Top Real Estate Agents, Brokers and Realtors in Indianapolis Featured on Triple.com Chris Price is the CEO of The Indy Property Source, a group of award-winning real estate agents who have been named to The Wall Street Journal’s Top 1.5% of Real Estate Agents Nationally for Homes Sold, the Indiana Business Journal’s Top All-Star Real Estate Teams, and Indianapolis Monthly Magazine’s Five Star Service Professional. The team is always being observed to make sure that clients and their various real estate needs get excellent customer service. Growing up in Indianapolis, Chris finished with honor ..read more

Upgrades To Implement Before You Put Your House On The Buyer’s Market Are you thinking about selling your house in the near future? Maybe you’re looking to upgrade and expand your family, and you find that a little extra space is needed. Or, maybe you’re looking to downgrade and get something a little bit smaller because the kids are grown up and out of the house. Whatever the case may be, it’s time to look at your current home and see what price point you can achieve. Prior to listing, most homeowners take a look around their house and see what minor or major projects they can complete to get ..read more

From potential neighborhoods to mortgage options, the homebuying process involves a series of pivotal decisions. Before you begin an active real estate search, establish whether to look for a starter home or a forever home. Your best option depends largely on financial factors and lifestyle preferences. 1. Financial Health While homeownership is a high-cost and long-term investment, it should not strain your finances. Evaluate your financial position to calculate what you can reasonably afford. Debt-to-income ratio: Your DTI ratio should be lower than 36% to ensure you do not overextend your ..read more

Image via Pexels Bringing home a new pet can change your life. As a new member of your family, it is your job to ensure his health and safety. If you have to downsize or move, your pet becomes a significant consideration, like any member of your family. This guide can help you downsize easily, from start to finish. Find Your Ideal Home What is your ideal home? Your vision of home should include all of the elements of your life. Think about the environment you want. Do you need a smaller space? Do you want to keep your mortgage payment under a certain amount? When you purchase a home, lenders ..read more

Interior design may be complicated and depends entirely on the tastes of those who are looking at it: but it’s a tool that can help you sell a property far faster than you’d believe. These are some of the top ways to stage a home through the tools interior design gives us so that you’ll sell faster and for more money, than you would if you left your property as-is. 1. Deep Clean Every Inch of the Interior The most important part of staging is removing reminders that you’ve lived there, and one huge reminder that anyone has lived in a property is any dirt, grime, or dust accumulated while you ..read more

Planning ahead is a great way to know what you are looking for in a home. Would you like a condo or a single-family home? How much space do you need? Are you still working from home and need an extra room/office? Would you like to live in the city or the suburbs? Would you like a gated community or an open one? Take a moment to evaluate and answer these questions with your family, this can definitely help to narrow down if you don’t know what to do, or if you have too many options. Make sure to know the state of your finances. For example, you can use a debt-to-income ratio calculator to know ..read more

Photo via Pexels More than just a quaint destination, Indianapolis is a great place to live. The city is known for its deep and rich history and an alluring downtown with flower- and tree-lined streets. Restaurants and several shops are within walking distance of downtown. And with affordable housing options abound, you should have no problem finding an ideal home within your budget. Whether you’re still hunting for a house or preparing for your move, check out the following resources from The Indy Property Source for tips on moving to this beautiful city! Choose the Right Neighborhood Indiana ..read more

One of the most important things you can do when selling your home is to make sure it has great curb appeal. Curb appeal is the physical appearance of your home from the street—it is what potential buyers see when they drive up to your house for the first time. And it can be a major factor in whether or not they decide to buy, so you want to make sure that your home looks its best when potential buyers pull up. There are a lot of different ways to increase your curb appeal, and some of them are more expensive than others. If you are looking to sell your home on a budget, here are a few things ..read more

The reality for many homeowners is that, when they want to buy a home, they need to sell the one they own first as well. One valuable option if you have the liquid cash to handle it is to stagger these two transactions, but for many people, the challenge comes when the financing of the purchase is dependent on selling the first home. While continuing to save up before moving is an option for some in order to make the transition more doable, many people simply must sell and buy at the same time. Here are some major considerations to make the process less of a headache.Analyze the Feasibility of ..read more

Supporting the Supporters: Keeping Up with Far Away Families During the pandemic, many people struggled with the physical distancing that we had to maintain for the benefit of all. The loss of that companionship and fellowship, however, must pale in comparison to the difficulties many immigrants face when they leave family behind to work in other countries around the world, to better support them. Here are some facts and tips from The Indy Property Source on the strengths and struggles of immigrants in this country. A History of Hope For hundreds of years, people have been fleeing other count ..read more