Local Real Estate

Proven Internet Marketing System Recent surveys have shown that 98% of Home Buyers use the Internet to search for a new home. With the Van Dyk Group’s powerful Internet Marketing System, your property will receive the benefit of reaching the largest audience of online home shoppers. We distribute your listing information, along with photographs and […]

Powerful Showcase Listing Enhancements When you’re looking online for real estate, where do you go?  Did you know that more home buyers and sellers go to REALTOR.com® than any other real estate site? We are committed to leveraging recent trends in online consumer behavior to help our clients’ homes sell for more. Even if you […]

Does Moving Up Make Sense? Answer these questions to help you decide whether moving up makes sense. How much equity do you have in your home? Look at your annual mortgage statement or call your lender to find out. Usually, you don’t build up much equity in the first few years of paying a mortgage, […]

10 Ways to Make Your House More Salable Get rid of clutter. Throw out or file stacks of newspapers and magazines. Pack away most of your small decorative items. Store out-of-season clothing to make closets seem roomier. Clean out the garage. Wash your windows and screens to let more light into the interior. Keep everything […]

5 Things to Do Before You Sell Get estimates from a reliable repairperson on items that need to be replaced soon, such as a roof or worn carpeting, for example. In this way, buyers will have a better sense of how much these needed repairs will affect their costs. Have a termite inspection to prove […]

8 Steps to Getting Your Finances in Order Develop a family budget. Instead of budgeting what you’d like to spend, use receipts to create a budget for what you actually spent over the last six months. One advantage of this approach is that it factors in unexpected expenses, such as car repairs, illnesses, etc., as […]