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10 Rookie Home Buyer Mistakes to Avoid

2010.02.20 Mineko @ 1:52 am | Buyers Tags: , , , ,

Some great advice in US News & World Report… the top 10 mistakes of first-time home buyers.

1. Not checking your credit report and score
2. Not getting preapproved
3. Not creating a long-term budget
4. Forgetting about the hidden costs
5. Not using professional help
6. Picking your real estate agent and lender blindly
7. Thinking you’ll get everything on your “wish list”
8. Not keeping your feelings in check before hiring a home inspector
9. Not researching your neighborhood
10. Not considering the resale value of your home

If you avoid all these mistakes, you will be in much better shape. Your transaction will be smoother, your stress level will be lower, and your expectation level will be more in alignment with your results.

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The last honest realtor in America?

Examining a nest of bees that moved into a foreclosed home

Examining a nest of bees that moved into a foreclosed home

Interesting story on Nightline the other night about a realtor who is brutally honest when warning potential buyers about houses on the market, including his own listings.

“I don’t know if this is a flophouse, brothel, retirement home, prison, fraternity…” he announced on a recent visit to a bank-owned property in northern San Diego County, his home turf.

And this was a property he was trying to sell.

I’m not sure how focusing on the negative aspects of a property makes a person more “honest.” Perhaps because he appears to have nothing to hide?  But isn’t that what disclosure statements are for?

I think when you represent the seller, you need to focus on the positive aspects of the property and properly disclose the negative. Even if it’s a foreclosed property, you’re still selling it, you’re not giving it away.

Check out the Nightline story here and let me know what you think.

アメリカ最後の馬鹿正直不動産エージェント
先日 容赦なく何でも売り出し物件について意見している正直者(!?)のリアルター(不動産エージェント)の話がナイトライン で放送されていました。

”これはいったい簡易宿泊所、売春宿、老人ホーム、刑務所、それとも男子学生の社交クラブか何かとかわらないような…” とサンディエゴ郡の自分の売り出し物件(銀行の持ち物件)に対してのコメントを述べていた。

ネガティブ(マイナス点)のことばかりを集中してコメントする事がもっと”正直者”になるのでしょうか?多分隠し事がないように見えるから?という事でしょうか? でも物件公開書がそのためにあるのでは?

売り主に雇われて売主を代表して売るのであれば、売り出し物件のポジティブ(プラス点)に集中して、的確かつ正確に公開情報を伝えるのが必要では?と思います。 それが例えフォークロージァー物件でも、物件を無料でさばいているのではなくあくまでも売っている立場なのに。

ナイトラインの続きは ここ それとご意見をお聞かせください。

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Sellers cash in on low interest rate

Prospective home buyers are finding that the two-point drop in interest rates over the past few months equates to more buying power, meaning it’s a good time to buy.

Click here for the rest of the story.

売り手も低利率に恩恵
過去2ヶ月に見られたローン利率の低減化が購入力アップに直接つながり購入希望者は今が買い時期。

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