Kenai Peninsulas 27th Annual Sport Rec & Trade Show
The Kenai Peninsula Association of REALTORS present the 27th Annual Sport Rec and Trade Show Friday, May 4th 2012 from 3pm-7pm- Saturday, May 5th 2012 from 9am-7pm- Sunday, May 6th 2012 from 11am-5pm at The Soldotna Sports Center. Free Seminars, over 100 booths, product demonstrations, prizes and much more. For more information 262-1851 or www.SportRecandTradeShow.comRead More
Kenai Peninsula Home Prices Are Just a Starting Point!
When it comes time to put their home on the market, the Number One topic area sellers focus on is Kenai Peninsula home prices: home prices historically, home prices this May, projected home prices in the future. What many sellers don’t truly realize is that they have more control over the price their home fetches than they may think. Smart application of remodeling dollars to maximize a property’s salability is the earliest and most important action a homeowner can take. If you plan to remain in your home for the foreseeable future, lifestyle and personal preference issues will rightly get your attention. But if a move is on your planning horizon, remodeling decisions should be hard-eyed business decisions. In my experience, there are three rooms that buyers are particularly interested in – and...Read More
Step-by-Step Outline for Selling a Kenai Peninsula Home
All of life’s major projects take preparation, and selling a home in the Kenai Peninsula area requires just that. Contacting my office is a pretty good place to begin, because selling a home efficiently and within a reasonable amount of time most often takes extensive knowledge of the local market. A checklist is a good way to introduce the steps you can take to prepare for selling a home. Here’s a quick overview of five of the items I include in that checklist: 1. The obvious first step is identifying any major problems and determining what should be done about them. Decide whether you are going to fix items like roof leaks, rewiring, insect infestations or the presence of asbestos -- or whether you are going to reduce your asking...Read More
Kenai Challenger Center Offers Camps
The Challenger Learning Center in Kenai has “refreshed” their 2012 camp line-up for the summer season. 15 camps such as CSI Academy, Sports in Motion, Fun Foods, Earth Explorers, Payload Specialists, Shuttle Pilots, and Robotics. Registration is open. For more information, go to www.akchallenger.org or call 283-2000.Read More
The Psychology Edge in Kenai Real Estate
When you choose the Kenai real estate agent who will be your home-marketing partner, you are choosing someone who will need to fill many roles: marketer, stager, tour guide, negotiator. And don’t leave out another role -- psychology major! To build our kind of successful track record, a real estate agent needs to study and understand the way prospective buyers think about their search for a future home, how they are likely to react to different forms of presentation, and what builds or detracts from the value they assign to your property. It’s psychology, all right -- and it’s usually an integral part of any sales or marketing success. A good example of how psychology can affect a real estate transaction comes from a study done at the University of Texas. There they have...Read More












