Would you like to sell a home fast without using a Realtor? How to sell a home fast online without using a Realtor. There are many ways.
1. Put your house on many web sites: zillow.com, (spend some money and highlight your home it is very cheap (craigslist.com (put it up every day), trulia.com, hoobly.com and any other sites that have free classifieds in your area.
Make sure you put your city and neighborhood name in all the descriptions since people are searching for this.
2. Make a video tour of your home and put in on YouTube.com and Google video. Walk around the house in your own words and tell people all the good things about the house.
3. Have an auction. You will need to advertise the sale for at least two weeks. It will require you to put up at least a 100 signs, since they will be taken down every night. You will get the blank signs from your local screen printing supply store. The should cost you about $0.80 and the stakes will cost about $0.70
It will get more traffic if it is an absolute sale. This means it will sell to the highest bidder, no matter what the bid is. The other kind is a reserve auction.
4. Build a web site for your home. It could be 123MainSt.com. Make sure you add this to all your marketing. It is $8.00 per year to register a name at godaddy.com. You get a free 5 page web site that is easy to build where you can add pictures, photos, and give all the information needed on the home. You could also promote open houses, and captures emails.
5. Plaster the neighborhood. This is one of my favorite methods. Get a generic blank door hanger and print out open house copy just for the neighborhood. "Pick your new Neighbor Open House" You are trying to show everyone your nice house and why they should tell their friends and family why this house would be great for them. Then walk the neighborhood and put up the door hangers.
6. If you have a neighborhood shopping center that dominates that neighborhood, print some inexpensive flyers and plaster the parking lot at least twice.'
7. Finally, as a last resort, go to google and type in "We buy Houses" and look at all the people on the left side. These are more likely to be local real estate investors who will pay cash and close in just days. One example of such a site is www.SellmyGreensborohomefast.com. A real estate investor company will typically buy at a substantial discount. (usually at least 30% in this crazy market) The good thing about selling to an investor is they pay cash and can close in just days. They also do not care if your house has problems like termites, water damage, mold, fire damage, or just plain outdated.
Bottom line is you can sell your home without a Realtor, but I would not advise it. Realtors know most of the qualified buyers and earn their money.
Todd is the owner of http://www.ibuyhomes.com and http://www.SellOrlandoHomeFast.com He is a teacher for CFRI and creative real estate investor who buys and sells about 2 homes per month in Orlando, Florida.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Todd_Hutcheson
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Decluttering Your Home in Preparation For Selling
In order to sell your house in a buyer's market, you must make your house stand out from the rest. The first way to do this is to clean your house completely. A thorough clean includes decluttering. You can use this time to get rid of clutter that isn't adding anything to your life - other than something to move aside, shove away, or trip over. This will not only enable you to stage your home more efficiently, it will also lessen the stress of having "mess" to clear away before every home showing.
Take small steps to decluttering. Focus on getting a single area or container decluttered at a time. This could be a counter or a drawer. It doesn't matter as long as you start and do a thorough job on that one space.
Dump everything onto a cleared space and start going through it. One pile is for things that you use and want to keep. The other pile is for things that you don't use and don't need. Be ruthless! The orange juicer that you picked up while on a health kick isn't doing you any good if you use it only once a year. You are probably not going to use the 3-year-old packets of ketchup. While that extra set of measuring spoons will come in handy if your present set get stolen by a thieving baker, they aren't likely to be. Choose a set and let the other go.
After you declutter this small space, put stuff back in an orderly fashion. In some cases, like drawers, you may find that an organizer keeps your things easily separated and accessible.
Lather, rinse, repeat. Do this with all the areas you need to de-clutter. It's best to set up some kind of schedule or plan, so you have a clear idea of what you're doing and when it's time to stop. Decluttering is a thankless task and it's easier to do if you know that you only have one bookshelf to do.
It's not enough to throw stuff out/give stuff away. You need a strategy to deal with the stuff that is going to come in. "A place for everything and everything in its place" is not just an old cliche - it's good sense.
Papers, for instance, should have their own folder. You can purchase an inexpensive file cabinet or file folder to keep track of your important papers. Papers that need to be out for whatever reason should be stored in an In/Out box, which you can buy cheaply or make out of things you already have. ASAP those papers should be filed away, out of sight.
