Maryland Real Estate Video Blog with Jay Day

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Should You Hire a Buyer's Agent?

There are a variety of opportunities in the Maryland and Southern PA real estate market for both buyers and sellers. If you're a prospective buyer click here for a full home search, or if you're considering placing your home on the market, get a free home value report, right here.

A lot of people have been asking us the same question lately: "Should I hire an agent to help me buy a brand new home?"

The answer is yes, absolutely, and today we are going to tell you why. For starters, when you look at a new home, you will talk to the salespeople, who work directly for the builder. They are trained to close sales and get you to buy a home by telling you whatever you'd like to hear. A lot of people don't realize that builders spend a lot of money training their representatives to close sales.

If you're considering buying a new home, you will want somebody in your corner to understand the contract and any questions you may have throughout the process. An agent can also help you understand time frames, financing, and a whole lot of other things that fall into purchasing the home.

If you're considering buying a home, give our team a call. We have been dealing with new construction for over a decade and would love to help you with the purchase of your next home.

Staging Doesn't Have to be Expensive and Complex

If you are looking to sell your home, your goal is to get the most money possible in the shortest amount of time. One of the best ways to add value and appeal to your home is through home staging. You have a lot of options for how you want to go about it. You could hire a professional staging company, but that comes with a hefty price tag. Most of the time, a few simple fixes is all it takes to transform a living room.

Today we are going to go through some of our most favorite, inexpensive home staging tips or you. We hope these will help you save both time and money when it comes time to sell your home.

A fresh coat of paint is always a good idea. Neutral, warm colors work best for highlighting the natural light in your home. This will make it easier to punch up the room with some colorful accessories and pull everything together.

A common design problem facing many homeowners is that they have no real entry way, as their front door opens up to the living room. To fix this, you can add a table, some lighting, and a rug to "fake a foyer" and make it feel like the living room and entryway are two different spaces.

A patterned rug, some pillows, or bright curtains add a ton of texture and an eclectic layer to the space, which is essential to a well-designed room.

In some cases, a "make-under" is just what you need. In the case of most fireplaces, taking some accessories and clutter away enhances the look and feel of the room greatly.

You could spend well over a few thousand dollars with a staging company, or you could do these fixes yourself for around $500. That's a small investment considering the value that you add to your home by adding those pieces.

If you have any questions for us about staging your home or anything else real estate related, give us a call or send over a quick email. We are always here to help, and would love to hear from you!

What Should You Do When Selling Your Maryland Home?

Maryland and Southern PA Real Estate Agent

Today we wanted to answer a question we hear a lot from sellers who don't know where to begin when it comes to selling their home. They ask us, "What do I do if I am thinking about selling my home?" We want to help you get jump-started on the process, so here is our advice.

If you are thinking about selling, the first thing you should do is reach out to a real estate professional to help you with the process. Hiring a team of professionals like ours is one of the best decisions you can make in the process. We have plenty of experience in the market, and know exactly what it takes to get your home sold faster and for more money.

As far as getting your home ready for sale, two big things to do are getting rid of clutter and de-personalizing the home. When you work with us, this is one less worry on your plate. We have a professional stager work on every single one of our listings to let you know exactly what needs to be done for your home to appeal to the highest number of buyers possible.

Another very important thing to do is make sure you price your home correctly. As licensed agents, we will use all the tools at our disposal to assess your home's value, and make sure you get the home sold for that price.

If you are thinking about selling, don't wait until the last minute. It's never too early to talk to an agent about possibly listing your home in the future. Give us a call or send us an email, we would love to hear from you!

How we helped Kristina sell her home by knowing exactly what needed to be done

"At first, we had a different Realtor who did nothing with the house. We decided to switch, and during the interview with the Day Home Team, I was complaining about having to stage the house. Christina turned to me and said, "If you want to sell your house, you have to stage it." She was very firm in what she wanted us to do, so we listened. In a shorter amount of time, and with a lot more effort than the previous agent had put in, we got amazing results."

Should You Sell Your Home in 2015?

Lately, a lot of sellers have been asking us, "How does the market look for selling homes in 2015?" Today, we are going to answer that question, while also providing you with an update on some of the latest real estate trends in our area.

In 2014, we saw a stability of prices across the board. The amount of units sold last year was down a little bit, but trending into 2015 we saw a lot of homes under contract, and should see a lot of closings here soon.

