Bonnie Wicks Bertalot
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Posts from September 27th, 2026

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September
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When someone asks what I do differently as a real estate agent, I sometimes struggle with the answer. Not because I don't know what I do, but because much of it happens before a home ever goes on the market or before a buyer ever writes an offer.

If you ask me to help you sell your home, I don't believe my job begins with taking pictures, entering the listing into MLS, and putting a sign in the yard. Those things matter, of course, but by then some of the most important work should already have happened.

I want to understand your home first.

That means walking through it carefully and looking at it from a buyer's perspective. What will they notice when they walk through the door? What might distract them? What already makes the home special? Sometimes a house needs repairs or updating. Sometimes it needs better furniture placement, less clutter, a little paint, or simply a different way of presenting what is already there. And sometimes my advice may be to le...

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