



Updating your house to get it ready for sale? I get calls several times a day from investors, flippers, and past clients looking for investment opportunities here in the Coachella Valley. Are you looking for an STVR? A potential event site? Do you have a yearning for a commercial building? No matter what type of property you may be thinking of investing in, here are a couple things to remember. Local agent, Kimberley Kelly, 760-285-3578.
While you may not be planning interior decor when it comes to fabrics and furniture, you are making crucial decisions including things such as flooring, lighting, tilework, moldings, paint colors, and all sorts of fixtures that could be anything from shower heads to cabinet pulls. The point is your work has a huge impact on the ultimate feel of the space, even before it’s been furnished and customized by the buyer. Making the right decisions could lead to a quicker sale, and turn a hesitant buyer into an enthusiastic one. A degree in design need not apply, and with that said, here are a few things to get you pointed in the right direction.
1. What style is the property? Look at the architecture, feel the vibes, don’t be mixing architectural types too much. A little eccentric is good, a messy mash up is bad. One of the first things to think about is the property itself. What style house is it? Traditional, Spanish, modern, etc.? Homes are typically built with a certain style in mind, whether it be contemporary or something more based in the history of the location such as a Spanish revival home.
2. Don’t get caught up in the most current “trend.” In the business one of the most noticeable trends is to adopt a “one size fits all” to interior design problems. This results in the grey and white interiors that have proliferated the market in recent years. A brand new remodel has unfortunately become associated with these cold, desolate interiors that ignore any identity the structure may have originally had. The last thing you want is your new investment property to end up looking like a dentist’s office.
If you are looking to buy or sell in the Coachella Valley, give a local agent an opportunity to discuss what locals and non local buyers are being drawn to. Remodeling is important, but don’t try to appeal to every different type of buyer. We are trying tog et as many “boots on the ground” as possible, not look for that one needle in a haystack.
This is a little walk tour of the back yard of an STVR that has just come on the market in Indio, CA. Offered for $3,950,000.