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Real Estate
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Tips for the Seller |
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Home Improvements: A Beneficial
Investment? |
Marketing Your Home
by Matt Nehmer |
Accepting the Offer |
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News! Many of your home improvements not only change the look and feel of
your home, but are also solid financial investments. The following chart
shows the potential of return on several home improvements. Some of your
improvements may reduce capital gains at resale time, thereby reducing
your tax liability. Save all remodeling / home improvement receipts and
keep accurate records including purchase or expense dates of materials and
labor.
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The
circle is complete. You've scoured the market looking for the perfect
house for your budget. After logging in countless hours on weekend
projects, you've successfully transformed this new dwelling into a place
you can call home. Now, for whatever reason, it's time to pass the keys on
to a new owner. Forget for a moment all of the emotional appeal that your
home may have and begin the process of marketing it to a qualified buyer.
While some people think home
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You
have decided to sell your home. It is spotless. The buyers walk through,
sizing it up, checking it out, maybe thinking of how they might feel if it
were their home. The sign on your front lawn has drawn the interest of the
neighbors who have tales to tell about the Jones' house, which sold in two
days, or the Murphy's', which was on the market two years before it sold.
The phone rings, and it's your real estate agent. That nice couple who
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Tips for the Buyer |
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Preparing to Buy |
House Hunting |
Making the Offer |
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most people, the decision to buy a house is motivated by a number of
practical reasons: a growing family, the need to relocate to a new job, or
even the tax benefits of owning. Because choosing your future domicile is
largely an emotional decision, it's a sensible idea to turn to a licensed
Realtor to assist you in exploring your options.
One common house-hunting tool used by Realtors is a Multiple Listing
Service. The MLS is a nationwide database listing virtually
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Is
your family growing? What type of neighborhood do you envision? Are you
planning to work from your house? By answering such queries, you'll gain a
stronger awareness of your needs. This, in turn, will ease the frustration
involved with singling out your future home from the thousands of choices
available.
After determining what you can afford, the next step is to narrow down
your wish list to fit, along with your budget, into the right home for
you.
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So
you've finally found that gorgeous house of your dreams. It sits shining
in the sunlight, waiting for you. You've already imagined how happy you
would be to live there, how wonderful to while away a day on its wide
porch, or relax before its big fireplace.
But you're not there yet. You must make an offer that you feel is
reasonable and that satisfies the seller as well.
Now is the time to use your head, not your heart, no matter how thrilled
you are at the prospect
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