Archive for Selling
Nov
08
How to Sell My House Fast Because of Divorce
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Shaun Greer asked:
While main stream median states that nearly 50% of marriages end in divorce, the number is actually closer to 40%. In 2004, 37% of marriages ended in divorce and in 2005 that number increased to 38%.
States across the nation are experiencing an increase in divorce rates and at the same time reporting a decrease in marriages. Idaho is a perfect example of a state reporting these divorce and marriage statistics.
In 2004 Idaho reported 6,922 divorces, in 2005 that number raised to 7,126, then in 2006 the number of divorces in Idaho raised again to 7,500. During the same years (2004-2006) the number of marriages in Idaho decreased year after year. In 2004 there were 14,997 marriages, in 2005 that number decreased to 14,935, in 2006 the reported marriages dropped again to 14,811.
No matter what state you live in, if you are going through a divorce you should know you are not alone. While going through a divorce there are many decisions to make and none are easy. There are financial decisions, family decisions, asset decisions, and the list goes on.
Most likely the largest financial and asset decision you and your soon to be ex will make is what to do with your house. For most Americans their house is their larges asset and biggest investment.
There are basically two options to solve your house and divorce situation. One option is for one person to keep the home. The other option is to sell your house fast.
If one of you decides to keep your home it will require you to refinance your house and split the equity with your spouse. This solution is typically not the best choice because now there is only one income to pay the total mortgage payment instead of the combined two. Also, after refinancing your house the new mortgage payment will be higher.
The other option is to sell your house fast. There are basically three options you have to sell your house and only one of them solves your selling situation quickly.
Selling your house FSBO definitely will not sell your house fast. It will involve you cooperating with your soon to be ex and doing things together. You will have to keep paying all the mortgage payment, utility bills, etc. before your house sells, and you will have to deal with potential buyers.
Another not so easy option is to list your house with a real estate agent. This option also requires cooperation with your spouse. You still have to keep paying all of your house and utility bills. You have to have your home in excellent condition so potential buyers can walk through your home and see if they like it. Another negative aspect of listing your house is the large commission you will have to pay your real estate agent, if and when your house finally sells.
The best option to sell your house fast is to sell it to a local home buyer. Local real estate investors purchase many houses each month from people going through divorce. They are courteous to your selling situation and spouses do not have to deal with each other through out the transaction.
Lets face it, divorce is never an easy situation and is almost always a very emotional time. If you need to sell your house because you are going through a divorce, consider selling it to a local home buyer. They will solve your selling situation fast and be sensitive to your situation. You can sell your house fast and get on with your life.
Scottsdale Real Estate Market
While main stream median states that nearly 50% of marriages end in divorce, the number is actually closer to 40%. In 2004, 37% of marriages ended in divorce and in 2005 that number increased to 38%.
States across the nation are experiencing an increase in divorce rates and at the same time reporting a decrease in marriages. Idaho is a perfect example of a state reporting these divorce and marriage statistics.
In 2004 Idaho reported 6,922 divorces, in 2005 that number raised to 7,126, then in 2006 the number of divorces in Idaho raised again to 7,500. During the same years (2004-2006) the number of marriages in Idaho decreased year after year. In 2004 there were 14,997 marriages, in 2005 that number decreased to 14,935, in 2006 the reported marriages dropped again to 14,811.
No matter what state you live in, if you are going through a divorce you should know you are not alone. While going through a divorce there are many decisions to make and none are easy. There are financial decisions, family decisions, asset decisions, and the list goes on.
Most likely the largest financial and asset decision you and your soon to be ex will make is what to do with your house. For most Americans their house is their larges asset and biggest investment.
There are basically two options to solve your house and divorce situation. One option is for one person to keep the home. The other option is to sell your house fast.
If one of you decides to keep your home it will require you to refinance your house and split the equity with your spouse. This solution is typically not the best choice because now there is only one income to pay the total mortgage payment instead of the combined two. Also, after refinancing your house the new mortgage payment will be higher.
The other option is to sell your house fast. There are basically three options you have to sell your house and only one of them solves your selling situation quickly.