Books need to have their own storage system. Shelves are the usual method, but boxes and drawers can also be utilized to organize books and keep them from contributing to clutter.
Toys have a home in the toy box/basket/hamper. Children's games and activities can also find a home here or on specially designated shelves. Start training your children now to put things away after they are done playing with them. Conduct a family "sweep" every day, where you spend 10 minutes straightening things up and putting things away.
Keep a box for things-that-aren't-used-often-but-are-used-often-enough-to-keep. Store this box away and see if you really use those things that often. If you find that you haven't opened the box in a year, reconsider keeping them.
Look around your house and visualize it as you want to see it staged. Remove everything that interferes with that vision. It may be helpful for you to rent temporary storage so that the items that you do wish to keep can be safely stored away from the house. You could also use this to determine if you really miss these items or whether you'll be glad to have them back when you move.
As you gradually come closer to your goal, you will not only have staged your home as you want it, you will have removed unnecessary things from your life. This also helps you deal with the stress of selling your home and moving.
http://www.WelcomeHomeNevada.com provides a professional guide to Las Vegas Real Estate and the surrounding areas. For excellent agent services in the Las Vegas area, contact your Las Vegas Realtor.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Heath_Hostetler
Take small steps to decluttering. Focus on getting a single area or container decluttered at a time. This could be a counter or a drawer. It doesn't matter as long as you start and do a thorough job on that one space.
Dump everything onto a cleared space and start going through it. One pile is for things that you use and want to keep. The other pile is for things that you don't use and don't need. Be ruthless! The orange juicer that you picked up while on a health kick isn't doing you any good if you use it only once a year. You are probably not going to use the 3-year-old packets of ketchup. While that extra set of measuring spoons will come in handy if your present set get stolen by a thieving baker, they aren't likely to be. Choose a set and let the other go.
After you declutter this small space, put stuff back in an orderly fashion. In some cases, like drawers, you may find that an organizer keeps your things easily separated and accessible.
Lather, rinse, repeat. Do this with all the areas you need to de-clutter. It's best to set up some kind of schedule or plan, so you have a clear idea of what you're doing and when it's time to stop. Decluttering is a thankless task and it's easier to do if you know that you only have one bookshelf to do.
It's not enough to throw stuff out/give stuff away. You need a strategy to deal with the stuff that is going to come in. "A place for everything and everything in its place" is not just an old cliche - it's good sense.
Papers, for instance, should have their own folder. You can purchase an inexpensive file cabinet or file folder to keep track of your important papers. Papers that need to be out for whatever reason should be stored in an In/Out box, which you can buy cheaply or make out of things you already have. ASAP those papers should be filed away, out of sight.
Books need to have their own storage system. Shelves are the usual method, but boxes and drawers can also be utilized to organize books and keep them from contributing to clutter.
Toys have a home in the toy box/basket/hamper. Children's games and activities can also find a home here or on specially designated shelves. Start training your children now to put things away after they are done playing with them. Conduct a family "sweep" every day, where you spend 10 minutes straightening things up and putting things away.
Keep a box for things-that-aren't-used-often-but-are-used-often-enough-to-keep. Store this box away and see if you really use those things that often. If you find that you haven't opened the box in a year, reconsider keeping them.
Look around your house and visualize it as you want to see it staged. Remove everything that interferes with that vision. It may be helpful for you to rent temporary storage so that the items that you do wish to keep can be safely stored away from the house. You could also use this to determine if you really miss these items or whether you'll be glad to have them back when you move.
As you gradually come closer to your goal, you will not only have staged your home as you want it, you will have removed unnecessary things from your life. This also helps you deal with the stress of selling your home and moving.
http://www.WelcomeHomeNevada.com provides a professional guide to Las Vegas Real Estate and the surrounding areas. For excellent agent services in the Las Vegas area, contact your Las Vegas Realtor.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Heath_Hostetler
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Short Sales from A-Z This Saturday Morning
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See you there, this will be great.
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www.FundsForShortSales.com
PS: 1% Funds Available for REOs too
Friday, November 14, 2008
What If You Could…
Pay off the Visa and MasterCard credit card bills and wipe out your mortgage early?
Stop worrying about Wall Street, Uncle Sam and Social Security going broke?
