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How to Help Your Parents Downsize

How to Help Your Parents Downsize Downsizing is a significant milestone in life that many families face together. Helping your parents or grandparents navigate this transition can be both challenging and rewarding. It involves making thoughtful decisions about where...

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How To Show Your Home When Selling

How To Show Your Home When Selling

After all of your hard work in preparing your home for sale, it's time to show it off! Treat every showing like it is the next owner, because it very well could be! You want your house to be wearing its best dressed outfit to impress and outcompete other homes for...

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3 Reasons to Stage Your Home When Selling

3 Reasons to Stage Your Home When Selling

Have you been considering selling your home? Maybe for months or even years and just haven't pulled the trigger? There are many things to do to properly prepare your home for sale. As you check off the items on your "To Do" list (in partnership with your Realtor), one...

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6 Steps to Prepare Your Home for Sale in Tacoma

6 Steps to Prepare Your Home for Sale in Tacoma

The Tacoma Neighborhood gossip... "My neighbors house sold in 3 days for $50,000 over the list price!" "My colleague listed their home four months ago and it's still sitting on the market!" "The buyer for my neighbors home, purchased with CASH and no home inspection!...

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Real Estate Terms Explained

Real Estate Terms Explained

Buyer’s Agent:  A Buyers Agent is a real estate agent that represents a buyer exclusively. When shopping for a home we recommend you hire a real estate agent to represent you exclusively. Why? Because you deserve a dedicated professional to help achieve your goals.   ...

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Should I Sell or Rent My Home In Tacoma?

Should I Sell or Rent My Home In Tacoma?

You received a job promotion or notification that the military is relocating you to a different base. Or maybe time throughout the pandemic provided a lot of clarity and you are wanting to get back to your hometown to be closer to family. Whatever the case may be- you...

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How To Sell Your Home (Part 4 of Series)

How To Sell Your Home (Part 4 of Series)

What Is The Cost Of Selling My Home? Every home sale is different, however these costs remain true to nearly every home that is sold in the Greater Tacoma area. In this episode of my How To Sell Your Home Series, I’m breaking down each cost into four different...

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How To Sell Your Home (Part 3 of Series)

How To Sell Your Home (Part 3 of Series)

Finding The Best Real Estate Agent How do you find the best real estate agent in Tacoma? The three major components in finding a Realtor to represent you are: competency, relevant (are they actively selling?), and relatability (are they are a good fit for you?). These...

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How To Sell Your Home (Part 2 of Series)

How To Sell Your Home (Part 2 of Series)

AVOID “SELL YOUR HOUSE FOR CASH” GIMMICKS In Part 2 of the How To Sell Your Home Series I’m highlighting the falsehoods of “sell your house for cash” and the “no cost to you” advertisements we’ve all seen time and time again. Let me be clear, there IS a cost. While...

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How To Sell Your Home (Part 1 of Series)

How To Sell Your Home (Part 1 of Series)

All Things Selling Your Home Selling your home can be overwhelming and stressful- but it doesn't have to be! Feel confident and prepared when the time comes to list your home on the market. Whether you're ready to sell your home in the next few weeks or next year,...

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Resources

How to Help Your Parents Downsize

This guide will provide practical advice for those assisting aging loved ones with downsizing, ensuring the process is as smooth and stress-free as possible.

3 Reasons to Stage Your Home When Selling

Don’t let one of your largest financial assets go undervalued. Proper preparation of your home is critical to creating a smooth and quick sale. Call/text Realtor Jenny Wetzel for more info – 253-381-9788. Jenny@Jennywetzelhomes.com

6 Steps to Prepare Your Home for Sale in Tacoma

Follow this Blueprint if you are looking to create the most stress free and lucrative sale of your home. You will be glad you did! While each home is different, these 6 Steps to Prepare Your Home for Sale can (and should) be applied to every home in order to earn top dollar.

Real Estate Terms Explained

Here are some common Real Estate terms and definitions that will commonly be used throughout the process of buying or selling your home. Whether you’re a first time buyer or a seasoned pro with real estate, you’ll find this breakdown of terms and definitions useful.

Should I Sell or Rent My Home In Tacoma?

Sell vs. Renting your home in Tacoma: what’s the better option? Well, it depends on your current home and what will benefit you and your family the greatest financially amongst other factors. Whether you’re ready to make a move or use the property as an investment, these steps will give you clarity on what’s best.

How To Sell Your Home (Part 4 of Series)

What does it cost to sell your home in Tacoma, Washington? I’m going to break down the total cost of selling your home into four easy categories. There are taxes, services to those working on your home sale, broker compensation, and a bundle of listing costs.

