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real estate: Real Estate Ads - Home Style Terms and Their Meanings - 05/30/10 08:47 AM
Whether you’re buying or selling, reading real estate ads can be confusing. Here are explanations of more style terms used in real estate ads.
“Split Foyer” style A home entered by a foyer with a half flight of stairs up to the upper level (where the living spaces and one or more bedrooms are usually located) and a half flight of stairs to the lower level (typically housing the family room and additional bedrooms).
“Tri-Level” style A home with three levels. It is typically entered on the middle level and has half flights of stairs to the highest and lowest levels. … (1 comments)
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real estate: Read Those Regulations Before Making An Offer On A Property - 05/30/10 08:40 AM
In modern America, many neighborhoods are organized as developments. Such developments often have rules and regulations that can be surprisingly restrictive. Read Those Regulations Before Making An Offer On A Property Planned developments are all the rage these days in real estate.
A developer doesn’t just build a bunch of homes any more. Now, they build an image of a particular type of living style. To maintain this image, the developments come with rules and regulations that can be very overbearing. If you fail to read them thoroughly before making an offer on a home, you may be in for a … (2 comments)
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real estate: Evaluating the Offer - 05/19/10 08:25 AM
People work tirelessly to generate interest in a home they are trying to sell. Once they get an offer, however, they often are not sure how to evaluate it. Evaluating the Offer for Your Home You have read every book under the sun. You have read more internet articles than you can imagine. You have cleaned up your home, made repairs and put out your marketing. At this point, you feel like you are an expert in the process. Suddenly, you get an offer on the property. Now what?
The first thing to do is relax. Do not make the mistake … (5 comments)
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real estate: Essential 101 Starter Guide to Real Estate Investment !! - 05/01/10 09:59 AM
If you have been working for some time, you probably have accumulated some form of savings, and the first mistake we dont want to make is to let the money stay idle. There are many ways to work your money hard, and one highly recommended approach is through Real Estate Investment. TOP 4 Reasons to choose Real Estate Investment? ------------------------------------------------- 1) Good choice of property can appreciate in value over a shorter period of time, hence providing good profits when rented out or re-sold. 2) Real Estate plays a critical role in advancing towards financial freedom, through the passive and recurring … (0 comments)
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real estate: Credibility One Of The Most Over Looked Items In Real Estate - 04/20/10 07:47 AM
There are several different ways I built credibility. First of all, like it or not, people make value judgements about you before you even open your mouth. Think about it. What preconceived ideas do you have about a bag lady vs. a movie star? You get an image but the reality is you don't really know anything about them. It is in your best interest to present a well-groomed professional image and make sure your staff members comply as well. This professional image extends to the meeting location you choose, the marketing items you provide, and your presentation.
This is whether … (3 comments)
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real estate: How Much Will You Make On The Sale Of Your Property? - 03/09/10 02:12 AM
Most people look to comps in their area to come up with the listing price for their property. This is logical, but you also have to focus on the bottom line.
How Much Will You Make on The Sale of Your Property?
It happens more often than you might imagine. A homeowner decides to sell and goes about figuring the best price to sell. They may set a price off of the cuff or do research to ascertain the best price that will result in a sale within a specific time period. What many do not take into account, however, is … (0 comments)
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real estate: Build Relationships and Leads Will Follow - 03/08/10 08:57 PM
Starting out in the real estate business (or any business for that matter) can be a little anxiety inspiring. The initial stage of getting off the ground is always a challenge. There are plenty of ideas out there on how to get new business, but one of the best ways to build your business is by building on the relationships with your current customers. If you offer outstanding service and do the job right, you will get the referrals. Word of mouth is still one of the best marketing tools a business can ask for.
Always keep your seller in the … (0 comments)
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real estate: Homes For Sale - Tips To Help Make Your Home More Marketable - 03/02/10 01:15 PM
You've finally decided that you want to sell your house. Your house is on the market, and you've found a REALTOR® you can trust. Now what? The next and most obvious step is to get your home sold. To help aid in the selling of your home, I will outline some tips that I personally believe will benefit in the marketability and potential selling of your home. The goal here is to obtain that all important "stamp of approval" in which the red imprint reads: "SOLD."Usually, the first place your potential buyer is going to see, will be the front of your … (0 comments)
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real estate: How Much Is My House Worth? - 02/17/10 06:08 AM
Are you wondering "how much is my house worth?" I have two answers for you. First, if you don't really need to move, it is worth whatever you say it is. If you think, "I wouldn't sell this house for less than $300,000," then it is worth that much to you. If you need to sell it, though, what it is worth to you is irrelevant. Market value is the only relevant value once you are ready to sell. This is the value according to all the home buyers out there. They don't care what you spent renovating the house, or … (1 comments)
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real estate: How a 1031 Exchange Works - 02/17/10 06:01 AM
A section 1031 tax deferral allows an investor to sell a property, then reinvest the proceeds in a new property and defer all capital gain taxes. Specific conditions for the exchange state that it must be of “like-kind” and must take place within 45 days of the close of the sale.
