The Holz Group is officially hiring! Are you our next real estate superstar? Do you know someone who fits the following description? Someone who wants to be the best in class and is always striving for excellence with a track record of results and achievement. Someone who has a servant leader’s heart and is committed to creating a five-star service experience. Someone who loves working with a team and linking arms with other top-producing people to achieve big results.  Those are all the qualities we’re looking for in our team members, and I’m excited to let you know that we’re hiring!&n ..read more

These are the two main ways you can sell your home as fast as possible.  Do you need to sell your home ASAP? There are plenty of reasons why a homeowner might need to sell their home immediately, whether they changed jobs, need their equity, or just want to skip the hassle of a sale. Whatever your reason is, what can you do to spend as little time selling your house as possible?  Home sellers who need to move quickly have two main options: using an all-cash offer program or listing with an agent who knows how to sell fast.  All-cash offer programs have no strings attached; they ..read more

You can reach out to our experts for free real estate advice. Would you benefit from a free strategy session about today’s real estate market? We believe you would! That’s why we’re offering you a complimentary, no-obligation conversation to assess your goals and questions about today’s real estate market.  During a time when there’s so much uncertainty, we have received a lot of questions and sensed that there’s a lot of hesitancy about the market. We want to take this opportunity to make sure you know that we only get paid when the home closes or we make a sale. That means our advice i ..read more

Should you sell your primary residence or turn it into a rental property?  Should you sell your home or rent your home in today’s market? We want to make sure that you feel confident about your decision on what you want to do with your property equity. At the end of the day, you’re deciding on whether you want to cash out your equity or use it as cash flow. There are two different strategies when deciding between selling a property or renting it. Selling it means you want to capitalize on today’s market values. We are still seeing peak pricing and home values are still 7 to 8% higher tha ..read more

How to calculate the amount of money you’ll keep after your home sale. How much do you actually keep in your pocket after selling your home? Calculating your net proceeds is more than just subtracting your mortgage balance from your value or sales price. There’s a formula to it, and today I’ll share three steps you have to take so you know exactly what you could net from the sale of your home: Go to our website at HoltzGroup.com, and use our easy and quick home valuation tool. While you may not get an exact number for today’s market buyers, it does give you a rough estimate of what you can e ..read more

How to calculate the amount of money you’ll keep after your home sale. How much do you actually keep in your pocket after selling your home? Calculating your net proceeds is more than just subtracting your mortgage balance from your value or sales price. There’s a formula to it, and today I’ll share three steps you have to take so you know exactly what you could net from the sale of your home: Go to our website at HoltzGroup.com, and use our easy and quick home valuation tool. While you may not get an exact number for today’s market buyers, it does give you a rough estimate of what you can e ..read more

How you can work today to come out on top in the upcoming spring market. First off, I want to say happy holidays! Secondly, did you know that the holiday season is when people start preparing for the spring market? I know it can be hard to grasp, as the two seasons don’t normally go together. One is about family and celebrating, and one is about being strategic as the weather warms up. However, the spring market starts in early February, usually around the Super Bowl, so it’s important to start preparing now.  All of the sellers and buyers who want a competitive advantage are getting sta ..read more

How you can work today to come out on top in the upcoming spring market. First off, I want to say happy holidays! Secondly, did you know that the holiday season is when people start preparing for the spring market? I know it can be hard to grasp, as the two seasons don’t normally go together. One is about family and celebrating, and one is about being strategic as the weather warms up. However, the spring market starts in early February, usually around the Super Bowl, so it’s important to start preparing now.  All of the sellers and buyers who want a competitive advantage are getting sta ..read more

Our upcoming strategy session will cover everything you need to know. Today, we are excited to invite you to our upcoming event! We are having a strategy session where we’ll talk about forecasting the 2023 market. We would love for you to join us on Tuesday, December 13, at River Siren Brewing, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. This event will be a great way to get educated, learn the facts, and understand what’s driving the market as a whole for the upcoming year. This will help make your decisions educated and informed.  Also, we will be joined by Mike Swenson, the president of St. Croix Home Loans ..read more

Here’s how buyers can lower their monthly payments with a buydown. How can you lower your interest rate and monthly payment? It may be hard to believe, but there’s actually an easy solution: an interest rate buydown. How does this program work?  First, there are a few types of buydowns. Some are for the entire life of the loan, while 2-1 buydowns only affect the first couple of years of a loan. Whichever option you choose, a buydown is essentially an upfront fee you pay to lower your interest rate and monthly payment.  Due to our changing market environment, you might be able to neg ..read more