Is YOUR name synonymous with anything in particular? Can you change that? Posted By : Jason Crouch
Is YOUR name synonymous with anything in particular? Can you change that? Posted By : Jason Crouch
We have a LOT of gadgets around our house: DVRs, multiple video game systems, PDAs, digital cameras, five computers (two desktops, three notebooks), three flat-panel LCD TV’s, and so on. I was just looking at my Netflix list a few minutes ago, and I realized that there are a litany of new words in our national lexicon that didn’t even exist ten years ago.
Getting it Right about San Diego Foreclosures Posted By : Phoenix Delray
This articles give tips for foreclosures.
Slow And Steady Wins The Atlanta Real Estate Race Posted By : Julian Bryce
Atlanta real estate has a reputation that stretches a significant way round the world for having one of the most successful and predictable housing markets anywhere.
The Care and Feeding of the Clients From Hell Posted By : Kevin Bilberry
I’m sure that every real estate agent has had one or two of these. If you haven’t, you will. The Clients from Hell, to whom your fee for doing most of the work of finding them a home means that you suddenly have no life except for them and get very, very Irate at the suggestion that you are not on call 24/7. What’s an agent to do with people like this? Sure you have to stay in business and not everyone is going to have a perfect client-agent relationship with you, but is it worth it to keep thes
The Advantages of Using a Land Trust Posted By : Omar Johnson
This article defines what land trusts are and how to use to them to your advantage.
How-To Create An Instant Property Buzz Posted By : Damian Lanfranchi
Let’s say you find motivated sellers, you get a great real estate deal… what happens next? Now you need to turn your property into profit by selling it.You’re about to learn a special strategy of mine to sell properties faster. Best of all it’s fast and free. Get ready to create an Instant Property Buzz!
Selling Your Own Home In A Tough Real Estate Market - Five Tips
If you are in a tough real estate market and are looking to sell your home quickly, you might want to consider doing a For Sale By Owner. My wife and I recently bought a new house and after trying unsuccessfully to sell our existing house through a real estate agent for several months decided to try For Sale by Owner. We found a buyer within four days and closed on the house three weeks later. However, through our experience we discovered a few things. Here are a few tips if you are considering a FSBO in a less than ideal real estate market. 1. Consider paying to have your home placed in the MLS. There are several companies out there that will do this for a few hundred dollars. With sales down, real estate agents are desperate to earn a commission. By putting the house in the MLS you are agreeing that if an agent brings a buyer to you that you will pay the agent their part of the commission (you still save the listing agents commission). If you can sell the house on your own with no agent then you won’t have to pay an agent. However, in a tough market you want as many possible eyes on your property as possible. 2. Get the word out to as many places as possible about your house. One of the best places to do this is on the internet. There are dozens of free websites that will allow you to post your house for free. Consider starting with craigslist since it has so much traffic and then spread out to the other sites on the net. It will probably take you an entire evening to get the house posted on all the sites and you will want to keep a spreadsheet with your usernames and passwords so that you can go back later and remove the listing once the house sells. 3. Design a professional looking flyer and put out for sale by owner signs and a flyer box. If you aren’t the artistic type and don’t know that much about designing things like flyers consider a site like vflyer which will give you templates for designing a flyer. Take some good pictures of the house with your digital camera and put them on the flyer. If you use Vflyer or a program like it you can probably use the same template to post the house to craigslist and ebay (if you decide to pay for a listing). 4. Be creative. When we put our house on the market we ordered an eight foot full color printed banner to put on our fence. Our house backed to a major street and we were able to get some major exposure from the banner. I have heard of people offering free vacations, big screen tvs, cash bonus’ to the listing agent and even a free car. I have also heard of people giving away a cool prize at their open house. These things can help get your house noticed which is the first step to getting it sold. 5. Make sure that your price is competitive. Consider using the money that you are saving on real estate commissions to cut the price of your house so that it is more competitive. In tough markets it is going to be very important that your house isn’t priced too high or people will find another option. In our area there were a ton of houses on the market and most of the houses that were selling were 5% or more undervalued. If that is what it takes you might need to swallow hard and cut the price of your house. Of course all of these things are just suggestions. Still, when things get tough and you need to sell your house these could be an option for you. They worked for us.
Jeff McRitchie is the director of marketing for MyBinding.com and lives in Hillsboro, Oregon. He writes extensively on topics related to Binding Machines, Binding Supplies, Report Covers, Binders, Index Tabs, Laminators, Laminating Pouches, Roll Film, Shredders, and Paper Handling Equipment.
A house for sale in Phuket, Thailand Posted By : Clint Jhonson
Where is the perfect place to find a house for sale? Are you currently looking for house rentals? The Internet has become a very important resource, allowing prospective homebuyers and investors to discover plenty of opportunities. Thailand presents a promising real estate market, with prices being more than appealing.
Business Personal Property Valuation Posted By : Patrick O Connor
Business personal property (BPP) can be challenging to value because of the limited quantity of data available and primary reliance upon the sales comparison approach. Relatively speaking, a voluminous quantity of data is available when valuing real estate as opposed to valuing business personal property.
