If Only I Had Sold "X" Months Ago-
A home is unique in that it is both an investment and an abode where you can raise a family. When it comes time to sell, it is important to focus on the current situation, not the past.
The first half of this decade saw a sellers market unlike any in recorded history. There were a [...]
Hiring Family & Friends
The real estate industry is an extremely competitive business. Its difficult enough competing against other professionals. But, it is further complicated by the fact that obtaining a real estate license is relatively easy. It takes about 70 hours of class work and passing one or two exams. If I were king [...]
Provide Buyer Information Booklets To Improve Customer Loyalty
Many people who are buying a home do not understand the process as well as they should in order to make informed decisions about what could be the largest financial decision they will ever make. It is your job to protect their interests, but you would be doing your clients a great service as well [...]
Writing An Offer To Purchase Real Estate
Just found the home of your dreams and want to purchase it? Its time then to write an offer to purchase a real estate property. The process needs careful study, research and should not be made in a rush. Remember that your purchase offer is critical in negotiating a sales contract with the seller.
The purchase [...]
Sell First, and Then Buy?
It can be difficult to figure out whether to sell your home first before you buy or vice versa. If you sell first and havent found your new home yet, where are you going to live? But if you buy first without selling how can you afford to cover the cost of owning two homes [...]
Hiring a Real Estate Agent - 5 Things You May Not Have Thought of
1. What type of schedule does the real agent agent have? Do they work part time or full time? Are they available on weekends? Will they personally work your open house? If your potential real estate agent is going on a month long cruise when you house goes on the market will they be [...]
Sarasota Housing Market: Capture the Right Price in a Decelerating Market
Reports across Sarasota and around the country indicate that the housing market is no longer increasing in value at the rates benefited from the past few years. As a matter of fact, the National Association of Realtors or NAR describes that the nationwide existing home prices in August 2006 were actually less by about 1.7 [...]
Curb Appeal - Selling Your Home Is Easier if it Has Curb Appeal
If you are trying to sell your home you will want to try to see it from your prospective buyers point of view. Whether you have lived in your home for a year or two or for over twenty years you see it from a different angle than anyone else would. There are small things [...]