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Steve Nicastro Content Team Lead

Steve Nicastro is a Content Team Lead at Clever Real Estate, where he uses his real-world experience as a real estate agent and investor to help home buyers and sellers make better real estate decisions. He’s an authority on finding a realtor, rent to own homes, and preparing to sell a house.

Before joining Clever, Steve worked full time as a real estate agent in South Carolina. He closed more than $6 million in volume and had the opportunity to work closely with some of the top-producing realtors in the Charleston area. He remains an active real estate investor in the Carolinas.

Steve also has extensive experience as a writer and editor. He spent six years as a Staff Writer at NerdWallet, and his work has been published in the Associated Press, MarketWatch, and USA Today.

Expertise

  • Finding a realtor
  • Home selling
  • Home value estimates
  • Real estate investing
  • Rent to own homes

Education

  • B.A. Journalism — Quinnipiac University

Steve Nicastro's Articles

  1. Written
  2. Edited

  • Is Zillow’s Home Value Estimator Accurate? The Truth Revealed

    Zillow accuracy rate | How does it work? | Pros and cons | Zestimate vs. CMA | How it compares Zillow's automated valuation model (AVM) provides users with a home's fair market value based on public and user-submitted data. The company publishes Zestimates for more than 100 million homes nationwide.  Its website claims it uses state-of-the-art [...]

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    Pre-Listing Appraisal: Should I Get One Before Selling?

    What is a pre-listing appraisal? | Who it works best for | Other home value options | How appraisals work | Next steps A pre-listing appraisal or pre-appraisal is a professional home value estimate a seller gets before listing a home for sale to set a fair price.  In most cases, a pre-listing appraisal isn't worth the [...]

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    Cost to Sell a House in Massachusetts: Seller Closing Costs Revealed

    Cost to sell in Massachusetts | Realtor fees | Seller closing costs | How to save | Closing cost calculator | FAQs The average cost to sell a house in Massachusetts is 5.54% of a home's final sale price, which includes realtor fees (4.85% of the sale price) and seller closing costs (0.7%). Massachusetts home sellers pay [...]