September is here, and it's bringing that familiar shift back into routines. This month we're sharing a few home features that tend to fly under the radar until you're actually living with them, along with some ahas from a recent coaching session we had. We've also put together a fall maintenance checklist to help you get ahead of the upcoming season.

 

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Whether you're selling your current home, searching for your next one, or doing both at once, it's easy to focus on the features that come to mind first. Open floor plans, ample storage space, beautiful entertaining areas, and a prime location are usually at the top of everyone's list. 

There's a second category of features, though, that often don’t get fully appreciated or even thought about until you're living with them. These things, we hear time and time again, often become the features homeowners love most once they've moved in. 

Here are a few examples that are starting to top the lists of features that were originally overlooked:

If you're planning on selling and your home has spaces like these, let's make sure they're highlighted through staging and marketing. Do you have other features in your home that you've come to love? Share them with me so we can capture the uniqueness of your home and make sure it comes through to buyers.

If you're buying, keep in mind that no home checks every single box. The features above are the ones buyers overlook most often, and they can end up mattering more than several items higher up on your list. Let's go through your wants and needs together and build a plan to find your perfect next home.

Your personal development and mindset have a lot to do with how you feel and operate day to day. Each month, our company, PLACE, brings in Brendon Burchard, a New York Times bestselling author and the person Forbes has called the world's top high-performance coach. His sessions apply to just about anyone, and August's session left us with some ahas we wanted to pass along.

August's session was titled Your Past is Not Your Future. Brendon shared that most people never give themselves credit for the wins they've had. If you never integrate your past wins into who you are, you move through life like a ghost, disconnected from your own success and unsure of what you're actually capable of. However, if you take the time to internalize your wins, you show up as a warrior instead, grounded in evidence of what you've already survived and accomplished. 

There's a big difference between celebrating a win and integrating it. Treating yourself to a gift or celebrating a win with loved ones feels good in the moment, but it doesn't teach you anything. Integration means going back afterward and identifying exactly what you did that made it happen, so you can repeat it on purpose rather than hope it happens again.

If you've made it this far, through everything you've navigated in your life, you've already proven you're capable. The only question left is what you choose to do with that.

If you need a recommendation for a trusted local vendor to help with any of these, whether it's an HVAC technician, a chimney sweep, or someone to handle the gutters, just reach out. We're always happy to connect you to vendors who have done a good job in the past.