as is: Does "AS IS" mean we can't do an inspection? - 08/08/08 02:01 PM
As more and more homes being sold are bank owned and foreclosure properties as a consumer you are going to have more choices in homes and at better and better prices. This is the good news. The bad news is you have more to navigate in the sale of a home
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as is: Renting As Is - 08/05/08 12:10 AM
As Is
Some of our clients want to rent their homes with some of the items "as is". They might tell us that the washer and dryer can stay, but they do not want to fix them. Or, they don't have a way to move their refrigerator, so can they
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as is: 2002 Kingstone St, Jacksonville Fl 32209 - 08/02/08 12:15 PM
Bank REPO- this will be sold - Make an OFFER
$28,000 -
Home with 1,477 square feet of living space - 4 bedrooms and 1 and one half baths
Beautiful lot - This is being sold "As IS"
No homeowner or association fees
3-4 bedrooms, 1.5 baths
Ranch, has some fencing,
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as is: Why wasn't my offer accepted? - 06/09/08 12:17 AM
Lets get a better understanding of Bank Owned Property Sale, and what AS IS means - what the banks are commonly not accepting. So many agents are not advising their buyers correctly or the buyers are not listening to the agent and are submitting offers that are never going to get
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as is: Banks Foreclosures New Homes Sold As Is - 05/12/08 12:36 PM
Looks like some of the banks are getting thier act together with foreclosures. We have a home under contract in Gwinnett County, this particular subdivision had 10 new homes that were foreclosed on. One of the banks which had 5 of the homes hired a builder to finish the
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as is: Buying a house "as-is" while retaining the right to inspect - 04/29/08 08:40 AM
Recently, we've had an issue that I'm sure many of you have encountered. We had an accepted contract and the terms were that the Seller was selling the house "as-is" and not making any repairs, BUT the Buyer retained the right to inspect the property. Per the contract, if a serious
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as is: A Purchase 'AS IS' .... advice - 04/26/08 12:21 AM
I have a former fellow co-worker (actually a hot babe ...ouch, can I type that?).. whom i ran into the other day and asked me about buying a house 'As Is'. being a Title Guy, and not in the business too long...and not being a Realtor, I told her I'd check with
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as is: "As-Is" Homes For Sale - 03/04/08 12:02 PM
A listing that is advertised as an "as is" sale can be a put-off to buyers. They might assume that something major is wrong and might be costly to repair. If they don't have much free time or extra money, they might decide not to even look at the property. Sometimes sellers
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as is: Benefit From Low Commercial Real Estate Loan Rates - 02/09/08 11:09 AM
Acquiring or buying a property for commercial purposes involves huge funds and hence borrowings play a key role in real estate business. Even if there is sufficient finance at hand to own a property usually one prefers to borrow as the surplus money can be used for other business purposes. Cost
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as is: 10200 Belle Rive unit 229, Jacksonville Florida 32256 - 01/21/08 08:57 PM
$68,000 AS IS CONDOMINIUM: FLIP THIS CONDO Ground level 1 bedroom 1 bath condo unit - sold AS IS - Buy, upgrade, and flip this condoTwo story communityHome has 770 square feet of living spaceLiving room has a fireplaceDining areaFully equipped kitchenWasher and dryer hook upsSmoke detectorCentral heating and coolingExterior walls have brick
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as is: Buying an REO Property – The Pluses and the Minuses - 01/21/08 01:36 PM
In today’s Hemet California Real Estate market and the surround area known as South West Riverside County in the region of Southern California known as the Inland Empire we are one of the hardest hit areas in the entire country when it comes to foreclosures and REO’s. Now is an excellent
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as is: Single Family Foreclosure - Crystal Lake, IL (Chicago far NW Suburb) - 12/10/07 09:24 PM
Asking Price$174,900 If your curious, give me a call. Sold as is 1.5 blocks from the Lake, boat access.
