Detroit Real Estate

How to Sell a Canton home - How to prepare your living room to sell,  Your living room is one of the first rooms a Metro Detroit home buyer sees when they walk into  your home.  And they say that a home buyer sometimes make up their minds to buy a home in under 2 minutes.

So here are my steps to make your Canton home's living room ready to sell.

1. Remove any wallpaper or wall paper borders in the room
2. Remove any family pictures.  Home buyers can't visualize themselves in the home if your pictures are up on the wall.   
3. Remove any collections or decor.   If you like southwestern decor take down the cactus and dream catchers.  If you collect dolls put away the 30 dolls.  One or two is okay.
4. Paint the room in neutral colors.  I know you love that bright red color, but buyers want to move into the home and do nothing.  Just because you love that red color doesn't mean the next person will.  Even if a buyer wants a different color they will feel good that they can move into the house right away and then change the colors at a later time..
5. Shampoo and clean the carpet
6. Clean the windows.
7. If you have heavy drapes it would be good to put sheers on the windows.  You can usually pick them up reasonably at a home store.  You want to allow as much light into the house as possible.  
8. If you have every square space of the walls covered with furniture, it would be wise to remove a few pieces.  You want the room to appear spacious.  There should be a clear pathway from the doorways to the other doorways.  Remember wide open spaces is the key. 
9. Put brighter light bulbs in any light fixture.

I hope these answer your question on How to sell a Canton home - How to prepare your living room to sell.

If you want to know what your value of your home send me an email or give me a call.

What's the value of my Michigan home

Here is a Canton MI real estate update on Median home prices.  The median price is simply the price at which half of the homes sold are more expensive and the other half are less expensive.

Let say in this reporting period of Canton median home prices.... the medianprice of that neighborhood has risen, it does not affect over all values of the homes. It just means that more of the expensive side of the median sold in that reporting period. The same is true when the Canton median price declines. It only means that more of the less expensive homes sold.  But the median home price also shows the overall price trend of the area.

Right now the Median home prices of Canton real estate has fallen dramatically in the last few years.  Not only has the home prices fallen but it also showing that more lower price homes are selling than higher price homes.

So never take Canton Median home prices as indicator of what your house is worth.  If you are thinking of selling call your local real estate agent (My cell is (313) 310-9855) to find out what your house is worth.  Let say there are 2 exactly the same colonial in Canton, the home's value can be dramatically different depending where it is in Canton, MI.  The same is true of colonials.  So don't let the Canton Median home price scare you.  Yes Canton home prices have fallen but not as much as the median value suggests.

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Thinking of just renting a home in Canton Township, here are the latest list of Canton Township Homes for lease as 3/13/2010.  There are no Canton Township rental homes listed under a thousand dollars.  There are a few deals on the list.  How about a 3100 square foot house for only $1950 a month!  Many of the homes that are nice and reasonably priced are not on the market more than a couple of weeks, so don't wait on putting in an offer if the home is a good deal.  The dogs or overpriced ones of course sit forever. 

Canton Township Michigan is a great town to live in.  Ford Road is the main shopping area that is convenient where ever you live in Canton Township.  Then the easy access to I-275 expressway makes traveling around Detroit easy.  Feel free to email me to have the latest Canton Township homes for lease (Canton Township rental homes) sent to you weekly or call me with any questions about the homes below.  My cell is 313-310-9855 or email is yesmyrealtor@gmail.com 

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Right now there are 47 Canton rental homes and condos for lease.  There are 13 Canton homes for lease as of today.  There are 34 Canton condos for lease starting at $875 a month.

If you are looking to lease and want to get a head start.  Here are the items you should have ready:

1. Credit report.  You should have a tri-merge credit report with all three bureaus with the three credit scores.
2. A financial application filled out detailing your work history, your credit obligations, who will live in the house, and your income
3. An employment letter stating length of employment, and yearly income.  Or your w-2's   
4. An letter of explanation for any credit issues you have had
5. Verification of rent.  If you have rented before get a letter from your landlord or have copies of your checks to prove you have paid your rent on time.
6. Bank statement 

So if you want your Canton lease to go smoothly gather up these things before hand.

Feel free to call me on my cell (313) 310-9855 or email  me at YesMyRealtor@gmail.com to get a list of the latest Canton rental homes or Canton condos for lease

Russ Ravary your local Plymouth real estate agent

Wondering where you need to go to get rid of the stuff the garbage truck won't take.  Well here is the information you need.

The first Household Hazardous Waste and Electronic Waste Drop-off event in 2010 will be held Saturday, March 27, 2010.  Wayne County will be conducting a drop-off event from 8:00am to 2:00pm at the Redford Township Public Service Yard located at 12200 Beech Daly Road (South of I-96).

This event is your opportunity to rid your garage, basement, shed, etc., of items such as paints, stains, fertilizer, lawn & garden chemicals, antifreeze, gasoline, etc.  In addition, electronic waste will be accepted including computers, monitors, printers, scanners, cell phones, fax machines, televisions, etc.

Additional information is available at the City of Livonia website www.ci.livonia.mi.us under Departments-DPW Public Service-Household Hazardous Waste

The Saturday, March 27th event is open only to residents of Wayne County and only household waste will be accepted.

I hope this helps you.  I believe if you are a resident of Plymouth, Canton, or Northville you can go to Redford to get rid of your Electronic and hazardous waste.