Few homes are turnkey for most buyers, especially when it comes to move-up buyers. That's because everybody has their own individual tastes. What suits one home owner is excruciatingly disgusting to another. But what many home owners want when they remodel or trade up is a home that makes their p
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12/14/2007
Some buyers think the only thing better than buying an underpriced FSBO home is to buy an underpriced FSBO home that is in foreclosure. What buyers often do not realize is that buying a FSBO short sale is complicated, it involves a lot of work and, on the day of closing, everything could blow up
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12/13/2007
In my experience, most For Sale By Owners (FSBOs) either overprice or underprice their homes. If, as a buyer, you've looked at enough homes for sale in your targeted neighborhood, you probably have a good idea of value and can spot those underpriced FSBOs. But price is only one consideration when
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12/13/2007
The numbers have been released by Trendgraphix for November. Not so surprising to agents but maybe to buyers is the fact that pending sales for homes in the tri-county Sacramento region priced under $300,000 have jumped by 25%. This likely means that closed transactions for December will see a bi
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12/13/2007
Home buyers who are following down markets -- those where prices are declining -- sometimes hold off selling their homes before buying another. They reason that they’ll lose money on the sale of their home, so they postpone selling. However, that’s not always the best strategy. Selling in a down
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12/13/2007
I thought if I was relatively quiet, I could slip past this practice of being meme'd, but noooo, Natalie Langford managed to creep up and tap my shoulder. She accomplished this by directing my attention away from my computer, pointing into the distance and exclaiming, "Look, two men kissing!" Whe
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12/07/2007
The view from an airplane when you’re coming in for a landing in California is very different from, say, what you see before landing at an airport in the Midwest. Apart from geographical differences between the two such as mountains and oceans in California over farmlands and lakes in the Midwest
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12/07/2007
Should you buy before selling? Although I typically recommend selling before buying, there are certain circumstances that warrant buying first. Albeit, not many. But sometimes a great deal presents itself, and you can't wait, or you will lose it. Some buyers have a certain home in mind, and when
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12/06/2007
Home buyers who already own a home often wonder: Should I sell first or buy first? If you ask a real estate agent, many agents will probably say buy. Because then you HAVE to sell. That’s the part they don’t tell you. But I firmly believe that selling before you buy, as a general principle, is be
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12/05/2007
If you've always thought about buying a fixer upper, either because you could get a good deal on it and maybe resell it later at a higher profit after it's fixed up, or because you really enjoy doing home improvement projects, rest assured that it's possible. When I started buying fixer upper hom
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12/05/2007
