Build An Empire Around Real Estate Foreclosed Homes
Posted on February 7, 2009
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By D.C. Fawcett, Business Building Coach to the Foreclosure Industry
When real estate investors evaluate their options for securing deals and making profits, there are several things that may come to mind. Whether its owning rental properties, fixing up properties in disrepair, or buying real estate foreclosed homes, investing is still based on similar principles, such as seller motivation. After all, buying investment caliber real estate foreclosed homes means working with sellers who are more motivated and finding good discounts.
Where do most people turn when they seek opportunities in buying real estate foreclosed homes? Sure, they might market their services and attract opportunities to buy real estate foreclosed homes. Investors can also pursue bank owned real estate foreclosed homes. When a property is lost via foreclosure it goes back to the bank and then becomes one of the now thousands of bank owned real estate foreclosed homes (or REO properties) on the market today. How do you start buying real estate foreclosed homes from the bank in your business?
One key piece of the puzzle is to work with a real estate agent who specializes in real estate foreclosed homes. With the abundance of bank owned and other real estate foreclosed homes out there, more and more realtors are realizing that investors are buying real estate foreclosed homes and can provide you with foreclosure listings to aid in your own pursuit. A great realtor can dramatically reduce your commitment of time and effort, while still fueling the growth of your business.
Despite the leads you can generate from foreclosure listings and the opportunities that exist with bank owned foreclosed homes, I think buying real estate foreclosed homes also can be risky for the investor because you need to know what you are doing. Whether you’re just curious how to make a little extra money with buying real estate foreclosed homes or really want to pursue a serious business, you owe it to yourself to seize the current opportunity and pursue it the way a profitable business should be, which is with the proper training.
In today’s sluggish but opportunity-rich real estate market, buying real estate foreclosed homes is as much as part of investing as any other part of the business. Make sure you have a steady and reliable source of foreclosure listings for buying real estate foreclosed homes because the deals are out there. I also suggest that you commit yourself to real estate training, and your pursuit of buying real estate foreclosed homes will be both more productive and more rewarding. In closing, I wish you the very best in success in all of your investing pursuits and in business as a whole.
Job Opportunities Working at Home with Online Auctions
Posted on February 7, 2010
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Home business opportunities are growing each and every day. There are many wonderful qualities associated with home businesses, which make them a tempting job option for many individuals. Some home businesses revolve around one particular type of good or service whereas others focus on many different areas. With the frequent use of the Internet by individuals, it is no wonder that online auctions provide a viable work opportunity for home-based businesses. There are quite a few online auction job opportunities, which one can get involved in working from home.
Selling Items through Online Auctions
One way to make some extra money from the comfort of your own home is by selling items through online auctions. Many individuals turn this sale of goods into a home business and actually purchase items to be sold online. The amount of money which one is able to make via online auctions will vary based upon the auction avenue used, type of goods for sale, the demand for the sale item and whether there is a reserve placed on the bidding amount. This is a great option for home business owners as they can determine just how much income potential is available to them through online auctions. There are a few different online auction companies, which one can affiliate them with and the one that is chosen depends on the desire of the individual.
Listing Items for Sale on Online Auctions
Some individuals also make their living from their home by listing products, which are to be sold at online auctions. These individuals will work for other people or companies who sell large quantities of items via online auctions and will be the workers responsible for describing the articles for sale. With online auctions it is crucial that the description provided for each item is accurate, interesting and complete. This will help to determine whether or not an item will be sold and how quickly it will be sold.
Work Directly with an Online Auction Company
Another option for individuals hoping to work from home in the area of online auctions is to work directly for the online auction company. These companies have many different positions, which need to be filled, and some of these positions are ones, which can be completed by employees in their own homes. Telecommuting from home and working for an online auction company in one of many different positions enables the worker to dabble in online auction business yet never have to leave their home.
Scott Young
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A Common Sense Guide to Selling a Home in 2008
Posted on February 5, 2010
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The housing market has changed with the exception of the mistakes home sellers make every year. Here are a few tips if you must sell your home. This advice comes from over twenty-one years service as a full time Realtor. The tips/advice are actually more than that, they are universal truths. Violate these truths and see what happens during the sale of your home.