Selling your house FSBO definitely will not sell your house fast. It will involve you cooperating with your soon to be ex and doing things together. You will have to keep paying all the mortgage payment, utility bills, etc. before your house sells, and you will have to deal with potential buyers.
Another not so easy option is to list your house with a real estate agent. This option also requires cooperation with your spouse. You still have to keep paying all of your house and utility bills. You have to have your home in excellent condition so potential buyers can walk through your home and see if they like it. Another negative aspect of listing your house is the large commission you will have to pay your real estate agent, if and when your house finally sells.
The best option to sell your house fast is to sell it to a local home buyer. Local real estate investors purchase many houses each month from people going through divorce. They are courteous to your selling situation and spouses do not have to deal with each other through out the transaction.
Lets face it, divorce is never an easy situation and is almost always a very emotional time. If you need to sell your house because you are going through a divorce, consider selling it to a local home buyer. They will solve your selling situation fast and be sensitive to your situation. You can sell your house fast and get on with your life.
Scottsdale Real Estate Market
Nov
08
Sell Your House Fast Using Web 2.0
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Miko Crawford asked:
What is Web 2.0?
Web 2.0, as it applies to us, is a fancy term for this new revolution of social networking sites. There is much more to Web 2.0, but this is basically what we need to know for now to get your home sold fast.
Web 2.0 is cool, in the now, in the new, and will build your business, in your case sell your home, quicker and faster than any other method.
The great news is that these sites are awesome, they are powerful, and best of all – they are free!
Why use Web 2.0 to sell a house?
If you’re thinking – ‘Why in the world would I use one of these sites to sell my house?’ you are not alone. Most sellers today are still using traditional tools to market and sell their home. My real estate trends newsletter said that in 2008, 70-80% of buyers used the internet somewhere in their home-buying process. That’s huge!
Imagine how many are using the Internet to buy a home in 2009!!
In this market, you need to be creative and you need to stay ahead of the pack when selling your home.
Using web 2.0 will give you immeasurable edge in your sale and make you look cool to boot!
Buyers will be impressed with your extra effort, and more importantly be drawn to your home even before they have set one foot in it!
How can I use Web 2.0 to sell my house fast?
YouTube
YouTube hosts videos. All kinds of videos. Videos for everything. Videos from all over the world. You can make a video and post it for free. It will skyrocket your success! Do it now. Use your camcorder. If you are a newbie, try this cool easy-to-use camcorder at www.theflip.com.
Blog
Make a blog for your home and update it with cool updates like ‘Extra Incentive – Free Full Year of Maid Service added to buyer of this House!!’, or “Wife comes free with house”.
I don’t know. Be creative. The best sites for a blog are WordPress and Blogger. These too are free. Tell your potential buyers, friends, and realtor about this blog. Have fun with it.
Twitter
If you haven’t watched the news, haven’t watched Oprah, or The View, or simply haven’t been paying attention, Twitter is the newest and biggest social networking revolution going on right now. Tweet updates to your home and get potential buyers to follow you.
Facebook
Again, you may have missed this if you have been hiding under a rock, but that is unlikely. Give your home a Facebook page!
MySpace
MySpace is much like Facebook, though arguably not as popular. Give your home a MySpace page. Give it some cool music. Give it some friends.
Use these Web 2.0 sites. They are all free and relatively easy to use. Post your links in cool ways and give them to potential buyers and/or realtors.
Make sure to keep them updated as needed and take them down when you sell your house.
Adding these features will go a long way to making your house stand heads and shoulders above the rest.
Buying A Home?
What is Web 2.0?
Web 2.0, as it applies to us, is a fancy term for this new revolution of social networking sites. There is much more to Web 2.0, but this is basically what we need to know for now to get your home sold fast.
Web 2.0 is cool, in the now, in the new, and will build your business, in your case sell your home, quicker and faster than any other method.
The great news is that these sites are awesome, they are powerful, and best of all – they are free!
Why use Web 2.0 to sell a house?
