Western Mass Homes Lesley Lambert

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Guest Bloggers Wanted!

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Are you in a real estate affiliated field and would love an opportunity to reach a new audience without spending a ton of money?  Then you might be who I am looking for!

 

I have been blogging along here all by my little self for about five years now and I got to thinking that it is time to grow and share.  Some new content on topics related to home ownership, home maintenance, home enjoyment, Western Massachusetts, etc. would be a great addition to my current offerings.

Are you an: inspector, decorator, stager, property maintenance person, contractor, organizer, attorney, lender, accountant, insurance provider, remodel-er or other real estate and home related professional?  Then I want to hear from you!

Home owners welcome, too!  I would love personal accounts of your home buying, home selling and home ownership processes.  We can all learn together!

 

It is easy!

Simply write a short account on any topic that you feel passionate and educated on.  Supply it to me in any format, even cut and pasted into the body of an email is fine.  If you have an original photo to attach, even better, but not necessary.   Be sure to send along your professional contact information.  I will proof read, edit if necessary and take care of posting it with links back to your website so that your new readers can find you.

If you have a blog that you would like new content on, I am happy to return the favor with a guest post on any real estate topic that you might find informative to your profession.

Get writing and email your submissions to:  realestate.lesleylambert@gmail.com

Don’t be intimidated, have you seen some of the silly things I post?  🙂

 

Lesley Lambert, REALTOR, Park Square Realty

 

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Investment Properties in Western MA

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Western Massachusetts (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Western Massachusetts’ investors take note: if you have been wondering when is the right time to invest, it very well may be RIGHT NOW.  Here is the facts:

* the market dropped and has been (in most parts of Western MA holding)

* the interest rates are at all time lows

* the foreclosure and short sale inventory is still there

These three facts combined equal opportunity.

If you are either an experience investor or are new to investing, you need to evaluate these opportunities and it may just be the exact right time for you to make a move.

I have a lifetime of experience in investment property.  My parents owned investment property for both rentals and flip properties and I worked with them as everything from cheap labor to management on their investments.   I learned in the trenches how to read a profit and loss statement and how to spot a property with lots of potential for resale with realistic repairs.

As a REALTOR in Western MA one of my favorite things to do is help my investor clients find the right properties for their investment portfolio.

If you are an investor in Western MA who is considering  making a new real estate investment, I hope you will consider me as your trusted advisor.

 

 

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Five Reasons Why I work so hard as a REALTOR

Family
Family is the most important thing to me and I know it is for my customers and clients in Western MA real estate, too.

A day like yesterday, Easter Sunday, reminds me why I work so hard as a REALTOR.

I thought I would take a quick moment to share the top 5 reasons (besides the five in the photo above):

1- finding the right home as a home buyer in Western MA is such a personal and important decision.  This will be the home that you celebrate holidays in.

2-  selling your Western MA home to move onto the next chapter of your life is intensely emotional and I want to help ease the transition.

My sweet peeps

3- the future of your entire family rest in these decisions and I never take the level of importance, or my role in it lightly.

4- it matters to me to get things done right.  I worry about my clients and customers as if they were MY family.

5- it allows me the ability to provide well for my family.  Not in a strictly financial sense, but in a flexibility of schedule that I wouldn’t have in another field.

The girls

I very much enjoyed my holiday with my family this weekend and I hope you did with yours, as well!  When considering who to hire for your Western MA real estate needs, why not choose Lesley Lambert of Park Square Realty…the realtor who puts your family first to help her family, too!

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Selling Your Home is Emotional – Tips For Working Through the Home Selling Process

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Emotion (Photo credit: rexquisite)

Buying or selling real estate is an emotional business no matter what, but when you are selling a home that you wish you could keep it is much more emotionally taxing.

I have worked with many clients who are selling their beloved home for a number of reasons: job relocation, need to downsize, moving to a retirement community or divorce. Even when they are excited about the next phase in their life, it can be so difficult to let go of the home that they have loved so much.

I can empathize and understand this intimately as I had to sell my home five years ago. I thought I would live there until I grew old. I had built the home with my own hands and every part of the home was there because I chose it. It was so difficult to walk away from that home, but I did discover some tips and tricks that worked for me and have worked for other clients experiencing an emotionally difficult move.

#1- Redecorate and stage the home specifically for sale. You usually need to do this anyway, but in my case I made this process the opportunity to begin detaching emotionally. As I removed personal items and took down decorations I began moving both physically and emotionally. I painted the interior and moved furniture around. With my items gone, a different color wall and the furniture in a new arrangement it didn’t feel like my home anymore. Now it was a house for sale, a commodity…not a home. It was time to find that new home.

#2- I said goodbye. This may sound goofy because clearly a house can’t hear and doesn’t care who lives within it, but I thanked my house and wished it well with it’s new owners. I said goodbye over and over again.

#3- Small steps. Once the decision has been made to make the move you need to take one thing at a time so that you won’t get overwhelmed. Putting too much on your plate or thinking too far out in the process will cause you anxiety and emotional strain. You do, of course, need to plan and have a strategy in place, but you don’t need to extrapolate on a daily basis.

I met with two clients this week that were experiencing this and after leaving one of them I recorded the following:

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