Desaree Suttle

My name is Desaree Suttle & the Real Estate Market is on fire, I am here to guide you through your j

08/21/2026

Every seller I meet asks the same thing: should we fix it up first?

The honest answer is that it’s the wrong question. The real one is what will this specific market actually pay me back for — on this street, at this price point, in this window?

Those are different answers. The gap between them is where sellers quietly lose twenty to forty thousand dollars before the sign ever goes in the yard.

Here’s what I look at before I let a client spend a dollar:

→ Your comps. Not neighborhood averages. The three homes a buyer will literally compare you against in the same search.

→ Your timeline. Renovation isn’t free even when it pays back. Carrying cost, holding risk, and a moved listing date all have a number attached.

→ Whether it reads on camera. Buyers form their opinion in a photo grid long before they walk in. Work that doesn’t photograph often doesn’t return.

And the one most people get backwards: it isn’t the kitchen that loses money, it’s the spec sheet. I’ve watched full kitchens come back fine at consumer-level pricing, and I’ve watched a luxury appliance package and imported stone quietly eat the entire margin on the same footprint. Same room, same scope, completely different outcome — decided before anyone picked up a tool.

I’ve walked homes where paint, lighting, and flooring moved the number meaningfully. I’ve also walked homes where the smartest move was list it Thursday and don’t touch a thing.

That’s not opinion. It’s comps plus an actual scope of work — and I’m one of very few people in this valley who can hand you both in the same conversation, because I do both.

If you’re thinking about selling in the next 6–12 months, walk it with me before you spend anything. Worst case you save the money. Best case you make it back several times over.

Comment or DM me the word RENOVATE and I’ll send you what I look at first.

📍 East Valley + Scottsdale 🔨 Design side → DESAREE SUTTLE | AZ Interior Designer

08/18/2026

Such a bitter sweet visit home nears an end & O can’t help but be thankful for all the people and thing in my life.
This week I watch my beautiful cousin get married, reconnected with my sister, lost my great aunt & was delivered devastating news about my uncle.

Life is full of some many moments that you can’t control, don’t understand and can feel hopeless. In the time of uncertainty, pain, and sadness the thought the “where is God!? has forgotten me?! What did I do to deserve is?” Creeps in.
In time of doubt & times of need were called to his word and so I read..

“So be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid and do not panic before them. For the Lord your God will personally go ahead of you. He will neither fail you nor abandon you.””
‭‭Deuteronomy‬ ‭31‬:‭6‬ ‭NLT‬‬

As I am reminded weare never alone & our circumstances are not a reflection of how much god loves us..
Good is great & God is Good 🙏

08/12/2026

A cash offer feels like winning the lottery.

Until you do the math. 💀

Yes — cash offers close fast. No appraisal contingency. No financing falling through at the last second. No waiting 45 days while a lender decides your buyer’s life is complicated.

I get it. The convenience is real.

But here is what nobody tells you at the kitchen table when that offer comes in:

Speed has a price tag. And usually — you are the one paying it.

Cash buyers know you want the easy close. That is exactly why they come in low. They are buying your convenience with your equity.

The question is never just “is this a cash offer?”

The question is “what is this home actually worth on the open market — and how much am I leaving on the table to avoid the process?”

Sometimes the cash offer is the right move.

Sometimes the financed buyer offering $40K more — with the right agent negotiating the terms — is the better deal even with the extra 30 days.

That is the conversation most sellers never have before they sign.

I have it with every single one of mine.

Comment “OFFER” and I’ll tell what it will actually sell for

Desaree Suttle
Real Estate Advisor | The Ave Collective
715.210.5150

08/05/2026

This might be the most important thing I ever post about real estate. 👇

There are two types of agents.

The one who tells you your home is worth what you want it to be worth — nods at your number, takes the listing, and watches it sit on the market until you finally price it where it should have been on day one. I’m not in the business of houses sitting on the market. I’m in the business of SELLING homes.

And the one who tells you the truth — even when it’s uncomfortable — because your equity and your timeline matter more than their approval rating.

The first agent is easier to hire.

The second one is the one who actually gets you to the closing table.

Here is what nobody talks about:

An overpriced listing does not just sit.

It gets stigmatized.

Buyers see days on market. They assume something is wrong. They come in low — lower than they would have on day one — and now you are negotiating from a position of weakness instead of strength.

The agent who told you what you wanted to hear just cost you more than their commission ever would have been worth.

I tell my clients the truth.

About pricing. About prep. About what buyers in this market actually respond to right now.

Not because it’s easy.

Because it’s the only way I know how to do this job.

If you want an agent who will be honest with you before day one — not after 47 days on market — DM me. That’s exactly what I’m here for. 🔑

08/03/2026

Building a custom home can go wrong and get expensive quick!
A blueprint that look beautiful on paper and it just wasn’t going to work in real life.
That’s why having a Designer & Realtor in one is a super power.
You see when my client bought a property for a new build, hired and architect, hired the contractor and realized that he needed help navigating the process and making sure we were building for re sale. Things got real quickly…
You see there is more than just bedrooms and bathrooms & pretty finishes in a new build.

Questions like lighting, flow and scale.

These are some of most expensive decisions can cost you all your profit.
The reality is everyone has their job and the contractor isn’t a designer( usually) and the architect is giving you what you asked for! But what iif what you asked for was mission key points of how people live in a home?

New builds that go off with out a hitch tend to have way more strategy then what color the kitchen is and what tile to use in the bathroom. That’s why hiring a designer will save you from costly mistakes in the first place. Cause can you imagine building a $1.6M house with lack of storage, and poor flow?

I’ll get off my soap box but remember you get what you pay for.

07/24/2026

Weird thing about starting to post:

The people who’ve known me for 15 years are dead silent. Not a like. Not a comment. Just the occasional “I saw your post 😂” text with no explanation.

A woman in Nashville who’s never met me? “GO OFF QUEEN 🔥🔥🔥”

Ma’am. You are now my closest friend. 🫡
Post anyways! 🫶

07/23/2026

Most people don’t realize this option exists.

They hire a real estate agent to find the house. Then hire an interior designer months later to fix everything about it. And they spend the space between those two decisions overpaying, over-fixing, or slowly falling out of love with their own home.

I do both. Same eye. Same conversation. Same person walking through the house with you on tour day and the day we start designing it.

When we tour, I’m not just reading the price. I’m reading whether the light will land where you actually sit at 7 PM. Whether the floor plan supports the life you’re growing into. Whether the bones can carry the design you already dream about — before you’ve hired anyone else.

The “this could be a good house” agent and the “this could be a beautiful home” designer are the same person here.

That’s the difference.

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(480) 569-8516
Scottsdale, AZ
85250

Telephone

+17152105150

Website

http://desareesuttlehomes.com/

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