Have the opportunity to help the less fortunate... maybe snag those occasional nice sports or theatre tickets... line up great schools for the kids or grandchildren?
Can you imagine having all this... while at the same time enjoying "work" more than ever before???
Saturday, November 8, 2008
5 techniques to get your mind back on track...
...whenever you find it wandering away from the task at hand:
* Check your emotions.
If I'm stewing about something unrelated to what I'm supposed to be working on, I remind myself that "emotions have no cash value." And I refocus.
* Let it go.
If I've done my part and the ball is now in someone else's court, I remind myself that there's nothing I can do about it at the moment. And I refocus.
* Take a breather.
To refresh my mind, I take a quick break. Even stopping to get a glass of juice helps me refocus my attention where it should be.
* Keep a notepad handy.
If the distracting thought that pops into my head could be useful - maybe an idea for a solution to a client's problem - I write myself a note and refocus. That way, I know I won't forget that idea. I'll get back to it later, AFTER I've finished what I'm doing.
* Reschedule.
When I'm tired my mind tends to wander even more. In that case, unless I am on a tight deadline, I reschedule what I'm working on.
It is far more productive to stay focused on the work you are doing WHILE you are doing it. Although studies suggest that 30 to 40 percent of the time most people don't really think about what they're doing, YOU can be different. It takes practice and willingness to discipline yourself to be "in the here and now." But it is worth it.
The only way to achieve success - no matter what you're trying to accomplish - is to take action.
So, if you are working the Home Seller Assist program created by John Alexander and also know as We Provide The Cash, keep the above in mind and explode your profits.
* Check your emotions.
If I'm stewing about something unrelated to what I'm supposed to be working on, I remind myself that "emotions have no cash value." And I refocus.
* Let it go.
If I've done my part and the ball is now in someone else's court, I remind myself that there's nothing I can do about it at the moment. And I refocus.
* Take a breather.
To refresh my mind, I take a quick break. Even stopping to get a glass of juice helps me refocus my attention where it should be.
* Keep a notepad handy.
If the distracting thought that pops into my head could be useful - maybe an idea for a solution to a client's problem - I write myself a note and refocus. That way, I know I won't forget that idea. I'll get back to it later, AFTER I've finished what I'm doing.
* Reschedule.
When I'm tired my mind tends to wander even more. In that case, unless I am on a tight deadline, I reschedule what I'm working on.
It is far more productive to stay focused on the work you are doing WHILE you are doing it. Although studies suggest that 30 to 40 percent of the time most people don't really think about what they're doing, YOU can be different. It takes practice and willingness to discipline yourself to be "in the here and now." But it is worth it.
The only way to achieve success - no matter what you're trying to accomplish - is to take action.
So, if you are working the Home Seller Assist program created by John Alexander and also know as We Provide The Cash, keep the above in mind and explode your profits.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Loan Modifications Are a Mixed Benefit For Lenders
Looking for a solution to the mortgage crisis and the disaster that was caused by the subprime mortgage blowup, governmental agencies as well as lenders have discovered that loan modifications are perhaps offering the best possible solution for the bank as well as the consumer. For lenders, however, loan mods are a mixed benefit.
The guidelines set forth are fuzzy and even though there are few hard and fast requirements, by and large it is left up to the individual mortgage lender to define the scope of their programs. Training bank agents to deal with modifications is not easy since each case is entirely different, and the fact that the entire process is extremely time consuming lends to the headaches experiences by the mortgage industry.
On the other hand, the fact that instead of showing bad debts on their books the lender will have active and paying loans is good news, especially in light of recent FDIC investigations. Investors prefer to do business with banks not weighed down with bad debts and pending foreclosures, and thus it is in the best interest of any bank to work with consumers whenever possible to keep their records showing profits rather than loan failures.
The problems arise when consumers seek to negotiate loan modifications on their own. Not knowing the ins and outs of loan negotiations and not truly understanding the process, they often slow down the entire procedure unnecessarily. In addition, at times there has not been any financial counseling and a modification that is negotiated today might fall flat and become ineffectual within a few short months, in which case the homeowner is once again in the same situation but no longer eligible to modify their loan.
Usually lenders find that negotiating with a professional negotiator makes the process easier, streamlines business, and of course sets up the majority of consumers for the best possible loans, since most professionals are open and up front about the feasibility of the modification the borrower is about to undergo.