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as is: Just Try to Sell in Westchester - 11/15/07 12:09 PM
If you have worked on any sales in Westchester, Illinois, you already know what is going on. MORe has asked Advocacy to consider suing Westchester to fix an onerous inspection and what amounts to a $0 Transfer Tax. If you have a sale in Westchester right now, please contact me with
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as is: “As Is” Does Not Mean the Buyer is Stuck - 11/07/07 07:27 PM
Have you been in escrow, done the home inspection and found major health and safety issues; to then have the seller who did not disclose any of these say it is "AS IS" too bad. I know in some states "As Is" takes on a little different meaning. In Hawaii it does
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as is: The Michigan Group Investment Home Seminar Showcase of Homes - 10/18/07 08:35 PM
Following is a sampling of Investment Homes being offered by The Michigan Group. A finalized list of homes being shown will be available at the end of the Investment Buyers Seminar this Sunday October 21, 2007. Investment Buyers Seminar, Brighton Michigan, October 21, 2007 More information Here Additional information on each home is
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as is: Alpharetta Foreclosures | Alpharetta Bank Owned Homes | Foreclosures in Alpharetta - 10/04/07 11:50 PM
Alpharetta foreclosures, bank owned real estate, short sales, and investment properties? Are you looking to buy a foreclosures in Alpharetta? Sometimes, Alpharetta foreclosures are not a great a deal as you would think. Sometimes, there are incredible deals! Since Alpharetta foreclosures and bank owned properties are often sold AS IS with no seller's property disclosures...it
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as is: North Carolina Foreclosure Homes: Affordable Housing or Money Pit Nightmare? Or something in between? - 09/14/07 07:17 AM
The message is made clear in "Agent Only" Remarks in the listings. No disclosure is the most common thread. "Caveat Emptor! We aren't going to tell you much, if anything about the property, but here it is if you want it." It is NOT my intent to say that ethics are violated here
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as is: Vicarious Joy ~ Witnessing the Excitement of New Home Potential - 09/09/07 07:49 PM
I had one of those purely pleasurable days in real estate today. Today I opened the door for a young family so they could take measurements for the renovations they will be making to the soon to be theirs "as is" house. They intend to hit the ground running as soon as
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as is: Get Me Out Of Here! - 08/17/07 03:57 PM
Photos courtesy of Flickr Apparently...there are many homeowners looking to sell their properties...but the question is how many are actually serious and how many are not very motivated. I seem to always ask them this important question...."Do you want to own it or do you want to sell it?" I am working with a
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as is: Common Mistakes When Analyzing a Real Estate Deal: Overestimating “As Is” Value - 08/12/07 10:56 PM
Common Mistakes When Analyzing a Real Estate Deal: Overestimating "As Is" Valueby John Occhi, Hemet CA REALTOR® Mission Grove Realty If you Want to Read More about Other Common Mistakes Made when Purchasing Real Estate, Follow This Link. When investing in a Hemet home for sale and your intention is to
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as is: Common Mistakes When Analyzing a Real Estate Deal: Trusting The Seller - 08/12/07 12:11 PM
Common Mistakes When Analyzing a Real Estate Deal: Trusting The Seller by John Occhi, Hemet CA REALTOR® Mission Grove Realty If you Want to Read More about Other Common Mistakes Made when Purchasing Real Estate, Follow This Link. When a homebuyer wants to buy a home for sale in Hemet CA,
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as is: Should "As Is" properties be immune from FHA loans? - 07/12/07 11:39 AM
Well there are new programs coming aboard all the time and even FHAhave introduced some new loans for 1st time buyers. The NEIHAMA program is another program that will gift back 6% total for down payment and closing costs. But if a home is being sold "as is" that does
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as is: What Does A Good Flip Look Like? - 07/09/07 05:59 PM
Hi Everyone! It's me, the Colorado Springs Fix and Flip lady again! I found some lovely examples of things I look for in good flips and wanted to share them with you! We love out of date, cosmetic fixers, even some mechanical problems once in a while. These are some fine
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as is: Is it really the right answer? - 07/07/07 03:03 PM
With the Real Estate market being such a buyer's market and having so many listings out there that will be competing, is it wise to sell your home as is? I can understand that bank owned properties selling the homes as is because of their particular circumstances, but as a homeowner
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as is: Anyone Can Flip a House...NOT!!! - 07/01/07 07:21 PM
Well, with all of the recent hype and shows about flipping this house and flipping that house, I decided it would be nice to find out from my fellow real estate professionals, how you rate the "flip shows". Some of the shows, I find to be very realistic in what to
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as is: As is - 04/25/07 01:19 PM
Most of the home inspection in my area have been as is sales for years. As the market heated up the more I saw as is sales. Not only as is but the sellers were not interested in the home inspection = no negotiations. Now as the market cools the sales are
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as is: Posted By Demand - Auction Buying Tips - 04/24/07 07:51 AM
Below is an article that I wrote for an investor group newsletter. Hope it helps everyone understand a little better. Auction- auc·tion (n) a sale of property to the highest bidder. Websters For centuries Auctions have been the ultimate mechanism for establishing values and facilitating quick and fair exchanges of goods and property
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as is: Is "As Is" The Kiss Of Death? - 04/07/07 12:32 PM
We are working on a deal where we represent a buyer who counter offered $750,000 to the seller's counter offer of $755,000. Sounded like a deal to me until the listing agent came back with an acceptance of the $750,000 offer but the property will be sold "AS IS". The hair on
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as is: Is AS IS As Is? - 11/26/06 02:08 PM
Confusing Isn't It? The most confusing term here in Hawaii is "As Is". If you ask several Realtors "What is As Is?" you will get several different answers. You will also see a modern day version of the soft shoe. I even heard the question asked in GRI classes and saw
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