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When selling your home, people need to keep records of expenses incurred and all supporting real estate documents generated during the sales and closing cycles.  Some of these documents become very important as supporting documents when filing your tax returns.  At closing, sellers should not agr...

After putting your home on the market, you finally receive an offer from a buyer.  If you receive multiple offers, you are going to want your realtor to notify all potential buyers that you are in multi-offer environment and give the potential buyer’s approximately 24 hours to submit their final ...

Everyone desires a home they love, and located in a great neighborhood.  Sometimes, home buyers do not do sufficient preparation and research to determine which neighborhood they want to purchase their new home.  All buyers have to make that determination themselves by gathering information from ...

Sometimes when home buyers are touring homes they see things that could be improved with minimal effort and cost to the seller.  As a seller, you need to be aware of these types of improvements, and consider taking the necessary action to correct the situation prior to putting home on the market....

Prior to making the final decision to sell your home, a seller needs a good estimate of net proceeds prior to selling.  Usually, your local realtor is your best source to provide a realistic estimate because he knows the area.  As a seller, you will encounter numerous fees that you will be requir...

Home sellers face a couple challenges when selling their home.  First, is the challenge of mentally preparing yourself to sell your home.  This tends to become more difficult the longer you have lived in your current home.  Second, completing tasks that will help you property show your home favor...

Over the past several years the size of homes has increased in square footage.  The reason for this, many home buyers have desired the larger home to support their lifestyle, and possibility keep up with the Jones.  There appears to be 2 segments of our population who want smaller homes.  First, ...

Today, many people are thinking about making a move-up or move-down depending on their situation.  For instance, younger families are growing, therefore, they need more room while older couples have seen their children leave the nest are desiring to have a smaller home with less maintenance.  Mos...

Many people will be making a move into a new home in the future.  Before purchasing or leasing your new home you need make plans on moving from house to house.  The plans should include as much detail as possible.  Following are some suggestions on how to make a move from house to house: ·    Fir...

Home buying affects many peoples’ personalities.  Many times they are a different person during the home buying process due to internal fears.  Sometimes they have a difficulty making a decision.  This is understandable because there are many decisions that need to make in short period of time wi...