Lisa Avella - Real Estate

12/13/2025

Sophia’s VOLLYBALL team needs your votes for their Christmas Contest! 🎄Once you click the link, don’t forget to comment “11 State Purple the best team!” 💪💜. Comment =Vote

09/26/2024

One of the most devastating problems a homeowner and the buyer attempting to purchase the home may run up against is a low appraisal. Luckily, there are several ways of dealing with the situation. Challenge the AppraisalAppraisers sometimes make errors. When confronted with a low appraisal it's...

09/10/2024

The two most important jobs of the seller during the marketing period are to keep the home clean and to be as accommodating as possible to buyer's agents who request a showing. Sounds pretty easy, right? Not if you have a full-time job, a family and you like to enjoy at least a modicum of leisure ti...

09/05/2024

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08/25/2024

Did you know that only 30 percent of us actually use our garages to park our cars? Today's garage is more of a storage unit than shelter for an automobile but that doesn't mean it has to look like a giant version of the inside of a kitchen junk drawer. When you just can't stand the mess any longer,....

08/17/2024

Mention the word 'mudroom' to folks from southern states and you'll be greeted with a puzzled stare. It's a room unique to homes in cold and damp regions and one that most residents of those areas take for granted, yet wouldn't dream of living without. Mudroom design runs the gamut from lavish to...

08/09/2024

Remember when microwave ovens first hit the consumer market? Folks were scared of them, for the most part. I mean, you can't blame them. How can something with no visible heat source boil a cup of water? It might also have had something to do with the fact that they were originally known as 'radar r...

08/01/2024

It's one thing to make renovations to a home with the goal of making it more enjoyable or comfortable for you and your family and quite another to make these renovations solely to boost the home's value. It's the latter we want to take a look at today. In fact, these three renovations are only...

07/27/2024

07/24/2024

There's a lot to like about a more minimalist lifestyle. For some, the pursuit is liberating, for others it's terrifying. If the thought of ditching your belongings and moving into a smaller space makes your heart sink and your palms drip, don't think of it as 'downsizing,' suggests the National Ass...