Why Sell Your House to an Investor?
When talking to people who are trying to sell their house I’m often asked the question, “Why should I sell my house to you? ... of possible creative solutions to meet sellers’ needs that your average home buyer wouldn’t think of. 3. I’ ... that have fire damage, termites, mold, foundation problems [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 12:59:44
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Lawsuit Targets Banks With Novel Tactic
Some Cleveland neighborhoods have a message for banks that abandon their foreclosed houses or unload them at fire sale prices to speculators: ... . The suit seeks to force the banks to either fix up their foreclosed houses before selling them ... from selling 36 foreclosed houses for at least two weeks. A ruling on whether to make that decision [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 08:11:08
They’re Not Popping Like They Use To
A report from Florida Today. “In today’s tough housing market, sometimes it takes some creative thinking to sell your house. Scott Bernard is having a picture-coloring contest and giving away his house in Sebastian ... , like many people who bought homes before the housing market soured, said he could not sell his house [more...]
Date: 2008-08-28 14:54:39
Peter Please Answer - Will I Ever Sell My House?
The current recession is causing a lot of people to ask Peter Answers, “Will I ever sell my house? ... houses on the market then you may need to do some upgrades to offer a better comparable. Remodeling ... return on investment. So too adding a bedroom if needed. You can go fancy if it fits your neighborhood [more...]
Date: 2009-01-01 06:15:17
What is a reverse mortgage?? Do I want it?
by Doc Schmyz If you have not already heard the term reverse mortgage, it sounds like a strange thing ... or are they legitimate?Is it really possible to sell your house back to the bank and still retain the deed ... essentially sells his or her house to the bank, in return for receiving periodic mortgage payments [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 13:53:20
Selling Memphis Home
by W. Kim It does not matter whether you are trying to sell a house in Cleveland, Pittsburgh, ... sell a lot quicker and easier. Mistake 1 - You may not realize it but your house could be full ... that thoroughly clean your house throughout. If you think just spraying the rooms with air freshener [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 00:15:01
Is a reverse mortgage a good thing??
by Doc Schmyz If you have already heard the term reverse mortgage, it still sounds a little odd ... or are they legitimate?Is it really possible to sell your house back to the bank and still retain the deed ... of their home. The senior citizen homeowner “sells” his or her house to the bank, in return for receiving [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 22:24:09
What is a reverse mortgage?? Do I want it?
by Doc Schmyz If you have already heard the term reverse mortgage, it still sounds like a strange thing ... or are they legitimate?Is it really possible to sell your house back to the bank and still retain the deed ... performed through a bank or broker. The senior citizen homeowner essentially sells his or her house [more...]
Date: 2009-01-10 00:52:47
Still Waiting For The Sonic Boom
The St Petersburg Times reports from Florida. “Gov ... to $93,336.” “‘It’s great,’ said John Scharch. ‘But until I sell my other house, I’m not saving anything. I’ve had three people look at it and they really like it, but they say, ‘I have to sell my house [more...]
Date: 2008-06-23 14:16:01
A Busy Year Ahead
It’s a new year, and it looks like it’s going to be a busy one here in the Carter household ... of agonizing, we decided to do a major remodel of our current house rather than move. We love ... of selling our house and moving into a new one — plus the crummy real estate market makes that prospect iffy [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 07:00:00
The pain in Spain …
The pain in Spain … … isn’t hard to explain. Spain was basically Florida, with a housing bubble inflated by both resident and holiday purchases, ... — hence the country’s declining credit rating. Second, the United States has a more or less ... prospects. (The housing bust has, however, reduced mobility because people can’t sell their houses.) [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 21:22:35
Sell Home Fast - Preparing a House for Sale
“Preparing a House for Sale” From the home inspector’s point of view there is always a VERY different approach to the meaning of this title phrase than from the seller’s position. And for a very simple reason – “we” (the property owners) tend to forget about areas in our homes that don’t (at least not immediately) impact our daily routines [more...]
Date: 2008-09-15 02:50:43
The Newest Cottage Industry
Buyers Snap Up Small Homes; 1,000 Square Feet for $599,950 By SARA LIN July 18, 2008 WSJ Kirkland, Wash. Peter Moon's family of six snuggles into bench seats for dinners together. Their house is 1,100 ... persuaded his parents to sell their 2,000-square-foot house on New York's Long Island and retire [more...]