How To Sell Your Home (Part 3 of Series)

How do you find the best Realtor to sell your home in Tacoma? Finding the perfect agent is super important for a successful home selling experience. Often times, we defer to our family and friends for their recommendation. However, you shouldn’t stop there.

How To Sell Your Home (Part 2 of Series)

Part 2 of How To Sell Your Home Series: Understanding the consequences of falling into the trap of real estate investors or wholesalers offering cash to buy your home at a discount is important! Working with a local realtor that knows your home and neighborhood will definitely pay off in the long run.

How To Sell Your Home (Part 1 of Series)

In this video series I’m sharing all of my tips and tricks on how to sell your home. A few of the topics I’ll be covering are the importance of pricing your home, what time of the year is best to list your home, and how to properly prepare your home for sale.

The Windermere Ready Program

Small upfront investments can yield a much bigger payoff when you sell your home. We’ll work together to best showcase your home and help potential buyers see themselves living in it.

Inflation and Interest Rates

Mortgage rates are closely tied to the health of the U.S. economy. The county as a whole is on an upswing, which leads experts to believe we’ll see higher interest rates in June and throughout the summer months. However, overall recovery has been uneven. Inflation is ascending rapidly, while the unemployment rate is moving much slower.

What Is A Managing Real Estate Broker?

In addition to helping clients buy/sell/rent or manage real estate, a Managing Broker is licensed to supervise other Real Estate Agents. They could (with a Designated Broker certification) open and run their own office.

What Is The Value Of Using A REALTOR®?

Hiring a REALTOR is an important step in choosing the right real estate agent for your home sale or purchase. All licensed real estate agents are not REALTORS registered with the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Have you ever wondered what the requirements of a Realtor are to stay up to date? I break it down in this article.

When should I sell my home?

Timing the market is an important factor when you list your home. Hiring a professional will help with the timing and help make you the most money off of the home sale.

Septic & Well

You are ready to sell your home and have a well and/or septic system on your property. You wonder: “Does the county require me to do anything to these systems before I sell?” “Do I need to provide proof that they work, or is that the buyers responsibility?”

Why Hire A Realtor?

What value does a Realtor bring? Here you will learn about many of the contributions local Realtors make through the state, local and national chapters.

Should I Have An Open House When Selling My Home?

You should know, the probably of your home selling at an open house is very slime. Although, homes occasionally do (I have sold a few homes at open houses), statistically it is highly unlikely. If qualified home buyers have serious interest in your home, they will see...

Selling Contingent

Selling Contingent in any Real Estate Market, let alone Tacoma’s can be extremely trying. Arm yourself with the information you need to make your housing transition a successful one.

How To Sell Your Home “As Is”

FIX IT UP OR LEAVE IT “AS IS” There is almost always at least a little sprucing up you’ll want to do, prior to listing your home for sale, to increase your total profit. If you are wondering if cleaning and staging your home professionally makes a difference - it...

Selling Your Luxury Home

LUXURY PORTFOLIO INTERNATIONAL SELLING BIG I carry credentials and membership with Luxury Portfolio International – an invitation-only global network of brokerages, which includes Windermere Real Estate. Selling a luxury home is different than a typical sale. LUXURY...

How To Price Your Home In Pierce County

How do you price your home when selling in Pierce County? Learn more about the analysis process and feel confident that you will make the most amount of money on your home sale, here.

Preparing Your Home For Sale in Tacoma, WA

Preparing your home for sale is essential to earning top dollar for your home. However, this process can be overwhelming and prioritizing your “to do” is difficult. Here you will learn some of the guiding principals that I’ve used to successfully help home sellers sell their home in Tacoma, WA

Get In Touch

Tacoma Realtor - Jenny Wetzel

Jenny Wetzel

Call or Text: 253.381.9788

Email: jenny@jennywetzelhomes.com

Fax: 253.381.9788

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Kind Words

Working with Jenny to sell our house was an absolute pleasure. She advised on preparing the  house for selling, including selecting the interior and exterior paint colors. In addition, she made sure we didn’t do work/improvements that wouldn’t bring return or help sell the house. 

Jenny listed our house at a level significantly higher than we expected. And, it sold above asking, just a couple days after it was listed. 

We HIGHLY recommend Jenny and will use her again should we have a need to either purchase or sell real estate. 

Thanks Jenny!

Jenny is a top notch professional and person. Since our earliest interactions I’ve always felt like I am speaking with a close friend. I know she has my interests in mind and she works so hard to deliver. I can’t imagine there’s any better realtor out there.

What a unbelievable experience it was working with Jenny. She was there early in the process, advising us on interior and exterior paint colors, suggesting little improvements to help the house sell quicker and advising on improvements that wouldn’t bring return. She listed our house at a figure significantly higher than we would have guessed. And, the house sold in just a few days and sold above the asking price. We would HIGHLY recommend!

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