Considering selling my home, no comps at all
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Comments (7)For right now I just sold out of buckets....but I would like to do something else. I've read some people use carts. I would like to keep doing this. I know there are cities that don't allow street vending, but it is allowed where I live. You would have to check with your local laws. Some towns you can only sell at certain location and times...it just depends on where you are. I sold in the evening when most people were going home from work. I think a lot of the sales I made were from men wanting to take a bouquet home to there wife. I am in a very small town and the only grocery store here doesn't sell any fresh flowers....so maybe that is why I sold mine so well. This might not work as well in an area where fresh flowers are easily accessible. Like I said before I guess it would depend on if you can get a vendors license for your town. I just thought it was kind of a neat way to sell flowers along with farmers markets....See MoreClean home, fair price, key to my selling
Comments (38)Here's another viewpoint. We sold our house on the first weekend of February, 2005. The house was listed for a total of 8 hours before we signed an offer sheet/ binder. Believe me when I say we we're in shock! We spent three months removing all our personal items/ pictures & etc. from the house. We re-painted most of the rooms. A couple of major things we did that needed to be done was replace the heating/ hot water system. Both were 33 years old. We tiled the kitchen floor and had some new tiling done in the bathroom. I did all the work except for the tile and furnace. Our realtor assisted us in staging the house to show off it's best features. Price wise, while we were spending the 3 months getting the houses ready to sell, we went to open house in our area that showed the same type house as ours - a raised ranch. We had a good isea of the market and our realtor did a market analysis for us - part of her job. And this was not the "make a killing" mentality. We had lived in the house for 23 years. We knew what we would make. Did we ask to little? No. We asked a fair price and were willing to negotiate on price. We priced to sell! The other aspect of the sale was we were already in contract for our present house. We purchased our present home for $200,000.00 under the market value. We made an offer on it before we had our old house on the market. The reason was the house had not been maintained. The furnace hadn't been serviced in three years, the cook top on the range was broken through, the oven hadn't been cleaned in God knows how long. The dishwasher was rusted out and the hardwood floors were a disaster because of animals. I could go one because I've already addressed 37 seperate projects since we moved in in March 2005. My house is now worth what it should have sold for. So, a well maintained, clean house does make a big difference. Buyers know when the owners have taken care of the property. It is called pride in ownership. Price does make a difference. A fairly priced house will sell much faster than an overpriced one. So congrats to Kevin and all the other who have sold quickly, even in a depressed market. Enjoy the journey. eal51 in western CT...See MoreWhich comps to use - new homes or similar homes?
Comments (25)Lol, kitty had just been shooed off the dr table. I brought home a sample of porcelain tile tonight. It's looks very nice and goes perfectly with the dark bath cabs & is ok looking with the counter. CordovaMom, this tile makes me dizzy too! I've always hated it, but dh wanted the floors to be the last thing we tackled, so here we sit. Tile in the LR is perfectly acceptable here (and common), but so is carpet. Wood floors and laminate wood really aren't very popular, except with people like me who prefer them when doing an update- and the rare custom builds have also used them, but for the most part it's tile. If the layout has the LR or a FR separated, then that's more likely to get a carpet. I'll see what the real estate agent thinks - he should know what people want or will think when they see our floors. I'll carpet if he thinks we should, but otherwise I think we'll leave it as is...if we had the time to install new flooring (even laminate wood) ourselves it might be worth our while cost wise, but since we'd have to high the labor I don't think it'd be worth it. I'd rather offer a flooring allowance if it comes down to that. After all, we still bought the home like this and it's a much stronger sellers market now than it was 4 years ago. It's rare that any of the older homes here have had any updating at all, so I think we'll be in the lead somewhat...if someone wants to look for themselves just shoot me an email and I'll send you the real estate link. I'll take a pic of the kitchen tomorrow after dh has cleaned up his mess from working on it today....See MoreSelling my home to my tenant
Comments (10)You need a real estate attorney. They will guide you through the process. You owe no money to the purchaser's agent. You have no contract with them nor any implied contract. You said you were military. You have access to your unit's JAG officer. Find them and talk to them. They can be helpful. If you financed the home using the VA, the loan is assumable by your buyer. If your buyer is in the military, you may want to explore that option. Just be certain they will be assuming liability for the loan. Ultimately, you need a real estate attorney. The good news is your buddy has looked around the area and has determined that they would like to stay in your property. You may want to go ahead and get a handle on valuation by getting an appraisal as part of the purchase contract. Your real estate attorney can help with this. An appraisal and knowing the valuation will make setting the sales price in a reasonable range. There won't be any surprises when the buyer goes to finance....See Morelittlebug zone 5 Missouri
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