Thinking about selling your home? Let me give you some sound advice. First; use the services of a Realtor®. Second; do not negotiate verbally with a prospective buyer. If you have someone serious about your property, they should be willing to put their offer in writing.
Thinking about buying a home: Take the same advice. Do [...]
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It is now just a formality. Having passed the Senate and House, the bill designed to further stimulate the housing market, and thus the economy in general, is sitting on the President’s desk, awaiting his signature. Once signed, the bill becomes law (remember that from your elementary school lesson on government?).
The good news for first-time [...]
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The year I turned 21 the federal government changed the voting age to 18. When I bought my first home, I wanted to join the volunteer fire department in my new community, but they required I live there one year before being eligible. Twelve months later, at my first fire department business meeting, the department [...]
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I haven’t blogged in a while. I have been busy for the last eight weeks dealing with real estate transactions in which I or my wife were the buyers/sellers. First there was the sale of my late father in law’s home in Florida, which required us to spend a little over a week in Apopka [...]
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It was unbelievable! We were so concerned that Sunday after the two-day sale we would be left with a lot of furniture and household goods that we would have to dispose of. Were we ever surprised.
The newspaper ad ran Wednesday and Thursday before the Friday-Saturday sale, but people came to the door Thursday afternoon, wanting [...]
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I recently put my personal home under contract, and will be moving into a new home at the end of May. My home sold in 90 days, which is further proof that the market is picking up.
The buyer, who is a building contractor by trade, decided he would do his own inspection, and came with a [...]
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Hey, I can’t believe I’m sitting here in Apopka, Florida helping my wife prepare the final estate sale (yard sale, garage sale, call it what you want), and can’t imagine all the stuff here is going to sell in a weekend. However, what I learned is when you run the sale ad in the local [...]
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Someone once said, and it has oft been repeated, “The only two things for sure in this world are death and taxes.” I don’t have anything to add on the death part of that, but I would add that while you can be sure that there will be taxes, you can’t be sure you’ll be [...]
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What a day Thursday was! After over thirty years in the Lake Norman area, Century 21 Hecht Realty is now part of the growing Coldwell Banker United Realtors organization! Most folks aren’t aware that Coldwell Banker, ERA, and Century 21 are all owned by a company called Realogy, which also holds other realty franchises. So [...]
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With the economy in so much turmoil right now, people are having a hard time deciding if they should spend their money or not. Discretionary spending is being curtailed by everyone I talk to, and folks are waiting to see what happens next.
But as summer approaches, people also begin thinking about vacations, travel, and relocating. [...]
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