Do you want to know one of the cheapest and easiest ways to make your home more attractive to buyers?  DECLUTTERING!  
Decluttering is essential when selling your home because it helps create a clean, spacious, and inviting environment that allows potential buyers to visualize themselves living

“If you had the option to build wealth for someone else or yourself, which would you choose? Yourself, of course! When you rent a home, you are doing the exact opposite. I know not everyone is in a position right now to purchase a home, but if you’ve been renting and on the fence about buying a home

Home prices are rising! Everything costs more! Supply Chain issues! We’ve all heard about these things on the news lately – but what does it mean for YOU? And how can you protect yourself from rising costs?  We’ve got an answer for you.  Prices are rising across the board. How do you guarantee price

    When you are thinking about selling your home, you want to choose a company that offers more services to cater to your specific needs. We have a team full of experienced agents who are trained experts in contract negotiations and marketing, ensuring your home is sold with ease and peace of mind.

Despite the chilly weather, the spring market is just around the corner. You may be thinking about what you can do now to get your home ready so that you can sell it when the market warms up. Here’s five must-do tasks that you can begin to tackle now that will make the home selling process smooth an

Preparing your home for the holidays can be very stressful – especially when you add Christmas programs, holiday parties, Secret Santa exchanges, and other celebrations into the mix. You want to enjoy the season and the magic of Christmas, but sometimes all of the extras can get in the way of enjoyi

We have all experienced hidden fees, and can all probably agree that they are annoying! For example, you book a flight, pay for your flight in full and then you get an email just before your trip that you can pick your seat for a FEE. And then when you get to the airport, you need to pay a FEE to ch

As you look into financing options for purchasing a home, you might see something called PMI being calculated into your costs. PMI is “private mortgage insurance.” If you are a first time home buyer especially, it’s difficult to come up with the funds for a 20% down payment. PMI is a lender’s protec

When I first got started in real estate and was learning the nuances of the purchase contract, my trainer told a story that has stuck with me to this day. She was working with a couple buying a home from a widower that had lived in it for numerous years, but was moving out of the area to start a new

As a consumer, do you ever think about price versus worth?   This summer, we gave up mowing the lawn at our house because my husband was putting in more hours at work and he simply didn’t have the time to cut the grass.  At first we thought it was ridiculous to pay someone to cut our grass, but we q

No credit, no debt, great mortgage  If you are looking at buying a home in the near or distant future, don’t buy things on credit if you’re planning on getting a mortgage. Yes, it is wise to have credit built up for your credit score, but you won’t qualify for a mortgage. Lenders prefer to see a deb

Our Team had a meeting a few weeks ago to talk about what we could do to help the kids and teachers have a great school year. One of our ideas was to host a back-to-school supply drive for students, but then we took it a step further to create the drive to benefit our teachers as well. We are so exc

With the real estate market being a very strong seller’s market, many sellers are tempted more than ever to try to sell on their own without an agent. The common misconception is that you will save money by not using a realtor which is untrue. There are several reasons that using a realtor will actu

Mauston, WI. May 06, 2021 – Castle Rock Realty announced that Pat Connors has sold to one of his Realtors of 24 years, Bobbi Brandt. In 2019 Pat decided it was time to start to wind down a little, so he sold part of Castle Rock Realty to Bobbi. Pat worked closely with Bobbi for a year training her l