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Buyer Tip: How to Narrow Your Charlotte Home Search

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Real Estate Agent with Savvy + Company (704) 491-3310 228209

Here are 4 steps you can take to narrow your search for Charlotte homes.

choices 300x225 How to Narrow Your Search for Charlotte Homes

Step 1:  Decide on your top priority. Is it location, price, number of bedrooms or something else?  Once you’ve decided on the most important feature, concentrate your search there.

Step 2: Search for homes. Most people start their search online.  There are many real estate web sites you can browse through.

Unfortunately, there are two big challenges to searching online:

  1. Home listings quickly become out of date and may have incomplete or inaccurate information.  Overcome this challenge by enlisting the help of a real estate agent. Your agent can quickly get all the current details on Charlotte homes for sale.
  2. You can spend hours searching online without finding what you’re looking for.  Overcome this challenge by setting a limit on the amount of time you spend searching online.  Use a timer to remind you when your time is up, then walk away from the computer.

Step 3: Get comparables.  After you‘ve narrowed the list to your favorite neighborhoods, get a few sales price comparisons that include homes that have sold in the last six months as well as those with contracts pending.  Make sure you are comparing apples to apples, which means to compare homes that are the same size, same style and in the same neighborhood.  Your real estate agent is the best resource for this type of information.

Step 4: Double check availability. Once you’ve made your top picks of Charlotte homes to view, have your agent make sure the properties are still available and don’t have pending offers.  You don’t want to waste your time going to see a property that is no longer for sale.

Let me do the work for you.  Give me a call or email me today to find out how I can streamline the search process for you.



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Comments(5)

Thom Abbott
MyMidtownMojo.com |770.713.1505 | Intown Atlanta GA Condo Living - Atlanta, GA
Midtown Atlanta GA Condos For Sale

Kinda reminds me of Santa Clause....makin' a list and checkin' it twice.

Good tips for Charlotte Home Buyers!

Jun 25, 2011 04:59 PM
Maya Swamy
Funds Available - Long Beach, CA
Ph.D. Long Beach, CA - fundsavailable.com

I would also suggest that they make a list of what they absolutely do not want. For me that would be a two storey home.

Jun 25, 2011 05:11 PM
Tom Braatz Waukesha County Real Estate 262-377-1459
Coldwell Banker - Oconomowoc, WI
Waukesha County Realtor Real Estate agent. SOLD!

Debe

 Excellent tips for any buyer looking to narrow down their Charlotte home search

Jun 25, 2011 05:19 PM
Deb Brooks
Brooks Prime Properties Wichita Falls Texas - Wichita Falls, TX

Debe, I really like #1. This really cuts through the red tape. Good call.

Deb

Jun 25, 2011 05:24 PM
Debe Maxwell, CRS
Savvy + Company (704) 491-3310 - Charlotte, NC
The RIGHT CHARLOTTE REALTOR!

Thom!  FUNNY and oh so true!

Maya: Great point--I totally agree that the extra information certainly does help us narrow the search.

Tom:  Thanks--every little bit helps us hone in on a home!

Deb:  We got a list of homes from a client who strayed from our website and selected her 10 top picks from another site.  ALL 10 homes were either expired, under Contract and 3 of them were sold MONTHS ago!  AMAZING!  We make sure that ours is up-to-date and the listings are ALL current unless the listing agent didn't make timely changes.  It helps EVERYONE in the searching process.

Jun 25, 2011 05:24 PM