Regardless of your status as a buyer, a seller or an investor, it is important for you to have an understanding of the factors that influence the real estate market when it comes time to make a decision. Predicting the markets that will enjoy continued growth or projecting which markets are poised to bounce back…
House Hunt
If you don’t know what you want you will never find it. Take the time to clearly define your wants and needs before starting that house hunt. These lists may evolve as you look at homes that are available but at least you will have a starting point. A need is pretty simple. The wants…
Find that Perfect Home
Finding the perfect home is difficult. It seams that you always have to compromise what your dream home is when reality sinks in. If you have an ideal in mind you will pass up some good deals in the process of seeking that elusive dream. I wanted, or thought I wanted, a two story home. …
Lease Option?
If you can’t come up with the down needed for a loan a lease option to buy might work for you. The premise is that the owner leases the property to you and a portion of that lease is set aside for a down payment. If you pull out of the deal that set aside…
See Through the Real Estate Tricks to Find True Value
There are a number of longstanding tricks in real estate that sellers and agents use to make a home look more valuable to buyers. When buying a home, it is wise to have a thorough understanding of these tricks so that you can evaluate the true value of a home and ensure that you make…
Ugly House Opportunity
That ugly house in the nice area that no one wants is an opportunity waiting to happen. If it weren’t ugly it would have sold for market value. Due to the ugly appearance it is priced to sell. This is the beginning of a real fixer upper. Take time to research the area housing values and…
Buy with Contingency
In todays market it is difficult to tie up a new home purchase with a contingency. The idea is that you commit to purchase the new home at an agreed upon price contingent on you existing home selling for a specific price. Sellers are reluctant to take their home off the market while you attempt…
Give Me Land
Land has been a good investment since I can remember. If land was not developed the idea was to buy low and sell high. If the land had little use the challenge would be to sell the idea of a use. It takes imagination to see the land as it could be and conveying it…
What Makes A Home?
What makes a house a home? Is it the love that you put into it the style or the personality that is what makes or brakes a home. Are you starting with the first house or the last house that you buy. Are you buying for more income and not keeping it to live in…
House Rehab Ideas
My husband says Pinterest the ruined of many a good husband. Because of the internet the wife’s can surf the web for House Rehab Ideas and there goes there weekend golfing or fishing because hear we go. House Rehab Ideas come left and right remold this paint that. The how to do and how to…