If you’re thinking – ‘Why in the world would I use one of these sites to sell my house?’ you are not alone. Most sellers today are still using traditional tools to market and sell their home. My real estate trends newsletter said that in 2008, 70-80% of buyers used the internet somewhere in their home-buying process. That’s huge!
Imagine how many are using the Internet to buy a home in 2009!!
In this market, you need to be creative and you need to stay ahead of the pack when selling your home.
Using web 2.0 will give you immeasurable edge in your sale and make you look cool to boot!
Buyers will be impressed with your extra effort, and more importantly be drawn to your home even before they have set one foot in it!
How can I use Web 2.0 to sell my house fast?
YouTube
YouTube hosts videos. All kinds of videos. Videos for everything. Videos from all over the world. You can make a video and post it for free. It will skyrocket your success! Do it now. Use your camcorder. If you are a newbie, try this cool easy-to-use camcorder at www.theflip.com.
Blog
Make a blog for your home and update it with cool updates like ‘Extra Incentive – Free Full Year of Maid Service added to buyer of this House!!’, or “Wife comes free with house”.
I don’t know. Be creative. The best sites for a blog are WordPress and Blogger. These too are free. Tell your potential buyers, friends, and realtor about this blog. Have fun with it.
If you haven’t watched the news, haven’t watched Oprah, or The View, or simply haven’t been paying attention, Twitter is the newest and biggest social networking revolution going on right now. Tweet updates to your home and get potential buyers to follow you.
Again, you may have missed this if you have been hiding under a rock, but that is unlikely. Give your home a Facebook page!
MySpace
MySpace is much like Facebook, though arguably not as popular. Give your home a MySpace page. Give it some cool music. Give it some friends.
Use these Web 2.0 sites. They are all free and relatively easy to use. Post your links in cool ways and give them to potential buyers and/or realtors.
Make sure to keep them updated as needed and take them down when you sell your house.
Adding these features will go a long way to making your house stand heads and shoulders above the rest.
Buying A Home?
Nov
08
Help! I Need to Sell My House Fast!
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Kai Leibermann asked:
I hear you when you say, “I need to sell my house in a rush”, and even though you may have a doom and gloom mentality because of the current financial crisis, you CAN sell your house fast without taking the price down to stupid levels. All it takes are a few original marketing methods, a willingness to do a bit of legwork, and some guts. This article gives you a couple of tips.
Alright, firstly you need to be willing to do a private sale. You want to keep as much of the profits as possible, and in this day and age of easy, cheap advertising, there is no need to pay someone to sell your beloved home for you. I’m not saying to disallow agents from sticking a sign out the front of your home, but I am trying to encourage you to compete with them for the sale.
Next you’re going to place ads both in the local papers and a few broader reaching ones. You’ll be amazed at the amount of interstate and international interest there is in the current market. You’re best off to take full advantage of the internet too. Don’t place a standard, boring ad either. You want to go for excitement, and you want to have a mass public showing with as many people as possible to generate a feeling within prospective buyers that there is a lot of competition.
Set a date or 2 for some showings, and pretty the place up as good as you can. You’ll be shocked at just how much a bit of glamour can improve the perception of your property, leading to higher offers. I would even go so far as to have a bit of a cheese and wine afternoon with all your prospective buyers together to butter them up a little!
Naturally there are plenty more powerful strategies to sell your house fast. The key is in originality.
Investing in Real Estate?
I hear you when you say, “I need to sell my house in a rush”, and even though you may have a doom and gloom mentality because of the current financial crisis, you CAN sell your house fast without taking the price down to stupid levels. All it takes are a few original marketing methods, a willingness to do a bit of legwork, and some guts. This article gives you a couple of tips.
Alright, firstly you need to be willing to do a private sale. You want to keep as much of the profits as possible, and in this day and age of easy, cheap advertising, there is no need to pay someone to sell your beloved home for you. I’m not saying to disallow agents from sticking a sign out the front of your home, but I am trying to encourage you to compete with them for the sale.