To understand more about how this exchange works, consider the following example:
•If an investor has a $200,000 capital gain and incurs a tax liability of $70,000 in combined taxes when the property is sold, only $130,000 remains to reinvest in another property.
•If the investor had, for example, a … (2 comments)
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real estate: Homes For Sale – Seek Help From Realtors For Best Deals - 02/17/10 05:39 AM
If you looking out for a home and wondering upon selecting the appropriate design or price of home alternative that will suit you the best, there are now various home options available online for you to explore. Through online one can explore availability of different type of home for sale.
While some are extravagant and expensive, some others are moderately priced and yet comfortable enough. It all depends on you preferring suiting your requirements and budget. The selection of home depends upon the number of members present in a family, according to which various options that are available include single-family residential … (0 comments)
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real estate: House Selling Tips - 02/11/10 05:09 AM
There are hundreds of good house selling tips that can help you when the time comes to put that sign in the yard. Some are more important than others though. Here are three of the most important points.
1. Understand Value. Your home is not worth more because you like it, and it may not even be worth more after you spend $10,000 making it the way you like it. It is worth what others will pay. One of the worst parts of a real estate agent's job is trying to explain to a nice couple that their $45,000 in kitchen … (1 comments)
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real estate: Advice On Selling A House - 02/03/10 05:37 AM
Maybe you've read lots of advice on selling a house. But do you know the biggest mistake many people make when selling a house? Not understanding real estate value. You see, it doesn't matter what you think your home is worth. It doesn't matter what you did to make in nicer for your family. The value of your home is determined by buyers. What you enjoyed about your house may be irrelevant when it's time to sell. Think in terms of what buyers want, and use some of the following advice on selling a house.
1. Know the market. What other … (4 comments)
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real estate: Affordable Homes: Real Estate in Nation's 10 Most Cheap & Livable Metro Areas - 02/02/10 05:01 AM
The 10 most livable and most affordable real estate metro areas in the United States have a number of other favorable characteristics in common, according to a new HouseHunt “Current Real Estate Market Conditions” survey conducted by HouseHunt, Inc., a consumer-oriented Internet firm that provides free information to thousands of homeowners, home buyers and home sellers across the nation.
The survey shows median home prices range from $130,100 to $194,400 for existing homes for sale and also found:
• The majority of the 10 metro areas report balanced, good-to-active housing markets with sellers usually getting 95% or more of their asking … (1 comments)
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real estate: 3 Pitfalls to Avoid When Playing in the Real Estate Game - 01/30/10 05:48 AM
So you’ve seen your umpteenth infomercial with the guy in his neatly pressed button-upped white T-Shirt grinning ear to ear waving his rock-solid no-money-down rags-to-riches real estate investment course for 3 easy payments of a gazillion dollars (but only if you call now) and now you are thinking, "wow this looks like a great deal, I better get it fast before the special offer expires." You notice how there’s always a special offer? Anyway, I am not saying this guy isn’t telling the truth, however regardless of which course or school of thought you buy into there are several key areas … (34 comments)
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real estate: Avoid Foreclosure: An Option That Many Do Not Know About - 01/30/10 05:46 AM
Looking down the barrel of a foreclosure, if you are among one of the over 1.4 million homeowners facing this same issue, there may be a creative technique to save your home. Save your home and salvage your equity so that you can fight again. The last thing that you want to do is give your home back to the lender. If your financial hardship has left you in a position whereby you are not able to pay your mortgage payment, whatever the reason may be, then you cannot afford to live in your home.
Foreclosures are growing dilemma for many … (1 comments)
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real estate: Alternative Housing - 01/27/10 05:19 AM
Why alternative housing? To save money, to travel, to live creatively - there are many reasons why people choose to live in tents, RVs, cabins, underground homes, rental rooms and anything else that's less common than the houses, condos and apartments that most people call home. Below are some of these housing options, and their advantages. Alternative Housing That Moves Camping at a hot springs area, we sat around the campfire one night with several young men living in the desert in their old converted school bus. It cost them nothing to park it in the desert (on BLM land you … (0 comments)
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real estate: Bradenton Real Estate Reynolds Realty of Manatee - 08/28/07 06:13 AM
Reynolds Realty has been open since July 2004 with the main office in Palmetto (Manatee County). We opened a second branch office in Riverview (Hillsborough County) in October 2005. Linda Reynolds is the Broker of the company. Linda has over 30 years experience in Corporate America with a combination of Management and Computer Consulting with a vast array of computer background knowledge and education. Her past career has been customer serviced based so she fully understands the power of customer service and passes that same philosophy on to all of the agents within her company. This attribute makes us stand out above the rest, because we put YOU first. We always … (0 comments)
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