Hiring a Real Estate Professional Hiring a real estate professional is a critical element in selling your home. Before you turn over what may be the largest financial asset in your portfolio to a stranger, you will want to do a little research. It has taken a lifetime to create the equity you have in…
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Home Inspectors and The Inspection Process Even though I supervised construction of close to one hundred custom homes in my previous career as a homebuilder, I now hire a home inspectors to look over the houses I plan to purchase for investment. Why would a seasoned real estate professional spend a couple hundred dollars to…
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Negotiating Price in a Sales Contract Negotiating price in a sales contract is an art. The offer came in and you are jumping up and down celebrating the sale of your home. The first thing you look for, in all the legal mumbo jumbo that makes up a sales contract, is the line that specifies…
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Negotiating a Purchase Offer: Price Is Not All that Matters for Sellers Woohoo, you need to know more about negotiating a purchase offer for your home! Receiving an offer to purchase your home is thrilling. After months of planning, preparing, and marketing, you have finally connected with the right buyer. Somebody out there thinks your…
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Sellers Disclosure Statement a Win Win Document for Buyers and Sellers We ask our sellers to complete the Sellers Disclosure Statement form provided by the Georgia Association of Realtors. A Sellers Disclosure Form is a document which details items that need to be repaired, material facts about the property, and other factual information which could…
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Staging Your Home for a Quick Sale Staging your home so a buyer can visualize living there can be a key to a quick sale of your Atlanta home. When a potential home buyer walks through the front door of your home, they are more interested in how the home fits their lifestyle than yours. …
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Advice To Sell Your Home Quickly Your home will need to be in tip-top condition to compete in the market place and net you top-dollar. The challenge for home sellers is to guarantee you make the list for a buyer’s consideration, and then stay on that buyer’s short list for as long a possible. There…
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Are You Thinking About Putting Your Home On The Market? I get a lot of phone calls that begin with “we are thinking about putting our home on the market.” It is a simple statement but has lots of ramifications. Often the families giving me a call may not actually put their home up for…
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How Much Is Your Atlanta Home Really Worth? A free CMA for Atlanta home is the best way to answer the question “How much is your Atlanta Home really worth. FREE CMA FOR ATLANTA HOME There are four main points we consider in our market valuation: 1. The market value of your home is the…
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Different Kinds of Appraisals Appraisals of home value can vary widely because there are many different kinds of appraisals. We are taking a look at the different purposes for which appraisals are initiated and discuss this causes appraisals to vary widely in economic value. BANK APPRAISALS If you have an appraisal from a lender, you…
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How Much Is Your Atlanta Home Really Worth? Figuring out “How much is my home worth?” requires understanding the difference between the emotional value of a home and the economic value of a house. Home is a word full of emotions like family holiday celebrations, birthday parties, family memories, safety, and security. When we use…
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How to Prepare Your Home to Sell If you plan to prepare your home to sell, here are some tips and advice for getting top dollar on your home sale. Think of the steps below as “merchandising” your home. If you walk in to a store, products have been carefully displayed so that shoppers can…
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Indoor basics sell your home Indoor basics sell your home and a clean house translates to top dollar for home sellers. You probably clean your house when you are expecting company, so why wouldn’t you have it super-clean when you’re trying to sell it. Here is my list of top-secret indoor basics with tips and…
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Curb Appeal Critical to Selling Home One of the frustrations of being a professional real estate agent is to make an appointment to show a home meeting all a buyer’s requirements only to have the buyer decide they don’t want to go inside because they don’t like the way a home looks from the street. …
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Ready to sell your Atlanta home? Selling your home is all about making a good first impression.If you are ready to sell your Atlanta home,pay attention to some good advice: “You never get a second chance to make a good first impression.” Little did you realize this sage advice from your parents was the…
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