Strottman Real Estate

05/12/2026

Of course you take this approach with < 30 days supply. Suitable saturation/exposure and clearly competition drives price. Simple supply & demand. Larger audience the better.

05/12/2026

Fascinating isn't it. At least you're not alongside E.T. trying to find a home in 1982. 🥀🚴ET☎️🏡🌕

05/07/2026

05/02/2026

If your agent is not advising you to place home on market in "coming soon" prior to ACTIVE status with less than 30 days supply, you need to find another agent.

If they tell you "WOW, I found you a buyer already" in their office vs putting on the market, they are likely breaching fiduciary responsibility & what's best for you.

04/15/2026

Fly Eagles Fly‼️

04/15/2026

We see often. Hire help with a trained eyes and combined 48 yrs experience in Greater Cincinnati. Pretty significant investment.

Builders are using cheaper materials and rejiggering designs as part of an effort to offer more affordable homes when buyers are concerned about high prices, elevated mortgage rates and an uncertain economy.

Particle-board cabinets are in. Hardwood is out. Countertops are becoming thinner. Walls now feature smaller and fewer windows. An automatic garage opener is sometimes a frivolous luxury.

Builders say this makes homeownership more attainable, especially for cash-strapped first-time buyers. The lower-cost materials, they say, are still solid and durable.

For example, builders may give up sound protection by hanging lower-tier doors with hollow cores. “It’s effectively reducing cost where the customer doesn’t see,” said Bill Christensen, CEO of door and window manufacturer Jeld-Wen.

But first-time home buyers like Ana Wilkinson wouldn't even consider new construction after what she has seen.

“It’s just kind of that feeling that we get [that] things aren’t built as well as they used to be,” she said.

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03/31/2026

Progression. Just make sure the parking calculations are considered.

03/30/2026

Year long process to organize estate, prepare property to ensure maximum performance on the market and emotionally prepare for the process. Competence in as-is and future value are key. Thank you Jeff & Darlene. Celebrate your dad much and often.