All Posts Tagged With: "selling"
Can A Landlord Enter Without Notice When Selling?
Question: I\’m a renter who has no contract with the landlord. I pay rent month-to-month. The owners’ recently put the home up for sale, and the real state broker put a lockbox on my door. Do they have the right to come in while we are gone or do they have to wait until we [...]
19Nov2008 | Peter G. Miller | 0 comments | Continued
Can I Sell “As Is” A House I Inherited?
Question: I’ve been offered a reasonable price on a house I inherited. I want to sell it in “as is” condition. What things should I look out for to protect myself during escrow and after closing? Answer: The matter of “as is” sales has evolved during the past decade or so. The best advice used [...]
21Sep2008 | Peter G. Miller | 0 comments | Continued
10 Steps To Sell Your Home More Quickly In Stalled Markets
During the past year many markets have stalled if not declined. Still, if you’re an owner you want to maximize your profits whether the market is up, down or sideways. What to do? If you’re a seller there are 10 negotiating steps you can take to make sure your home has the best chance for [...]
19Sep2008 | Peter G. Miller | 0 comments | Continued
What To Do In A Falling Real Estate Market
The seller was at wit’s end, a not unreasonable location given that the asking price for her beloved abode had fallen by $100,000 and further reductions loomed ahead. The house in question is well-located and beautifully prepared, but the local marketplace has begun to ease. The vast and predictable price increases of the past few [...]
19Sep2008 | Peter G. Miller | 0 comments | Continued
10 Tips For First-Time Sellers
At first the task seems daunting: You haven’t sold a home before, the market looks complex, and what worked for owners 10 or 20 years ago seems inappropriate today. What steps should you take? Here’s a baseline list to get you started. You Can Do It. Some 5,652,000 existing homes were sold in 2007 according [...]
16Sep2008 | Peter G. Miller | 0 comments | Continued
What rules prohibit discrimination in real estate sales and financing?
The federal Fair Housing Act is the major legislation prohibiting discrimination in real estate — it provides that there can be no offer to sell, rent, buy, or exchange property that contains any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, handicap, or familial status, or an intention to make such [...]
1Sep2008 | Peter G. Miller | 0 comments | Continued
Can I make big money buying and selling mortgage notes?
In general, the market for discounted loans has shrunk considerably during the past few years because people have refinanced as rates have fallen. Refinancing has caused many notes to be paid off. Also with many financing options available at 5 percent down and less, the need for seller take-backs, a major source of investor notes, [...]
28Aug2008 | Peter G. Miller | 0 comments | Continued
Are We Over-Protecting Home Buyers?
Have you been to any kind of a doctor or dentist lately? It’s remarkable to see how technology and research have changed medical care. But now arises a medical question which — as we shall soon see — relates to real estate: Has medical testing reached the point where it has spawned an industry dedicated [...]
17Aug2008 | Peter G. Miller | 0 comments | Continued
Roof Repairs: Hidden Issues From Atoms To Eaves
One of the most visible and expensive components of any home is the roof, a combination of materials and construction designed to protect homes from rain, wind, snow, and fire. Most of us rate roofs on the basis of whether they leak, how they look, and the remaining life expectancy of the materials used. These [...]
2Aug2008 | Peter G. Miller | 0 comments | Continued
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