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If you are selling
a home, real estate agents will usually refer to it as a
"house". If you are buying a house, agents will
often refer to it as a "home."
Why?
Because when you are buying a
home, it is more than "just" a purchase. It is
where you go "home" after a hard day on the job.
It is where you raise your kids and lovingly watch them
grow. It is where you watch the Super Bowl,
barbecue in the back yard, or plant flowers every year
to admire their blooms.
You aren't buying a space to
eat and sleep. You're moving into your private
"safe haven." A place you can call "home" for
years.
Someday, you will sell that
house, and when you do - it becomes someone else's
home. If you're still thinking of it as your home,
selling is more difficult.
How do you let
go? |
It is very difficult, but
necessary. To sell your home effectively, you need
to make rational decisions. You need to let go of
all the little touches you've added to the property and
not be connected emotionally.
Most "home improvements"
don't add as much value as you might think -- they might
not have as much appeal to a potential buyer as they do
to you.
The buyer is looking at your
house and imagining it as his or her home. You
need to help them.
So take your photos off the
walls. Remove the sports trophies from the
fireplace mantle. Clean the "junk" out of those
drawers in the kitchen. Remove whatever you may
have accumulated in your garage, basement or
attic. If you want to keep it, put it in storage
and pick it up when you move.
Sell a house. Help
someone else find a home. |
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The secret to
Valentine's Day and every other day in your life, if you
have someone special in it, is that there is no
secret. Make your loved one feel special, valued,
and important. Then those feelings come back to
you, too. Start now.
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February Movies, Roof Repairs
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We have negotiated
a contract on a house to include $2800 to go towards a
new roof. Now our lender says the roof has to be
finished before we close. Is this
right?
Answer:
Yes. The
house is the lender's security and they want their
collateral in fine shape before they fund the mortgage
loan. |
