale. This week we discuss those changes and how they impact both buyers and sellers.

This week we discuss some of the things that you can do now, while the weather is warm and sunny, to help to keep your home functioning its best.

This week we're on site in Cottleville's latest new home development discussing how we can help if you're ready to build your next home.

Summer is here and it is my favorite time of year. Relaxing by the pool, dinner outside and gathering with family and friends extends our living and entertaining areas well beyond the walls of our home. This week we discuss how you can bring the party outside and not only help to love your home even more , but also make it appeal to more buyers.

Many of the design elements that have become staple the past few years are on their way out (think shiplap and barn doors), and on their way in are darker colors, wallpaper and glass pane doors. This week we discuss the design trends of the season and how you can incorporate them in to your decor.

Whether you are a buyer or seller, there can be ups and downs during the real estate process. This week we discuss some things to look for in an offer to purchase a home from both the buyer and seller perspective. What make an offer more "competitive" to a seller, or gives the buyer the best opportunity to have their offer accepted.

This week we discuss how spring cleaning should include the outside of your home too. Preparing your home for the warm summer months and for outdoor entertaining is just as important as tidying up inside.

Whether you are buying or selling a home, the appraiser is a very important person in the transaction. This week we discuss our current market and how the appraisal process has taken on a little different meaning than it has in the past.

This week we discuss paragraph fourteen of the sale contract and what happens when something goes wrong with your home when it is under contract.

Conference calls, Zoom meetings, home schooling and busy schedules all get in the way of allowing showings of your home when it is listed for sale. This week we discuss the different processes for showing your home, and how its always best to allow as many showings as possible (even if it can be inconvenient at times).

This week we discuss the importance of insuring that everything is correct when the sale of your home is recorded. Believe it or not, there are times that the name of a home buyer is recorded incorrectly when they purchase a home which can cause problems years later when they are ready to sell.

This week we discuss some cleaning tips that aren't the usual items that you think of when your hear "spring cleaning."

Kitchens, master bedrooms and baths and great rooms are always the main areas that buyers look at first when shopping for a home. But the last year has added a few spaces, that not every home currently has, that made the list of desired rooms for buyers. Let’s talk about 5 spaces that you can add or update in your home to give it more appeal to modern buyers.

This week we are joined by a special guest that has a way to help to to stop missing out on homes that you love. If you think that you have to sell your home before you buy, you may be wrong. Bridge loans are one way to be creative with your financing so that you don’t have to write a contingent offer. Dan Bayer with Stifel Bank & Trust explains how they work and how it may be easier (and chea...

A lack of inventory of homes for sale means that many of us are considering building a home. The building process can be a lot of fun, but it can also be stressful. This week we discuss some of the things that you can do to help make the building of a new home a rewarding and pleasant experience and how we can help you to achieve your goals.

Why is a Realtor in a cooking video? I have many clients that want the "perfect" kitchen in their next home and then admit to me that they don't ever cook. I thought I would share some easy-to-make recipes to get folks in their kitchens and using all of those appliances that they have been dreaming of. This pineapple upside down cake has been a family favorite for generations and is the perfect me...

Whether you are preparing to sell your home or simply want to love your home a little more, these tips can help you to organize those trouble spots in your home while spending little to no money.

This week we discuss some of the things that your real estate agent can not answer for you. We want to answer all of your questions, but there are some topics that we are unable to discuss. What are those topics and how can you find the answers.

This week we discuss the financing paragraph of the sale contract and what it means for both buyers and sellers.

This week we start a series on completing home improvement projects and will follow along as I complete a shower remodel in the main bathroom in my home. Join us a we experience the ups and downs of a project, budget pitfalls and so much more.