November 2007 - Posts
Open Houses-Should I? One of the most common questions I’m asked at a listing presentation is, “Should I hold an open house”? And to everybody I give the same answer. There is no correct answer or philosophy to the question. You should
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Bass Fishing On Lake Toho For the last 8 weeks I have been going fishing on Lake Toho with my family and my in-laws on their new boat for bass and have not caught a single one. What is going on? Lake Toho is supposedly one of the best bass fishing lakes
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FHA Loans Making A Comeback In the past year there have been more than 150 banks which have closed their doors and gone out of business due to the tremendous increase in foreclosures, short sales and delinquencies. Thus causing the standards for which
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Sellers Need To Be Committed To Selling Their House In A Short Sale Handling a short sale transaction is a very complicated matter. There is an exuberant amount of work needed to be done by the listing agent and not a lot of time to do it. So before an
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Are Home Warranties Worth It? In an industry where evolution keeps changing the rules of the game and the market in which we are involved, it is important to have the seller include a home warranty to help facilitate a transaction. In the past 3 years
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Near New Condition • 1,520 sq. ft., 2 bath, 3 bdrm single story "Contemporary" - MLS® $215,000 - Great Price Saint Cloud, St. Cloud - This beautiful 3 bedroom home is in near new condition and is situated just minutes from schools,
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Mathematics & Real Estate On almost half of the listing appointments that I go to, sellers who have bought houses within the last two years think that their house is worth more than the day they bought it. Anybody with knowledge of the real estate
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Timing Trumps Location How many times have you heard the cliché that when buying real estate the most important thing is LOCATION, LOCATION , and more LOCATION? Well the truth of the matter is that location is NOT the most important factor it’s
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Agents And Sellers Beware Of The Bank In A Short Sale Real Estate agents and sellers need to beware of the banks and the mortgage companies that are involved in today’s short sale market. It is not so much what they are saying that is turning heads,
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According to the Orlando Realtor, the official news publication of the Orlando Regional Realtor Asssociation, there are currently 26,330 homes available for purchase through the MLS. Inventory increased by 20 homes in October 2007, which means that 20
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Acording to the Orlando Realtor, the official news publication of the Orlando Regional Realtor Association, the median sales price of a single-family home in the Orlando area held steady at $235,000 for the second month in a row, reports the Orlando Regional
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Florida Foreclosures It seems like everybody is pointing the finger blaming someone else for the recent explosion of foreclosures seen in the Florida real estate market. The truth of the matter is everybody played a role, and now nobody wants to get caught
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Priced To Sell • 1,873 sq. ft., 2 bath, 3 bdrm single story "Contemporary" - MLS® #o4812834 $215,000 Green Briar, Williamsburg - This beautifully spacious 3 bedroom split plan house is in great condition and centrally located just minites
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Mortgage brokers need to do a lot more research before they issue a pre-qualification letter to a buyer. It’s becoming a lot more common to see buyers going around thinking that they are valid buyers capable of making a lot of people go out of their
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Everywhere you turn it’s common to see another report or article from the media about how bad real estate is. It has gotten to the point where buyers and investors are being affected by these reports and thus creating a low point for buyer’s
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There has been a lot of construction going on off Narcoossee Rd just south of 417 the last 3 months and for a good cause. Lake Nona is expanding its boundaries to encompass 7,000 acres of mixed use developments. This is not the usual type of community
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Disney recently opened its second salon boutique for children situated in Cinderella’s Castle in the heart of Magic Kingdom . It is truly a spectacular place for everyone. Parents and children stood with their mouths wide open in amazement at the
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Sky Lake, Orange County - Announcing a price reduction on 11418 Kazimer Dr, a 1,690 sq. ft., 2 bath, 3 bdrm single story "Contemporary". Now MLS® #o4775898 $229,000 - Under Market Value. Property information
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Placing a house on the market with an inflated price is the worst thing a seller can do for themselves and for the market. There are all kinds of historical data that confirms that sellers who overprice their listings take twice as long to sell, and sell
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One of the most important questions that is commonly overlooked when prospective sellers are looking to sell their house is, where and how does the agent plan to market the property other than in MLS or on his or her web site? For each and every agent
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