Surgical pricing, spotless condition, staging that tapped into buyer fantasies and maximizing the appeal of complex amenities by cleaning them up ourselves and photographing them strategically all helped us get this otherwise dark, ground-floor unit with mostly original finishes sold in record time, with multiple offers. We listed at $415,000 based on other area sales. 5 offers resulted in a sale at $460,000, or 11% over asking.

Here were our marketing remarks:

Welcome to the Peaceful Hide-Out: your quiet refuge just three blocks from Trader Joe's, Whole Foods, Totem Lake Village shops and more.

While this perfect-condition unit ticks plenty of boxes (covered parking, laundry, 2 bedrooms, deck, etc.), sometimes it's the intangibles that make a home the right one. And this is the perfect private place to rest in comfort, dream & have a few friends over when you feel like it.

What's new? Fresh paint, carpets, a full-size washer/dryer set...even the water heater. And what's not new is so lovingly maintained it may as well be. This is a one-owner unit that has never been a rental. It shows.

Want flexibility for the future? Pets and rentals are allowed. Want a few amenities? Enjoy the pool, hot tub, club house and exercise room.

But most of all, revel in this amazing location, so close to the action and easy freeway access, yet tucked into a clean, calm enclave ringed with mature evergreens.