Next you’re going to place ads both in the local papers and a few broader reaching ones. You’ll be amazed at the amount of interstate and international interest there is in the current market. You’re best off to take full advantage of the internet too. Don’t place a standard, boring ad either. You want to go for excitement, and you want to have a mass public showing with as many people as possible to generate a feeling within prospective buyers that there is a lot of competition.
Set a date or 2 for some showings, and pretty the place up as good as you can. You’ll be shocked at just how much a bit of glamour can improve the perception of your property, leading to higher offers. I would even go so far as to have a bit of a cheese and wine afternoon with all your prospective buyers together to butter them up a little!
Naturally there are plenty more powerful strategies to sell your house fast. The key is in originality.
Investing in Real Estate?
Nov
08
I Need to Sell My House Fast – What Do I Do?
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N Big asked:
Many people find themselves in the position of needing to unload their home, but are not quite sure how to go about it. If your not accustomed to the real estate market, you might be wondering just how to go about selling your house.
There are several reasons why someone would need to sell their home. The reasons are not particularly important, what you need is to turn your home into money. By the time you`re thinking “I NEED to sell my house”, chances are, you want to sell it as fast as possible. So, where do you go from here?
In the declining economy, it will be necessary to look for ways to market a property that are beyond the traditional “list high and wait for an offer” method used by most real estate agents.
In many neighborhoods dozens of homes are for sale and the few buyers that are shopping can be very choosey. Therefore you are in competition with the other sellers on the block. In a slow market selling a house is about out-doing you neighbors.
It’s like the story of a couple of campers in the woods who have a bear stumble upon their campsite. As the bear is growling and looking at them one camper begins putting on his running shoes. Noticing this, the other camper whispers ” what are you doing? You can’t outrun a bear? They can run 35 miles per hour!” Finishing lacing up his shoe and standing the first camper explains ” I don’t have to outrun the bear…. I just have to out run YOU!”
Selling in a slow market is exactly the same. To be successful you just need to be better at marketing and selling a house than your neighbors. The number of houses being sold is way down, but the best houses DO SELL.
To be successful you need a house that “shows well” and a unique marketing message.
Getting Your Home Ready to Sell
Preparing a house for sale is not necessarily a big job, depending on the current state of your home. In most cases, some paint to freshen things up will go a long way toward making your home sell faster. You don`t want to spend much money at this point, but a few buckets of paint certainly won`t break the bank and it can really help the entire home look better.
Start with making the house look good on the outside. This is called “curb appeal”. If it looks like a dump from the outside, nobody will want to see the inside. Plus, by keeping everything neat and tidy, you will find that people will automatically assume that you have taken great care of the house, as well.
Have a Unique Marketing Message
The other way to get noticed is to have a unique marketing approach. So what’s working now? A time tested and proven marketing system that drives hundreds of people to an open house and once there compels them to make offers on the spot.
A marketing message that is the exact opposite of what most real estates professionals do! Instead of listing high and being talked down, start LOW, and let the market bid the price UP! That’s right what works best now is a do-it-yourself-auction-style-sale.
Instead of “Home for Sale” advertise “Home for Auction!”. And instead of just listing in the newspaper get the word out on the street. Literally. Get road side signs, with your phone number and put them at busy intersections around your neighborhood. This will get your phone to ring off the hook.
Tell the callers you will be holding an open house on Saturday and Sunday and all those that are interested can throw their name into the hat. Then on Sunday night let them compete in an auction style sale. You will get a quick sale and get the highest price possible.
Buying A Home?
Many people find themselves in the position of needing to unload their home, but are not quite sure how to go about it. If your not accustomed to the real estate market, you might be wondering just how to go about selling your house.
There are several reasons why someone would need to sell their home. The reasons are not particularly important, what you need is to turn your home into money. By the time you`re thinking “I NEED to sell my house”, chances are, you want to sell it as fast as possible. So, where do you go from here?
In the declining economy, it will be necessary to look for ways to market a property that are beyond the traditional “list high and wait for an offer” method used by most real estate agents.