Date: 2008-07-18 12:41:00
Home Improvement Ideas: Landscaping
by Alix Montoya There is no better way to enhance your home’s appearance than by properly landscaping the front yard ... ll be surprised at how your house’s value sky rockets with a properly kept yard. Studies reveal ... . If you are planning to sell your house, you are going to need to make an impression on your buyers as soon [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 08:42:47
Assessing Your Debt Situation (7)
Advantages of Home Equity Loans and Credit Lines You can borrow a fixed amount of money and repay it in equal monthly installments for a set period ... or periodic payment. If you are unable to pay, you may have to sell your house, or even worse, face the possibility of foreclosure (the lender forcing a sale of your house to pay off what you owe [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 05:07:22
5 tips to get out of foreclosure
by Doc Schmyz Your house is the last thing that you want to loose ... by selling the house or repossessing it. Often the lenders lead their borrowers to believe that they don’ ... their house off the auction block. The following are a few ideas to help [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 18:48:36
Eliminate distractions when home staging
When decorating a house to sell, it’s important to eliminate distractions, but how far past the line between “lived in” and “deserted” should you go? Decorating to sell, otherwise known as home staging, and decorating to live are two entirely different things. This dining room in a Victorian-era home is filled with the owner’s treasured items [more...]
Date: 2008-11-21 13:00:25
IOUSA - explaining the national debt
In August, I was invited to the premier of the scariest movie ever - about our national economy. Sounds boring, doesn't it? ... to downsize by selling our house, had finally given it up and moved to a rental. I have found ... of life in America as we've known it. Now this movie is more relevant than ever. And in addition [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 17:36:05
Meet the Investor: Interview with Real Estate Investor, Rich Weese
Its been a while since we did one of our Meet the Investor interviews . . . I hope we’ll get to post these more regularly! ... and kept finding properties to show my wife and I. My friend tried to sell us a house, but we were living in an apt for $110 per month. Any house was out of our range. Eventually, he found a duplex [more...]
Date: 2008-12-15 19:35:48
Friday Links - 12-11-08
Copyright RealCentralVA.com, LLC. If you are not reading this at RealCentralVA.com the site you see is likely stealing content ... that you get to sign up for only if you think it will make selling houses easier. It should be code. For years, developers have been gobbling open space, silting streams, causing erosion and building cheap [more...]
Date: 2008-12-11 13:32:12
Value Shopping Doesn’t Mean Buying Cheap - A Cultural Shift To Quality
Read more of this story » Do you sell nothing but LEED certified houses? Do you work flexible hours and have incredible freedom? ... , the third largest lobbyist organization in the country (in terms of spending since 1989), tends ... classes from PG&E to learn how to help homeowners go green, a service he plans to offer to customers [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 21:39:29
Curbly Recession Busters: Getting Buyers Through The Door
I'm absolutely not a real estate expert, but I am something that seems far rarer these days. I'm a first time buyer. If you've got a house to sell in an increasingly stagnant market here are a few cheap or free ... . I know that you know this but it really can't be stated strongly enough. As buyers our first view of most houses [more...]
Date: 2008-10-23 21:24:55
to market.
We're selling our house. I cannot breathe under the weight of this debt. Neither can Caleb. Jack will adjust. We'll be spending all of our time and energy on finishing the painting and other little tidbits, plus refinishing the bathtub and retiling around it + installing a showerhead ( [more...]
Date: 2008-09-09 19:15:46
A two part post: Year in Recap/Mid Century Modern, Cliff May and Me
Whew...what a year! And what a day is today!I hope to later insert links to some of the events that are mentioned in this recap.. ... , and immediately begin to look for work closer to our families. Our house gets prepped for selling; life ... have worked a little harder on that though!)July: We both find jobs in...Salt Lake City! PTL! We put the house [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 02:50:00
Thinkers Meme
If your doctor told you TODAY that you were pregnant, what would you say? This question confuses me ... as Designed to Sell and other shows about houses. What are your plans for the weekend? Sunday dinner at my parents’ house, Thanksgiving style. I hope there is pumpkin pie. If your significant other [more...]
