Sumter SC real estate listings and homes for sale, home buying, home selling information – Kim Peasley-Parker, AgentOwned Realty Preferred Group

My New Blog

Sumter @Six

May 30th, 2009 4:36 PM

Sumter @ Six

Sumter @ Six has been going on for several years in the downtown Sumter area. Free concerts are scheduled the second Thursday of each month April through October. There are a variety of artists that play at the events and all different types of music are covered. The concerts are held at the Brody Pavilion on Harvin Street between Liberty and Caldwell Streets.

Bring your chairs and be prepared to enjoy the festivities. You will be amazed by who is there. Many restaurants from downtown are there selling food and beverages.

The Sumter @ Six series kicked off April 9th. And will continue through October. It is a great free event that is a great way to get out and meet your Sumter neighbors.

The schedule for the remainder of the Summer is below.

June 11 - North Tower
July 9 - The Fantastic Shakers
August 13 - Second Nature
September 10 - Still Cruzin
October 8 - The Tempests

Posted by Kim Peasley-Parker on May 30th, 2009 4:36 PMPost a Comment (0)

Are Homes Selling in Sumter? Yes!!!!!! Part 2

May 30th, 2009 4:44 PM

This is the post 2 of a series of posts about selling your home.

What does it take to sell your home in Sumter? This is a question that I often hear. I like any other agent have had some homes linger on the market to suddenly sell. I have also had homes sell very quickly. The properties that sell have several common threads among them... You have probably heard this before if you have listed a home, watched the shows on tv or read on the internet, but here goes....

Maximize space Does your house feel crowded? Does it feel small? Did it feel that way when you purchased the home? Chances are while you have lived in your home you have accumulated stuff. Good, bad or indifferent most people accumulate stuff. If your home feels crowded to you, it will feel crowded to a buyer. If it is the furniture, what can you live without? Do you need the ottoman in the middle of the room? How about that coffee table? Too many book shelves? Book shelves that are full of books, CDs and DVDs? Time to pare down what you need and keep the basic necessities. If you watch all those DVD's pick a few and rotate the ones that you have out, put the remainder in a good storage location. When you clean out your storage location you might find several things you didn't think you could live without you actually can or it will be like Christmas as you are reunited with items you have missed. Another suggestion for thining things out, have a garage sale or moving sale. Call it what you want, but gather the items and then have a sale one weekend. And hey, we can all do with a little extra cash!

Keep a home neutral. We all have our own tastes in colors for a home. Sometimes a unique color will sell in a property, but normally that color needs to be neutral. I had an opportunity to show a buyer my client's home this week. They were not my clients' but due to a scheduling conflict their agent asked me to show them the home again after they wrote the contract. The home had dark sage walls in the Great Room. The buyers' told me they liked the color. The color was neutral though. If the color had not been neutral, I would have stongly suggested repainting the room.

I hope you have enjoy this information and the series of posts about selling your home. For a free consultation or for more information, please contact me at 803-840-7519. I can also provide a free Competitive Market Analysis for pricing information on your house.

Kim Peasley-Parker

Realtor^®/Shareholder

AgentOwned Realty

Heritage Group, Inc.

Cell 803-840-7519

Fax 853-725-6506

www.SumterHomePros.com

Posted by Kim Peasley-Parker on May 30th, 2009 4:44 PMPost a Comment (0)

Are Homes Selling in Sumter? Yes!!!!!! Part 1

May 30th, 2009 4:40 PM

What does it take to sell your home in Sumter? This is a question that I often hear. I like any other agent have had some homes linger on the market to suddenly sell right before their expiration of the Listing Agreement. I have also had homes sell very quickly. The properties that sell quickly have several common threads among them... You have probably heard this before if you have listed a home, watched the shows on tv or read on the internet, but here goes....

A house for sale is different than a home to live in. When we live in a home we like to be surrounded by our personal items, family photographs, treasured family heirlooms, all the stuff we Americans like to collect. When a buyer goes to purchase a home, what don't they like to see? Your stuff. Yes, some buyers like to see how you have it decorated, but when buyers are looking at that, they are not focusing on where to put their tv and couch, how to arrange their bedroom suite, or how the dining room table will fit in the dining room. If possible, pack up as many personal items as possible and store them in the attic, a storage unit, a friend's house or the garage. I know you don't like living this way. Right now you are trying to get rid of your home. When you decide to sell, your home becomes a house, a property for sale. A property that is competing with all the other properties out there. Now is the time to detach yourself from the house and property, and change your mindset. You are now living in someone else's home. You hope anyway. How do they want to see the home?