In many neighborhoods dozens of homes are for sale and the few buyers that are shopping can be very choosey. Therefore you are in competition with the other sellers on the block. In a slow market selling a house is about out-doing you neighbors.
It’s like the story of a couple of campers in the woods who have a bear stumble upon their campsite. As the bear is growling and looking at them one camper begins putting on his running shoes. Noticing this, the other camper whispers ” what are you doing? You can’t outrun a bear? They can run 35 miles per hour!” Finishing lacing up his shoe and standing the first camper explains ” I don’t have to outrun the bear…. I just have to out run YOU!”
Selling in a slow market is exactly the same. To be successful you just need to be better at marketing and selling a house than your neighbors. The number of houses being sold is way down, but the best houses DO SELL.
To be successful you need a house that “shows well” and a unique marketing message.
Getting Your Home Ready to Sell
Preparing a house for sale is not necessarily a big job, depending on the current state of your home. In most cases, some paint to freshen things up will go a long way toward making your home sell faster. You don`t want to spend much money at this point, but a few buckets of paint certainly won`t break the bank and it can really help the entire home look better.
Start with making the house look good on the outside. This is called “curb appeal”. If it looks like a dump from the outside, nobody will want to see the inside. Plus, by keeping everything neat and tidy, you will find that people will automatically assume that you have taken great care of the house, as well.
Have a Unique Marketing Message
The other way to get noticed is to have a unique marketing approach. So what’s working now? A time tested and proven marketing system that drives hundreds of people to an open house and once there compels them to make offers on the spot.
A marketing message that is the exact opposite of what most real estates professionals do! Instead of listing high and being talked down, start LOW, and let the market bid the price UP! That’s right what works best now is a do-it-yourself-auction-style-sale.
Instead of “Home for Sale” advertise “Home for Auction!”. And instead of just listing in the newspaper get the word out on the street. Literally. Get road side signs, with your phone number and put them at busy intersections around your neighborhood. This will get your phone to ring off the hook.
Tell the callers you will be holding an open house on Saturday and Sunday and all those that are interested can throw their name into the hat. Then on Sunday night let them compete in an auction style sale. You will get a quick sale and get the highest price possible.
Buying A Home?
Nov
07
Selling Then Buying A House – A Winning Strategy
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Amanda Searle asked:
We are all aware of the recent changes in the real estate market. Due to the high number of homes for sale, days on the market have been increasing. This calls for an adjustment in your strategy if you are planning on selling your home and purchasing another home. A year or two ago, it may have been possible to find the house you wanted and then list your house for sale. In today’s market however, putting your home for sale should be your first step. Once your home is on the market, start researching the market in the area you want to buy in.
Once you get an offer on your house, then start looking at homes for sale. This strategy ensures that you find a house when you are in a position to purchase, rather than finding that perfect house and making an offer, but being unable to sell your own home in time. It also ensures that your offer price on your new house is as realistic as possible because you know how much your former home is going to sell for.
Remember, it doesn’t cost anything to enlist a Realtor to market your house, a Realtor only gets paid if the house sells. If you are thinking about moving, remember the first step could be to get started marketing your current home for sale and then, shopping for a new home once you have a contract on your present house.
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We are all aware of the recent changes in the real estate market. Due to the high number of homes for sale, days on the market have been increasing. This calls for an adjustment in your strategy if you are planning on selling your home and purchasing another home. A year or two ago, it may have been possible to find the house you wanted and then list your house for sale. In today’s market however, putting your home for sale should be your first step. Once your home is on the market, start researching the market in the area you want to buy in.
Once you get an offer on your house, then start looking at homes for sale. This strategy ensures that you find a house when you are in a position to purchase, rather than finding that perfect house and making an offer, but being unable to sell your own home in time. It also ensures that your offer price on your new house is as realistic as possible because you know how much your former home is going to sell for.
Remember, it doesn’t cost anything to enlist a Realtor to market your house, a Realtor only gets paid if the house sells. If you are thinking about moving, remember the first step could be to get started marketing your current home for sale and then, shopping for a new home once you have a contract on your present house.
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