How much money should a buy have saved up to purchase a home?
There are down payment assistance programs where a buyer can get a grant for their down payment and purchase with only $1000 out of pocket. However, they will still need about $300 for an inspection.
For most buyers they will need the following:
Earnest Money Depo…
How to Price a Home to Get the Most Amount of Money When You Sell?
How to Price a Home to Get the Most Amount of Money When You Sell?
Q. How do home sellers price a home to get the most amount of money when they sell their home?
This may shock people but over pricing a home, according to the NAR stats will net home sellers less money if they price high and slowly walk the price down!
Pricing a home correctly creates the most demand for a home and many times the
Inexpensive Ways to Increase Your Home’s Value
Here are the top 7 things a home seller can do for under $500.
Spend an hour with a pro We offer a free consultation to tell you what to do and what not to do to get your home ready for sale. And if you decide to let us handle the sale, you’ll also get a pro…
Who Pays for Repairs After a Home Inspection?
How to Negotiate Repairs After a Home Inspection?
Common Repairs Sellers Must Fix After a Home Inspection: What Must Sellers Fix?
Do Most Sellers Make Repairs After a Home Inspection?
Does the Seller Pay for Repairs After a Bad Home Inspection?
Who repairs home — buyer or seller?
Home Inspection Repair Requests a Buyer Shouldn’t Make?
Reasons Why A Seller May Cancel Their Listing Agreement
I’ve seen many reasons why people will change agents, but the biggest 2 are number 1, the home is not selling. This could be a lot of reasons. Pricing, photos, staging, marketing or the agent not communicating. For most people, it’s uncomfortable to fire anyone and if you’re in an agreement with a real estate agent, it really does take a lot of courage to decide to make a change. But if your agent,
Walk with Barb in Her Daily Real Estate Agent Schedule by Barb Schlinker
Step into the world of a Real Estate Agent’s Daily schedule with Barb Schlinker of Parker St Claire Realty. Barb talks about how her 3 closings (homes sold) went that day while driving out to a listing appointment. She gives a tour of the more rural eastern El Paso County where you get to see windmills and country life that day.
Why Buyers Cannot Trust the Accuracy of Available Homes Online
Did you know that most home buyers will be searching online for 12 or more different websites? Why do they do that? Because they’re afraid of missing out on the perfect home. Even according to industry experts, national websites are not the best option to find a home, including Zillow and Realtor.com.
How to Prepare for a Home Inspection
Very soon one of our team members will be reaching out to you to let you know when the buyer would like to schedule their home inspection. Don’t worry, your home does not have to be show-ready. So here is a shortlist of tips that you can do to make your home inspection go well.
Most home inspections take about 3 hours and the buyer and their agent will attend and they would prefer that you did not attend, but it’s…
How to Sell a House Fast – What to do if a House is NOT Selling?
Even though Today’s real estate market is considered a “Seller’s Market” meaning there is low inventory, and the average days on market is 29 days, more than 1/3 of the homes that do on the market do NOT sell in this current market.
How to Keep Your Credit Scores High During Retirement in Colorado Springs
This Blog is full of tips that retirees should know about their credit score.
In retirement years, purchases such as buying insurance, buying cell phones, renting cars, using the debit card in particular, buying cars and even applying for a mortgage may require a strong credit score. Yet many retirees become debt free and stop paying attention to their credit score because they don’t need to borrow money. With data breaches…