The market has been extremely busy as of late, due to stabilized prices and continually low interest rates. This makes right now a great time for buyers and sellers alike to enter the market. If you were holding out for home prices to skyrocket, it's not going to happen. You need to get your home sold now because these conditions won't last long.

If you want to know what prices are doing in your neighborhood, or would like an estimate of what your home could sell for, give us a call or send us a quick email. We'd love to help out!

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Why Hire The Day Home Team?

Having been born and raised in the Baltimore area, Jay is a true Marylander at heart. He loves spending time with his family and watching football in his spare time. He is always looking for new adventures and challenges to overcome. As a graduate of Mount Saint Joseph, he learned the keys to success early on. He moved on to acquire his Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from McDaniel College (then Western Maryland College) in 1998.

Jay has always been self motivated and ambitious. He worked up the corporate ladder for several years until realizing he was better suited as an entrepreneur. He soon discovered that Real Estate was his calling and has never looked back.

Within a year of being a Realtor, he began developing The Day Home Team with agents and staff that suit the needs of both the team and our clients. He quickly ranked in the top 1% of Realtors in North America. He has created an efficient and highly successful Real Estate team who collectively bring a wealth of knowledge and expertise about buying and selling real estate.

Jay Day and The Day Home Team
Real Estate Teams, LLC
15 E Main Street, Suite 118
Westminster, MD 21157
O: 240-566-5629
Info@DayHomeTeam.com

Jay Day Testimonials

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testimonials from happy clients

Cheryl - "My Realtor was extremely helpful to me throughout the whole process. I had an ordeal with my home where it flooded and I had to take it off the market and she was always there with good advice. They have extensive knowledge and experience and I really appreciated their honesty. "

Nidal - "The Jay Day team really knows what they’re doing. They’re so honest, friendly, and at the end of the day, they really want their clients to be happy. They have a passion for what they do and it truly sets them apart."

Stacey - "The Jay Day team is extremely professional. They are so knowledgeable and they cut to the chase. They do their homework before they met with us and they really know what’s going on in the market. Jay always does his research and his goal is to sell your home. "

Gerard - "We worked with Christina from the Jay Day home team and we couldn’t have asked for anything more. She came in with the stager and told us exactly what we needed to do to get our home in the best shape to sell. We sold it in about 37 days! She was professional, thorough, and went out of her way to make it happen. They were great so we’d recommend Jay Day and his team."

Jeffrey - "They were excellent to work with. You can tell how professional people are in how they go about doing their jobs and the advertising and photos were all in a professional manner. We sold in Maryland and bought in South Carolina and with the Realtors, there was no comparison. I can’t say anything bad about them, I’d recommend them to anybody!"

Paul - "We had very good results when we worked with the Day Home Team. They treated us like family and we treated them like family. It was a long road, but we got through it and sold our home and found another beautiful home. Everything was above and beyond the norm and if I had to give them a grade, I’d give them an A+."

Sandy - "Everything was better than you could imagine. Jay got our house on the market quickly, set us up with a stager, and sold our home in 8 hours. They were flexible with my timeline ad well as the market’s timeline. There’s always a sweet spot in the real estate market and they were able to put us at ease by getting everything in order."

Kenneth - "We put our house on the market in March and then it was sold in May so our results with them were very good. The Jay Day team contacted both of the people who put offers in on the home and rejected the first and accepted the second for us. They just made it a smooth process so everything worked out really well."

Anonymous - "I worked with Christina and she was really awesome. She told me what I needed to do to get the house sold, gave me an idea of how long it would take, and so far she’s sold 2 houses for me this year. She really worked with the person doing the appraisal of my home since it was difficult to find comps and ultimately helped get the house sold."

Maryann - "We have very good results when we worked with the Jay Day team. We had like 8 to 10 visits in rapid order and now we have an offer with a signed contract! It only took about a month’s time so we are very pleased. Christina is very fast and she just got right on it! She was able to zero in on a good price and the big punch was the brochure and terrific photography. I’m going to keep telling people about the success we’ve had!"

Amy - "We probably looked at about 5 houses and it didn’t take too long for me to find something that I liked. We worked with Vance Ziglar and he was just awesome. I can’t even tell you everything he did for us. There was problem upon problem with the previous owners and it was just really frustrating to deal with but he was always there taking care of it. I was really impressed with how quick he was to get on it and help with everything."

Kristina - "At first, we had a different Realtor who did nothing with the house. We decided to switch, and during the interview with the Day Home Team, I was complaining about having to stage the house. Christina turned to me and said, "If you want to sell your house, you have to stage it." She was very firm in what she wanted us to do, so we listened. In a shorter amount of time, and with a lot more effort than the previous agent had put in, we got amazing results."

