Buying home before selling
Jennifer Bockelman
3 years ago
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Jennifer Bockelman
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Selling home before it is finished
Comments (5)Partially completed homes owned by private sellers come on the market from time to time. Builders have them for sale all the time. Any good RE should be able to handle the listing, although some might be reluctant to take it on. If there is a construction loan, it would probably complicate matters. It is generally illegal to occupy a house that doesn't have a CO, but that doesn't mean it can't be sold. The buyers would have to complete the home and receive a CO before they could move in....See MoreBetter to do maintenance before listing or sell house at lower pr
Comments (6)We have a fair amount of cosmetic maintenance that needs doing - painting, landscaping, new flooring, and new window coverings. Unfortunately, we also have a couple neighbors that have an excessive number of vehicles - some which are parked in front of our house If you had a neighbor with fewer vehicles and a shabby house, it would be a fixer-upper. If you had an immaculate house and the car-collecting neighbor, many people would overlook the neighbor's cars. But put a shabby house and a cluttered parking situation ... it's looking like a rundown neighborhood. The only thing you can control is your property, so clean up the landscaping, clean the house, take care of the minor repairs, etc. New Flooring and window coverings? I'd not spend much on either, unless the flooring was totally trashed. What is the current flooring?...See MoreHouses that sell before hitting the MLS
Comments (30)>> Last but not least, there is no law saying you have to sell to the highest bidder. Some people may prefer selling to someone who is a friend-of-a-friend or seems nice or has expressed a love of the backyard gardens that the homeowner spent years cultivating. I bet some of these rapid sales have a personal factor involved. This is what happened for me when I sold my condo years ago (2006? Time period). We got an acceptable offer from a single girl who reminded me a lot of myself when I first bought the place. Two more folks had looked at the place in between when she looked at it and brought her parents back to look at it. One of them had their agent contact ours to let him know we'd be receiving an offer the next day. But we wanted to sell to this girl so we accepted her offer anyway. The sale was smooth sailing and selling that place was part of the reason we were able to buy the house we finally bought this year....See MoreHow long was your house on the market before finally selling?
Comments (20)Maybe we can continue this threat? 1.2005 in IL.Sold in one day for asking price.Town house in a sellers market. 2.2016 in Co.Buyers market.Nice house on a corner lot.Recived low ball,one person backed out.Finally sold after 6 months after market improved but had to lower price 5 times. 3.2021 in wine country Co.Sold in 24 hours close to asking price.I will always regret selling this one( remodeled victorian in a a perfect location. 4.2023 rural tx in down market.Over 300 days on the market,one low ball offer.A lot of showings but no other offers.Unique house with couple of acres.Reduced price 5 times already.This house is going to be the death of me.I wish I never bought it....See MoreAnglophilia
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