There are only three components to a successful sale of a home; price, condition, and marketing.
1. Price. Nobody knows what any home will sell for until a buyer lays the money on the table. With a record number of homes for sale that you will be competing against, the price of those homes is more important than what similar homes have sold for. Those buyers are out of the market. Nobody is right about price all the time, that’s why you need a pricing plan before you enter the market.
Universal truth, the largest number of buyers you will ever have to appeal to will be the first day on the market. You will get more showings the first two to three weeks than the next ten combined. Price your home fairly according to the competition, if you have not received an offer after two to three weeks adjust the price. This may seem like a short period of time, however it is the time frame of the market. Ignoring these time frames leads to additional months on the market.
Following your first price adjustment, if you have not received an offer between the sixth and eighth week, adjust your price again. All the buyers that were available on day one through the eighth week have eliminated your home from their priority list. After the eighth week on the market you will be waiting for new buyers to enter the market. This leads to an extended time before selling.
2. Condition. You have one opportunity at a first impression. Remember that buyer will be comparing your home to all others, you are not the only dog in the hunt.
Homes in the best condition, homes preinspected by a licensed inspector, homes offering a warranty sell faster and for more money.
You can watch all the TV programs you want about preparing homes to sell. Let me make it easy for you. Clean sells. Spacious appearance sells. Use the ‘I would’ rule, if something causes you to pause and think; should I do this? I would.
3. Marketing. The more buyers there are for a product, the more valuable that product becomes. The Realtors in your community are the best at marketing homes to attract the greatest number of buyers. All others, far less.
Just a few tips; open house, newspaper advertising, and homes magazines account for about 3% of all sales. Don’t be fooled by the agents that promise you these services, they are using them as listing tools to get you to sign the listing. You will be disappointed.
The Internet is the new classified. Hire a broker without a top notch presentation of your home online, and you will be disappointed.
Hire the best agent/broker you can find and you will be half sold. Don’t be fooled during agent selection, it is the most important decision you will make. Hiring the agent that tells you the highest price or lowest fee will almost certainly doom you to failure. Things are not as they appear. Overprice, no sale. Lowest fee, fewest services.
Best wishes for a successful sale in 2008.
Fritz Pfister
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The Pitfalls of Selling your Home Without a Realtor
Posted on February 3, 2010
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For those individuals who use realtors to buy or sell a home, the transaction looks fairly seamless. It goes something like this:
Buyers:
oContact a realtor, who elicits from them what type of property they wish to purchase.
oThe realtor shows them several properties, until they make an offer on one and it is accepted.
oThey go with the realtor to the mortgage lender, that the realtor may have lined up for them and set the appointment. The buyers provide any information the lender needs and signs the appropriate paperwork.
o The buyers and realtor meet at the closing to sign all the papers, get the keys, and go to their new home.
Sellers:
oContact a realtor, who discuss with them their pricing preferences and timelines for the sale.
oRealtor does a walk-through of the property, suggesting things that should be done before listing the property.
oSellers make the repairs or renovations.
oThe realtor lists the property.
oThe realtor, as well as other realtors, shows the property to potential buyers until an offer is made and accepted.
oInspectors and appraisers show up, then leave to make their reports, and the realtor gives the results to the sellers and buyers’ agent.
oOnce the realtor tells them everything is complete, the sellers move out before the closing.
oSellers and realtor meet at the closing to sign all the papers, sellers and realtor receive their checks, and they hand over the keys to the property.
This is very simplistic; yet when a realtor is handling your buying or selling needs, this is pretty much how it appears.
Of the homes sold across the nation, 20 percent are sold by the owners, without a realtor. Surveys show that the primary reason is money; the sellers wish to save the cost of a realtor’s commission, which usually ranges between five and seven percent of the purchase price of the home. Unfortunately, many of these owners end up regretting their decisions, because it costs them that five-to-seven percent or more due to unexpected pitfalls in the sale.