Date: 2008-11-21 19:01:21
Property Mangement Companies - What to look for
property-management-companies We haven’t fully given up selling our house, but we’ve entered into a contract with a property management company. Our old house is for sale and for rent at the same time. The really good news ... that take care of “land lording” and marketing your rental house for you. They do this in exchange [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 12:02:41
The Competition Is Based On Price And It’s Vicious!
It’s Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. “Looking to buy a house in Culpeper? There are plenty to choose from, and they’re going cheap. Looking to sell a house in Culpeper? Lots of other homeowners are as well, values have plummeted and foreclosures are at an all-time high [more...]
Date: 2008-07-25 18:14:50
Why Should You Use a Real Estate Agent?
Real estate transactions are complicated and can be costly if completed incorrectly ... with a reputable real estate agent that you trust can be the deciding factor in whether your house selling ... , writing and placing ads in various media, printing and distributing brochures and showing your house [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 03:09:05
Giving the Roost a Boost
Wall Street Journal Sunday editor David Crook writes: With the housing market meltdown, more and more house-poor home owners who can’t sell and move are likely to look to remodeling ... improvements make good investments. Indeed, Remodeling magazine’s most recent 2008-2009 “Cost vs. Value [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 16:16:51
Don’t buy a house that you like
One of the most important questions people are asking themselves these days when buying a house is, “Will I lose money if I have to sell it? ... . Of course some people will still be buying houses, regardless. For those people who are buying a house ... be something you can correct with landscaping. Bright gold switchplates changed out is simple, cheap [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 21:57:31
Learn Now Necessary Knowledge - Loans and Borrowing
If you listen to the TV and radio advertisements you would think you can and should borrow money for just about anything ... are a house and a car. These are both large-ticket items that most people could not afford to pay ... on a loan like this means that the bank or other lender could repossess the house and then re-sell [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 05:42:47
To Buy or Rent - Not Just an Emotional Decision
Here’s an interesting piece that ran in the Seattle Times today: To rent or to buy? ... Anyone who plans to live in their house for five years or more would still be safe to buy, according ... The story of two couples The decision to sell their house and go back to renting has meant [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 22:42:23
It Was Getting Like California
The East Valley Tribune reports from Arizona. “The mortgage crisis is emptying out East Sierrita Road ... there was a bundle of houses selling for around $200,000 down south on Hunt Highway. Dora and Tony liked ... , Dora said she saw nearby houses going for $170,000. Then $150,000. Property records show the houses [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 15:18:09
American girl victim
While most American Girl dolls live in an interesting historical era, the 2009 model, Chrissa, ... and living as an orphan during the Victorian period. The dolls, along with the books that come with them ... to my niece at my address, I got all the catalogs for 10 years. I had to sell my house and move away [more...]
Date: 2008-12-20 20:17:45
Hiring Home Remodeling Contractor Wise Or Not?
Current housing slump affects the value of your real estate property. The rise in mortgage interest did not help either. What to do with it? ... you have for a change are to either sell the house and buy a new one, or a better option which is to remodel [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 08:00:26
French Country Furniture & Kate Madison
I had insomnia and was up until 3 a.m. wondering what I could do relatively inexpensively to spruce up our kitchen to maybe help sell our house. I was online searching for remodeling or refinishing kitchen islands and I found Kate [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 03:18:27
Summerwood Tiny Cabins
Canmore Cabin Canmore Cabin By Christina Nellemann Summerwood Products in Toronto, Canada has a fantastic website that is very detailed, ... 31, 2008, they are offering free plans. The buyer can customize their own cabin on the website ... and provides some excellent foder for the tiny house enthusiast. Summerwood sells finely crafted [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 15:00:51
Incorporating your Foreclosure Investments and DIY Real Estate Forms
You can save a lot of money by selling your home yourself (for sale by owner) or buying a home without the aid of a real estate agent. Here in NJ, real estate agent commissions are usually negotiated to around 4-6%. If you're selling a house priced at $450,000 that's $22,500 which is not an insignificant amount of money, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 12:24:09
Silver And Gold
With all this recession talk and tales of doom and gloom you rarely hear anyone say that maybe everyone is getting exactly what they deserve ... a house until recently. I was going to sell my CRH shares and add the proceeds to my SSIA and contemplate using the total to fund a home purchase as I was wavering in my conviction about how far house [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 15:49:00
Auction Reporting Turns Ugly
Editor at Large of Art+Auction, Judd Tully, wrote something in response to the paltry performance at Christie's last night that truly surprised me: ... the auction houses' entire appeal? (It can't be the cramped cheap seating.) So someone ... that the frenzy that preceded this slow down was the auction houses' birthright, nor that of folks selling [more...]
