Zak Ziegler - Realtor

🤑 Sellers aren’t required to stage their homes for sale, much less clean if they don’t want to.

👇 Here are three things you can overlook when browsing homes for sale.

1. Weird Wallpaper And Dirty Carpet
It’s easy and relatively inexpensive to paint and replace the carpet, so if the home you’re looking at has weird wallpaper or dirty carpet, just overlook it. These updates can be completed in less than a week and you can do them before you move into the home.

2. Rooms Used For Something Other Than Their Intended Purpose
Try to ignore how the current owners are using the rooms and envision how you’d use them instead.

3. A Strong Seller Presence
Some homes are simply too personalized for a buyer to fully envision his or her belongings in the home. Either way, if the sellers aren’t willing to compromise, you can use their over-bearing nature to your advantage and possibly get the home for less than the asking price.

Zak Ziegler | Equity Real Estate (South Valley)
[email protected] | 801-651-7963

3 Common Things You Can Ignore When Home Shopping Zak Ziegler

👚 Community storage spaces can get cluttered super fast.

👉 Here are a few helpful organizational tips to keep your family storage closet in neat and tidy order.

Step One: Sort The Closet’s Content
A good rule of thumb to use when placing items in the closet is to keep items you use often between waist and eye level.

Step Two: Shelving
If space permits, a sturdy wooden shelf installed at counter height works well as a workstation inside the closet.

Step Three: Containers/boxes
Purchase large and small boxes or opt for baskets instead.

Step Four: Door Storage
Over-the-door shoe pouches are ideal for storing small items.

Step Five: File Boxes:
Use sturdy file boxes to store the current year’s schoolwork or financial paperwork within easy reach.

Zak Ziegler | Equity Real Estate (South Valley)
[email protected] | 801-651-7963

How to Get A Fixed Up Family Closet Zak Ziegler

🚰 Humidity in a basement is a problem for many reasons.

👍 If you’d like to find out how to prevent humidity in your basement, this article is for you!

1. Get Rid Of Dampness Inside Your Home
If you know of any leaky pipes in your home’s plumbing, make sure to get them fixed right away.

2. Eliminate Outdoor Moisture Sources
It’s important to make sure your sump pump is functioning properly at all times.

3. Prevent Condensation
You can prevent condensation from occurring by increasing ventilation in the room.

Zak Ziegler | Equity Real Estate (South Valley)
[email protected] | 801-651-7963

How to Prevent Humidity in Your Basement Zak Ziegler

🖋️ Do you aspire to be a successful real estate investor?

✨ It’s a competitive business but you can make a go of it by adopting these important qualities that all successful real estate investors possess.

1. Successful Real Estate Investors Have A Plan
Real estate investing is a business, and as such, most investors have a business plan in place. This allows them to see the overall picture, which helps them reach their short and long-term goals.

2. Effective Investors Know The Market And Stay Educated
Effective real estate investors know their market intimately. They stay on top of current trends and go the extra mile to stay abreast of legal changes and terminology that are the basis for all real estate dealings.

3. Good Real Estate Investors Are Honest
It’s very easy to take advantage of people in real estate, but a good investor is ethical and does not strive to get away with anything. It’s important to have a reputation for being fair and honest than to have a bad reputation precede you in the real estate business.

4. A Successful Investor Is An Expert In His Niche
There are several ways to earn money in real estate investing, but most successful investors will tell you that it’s vital you become an expert in just one niche.

5. Prudent Real Estate Investors Know The Risks
Prudent real estate investors know there are risks involved – not just in terms of monetary loss, but also the legal implications – that come with this type of investment.

6. Successful Real Estate Investors Have An Accountant
A significant amount of money passes through a real estate investor’s business and taxes are a major part of the game. Tax laws can be complicated and profit loss is possible, so most successful investors have an accountant to keep track of it all.

Zak Ziegler | Equity Real Estate (South Valley)
[email protected] | 801-651-7963

6 Qualities of Successful Real Estate Investors Zak Ziegler

📍 Do you own a rental property in another city?

🏠 If so, here’s how you can manage rentals from anywhere!

1. Hire a professional property management company
When you can’t be in the same area as your rental property, you can hire a professional property management company to take on most of the landlord responsibilities.

2. Manage smaller rental properties yourself
If you own a smaller rental property such as a two-family home, you can manage it on your own without hiring a property management company.

3. Know when to delegate
If you trust one of your tenants, offer a monthly rent reduction to act as a point of contact between you and the other tenants.

4. Build a maintenance network
Make it a point to enlist the help of trusted professionals to make repairs and conduct maintenance as needed.

5. Keep lines of communication open
State that they must contact you for instruction when something needs attention.

6. Make it easy for tenants to pay rent
To make it easier on you and your tenants, consider using an online rent paying service to collect rent.

7. Make sure your insurance is up to date
Making sure your insurance is up to date is important. It not only protects you from liability should someone get hurt on your rental property.

8. Take advantage of video messaging
Using skype, facetime or some other video messaging service, get visual updates on your property and inspect repair requests in real time.

Zak Ziegler | Equity Real Estate (South Valley)
[email protected] | 801-651-7963

How You Can Manage Rentals From Anywhere Zak Ziegler

🏡 Historic homes are full of charm and character, but they can also come with some flaws.

1. You could be restricted if you buy a historic home

2. Recreating old styles can be challenging and expensive

3. Repair and maintenance needs could be extensive

Zak Ziegler | Equity Real Estate (South Valley)
[email protected] | 801-651-7963

Should You Buy A Historic House? Zak Ziegler