Upsetting the industry and the entire process are those negotiators who operate fly by night enterprises and fail to understand RESPA, TILA, or the banking regulations that govern the modifications of existing home loans. Consumers are urged to be careful and exercise due diligence when interviewing potential loan to act on their behalves. You can find out more about loan modifications on the site that we recommend: loan-modification411.com.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Krista_Scruggs
The guidelines set forth are fuzzy and even though there are few hard and fast requirements, by and large it is left up to the individual mortgage lender to define the scope of their programs. Training bank agents to deal with modifications is not easy since each case is entirely different, and the fact that the entire process is extremely time consuming lends to the headaches experiences by the mortgage industry.
On the other hand, the fact that instead of showing bad debts on their books the lender will have active and paying loans is good news, especially in light of recent FDIC investigations. Investors prefer to do business with banks not weighed down with bad debts and pending foreclosures, and thus it is in the best interest of any bank to work with consumers whenever possible to keep their records showing profits rather than loan failures.
The problems arise when consumers seek to negotiate loan modifications on their own. Not knowing the ins and outs of loan negotiations and not truly understanding the process, they often slow down the entire procedure unnecessarily. In addition, at times there has not been any financial counseling and a modification that is negotiated today might fall flat and become ineffectual within a few short months, in which case the homeowner is once again in the same situation but no longer eligible to modify their loan.
Usually lenders find that negotiating with a professional negotiator makes the process easier, streamlines business, and of course sets up the majority of consumers for the best possible loans, since most professionals are open and up front about the feasibility of the modification the borrower is about to undergo.
Upsetting the industry and the entire process are those negotiators who operate fly by night enterprises and fail to understand RESPA, TILA, or the banking regulations that govern the modifications of existing home loans. Consumers are urged to be careful and exercise due diligence when interviewing potential loan to act on their behalves. You can find out more about loan modifications on the site that we recommend: loan-modification411.com.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Krista_Scruggs
Monday, November 3, 2008
Lease-purchase options.
Lease-purchase options are ideal ways to help you overcome any current credit blemishes or the lack of a down payment and still own a home.
When you and the seller agree to a lease-purchase option, you agree to pay the seller what is essentially rent for a specific period of time, typically one to three years.
At the end of that time, you can choose to move on or you can purchase the house.
In the event that you want to purchase the house, the seller credits you with a designated portion of the rent you’ve paid (i.e. if you paid $1,000 a month in rent, the seller might credit you with $700 per month toward a down-payment on the home) and you apply for traditional financing to purchase the home.
Lease-purchase options can help you take advantage of the fantastic deals you’ll find in the current economic climate. Lenders are reluctant to consider traditional financing for anyone without perfect credit right now, and coming up with a down-payment can be difficult.
If you agree to a lease-purchase option, you have one to three years to clean up your credit, save money for a down-payment and even have a portion of your rent count as a down-payment.
And if you decide you don’t want the house or aren’t yet in a position to buy, you can negotiate with the owner to extend the lease-purchase agreement or find a different home.
This gives you a chance to lock-in a purchase price right now, with the amazing deals that you won’t find anymore as the housing market rebounds and we enter another housing boom.
When you and the seller agree to a lease-purchase option, you agree to pay the seller what is essentially rent for a specific period of time, typically one to three years.
At the end of that time, you can choose to move on or you can purchase the house.
In the event that you want to purchase the house, the seller credits you with a designated portion of the rent you’ve paid (i.e. if you paid $1,000 a month in rent, the seller might credit you with $700 per month toward a down-payment on the home) and you apply for traditional financing to purchase the home.
Lease-purchase options can help you take advantage of the fantastic deals you’ll find in the current economic climate. Lenders are reluctant to consider traditional financing for anyone without perfect credit right now, and coming up with a down-payment can be difficult.
If you agree to a lease-purchase option, you have one to three years to clean up your credit, save money for a down-payment and even have a portion of your rent count as a down-payment.
And if you decide you don’t want the house or aren’t yet in a position to buy, you can negotiate with the owner to extend the lease-purchase agreement or find a different home.
This gives you a chance to lock-in a purchase price right now, with the amazing deals that you won’t find anymore as the housing market rebounds and we enter another housing boom.
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