Real estate blog entries tagged with sweat equity

Blog entries tagged with "sweat equity":

sweat equity: 11 Cheap Homes in Mesa Arizona - 10/03/08 02:04 PM

ATTENTION REAL ESTATE INVESTORS & FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS - 11 Mesa, AZ Homes Priced Under $100,000
I just pulled a list this morning of 11 single family homes in Mesa, Arizona priced below $100,000. These are some great deals for real estate investors or first time home buyers with prices starting as low as … (0 comments)

sweat equity: Sweat Equity Equals Affordability for First-Time Home Buyers - 10/02/08 11:38 AM

If you're in the market for your first home but your budget can't afford that beautiful, large, brand new home, consider a smaller home or a fixer-upper. The trend nowadays with first time homebuyers has been to buy a bigger home in turnkey condition. However, this may be out of your price … (0 comments)

sweat equity: MAN!!! Money stinks… - 03/27/08 02:18 PM

I couple of years ago I sold a house to a couple who were young and could barely afford anything. He was an aspiring children's pastor, and his wife was still finishing college. I asked them if they would be willing to get something that needed "TLC", and they said that … (0 comments)

sweat equity: Baby boomers, what didn't kill us made us stronger. - 02/22/08 01:09 PM

Growing up, we fell out of trees, scraped our knees, broke a bone or a tooth or two yet no lawsuits were pursued. We didn't have video games, 200 cable channels, CD's, DVD's or Mp3's- we had friends and were tossed out of the house at first light we found something to … (4 comments)

sweat equity: Buyers Dancing in the Streets - 01/16/08 04:56 PM

Wow, what a market? How is the market? UNBELIEVABLE. Buyers should be dancing in the streets right now. The opportunities are tremendous, in the past we have all heard about Sweat Equity, today you don't have to break a sweat to find instant equity. If you are planning on living in … (1 comments)

sweat equity: Helpful Hints When Rehabbing a Hemet REO Property - Caulking - 12/30/07 01:00 PM

When considering the purchase of aHemet home that has been foreclosed on by the lender (REO property - or Real Estate Owned), you should know going into the transaction that there will be some sweat equity that you will have to put into the property if it is going to be … (2 comments)

sweat equity: Bank owned could make for easier sale on your home! - 11/03/07 11:32 AM

The one thing that I have found is that many sellers are worried about the lower priced bank owned homes that are on the real estate market. yes they are most of the time listed for less than the owner occupied, but it also could be to the advantage of the sellers … (4 comments)

sweat equity: Investor Alert For New Listing In Capitol Heights - 07/30/07 05:03 PM

Offered at $240,000!
This single family home offers 3 bedrooms, 1 full bath hardwood flooring on the main level, recent heating and cooling system and a unfinished basement. This home sits on almost a half acre (.49 or 21,460 square feet) This is a fantastic investment opportunity because the owner recently had this home appraised at $251,000. … (0 comments)

sweat equity: Yes..We Had A Home In Your Price Range Last Week....But it Fell Down. - 04/07/07 02:49 PM

Has a pulse...but its the lot that is the saving grace. For $6900 across from a lake, with a well..and a garage that may be savable...how can you go wrong? 175' on year round US Rt 2, and smack dab across from a lake! Hoooo-AHHHHHHH! Only in Northern Maine can you … (3 comments)

sweat equity: Homebuyer Tip - Sweat Equity - 03/10/07 01:03 PM

We are handy and want to buy a house using sweat equity for a down payment. Will lenders go for this? From time-to-time, you hear about lenders that allow the use of sweat equity as a credit toward a down payment, but not all of it. Most lenders, however, are not … (0 comments)

sweat equity: Home Staging = Sweat Equity ON STEROIDS! - 01/09/07 07:25 PM

Realtors, with the spring selling season just around the corner I think now is the time to FLEX YOUR MINDS to make a very GOOD point! While home staging does not raise the appraised value of a property, IT STILL CAN BE A VERY PROFITABLE VENTURE!
Here's why... As every realtor knows, a … (33 comments)

sweat equity: Sweat Equity in the Winter Months - 11/14/06 01:12 PM

Does anyone have any good tips of things that you can do to your house during the winter to raise your home equity? I am in the process of finishing my basement, but wasn't sure if there are other easy things that can be done to help my house value to … (8 comments)

sweat equity: Paint a HOME'S SALE into a corner... by not making repairs! - 10/18/06 07:30 AM

While many stagers talk a lot about cleaning, depersonalizing, decluttering and rearranging a home, which ARE important aspects of what we do, there is another area a GOOD stager will focus attention on and find solutions for... home repairs.
Much like a buyer, the moment a real estate stager steps into a house they … (6 comments)

sweat equity: GET THIS... real estate staging is NOT interior design! - 08/09/06 07:40 PM

So in the last week now, twice I have had clients that want to tell ME how to stage their totally vacant properties. That is like going to the dentist and telling him you know how to drill our own teeth... and asking for the drill while he watches. Real Estate … (5 comments)

sweat equity: What Every Realtor Should Know About Home Staging - 07/22/06 04:28 PM

Because real estate staging is still relatively new in the Midwest we still get a lot of questions from Realtors about our services.
Many Realtors say they already "do their own staging"... which I think is great. But in this world were time is money, my question back to Realtors often is: … (15 comments)