Criste - "[My experience with Jay Day and the Day Home Team] was fabulous. It was the first time we had worked with Jay and his team and we weren't quite sure what to expect. We were selling a home we were very attached to and were very emotional, and they made it a very positive experience for us. Every time we had a question - whether it was about the price, the stager, or the brochure he made - he had an answer, followed through, and, usually within an hour, would get back to us with an answer. It wasn't like you were waiting and waiting and waiting, which was huge for my husband and me. He brought a professional stager and photographer in, took pictures, put them in brochures, put the brochures in the box out front, and made sure the box was never empty. Another thing that I think helped sell our home was a Coming Soon sign they put in our yard a few weeks before listing it. This created a lot of interest in the home. Our house was listed on a Friday, and we had probably 18-20 showings from Friday to Sunday and five offers by Sunday. Two I think were asking price, one was cash and above asking price. Dan and I both feel that was based on how Jay marketed the house. I told folks that I feel like he knows what he's doing and you're never guessing - he can answer your questions immediately and accurately!"

Michael - “We were very satisfied with Christina, she did an excellent job putting everything together for us. The package was complete. My wife and I were very satisfied with everything - we sold our home within a week. Things moved so fast we didn't even really have a chance to put our pictures of the house online. It sold without them. People just came - we had five offers in the first week - so Christina was on the ball with that!”

Kimberly - “Well we had our house on the market for about six months, so we were anxious to sell. Through the whole experience, Christina and Jay Day and the whole team were completely behind us and giving us good advice and directions. We were very happy with the experience. Christina came out in a snowstorm because we had to get a paper signed, so she made that effort to come out to our house in the storm to make sure that we got it signed and processed when we needed it. They would go that far to get things done!”

Lynn - “We sold our home - that simple! Our home was unique; most people think their home is unique and special to them, and often they are, but we had a very unique home in Carroll County. It was a fairly large home on some acreage, and it had some amenities in it that were different. We knew that it was going to take a very special buyer to buy our home, and Christina, who was the selling agent, was up to the challenge. She not only worked with us, she worked for us. She was wonderful. Because of the uniqueness of the house, we never got much foot traffic, but we never gave up. The people who ended up buying the home were dragging their feet, and because of her, I guess you could call it her "bubbliness," her effervescent personality, she was able to work with the buyer's agent to keep things moving along at a rapid pace!”

Jean - “I had to sell my house under difficult circumstances and they just took charge. I would have never got out of there. I had a condo and I was having some big issues. I picked them because of the way they advertise, the pictures they put online. It was all well done. I sold my house in two days after it was put on the market. The people who bought it knew upfront about the problems going on with condos in the neighborhood and were still willing to buy it. I was so grateful for them because they went further, I think, than a normal agent would have gone. They are very professional, they stood up for me, and they got the job done!”

Erika - "Well I ended up in my new home which I had been anticipating for quite some time and the process of staging and photography and the pamphlets was wonderful. I had it listed with another company to begin with and got no results whatsoever and I really was much happier with Christina and the rest of the Jay Day Team. Christina for one, I told her that she needed an enormous amounts of patience with me because I just got her helping me sell my home, when I went to purchase my next home I was kind of all over the board with what I wanted and she was just very tolerant and patient and so helpful. And you know when I told her one thing and I told her one idea I had and she would come up with dozens of results for me to explore and then when I would change my mind she would be right back on top of finding results of what else I needed. I would refer them to anybody!"

Drew and Barbara - “When the whole sales process started we were absolutely impressed with what they offered as part of their standards, with the staging, professional videos and photography, and full-color brochures. We found that was something that few people were offering in our area, so we were very impressed with that. We were very impressed with the communication that went on throughout the entire sales process and we were impressed with how they handled the closing details.

When we first met them, we met with Christina, and we were impressed with her overall. Something we did not expect was, about a day after that, Jay Day himself stopped by to check out the house and introduce himself. It was impressive to have others show up in addition to having our agent. That was a way for us to get to know the company better. Other than just offering to have someone come over to look at the house to see if you need staging or other improvements, the big one was, at the end of the closing, there was some controversy over some equipment being damaged by the people who inspected the house for the new owner and, quite frankly, we were ready to pull out of the process, but Christina and Jay talked about and had it fixed. They took it out of their own commission because they wanted the deal to go through. It helped us greatly!”

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