selling your home in an upside down market: 10 Questions To Ask a Realtor Before You List Your Home ~ Part 4 of 4 - 10/29/09 09:44 AM
Most of us sell only a small number of homes in our lifetimes. With limited experience
in real estate how are we capable of maximizing the profits from our home sale? Many
home sellers make the critical mistake of thinking all Realtors are the same. They list
with the first agent who comes along. Does it make good business sense to put the
responsibility of selling your home with someone who has no plan or qualifications?
 This report will educate you with valuable information that will help you
make the best decision concerning: With which real estate agent should you list? 
 
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selling your home in an upside down market: 10 Questions to Ask a Realtor Before You List Your Home ~ Part 3 of 4 - 10/29/09 09:38 AM
Most of us sell only a small number of homes in our lifetimes. With limited experience
in real estate how are we capable of maximizing the profits from our home sale? Many
home sellers make the critical mistake of thinking all Realtors are the same. They list
with the first agent who comes along. Does it make good business sense to put the
responsibility of selling your home with someone who has no plan or qualifications?
 This report will educate you with valuable information that will help you
make the best decision concerning: With which real estate agent should you list?

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selling your home in an upside down market: 10 Questions to Ask a Realtor Before You List Your Home ~ Part 2 - 10/29/09 08:55 AM
Most of us sell only a small number of homes in our lifetimes.
With limited experience in real estate how are we capable of
maximizing the profits from our home sale? Many home sellers make
the critical mistake of thinking all Realtors are the same. They list
with the first agent who comes along. Does it make good business
 sense to put the responsibility of selling your home with someone
 who has no plan or qualifications?
 This report will educate you with valuable information that will
help you make the best decision concerning:
With which real estate agent should you list?

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selling your home in an upside down market: 10 Questions to Ask a Realtor Before You List Your Home ~ Part 1 - 10/28/09 06:37 AM
Most of us sell only a small number of homes in our lifetimes.
With limited experience in real estate how are we capable of
maximizing the profits from our home sale? Many home sellers
make the critical mistake of thinking all Realtors are the same.
They list with the first agent who comes along. Does it make
good business sense to put the responsibility of selling your
home with someone who has no plan or qualifications?
 
                                                        
 
This report will educate you with valuable information that will
help you make the best decision concerning:
With which real estate agent … (4 comments)

selling your home in an upside down market: Seller Beware! Avoid 11 Mistakes That Could Cost You Hundreds...Thousands of Dollars - Part 2 - 10/26/09 05:38 AM
Don't Put Your Home on the Market Until You've Read This Report - Part Two
Selling your home can be an exhausting experience. Last minute walk throughs, inconvenient calls, price adjust­ment and the possibility of being stuck with two mortgages are real concerns. If you are not completely prepared you could end up losing hundreds, even thousands, of dollars in profit.
The difference between a profitable, seamless transaction and a break even, miserable experience is often a fine line. In the majority of cases it comes down to the subtle know-how of your professional. By utilizing the knowl­edge of a qualified real … (2 comments)

selling your home in an upside down market: Sellers Beware! Avoid 11 Mistakes That Could Cost You Hundreds .. . Even Thousands of Dollars! Part 1 - 10/25/09 01:43 PM
Don't Put Your Home on the Market Until You've Read This Report - Part One
Selling your home can be an exhausting experience. Last minute walk throughs, inconvenient calls, price adjust­ment and the possibility of being stuck with two mortgages are real concerns. If you are not completely prepared you could end up losing hundreds, even thousands, of dollars in profit.
The difference between a profitable, seamless transaction and a break even, miserable experience is often a fine line. In the majority of cases it comes down to the subtle know-how of your professional. By utilizing the knowl­edge of a qualified real … (4 comments)

selling your home in an upside down market: The "LONG" Tale of the Short Sale - 02/25/09 07:48 AM
The term Short Sale has nothing to do with the time it takes to close this
type of transaction.  It refers to the money the bank or mortgage holder
 will receive from the sale of the property.  The closing will be "short" of the
funds that the seller owes on the mortgage. In other words, they are upside
down: they owe more than the home is currently worth.
 

 
Since we don't live in a past world where the home "was" worth more or a future
world where it "may" be worth more,  this is the sad financial situation … (9 comments)

selling your home in an upside down market: I'm Upside Down! Bad Solution # 3 ~ Let's Raise the Price & Discount the Commission!! - 08/29/08 05:38 AM
In making follow up calls on my listing appointments the other day, I was served
this solution to a seller's dilemma: " Oh, I listed for a higher price and with an
agent who agreed to discount their commission."
Geez. Good luck with that.  The Seller, hereafter known as TS paid more for the home than it is worth today.
TS has been in the home less than 3 years.   TS is listed above the current market
price.  TS has tried a limited service broker for over 6 months and  agreed that
they did little to help him.  TS hasn't had any real … (8 comments)

 
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