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Home Improvement
2010-12-01 11:33:00
Marv’s 3 to 1 & more home value tips
Answer: That’s a great question and a great strategy. There’s more than one way for home values to go up and you’re on the right track. So often it takes so little to make a big difference in home value. Over the next several issues, I will give you a few tips. Some of these…for every dollar you spend…you can increase your home value by as much as $3 to $10 or more. Spend $1,000 and get your home value to go up by $3,000 to $10,000 or more. This will outperform most any market condition you can find.
This month…cut energy costs.
The amount of money you spend each month on energy costs may seem like a fixed amount, but many local utility companies provide free energy audits of their customers’ homes. They can show you how to maximize the energy efficiency of your home. An energy-efficient home will save you money now, which can be applied to other updates, and is a more valuable and marketable asset in the long run. To be able to state you have an energy efficient home will in itself increase the value of your home. Maybe all it took was insulation, re-caulking the windows and putting new seals under the doors, along with an heating and air service call. You spend a little an increase the value of your home a lot.
Next month, I will be back with some things you can do to the front of your home that will make a big difference in increasing home value.