Date: 2008-11-06 12:51:00
American people are selfish
By Chant Mayer I LIVE in Glendale, Arizona, USA. I am a 36 year old female, married and have a 10 year old house in the suburbs of a multi-million dollar area. Of course ... of only 5k and a few dogs to feed. It is not even remotely possible to sell a house in the market [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 21:47:42
GM sells off “collectables” to pay bills
Business Week: General Motors is cleaning out the attic to sell some stuff at the auction house to raise some much needed cash ... in West Palm Beach, Fla. Don’t think that GM is parting with the family jewels to pay the mortgage ... , and transport each vehicle. And with GM designs getting better and better under Lutz and Welburn, the company [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 00:05:30
Rocketships, change and adaptation in the West
Jimmy Descant is a visual artist living in Salida. His work has been collected by Matt Groening, among others coast to coast and across the pond ... . We found an artist here who was selling her house and jumped on the opportunity. Our first day here [more...]
Date: 2009-01-10 01:18:43
Things to Consider Before You Sell
If you’re ready to put your house on the market, you know what you’d like to price it at and how to advertise, ... , give it a little oil and the home will seem newer. Invest in a carpet steam cleaner ... in a while, hose them off along with the home exterior. If you have a pool, it should be clean [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 12:40:04
Tasmanian Racing’s New Dawn Contingent On TOTE Tasmania Sale
Australian Racing Greyhound has been following the Tasmanian industry reforms closely due to our have first hand experience of the naivety and narrow ... are concerned with the Minister’s short term plan and question the long term viablity of Tasmanian ... to examine that decision to sell TOTE Tasmania. The committee’s chairman, Upper House member Greg [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 22:14:58
Ross Bleckner Selling Truman Capote's House
SELLER: Ross BlecknerLOCATION: Daniel's Lane, Sagaponack, NYPRICE: $14,800,00SIZE: 4 acres, 2,000 square feet, plus outbuildingsDESCRIPTION: ... modern home tastefully appointed and has plan and permits to expand. Guest house is ideally situated ... the home of Truman Capote, this property has an ocean view main house, legal 2 bedroom guest house [more...]
Date: 2008-10-17 17:53:00
The ATM Known As Your House Has Shut Down
The Missoulian reports from Montana. “The Missoula Symphony Orchestra is not in the business of selling houses ... has really hit home in Missoula. ‘Right now, we seem to be doing fine,’ said Murphy. ‘Who knows,’ [more...]
Date: 2008-11-30 18:10:53
Ed McMahon's Formula For Not Losing Your House: Avoid Profligacy, Divorces, Debts
Ed McMahon's formula for avoiding foreclosure: Don't get divorced a few times, don't borrow $4 ... in a settlement in 2001 after toxic mold killed his dog. But he's still broke. On Larry King the other ... McMahon owes $4.8 million on his Beverly Hills house, which he's had trouble selling in part because [more...]
Date: 2008-06-08 20:44:00
Carlsbad December Sales
Robert asked about houses selling without being on the MLS. Last month there were 79 sales of SFRs in Carlsbad: New tract houses: 11 MLS resales: 63 ... . The buyer told me that it had extensive water/mold damage, and he planned to spend $250,000 [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 19:08:08
Sell Your Home Fast - Preparing a House For Sale
From the home inspector’s point of view there is always a VERY different approach to the meaning of this title phrase than from the seller’s ... the sellers didn’t check the attic and crawlspace area, heavily contaminated with black mold. Don’ [more...]
Date: 2008-09-26 02:40:17
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