First, there is a lot involved in the sale of a home. Realtors assist with the before-listing preparation; help you set a starting and deal-killer selling price (the price level you will not accept); setup and hold open houses; set up and coordinate all home inspections and appraisals; and set up and coordinate a real estate attorney and the closing. Realtors market your home to a broad base of interested buyers and other realtors, show your home or coordinate with you for other realtors to show it, negotiate offers, and close the sale. They even coordinate the timing of the sale, when you are buying other property that is dependent upon the sale of your home.
For buyers, realtors first help you to determine just how much you can afford to pay for a home it is generally more than most people believe. They then weed through the myriad of homes that are on the market, matching potential homes to your purchase specifications. They arrange to show the homes to you, assisting in what to look for, what questions to ask, and after-showing discussions with you on possible problems or good points of the home. Realtors assist you in making an appropriate offer. They do all of the negotiations for you, representing your best interests especially important when a seller has a professional representing them. Once your offer is accepted, the realtor may even suggest mortgage lenders and accompany you to your first meeting. Your realtor then works with the seller’s representative to ensure all inspections, appraisals, title searches, and permitting is properly completed, negotiating for you resolutions to any bad inspections. Again, working with the seller’s representative, the realtor coordinates a real estate attorney for you, as well as the closing.
Realtors know the right questions to ask it is their job as professionals to keep abreast of the real estate market for their area. They handle any problems that arise, protect you as the buyer or seller, know what to avoid in real estate and during negotiations, and know what is/is not covered by the home warranty of the sale. They also ensure that all compliance and disclosure issues are dealt with properly, making sure that nothing is overlooked that could cause you a legal problem in the future.
Most importantly, a realtor maintains objectivity during an event that can be emotional for both buyers and sellers. Your realtor remains objective during negotiations, executing the best deal possible for you.
To avoid the pitfalls of selling or buying property, use a realtor, who may save you a lot of money in the long run.
John Harris
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Posted on February 2, 2010
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Posted on February 2, 2010
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Posted on February 1, 2010
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A Little Beforehand Preparation Makes for a Better Homes for Sale Selling Experience
Posted on January 31, 2010
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With the current housing market, homes have gotten harder to sell. As a seller of a homes for sale, you will need to do more preparation for the sale before you list to ensure your home stands out amongst the competition.
Sellers of homes for sale must adjust their expectations. No longer does a home sell within a month of listing it on the market. Prices have dropped drastically, since the housing bubble has deflated, making it even more important than ever to present your homes for sale to its best advantage.
Professional Staging. Consider having your homes for sale professionally staged. I watched a show a few months ago, where a professional decorator not only restaged the interior of the home but also the second floor deck. Where the deck was once an uninviting, Spartan area with a couple of folding chairs, it became a warm, cozy and inviting retreat. It had wooden benches with soft cushions lining the deck rails, a copper fire pit (kept lit during showings for ambience), wooden end tables, large floor plants in every corner, plants hanging from the new lattice deck overhang. At the open house after being relisted, everyone liked the interior but fell in love with the deck. It sold within a month, after having sit for months at its original listing.
Hiring a designer to spruce up and restage your home can cost a little as $150 for the initial consultation. For a few hundred more, a professional stager will bring in plants, art and furniture, while you place your belongings in storage. Showing your homes for sale to its best advantage lets potential buyers see all the possibilities your home has, increasing buyer interest.
Environmentally Friendly. With energy costs on the rise and people taking a new interest in the environment, many buyers are looking for environmentally friendly features without having to incur the upfront costs. Be sure to ask the professional stager for some ideas on adding such features. Some inexpensive things you can do are to add energy-saving compact fluorescent light bulbs, replacing the wasteful incandescent bulbs. Put a compost bin in the backyard and filters on faucets. Ensure your realtor points out the energy efficient, yellow stickers on the hot water heater and furnace.
Fix It Up. If you wish to sell your homes for sale quickly, you cannot expect potential buyers to âfix upâ the house, selling it âas isâ. In todayâs market, it is cheaper to fix a few things than take a great loss on the selling price. While fixing things, give the home a more contemporary look by replacing old kitchen and bathroom fixtures, cabinet knobs, ceiling light fixtures, and so on. Remove wallpaper, mirrored walls, and paneling from bygone eras, replacing them with painted walls. Paint all walls taupe (white is now passé).
