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Thinking About Selling Your Home “For Sale By Owner’ Or FSBO? Before You Do…

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Sometimes when a homeowner is selling their home, they see dollar signs and consider ‘saving’ the 3%-6% commission paid to a realtor and try to sell it on their own, aka For Sale By Owner or FSBO! But in reality is this way of thinking actually pennywise and dollar foolish? In other words does the […]

Why You Need A Real Estate Agent!

If you’re buying or selling a home, why would you try and do it on your own? In today’s technology-rich world, with information immediately available and a desire by many for immediate gratification, some prospective homebuyers and home sellers might rely on the internet and themselves to get the job done! And, if you’re currently involved […]

Buying Real Estate? 21 Reasons To Use A Realtor!

When buying residential or commercial real estate the temptation can sometimes exist to ‘go it alone’ or, in other words, without a real estate broker! There can be a variety of reasons for thinking about going this route including having the ability to work with sellers who are also going it alone by listing their […]

What are comp sales?

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In other words if your looking to list and sell your home, what have other homes in the immediate neighborhood recently sold for? When the time comes to sell your home a listing price needs to be set. It can be set too low meaning that you leave money on the table, too high which […]

Is FSBO the right way to go? (Infographic)

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For some home sellers the temptation to avoid paying a real estate agent a commission for their services may override the multiple benefits that using one provides! For anyone who is going to be selling a home, the metrics that matter most to them should include the amount of time the house will be on the market before it sells, the […]

Buying a house? Why you need a realtor!

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With the internet and numerous For Sale By Owner tools that are available to anyone who wants to buy or sell a home, the temptation exists for them to ‘save the commission’ and do it themselves! But whether buying or selling is going it alone really the smart way to proceed with what will likely […]