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Tips from your Treasury Secretary: Can't sell -- Just Rent it!

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Services for Real Estate Pros with EOTM Properties, LLC

Carla Barnes of EOTM Properties explains how homeowners can turn their unsold properties into rental income. The nation's painful housing bust has put sellers in a serious lurch. To get their properties sold, many sellers will have to make sharp reductions to their asking prices --- a necessary evil that can rob the investment of its return. But Carla Barnes has a different idea. In her new infomercial, Can’t Sell Your Home, Rent it!

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Carla describes how homeowners can ride out the turbulent market by converting their homes into rental properties. Barnes outlined the benefits of renting, explained how homeowners can determine if it's right for them, and even offered advice on how to avoid lousy tenants.

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Watch the infomercial live now >>> 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAdGxgGF_wI

 

What are the benefits of renting out your home if you can't sell it?....


There are many benefits, including the ability to ride out the market and potentially not lose money on a home. It generally isn't in a homeowner's best interest to sell at the bottom of a market—unless they have an unusual financial circumstance, such as immediate retirement or illness. Secondly, renting offers the ability to take a tax deduction if there is any rental loss. Moreover, renters have the ability to move back into the home. In other words, if you're not sure that you will like ..Texas.. and want to move there, you can always move back to your ....Georgia.... home if you don't like it.

When would it make the most sense for a homeowner who is unable to sell his home to rent it out?


If you are in the military, renting is a great option. Military personnel often have to move rapidly for deployment, but they cannot sell the home with 10 months' inventory on the books for any reasonable price. Secondly, if you need to move quickly to take a job but don't want to sell your home in a down market, renting is a great alternative. If your home isn't worth what you owe, you might be able to modify the loan to change the principle balance and rent it out to ride out the market.

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Feel free to contact Carla Barnes of EOTM Properties today for a free rental analysis of your most prized investment @ 678-548-9466

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Comments (4)

Kim Curran
RE/MAX Unlimited of Northern Virginia - Bristow, VA

Carla- you bring up several great points. Renting is an option to some. Most folks in our area are still taking a loss between the mortgage, insurance and taxes but it does help preserve the larger asset- the home. Often peoples biggest investment.

 

Aug 12, 2009 12:40 PM
Carla Barnes
EOTM Properties, LLC - McDonough, GA
Property Management In Atlanta

Thanks for reading! It makes the most sense for some investors...and it's great to have options.

Aug 12, 2009 12:56 PM
Barbara Heil-Sonneck
Design2Sell - Atlanta, GA
Home Staging Atlanta

Hi Carla, I agree, renting is a great otion for everyone who can effort not to sel in this market to wait for recovery...

Aug 22, 2009 02:06 PM
Carla Barnes
EOTM Properties, LLC - McDonough, GA
Property Management In Atlanta

Yep! It just makes sense. If you can't sell, why not rent it as an option. Holding onto your property for 2 years and try selling when the market stabilizes. Barbara, thanks for reading!

Aug 24, 2009 03:25 AM