Working to get your home ship-shape for showings will increase its value and shorten your sales time. 1. Have a home inspection Be proactive by arranging for a pre-sale home inspection. For $250 to $400, an inspector will warn you about troubles that could make potential buyers balk. Make repairs before putting your home on…
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Help for Homeowners Facing Foreclosure
Today, thousands of homeowners are finding themselves with properties they can no longer afford. Some are behind in their payments, or soon to be late. Some have tried to work out a loan modification with their lender and were declined, and some homeowners simply want to get from under the property, but don’t want a…
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Top Five Pitfalls of Selling Your Own Home
The Top Five Pitfalls of Selling Your Own Home. While it is certainly understandable why some people would like to avoid paying a real estate agent’s commission—especially in today’s economy homeowners need to be aware of the serious pitfalls that can occur before they embark on the process of selling their own home. I have…
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Keep Your Home Sale from Falling Apart
After finding a buyer, all you have to do to make it to closing is to avoid these five traps. Mistake #1: Ignore contingencies If your contract requires you to do something before the sale, do it. If the buyers make the sale contingent on certain repairs, don’t do cheap patch-jobs and expect the buyers…