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metrowest ma real estate tips: Why Your Metrowest Massachusetts Home Expired - 01/29/09 11:08 AM
As a Realtor you are able to get on the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) everyday and see countless homes that have "expired".
The number one reason why any home expires and does not sell is because of an improper price. Unfortunately, this is the hardest obstacle in Real Estate to overcome.
In today's challenging Real Estate market, the price that is set on your home can be more than 75% of the marketing. What do I mean by that? Simply, if you come on the market at the wrong price, the best Realtor in the country with the most sophisticated marketing … (82 comments)
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metrowest ma real estate tips: Bill Gassett's Real Estate Articles Worth Reading - 01/26/09 07:10 AM
The following Real Estate articles cover a variety of topics including short sales, loan modifications, deed in lieu of foreclosure, USDA Loans, tips on selling your home, tax deductions, internet and social marketing, plus many others.
I hope a few of them you may find useful for your particular circumstances. Hopefully some of the articles may teach you a good tip that you may not have thought about or even cause you to think differently.
Working as a Metrowest Massachusetts Realtor for the last twenty three years I have learned quite a bit. Real Estate is a field where you can … (53 comments)
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metrowest ma real estate tips: Metrowest MA Homeowners...Get your Homestead protection! - 07/20/07 11:27 AM
The Massachusetts homestead protection act is one of the biggest no brainers for any homeowner in Massachusetts to take advantage off. The Homestead law for Massachusetts was changed in 2010 and is completely summarized in the link above. The protection was extended to more than the summary items below.
Quite simply, an estate of homestead is protection for a persons residence. The declaration of homestead protects your equity in your home for up to $500,000 in the event you are sued. In other words, if you are sued, $500,000 of your equity could not be touched by an attachment and subsequent levy … (0 comments)
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metrowest ma real estate tips: Hopkinton MA Home Sellers...reminder that you a required to have carbon monoxide detectors when selling your home! - 07/18/07 12:26 PM
SELLING A HOME IN HOPKINTON MA OR OTHER METROWEST TOWN?
As a top Realtor, one of my 1st priorities in establishing a relationship with a perspective seller client is to inform them of any new real estate laws that have gone into effect since the last time they sold a home. One of the newest laws to come into effect has been the requirement of all Massachusetts home sellers to install carbon monoxide detectors.
The law took effect in March of 2006 and is often referred to as "Nicole's Law" in memory of a seven year old girl named Nicole Garofalo who died after a … (0 comments)
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metrowest ma real estate tips: Metrowest MA Buyers and Sellers...Don't put your SS# on the P&S agreement! - 07/18/07 09:33 AM
In the standard Greater Boston Real Estate Board purchase and sale agreement the signing page includes a spot where the buyer and seller can put their respective social security numbers. There is no requirement for the buyer or seller to include this information. This is something you absolutely should not do!
The purchase and sale agreement is floated around all over the place. It goes to the bank, the appraiser, the real estate companies, attorneys, and various others. It goes without saying that there should be no trust issues with any one of these particular groups. The problem lies in the fact … (2 comments)
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metrowest ma real estate tips: Selling a home in Metrowest MA...Don't waste your time with contingent sales and even 1st right of Refusal! - 07/17/07 07:46 AM
The thought of ever recommending a seller client accept an offer contingent upon the sale of another property is just down right foolish. I don't care what kind of market it is either...seller's, buyer's, or neutral - it makes no difference. It doesn't matter if the offer is full price either. An offer contingent on another property selling means one thing - YOU LOSE CONTROL OF THE PROCESS!! With no guarantees of anything.
How do you know that the contingent home is priced properly? What if it isn't and the seller does not reduce the price? Are you beginning to see the picture clearly here? When … (6 comments)
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metrowest ma real estate tips: ATTENTION HOPKINTON MA HOME SELLER'S - Don't Get Sued because of Bedroom Misrepresentation! - 07/08/07 11:33 AM
According to errors and omission insurance for Massachusetts Realtors, one of the areas that has drawn the most recent litigation is the misrepresentation of bedrooms when the home is serviced by a septic system.Septic systems are rated according their bedroom capacity. When someone says the septic system is "rated" for four bedrooms it means that the system will handle the waste generated by four bedrooms.Where sellers and Realtors get into to trouble is when there are rooms in a home that are counted and marketed as bedrooms when in fact they are not. As an example, you could have a home … (0 comments)
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metrowest ma real estate tips: Making Smarter Choices in Picking Your Real Estate Agent - 07/02/07 06:46 PM
Choosing your agent for the wrong reasons
Many homeowners are tempted to list with the real estate agent who suggests the highest listing price.
Selecting a Realtor and pricing your home properly should be two mutually exclusive decisions.
One of the oldest Realtor tricks in the book, and known in real estate circles as "buying a listing", is a strategy designed to have you sign a contract and then a short time later, ask for reductions until your home is priced properly. This is not to say that a home should never be reduced, markets do change. Look at the … (1 comments)
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Bill Gassett Metrowest Massachusetts Real Estate
Hopkinton,
MA
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RE/MAX Executive Realty
Address: 77 Main Street, Hopkinton, MA, 01748
Office Phone: (508) 435-5356
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Metrowest MA Real Estate - Realtor specializing in home sales in Hopkinton, Milford, Holliston, Ashland, Southboro, Westboro, Upton, Mendon, Hopedale, Grafton, Medway, Northbridge, Franklin, Framingham, Shrewsbury, Northboro, Bellingham, Sutton, and Uxbridge MA. Includes Real Estate home sellling & buying tips, Homes for sale in and around Metrowest, Metrowest MA Market reports.
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