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In this current “buyers’ market,” many Buyers start out their home search with the goal of “finding a deal!” Certainly there are more and more “distressed properties” being sold at prices below current market value. Many are foreclosed or “bank-owned” properties also known as REO’s – a term u...
09/08/2011
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Having a property inspected by a professional home inspector is a necessary and important part of the home buying process. Even if you are buying new construction, hiring a qualified professional to inspect the home can provide you with valuable information about key aspects of the property t...
09/07/2011
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The CMA (Comparative Market Analysis) is a very important tool for determining what a home’s value is, relative to other homes similar to the home you are considering purchasing or selling. There are a number of facts and factors that are considered, compared and contrasted within a CMA. But...
09/05/2011
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Working with a Real Estate Team when you are buying a home – whether it’s your first or the next - your relationship with your realty “team leader” should not be an adversarial relationship. Trust between you, the Client, and your service team leader – your Realtor – should be the first aspect o...
09/05/2011
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Experienced Buyer’s Agents hear this one all the time from their Clients: “We’ve looked at so many houses today, this is the last one, and it’s not very pretty, let’s just call it a day and start again tomorrow.” Any Realtor who is an advocate for their Client, especially those who have shown t...
09/03/2011
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For years they dreamed of leaving the suburbs and finding the “perfect” cottage in one of the Atlanta “In-Town” neighborhoods. Where walking was not just a form of exercise but an opportunity to stroll over to a great bistro, an iconic neighborhood art gallery or just shop a supermarket without ...
09/02/2011
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"I Love my new home." Those words are music to every real estate professionals ears. But singing those words the week after you've moved into your new home and singing them again after you have been living there for a year are very different songs. Buying a home, whether it is your first home o...
07/16/2010
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This is a tough housing market. Property prices that soared during the housing "bubble" have dropped like a rock since the bubble burst. Many sellers are paying mortgages on homes that are worth less than they owe, and may be valued at less (meaning negative equity) for some years to come. Ther...
07/14/2010
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"Is there any wiggle room in the price?" It's a great, simple innocently straight-forward question every well-schooled Buyer's Agent should always ask. Why? Because it sets up the conversation with the Seller's Listing Agent that hints the Buyer is interested and is looking at options - of which...
07/12/2010
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In the Disney classic animated film Snow White, the 7 Dwarfs sang "Hi-ho, Hi-ho, It's off to work we go..." In today's chaotic, stressful economy not only is that refrain becoming rare, but as more and more families experience job loss and cut-backs, making the monthly mortgage payments becomes h...
07/09/2010