Use the Internet. According to Errol Samuelson, president of realtor.com, more than 80 percent of potential homes for sale buyers check online listings. That means you have more exposure for your homes for sale, if your realtor has it posted on a popular real estate web site. Samuelson says that listings with at least six great photos of the homes for sale and a video tour get 300 percent more online viewers. The more viewers who see your homes for sale, the more buyer interest is generated. The more buyer interest, the faster your home will sell. Ensure you are taking advantages of this technology for your homes for sale.
Price Appropriately. I have seen many articles on how innovative sellers of homes for sale have become in order to ensure a quicker sale and better price. Incentives have been paid vacations to free gym memberships â you name it, a seller somewhere has probably offered it. Developer Robert Sheridan, owner of the Lakeshore Condomiums in the Andersen Springs community in Phoenix, found selling incentives an unsuccessful strategy. He offered free kitchen upgrades and financing incentives to no avail. In the end, he slashed prices by ten percent and sold his condos.
Many homes for sale owners are pricing their homes at last yearâs prices, while potential buyers are looking for better deals. Unfortunately, the current housing market is supporting the buyers, not the sellers. You must be realistic when pricing your homes for sale. Listen to the advice from your realtor, who has the pulse of the current market. If necessary, check out current listings in your area for comparison. In the end, if your homes for sale is priced too high, it will not sell.
John Harris
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How to Achieve a Quick Property Sale in 2007
Posted on January 29, 2010
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How to Achieve a Quick Property Sale this Year
You know how it is. You’ve just found the home you were looking for and had your offer for it accepted by the seller. All you need to do is sell your current home, a goal that won’t be hard to accomplish according to your realtor. Your home gets put onto the market and there’s a flurry of interest from possible buyers during the days following . Then it quiets down. A few weeks pass, then months and still you’re no closer to selling your home than when you first started. Even worse situation, the buyer pulls out the day before the closing will take place.
Selling your property with a real estate agent may be a lengthy process. The rates are through the roof, especially after you factor in on top of the real estate agent’s fees the extra legal fees and mortgage payments you will be paying while you wait for your house to sell. If you can’t get a quick property sale you could possibly lose out on the home of your dreams too. Given these trying circumstances, it’s no wonder that relocating is said to be one of life’s more difficult affairs.
There are basically two alternatives to selling your property through a real estate agent. One is to sell privately online. The other option is finding a company that specifically buys homes direct. Such businesses advertise cash property buyer offers in newspapers or on the internet. You will find some advantages as well as disadvantages with each one of these options.
Hundreds of home owners sell their homes in the UK every month privately. You save money on agent fees, which can be as high as 3%, and you have complete control over the transaction. You also won’t have to buy a Home Information Pack from the Government when they become necessary in the summer of 2007 (private sales are exempt). There are disadvantages you need to consider. If you decide to advertise through the Internet, and need to sell a house quickly, you’ll need to commit a lot of time advertising the home. You should sign-up on several internet sites, to increase your chances, put together a detailed description of your property and add it on the web sites along with suitable pictures. Next you’ll be dealing with all of the inquiries on your own and spend a great deal of time coming up with answers to help sell the property. You will also continue to be running the risk of not locating a buyer fast or the risk of broken chains and potential buyers backing out before the sale is final.
The next option when selling privately is getting in touch with companies who work with providing quick sale services. You will get an offer from them, usually after 24 to 48 hours, and the sale takes less time to close. The condition of the house doesn’t matter, and you don’t have to spend time trying to ’sell’ it to the buyer.
However, do be prepared to take a lower than market value offer on your property. This type of company will, in return for a fast home sale, purchase at 10% to 20% discounts. If you’re willing to make a compromise on price, you’ll have a quick sale and, most importantly, one that is simple.
About the Author
Oliver Darraugh is a freelance online journalist. He lives in Birmingham. Website.
Claire Call
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